A hundred minutes — that's how long President Trump had the floor — literally — last night.
A hundred minutes he used to lay out his agenda, his grievances and what he argued are the accomplishments of his first six weeks in office.
This all came during his "joint address" to Congress — the State of the Union that's not a State of the Union.
Since Trump returned to office in January, there's been little room left for democrats to make their case to the American people.
Democratic moderates think they have an answer for Trump 2.0. What does their playbook look like?
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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - What It’s Like To Be Fired By The Trump Administration
The U.S. Forest Service recently fired over 3,000 employees across the country. Twelve come from Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie, a preserved grassland in Will County, Illinois.
Reset sits down with Abbey Hays, Siobhan Solkowski-Peacy and Erick “Iggy” Ignaczak, three terminated employees to unpack how they’re feeling, how Midewin’s programs have to adapt and how this is harming conservation efforts in Illinois.
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The Daily Signal - Victor Davis Hanson: Pentagon’s Partisan Letter Against Trump, Hegseth DEBUNKED
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Air Force General C.Q. Brown, was fired from his post last month, along with several other high ranking military officials.
Many of the Left rushed to say that President Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth were “politicizing” the Pentagon. However, “This is not the politicalization of the Pentagon. It's the depoliticalization”, argues Victor Davis Hanson on today’s edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words.”
“ They said, ‘This is reckless, it hurts morale, and it will depress recruitment.’ Let's analyze that just for a second. Recruitment reached near-record levels after the election of Donald Trump. It's on the way up. It was depressed prior to that. Why would it be depressed? If you go through the Pentagon data, it's very hard to decipher.
“ More importantly, Leon Panetta signed this letter. He was one, also, of the 51 intelligence authorities that said, right on the eve of the election and on a few days before the 2020 debate, that Hunter [Biden's] laptop, which was in the hands of the FBI and authenticated, had all the hallmarks of a Russian information, which meant disinformation, campaign.
“ Bottom line: We don't need any more letters from so-called experts. They're always partisan. And they're to no effect.”
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Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - The Mysterious Star-Shaped Towers of Sichuan Province
True story: throughout China's Sichuan province right along the border with Tibet, the land is riddled with ancient towers of unknown origin. No one knows who built them, nor why. In tonight's episode, Ben and Noel explore the fascinating hidden history of architecture that withstood millennia of chaos -- and how an ancient series of towers survived the rise and fall of empires into the modern day.
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Today we take a break from the serious and often depressing international news beat to bring you the sound's of Soviet Central Asia in the 1970's and 80's. Our Moscow correspondent introduces us to an anthology of songs that came out of a record factory in Tashkent documenting a wide variety of music from the silk road in that time period.
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The Journal. - The Trade War With China Is On
In the last month, the Trump Administration has levied 20% tariffs on imports from China. We speak to the CEO of an American home goods company about the impact of the trade war. WSJ’s Hannah Miao explains how it’s already affecting manufacturers and the economy in China.
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Further Reading:
- The Tariff Pain Is Getting Real for Chinese Companies
- Chinese Manufacturers Speed Up Efforts to Dodge Trump Tariffs
Further Listening:
- Why Trump Wants Ukrainian Minerals
- Trump 2.0: Shaking Up Europe
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Federalist Radio Hour - ‘You’re Wrong’ With Mollie Hemingway And David Harsanyi, Ep. 139: Trump’s Joint Address
Join Washington Examiner Senior Writer David Harsanyi and Federalist Editor-In-Chief Mollie Hemingway as they analyze President Donald Trump's joint address and Democrats' attempts to disrupt it, as well as discuss Volodymyr Zelensky's big Oval Office mistake. Mollie and David also review the late Gene Hackman's best roles and share their thoughts on the Oscars winners.
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Motley Fool Money - Crypto’s New Backer
BlackRock wants to buy ports; Trump wants to buy crypto.
(00:21) Asit Sharma and Mary Long discuss:
- How investors can prepare for potential “disturbance.”
- BlackRock’s latest acquisition.
- The reasons for and against a national “strategic reserve” of cryptocurrency.
Then, (14:50), Ricky Mulvey and Mary go to a crypto conference in downtown Denver.
Tickers mentioned: BLK, CKHUY, BTC, ETH, XRP, SOL, ADA
Host: Mary Long
Guests: Asit Sharma, Ricky Mulvey
Engineers: Dan Boyd, Rick Engdahl
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The Bulwark Podcast - Jim Acosta: Trump Can’t Take the Heat
Once upon a time, presidents used to take tough questions from the press, but the current White House occupant can't handle any scrutiny from cantankerous reporters. And on his sad and sulking days, he needs warm and fuzzy Newsmax in the press pool to envelop him with flattery. Meanwhile, the joint session of Congress address has become basically pointless, SCOTUS blocks Trump's usurpation of power by one single vote, and at Trump's behest, the CIA is punishing Zelensky because he won't cooperate with the administration's disinfo campaign.
Plus, Democrats need to show voters they are genuinely furious. And if you've thought about running for office, now is the time to jump in—particularly in districts the Dems have tended to ignore.
Amanda Litman and Jim Acosta join Tim Miller.
show notes
The Jim Acosta Show
Amanda's 'Run for Something'
When reporters rallied around Fox after Obama White House tried to shut it out
Plus, Democrats need to show voters they are genuinely furious. And if you've thought about running for office, now is the time to jump in—particularly in districts the Dems have tended to ignore.
Amanda Litman and Jim Acosta join Tim Miller.
show notes
The Jim Acosta Show
Amanda's 'Run for Something'
When reporters rallied around Fox after Obama White House tried to shut it out
Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts - Sneak Preview: What Trump’s First Big Loss At SCOTUS Means
On Wednesday morning the Supreme Court dealt a blow to the Trump administration's effort to withhold $2 billion promised for foreign aid work. Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern discuss the Court’s decision to reject the Trump administration's request to halt a lower court's order, by a five to four vote, compelling the State Department to resume payments. While Chief Justice John Roberts and Amy Coney Barrett sided with the court's liberal justices, Justice Samuel Alito offered a “stunned” dissent, reacting to the Court’s surprising rebuke to the Trump administration with few facts but plenty of fury.
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