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Transcript: A Dem Senator’s Harsh Takedown of Trump: “Breaking Point”
The following is a lightly edited transcript of the January 27 episode of The Daily Blast podcast. Listen to it here.Greg Sargent: This is The Daily Blast from The...
What Taylor Swift Can Teach Us About Economics
M.H.: And also because I think in the field of economics, we’ve focused so heavily in modern economics on efficiency, and we really have done a disservice in terms...
A Dem Senator’s Harsh Takedown of Trump Hits Home: “Breaking Point”
https://newrepublic.com/article/205740/transcript-dem-senator-harsh-takedown-trump-breaking-pointAs the country absorbs the shock of Alex Pretti’s murder by federal agents in Minneapolis, President Trump is politically on the defensive. He sent his border czar there and...
Here’s How Many ICE and CBP Agents Allegedly Preyed on Children
He added that he believes the White House is “working on a game plan” to help federal agents “go about their job in a more structured way to make...
Trump Team Demands Right to Destroy Evidence in Alex Pretti Shooting
He added that he believes the White House is “working on a game plan” to help federal agents “go about their job in a more structured way to make...
Karoline Leavitt Appears to Throw CBP Chief Under the Bus on Minnesota
Customs and Border Patrol boss Greg Bovino’s time in Minnesota appears to have come to a close.The commander-at-large has overseen ICE and Border Patrol operations across the country, moving...
Even Texas Governor Greg Abbott Says ICE Needs to “Recalibrate”
“Let me be blunt. If you blink in Minneapolis, they’re gonna overwhelm you, and they’re gonna win. You cannot blink in Minneapolis. That is one of the festering sores...
White House Refuses to Back Stephen Miller’s Smear Against Alex Pretti
The White House appears to be distancing itself from comments deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller made about Alex Pretti, the Minnesota nurse shot and killed by Border Patrol...
Trump Unveils Investigation Into Ilhan Omar as His Team Torches Her
“Let me be blunt. If you blink in Minneapolis, they’re gonna overwhelm you, and they’re gonna win. You cannot blink in Minneapolis. That is one of the festering sores...
Pam Bondi’s Letter to Minnesota Could Unravel Entire ICE Crackdown
Attorney General Pam Bondi’s blackmail letter to Minnesota Governor Tim Walz after the killing of protester Alex Pretti may force the Trump administration to end its violent immigration crackdown...
Democrats Who Voted to Keep Funding ICE Scramble to Backtrack
Democrats that voted in favor of the Department of Homeland Security’s latest funding package were hit by a maelstrom of public fury over the weekend, forcing some lawmakers to...
Trump Finally Admits He Was Sleeping in All Those Cabinet Meetings
After months of denials, President Trump has finally admitted that he has been falling asleep during Cabinet meetings.In an interview with New York magazine published Monday, Trump said that...