Wide-ranging and candid discussion with my friend, Adam Kinzinger. We start by talking about how we are doing these days — and how to stay sane — then take a dive into Trump’s Putin-grovel; the president’s threats against critics; and Chuck Schumer and the CR vote.
And while we disagreed on the shutdown… we did agree that the Dem leader has to go.
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Some of the highlights of our conversation:
So, Adam, how are you doing these days?
Why Adam is not intimidated by Trump’s threats.
Putin knows that Trump is desperate.
Trump’s erratic behavior….
Justice Roberts’ rare rebuke.
The decline of the legacy media and the rise of independent publications.
Nota bene
Peter Wehner: Trump’s Appetite for Revenge Is Insatiable
No one can say they didn’t know.
During his first official campaign rally for the 2024 Republican nomination, held in Waco, Texas, Donald Trump vowed retribution against those he perceives as his enemies.
“I am your warrior,” he said to his supporters. “I am your justice. For those who have been wronged and betrayed, I am your retribution.”
Sixty days into Trump’s second term, we have begun to see what that looks like.
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President Trump’s angry call on Tuesday for the impeachment of a federal judge who ruled against his administration on deportation flights has set off a string of near-instant social media taunts and threats, including images of judges being marched off in handcuffs.
The call came against an ominous backdrop. Nine days earlier, police officers in Charleston, S.C., had been dispatched to the home of one of Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s sisters because of a threat that there was a pipe bomb in her mailbox. “The device’s detonation will be triggered as soon as the mailbox is next opened,” the emailed threat read.
The pipe bomb proved to be a hoax, but the threats and intimidation faced by judges and their families in recent weeks are real, judges say. At a moment when the judiciary is weighing pivotal decisions on the legality of Trump administration policies, the potential for violence against judges seems to be rising.
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NBC: Musk uses immigration, claims of voter fraud to sell Social Security cuts
It’s an argument Musk has been making repeatedly in recent weeks, as DOGE and the Trump administration announce and push for more cuts to the SSA, including eliminating thousands of employees from the already lean agency, ending the ability to make claims by phone and shuttering dozens of field offices that help seniors access their benefits.
Thursday dog
We’re going for a walk soon, right?
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