So there has been a scandal at the Pentagon every single day since January 25th. I mean every single day because every day since January 25th, Pete Hgsith has been the Secretary of Defense. And some days that scandal is more jarring than others.like today when the country and the entire world really turned to the Pentagon tuned in this morning for an update on the outcome of the US strikes on Iran and instead they got this meltdown in hunting for scandals all the time in trying to find wedges and and spin s ...

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And how concerned are you about uh the stability of our foreign policy makers to deal with the thing that they've started to unleash in the Middle East uh by going after Iran uh and and sort of carrying the water, if you will, for Benjamin Netanyahu's uh designs against Iran. Well, Michael, I'm very concerned. Um, and obviously I can't get into the details of the briefing, but I agree with all the comments uh that you played from my colleagues.Uh, and it's pretty clear that at this point President Trump is ...

Joining us now are Democratic Congresswoman Ayanna Presley of Massachusetts and Democratic Congresswoman Sydney Cam Lagard of California. Representative Cam Lagarddoug, it is not just that they're talking about overruling the parliament parliamentarian. You actually have conservatives who are saying it's time to fire the parliamentarian.If the best they can do is complain about the refs, what does that tell you about their legislation. Well, the parliamentarian was doing her job, thankfully, and she threw o ...

Okay, the anniversary of Oprafell makes me think about that day 10 years ago. First of all, I was eight and a half months pregnant and it was the end of June. Um, so there's that, but also the couple of weeks leading up to the Supreme Court decision um was incredibly special.And part of the reason it was is because there was a young guy at the time named Jeff Tiller who worked on the communications team and he had this idea about lighting the White House in rainbow colors if the Supreme Court decided the ri ...

Today, the Supreme Court made it even harder for patients on Medicaid to access health care from Planned Parenthood. Just to be clear, it was already illegal for Medicaid to pay Planned Parenthood or for that matter any other provider for abortions except in very, very limited circumstances, rape, incest, life of the mother. The court's 6 to3 ruling allows South Carolina to stop patients who rely on the government insurance program from using Planned Parenthood for any health services.South Carolinians who ...

About two weeks ago, a Norwegian tourist named Mads Mickelson, who is not to be confused with a Danish actor from the James Bond and Marvel movies landed in New York airport. On arrival, he was detained by immigration agents who demanded access to his cell phone and then denied him entry to the US. As one Norwegian news outlet which spoke to him reports, quote, "Micholson says that after being warned he could face a fine or even prison, he gave immigration officers the pin code to his phone. He was then con ...