Joining us now, New York Times chief White House correspondent and MSNBC political analyst Peter Baker, professor at the University of Virginia, director of the Center for Politics and editor and chief of the Crystal Ball, Larry Sabado, former California Senator Barbara Boxer, and host of the Bull Work Podcast, writer at large, and MSNBC political analyst, Tim Miller. All right, we're going to start small. Larry, tell me about the races. Well, the races are pretty much what you've heard in the last two week ...

💯💯💯Senator Eric Schmitt (@SenEricSchmitt):The justice system was weaponized against Republicans in a way we have never seen before.We should have Watergate-style hearings on this for MONTHS.People must be held accountable—resignations, firings, arrests. Otherwise, this will happen again. https://t.co/g567vgsDKc ...

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On Friday, there was a little bit of a seismic shift in politics. All of you noticed it over the weekend. We saw our clearest sign yet that this radical insurgent movement in the Democrat party is succeeding.And they are they are ending what has always been known as the Democrat party in America. After a monthsl long pressure campaign from the far left, House Minority Leader uh Hakee Jeff finally relented. He gave in and he gave his endorsement to the socialist running to be mayor of New York City.The House ...

Political Landscape - Indiana's Governor called for a special legislative session to redraw congressional maps [1] - The redistricting attempt aims to favor Republicans in the upcoming midterm elections [1]

Joining us now, journalist and author Pao Ramos. She is contributor for MSNBC and Noticia Telmundo. Also joining us is independent reporter and former Washington Post columnist my former colleague Philip Bump. Thanks so much for joining us this morning, guys. It appears that the apocalypse that Republicans were predicting happen >> did not happen. Um but Paula, what what did you see yesterday on the streets? >> So I was coming back from the Rio Grand Valley. So, I spent um the last week in in the valley and ...

like understand what panic smells like from legislators and I don't know that Republicans are quite there yet but I was there during government shutdowns and I know when they start to fray you're starting to see it at least defonic doing what I would have done in my district which is all right you have your little shutdown if you want your little shutdown but you're going to fund the troops like she's she wants to get that bill on the floor and so now you got the speaker of the house saying no we don't want ...

Political Landscape - Polls indicate voters attribute more blame for the shutdown to Republicans [1] - Even MAGA voters support extending Affordable Care Act subsidies [1] - This situation presents a rare victory for Democrats [1]

Government Shutdown & Workforce Impact - The Trump administration is potentially using the government shutdown to reduce the federal workforce, possibly impacting thousands of employees [1] - The administration might leverage the shutdown to cut funding from disfavored programs [2] - OMB's plan suggests that approximately 23% of federal employees could be furloughed if the shutdown persists [3] - Around 154,000 federal employees accepted buyouts earlier in the year [4] Fiscal & Political Dimensions - The government faces a significant financial challenge, potentially leading to insolvency [3] - The shutdown is viewed as a matter of political priorities, with conservatives aiming to reshape the federal bureaucracy [9] - Project 2025 aims to change the dynamics within the federal workforce, potentially reducing the influence of unions [10][11] - Democrats are seeking a 15 trillion increase in spending, which Republicans oppose [5] Spending & Debt - Mandatory spending on programs like Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid constitutes over 75% of federal spending and grows faster than the economy [6] - A Republican reconciliation bill previously increased the deficit by approximately 4 trillion over ten years [7] - Some analysts believe tax cuts could stimulate more growth than tax increases [8]

RT Tristan Tate (@TateTheTalisman)The mission was simple.There were campaigners out there trying to convince people to vote Trump. This was super effective and they helped win this election.@Cobratate and I attacked the problem from a different angle, I am not sure who realises this but here is what we have been doing.You cannot tell a liberal to vote Trump. If somebody is infected by the woke mind virus no amount of preaching to them will make them cast a red vote.Youngsters are susceptible to the programm ...