house republicans have repeatedly come up empty-handed when asked a straightforward question given that they re now in charge of the house, what do they want to cut? this is in the context of a possible debt showdown looming. social security and medicare are off the table, then where do republicans want to cut spending? that s going to be the part of the dance. well, the dance is here, and that s the context for the president s meeting late today. this was his first meeting with the new speaker, kevin mccarthy. we don t have the deal because the white house kept it as a closed press first summit. biden we know has sat at that resolute desk before, had his share of high stakes meetings and watched as vice president when then president obama faced a similar effort to ransom the economy. republicans are offering a similar brinksmanship, but also have internal fights with a narrow majority about what they want to do and what they want to cut. house republicans say they migh
santos. republican leaders refused to no matter how many times he s bizarre lies are exposed. and forget gas stoves. even more outrageous nothing burger involves a made-up story about a pregnant batman villain. it was in april 2010 that justice john paul stevens, after serving 34 years on the nation s highest court, announced his intention to retire in a letter to then president barack obama. the news, naturally, set washington into a tizzy, of all things. scotus usually do. overnight, every tom dick and harry had suggestions for who obama should name as a replacement. republicans got in on the action as well. even conservative republicans like the then long serving of utah. he proclaimed he had found the perfect candidate, a, quote, consensus nominee, a small seat conservative, a jurist who would bipartisan support. quote, no question. the man was merrick garland. yes, merrick garland. the same merrick garland who, a few years later, in 2016, would be catapulte
2024. the election is a fight over america s way of life. that s the headline. i will read one line from it. voters on both sides fearing not just the loss of political influence but the destruction of their way of life. democrats say the gop culture war is a backlash against greater acceptance of the nation s growing diversity, which is long overdue in america. gop voters are asking two main things of candidates. do you understand that we re on the verge of losing our country? and can we trust you to fight back? it was a great piece. really captures the essence of both sides and what they feel is on the line. what did you make of it? yeah. the stakes are enormously high in this election. it s the culture, it s whether parents will be in charge of their children s education and raising their children or not. a lot of issues at stake. it is important for republicans to look at in a clear-eyed way
Episode in the ongoing gop culture war. this is content for fox news, content for tucker carlson, for steve bannon s podcast. they want the fight more than the outcome, and that s why the discussion about getting to the outcome to you gets fuzzy. exactly. that s why they re withholding the plot details, if you will. they re making it up as they go along. this is like improv, not comedy, but improv budget negotiations. i don t remember if you remember george w. bush, the sick burn he had for al gore, do you remember that? fuzzy math. fuzzy math. brendan, you get the benefit of responding as well. well, look, you have to have a framework. back to matt gaetz. matt gaetz is a contrarian to say the least. i think he just likes to he
Culture war nonsense and imaginary bans on gas stoves they are getting mad about on fox. i thought about the most insane active for outrage this week. i heard about a new d.c. comic that features a pregnant joker. fox covered this earth shattering story with their typical nuanced and restraint coverage. and the joker becoming pregnant and giving birth. this is a statement you could not say ten years ago. they are doubling down on woke. no longer the joker, now he is the woke or. it s disgusting to me to see this. we cannot leave iconic characters alone, robin and superman are not gay. the joker isn t a birthing person. enough! here s the thing, that comic book storyline has nothing to do with trans people. a magician character places a spell on the joker that gives him a stomach bump to make him think he is pregnant.