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"Those firms that have cut deals so that they can I guess keep their profits at high levels are not going to earn the respect of other lawyers and I think will be judged harshly by history," says Eric Holder on Trump targeting Big Law. "We've got to push back on in every way that we can."
April 3, 2025 at 1:08 AM
"Those firms that have cut deals so that they can I guess keep their profits at high levels are not going to earn the respect of other lawyers and I think will be judged harshly by history," says Eric Holder on Trump targeting Big Law. "We've got to push back on in every way that we can."
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"How freaked out are you—scale of 1 to 10—about how bad things are, about how bad these first two months are?" asks @chrislhayes.bsky.social.
"Oh, I think I'm at about an 8," says former attorney general Eric Holder.
"Oh, I think I'm at about an 8," says former attorney general Eric Holder.
April 3, 2025 at 12:58 AM
"How freaked out are you—scale of 1 to 10—about how bad things are, about how bad these first two months are?" asks @chrislhayes.bsky.social.
"Oh, I think I'm at about an 8," says former attorney general Eric Holder.
"Oh, I think I'm at about an 8," says former attorney general Eric Holder.
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“The Titanic hit an iceberg by accident. This is the equivalent of steering the Titantic towards the iceberg,” says CNBC’s Steve Liesman on Trump's tariffs mess.
April 5, 2025 at 12:14 AM
“The Titanic hit an iceberg by accident. This is the equivalent of steering the Titantic towards the iceberg,” says CNBC’s Steve Liesman on Trump's tariffs mess.
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@chrislhayes.bsky.social: Trump defenders are trying to spin the tariffs as an attempt to bring the middle-class economy back to the heyday of the 1960s. But Trump himself keeps saying his plan will return America back to the 1890s.
April 9, 2025 at 12:36 AM
@chrislhayes.bsky.social: Trump defenders are trying to spin the tariffs as an attempt to bring the middle-class economy back to the heyday of the 1960s. But Trump himself keeps saying his plan will return America back to the 1890s.
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WITHpod is now on YouTube! Watch the first video with @chrislhayes.bsky.social and @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social now.
April 9, 2025 at 12:56 AM
WITHpod is now on YouTube! Watch the first video with @chrislhayes.bsky.social and @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social now.
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You set the house on fire, watched it burn, and then lost your nerve and put it out. You now have a partially burned house. Great job.
April 9, 2025 at 5:42 PM
You set the house on fire, watched it burn, and then lost your nerve and put it out. You now have a partially burned house. Great job.
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April 9, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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“Fox never has populist-nationalists on, hard-core MAGA people like her,” Steve Bannon told me. “For whatever reason, they’ve decided Batya is an acceptable populist-nationalist.”
Batya Ungar-Sargon, a Berkeley-educated leftist who couldn’t bear drinking at a bar with Trump voters, is now MAGA’s top defender.
From @nateweisberg.bsky.social:
washingtonmonthly.com/2025/04/09/w...
From @nateweisberg.bsky.social:
washingtonmonthly.com/2025/04/09/w...
Who is Batya Ungar-Sargon? | Washington Monthly
A Berkeley-educated leftist who couldn’t bear drinking at a bar with Trump voters is now MAGA’s top defender.
washingtonmonthly.com
April 9, 2025 at 1:45 PM
“Fox never has populist-nationalists on, hard-core MAGA people like her,” Steve Bannon told me. “For whatever reason, they’ve decided Batya is an acceptable populist-nationalist.”
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As predicted last night, Trump caved.
No surprise.
No surprise.
@lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com: Musk called Navarro a 'moron.' What does Musk think of Trump who follows Navarro’s advice? youtu.be/W_UhufItL9E?...
April 9, 2025 at 5:59 PM
As predicted last night, Trump caved.
No surprise.
No surprise.
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Jeffries challenges Mike Johnson to a debate and says, "I promise not to rebuke you in the name of Jesus"
April 9, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Jeffries challenges Mike Johnson to a debate and says, "I promise not to rebuke you in the name of Jesus"
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Rep. Burgess Owens: "I think America needs to recognize we're in a remarkable moment. We have an actual genius of an entrepreneur and one that loves our country."
April 9, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Rep. Burgess Owens: "I think America needs to recognize we're in a remarkable moment. We have an actual genius of an entrepreneur and one that loves our country."
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Lutnick: "We have so many countries who want to do deals with us. It's just not possible to talk with all over 75 companies -- uh, countries, sorry."
April 9, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Lutnick: "We have so many countries who want to do deals with us. It's just not possible to talk with all over 75 companies -- uh, countries, sorry."
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Rep. Steven Horsford to Greer: "So the trade representative hasn't spoken to the POTUS about a global reordering of trade, but yet he announced it on a tweet? WTF! Who is in charge? It looks like your boss just pulled the rug out from under you. There is no strategy ... is this market manipulation?"
April 9, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Rep. Steven Horsford to Greer: "So the trade representative hasn't spoken to the POTUS about a global reordering of trade, but yet he announced it on a tweet? WTF! Who is in charge? It looks like your boss just pulled the rug out from under you. There is no strategy ... is this market manipulation?"
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Q: 60 Minutes found 75% of the migrants who were sent to El Salvador do not have criminal records. That true?
BONDI: They're not Venezuelan migrants. They're illegal aliens from Venezuela who should not have been in our country
Q: So you're confirming they didn't commit a crime?
BONDI: *leaves*
BONDI: They're not Venezuelan migrants. They're illegal aliens from Venezuela who should not have been in our country
Q: So you're confirming they didn't commit a crime?
BONDI: *leaves*
April 8, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Q: 60 Minutes found 75% of the migrants who were sent to El Salvador do not have criminal records. That true?
BONDI: They're not Venezuelan migrants. They're illegal aliens from Venezuela who should not have been in our country
Q: So you're confirming they didn't commit a crime?
BONDI: *leaves*
BONDI: They're not Venezuelan migrants. They're illegal aliens from Venezuela who should not have been in our country
Q: So you're confirming they didn't commit a crime?
BONDI: *leaves*
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Cantwell: "You're telling us in your testimony you want a tariff on semiconductors. I'm saying that the last administration and this organization here passed the CHIPS and Science Act so we could reshore semiconductors. You're not going to win the innovation economy by tariffing semiconductors."
April 8, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Cantwell: "You're telling us in your testimony you want a tariff on semiconductors. I'm saying that the last administration and this organization here passed the CHIPS and Science Act so we could reshore semiconductors. You're not going to win the innovation economy by tariffing semiconductors."
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HABERMAN: Does the president endorse Lutnick's statement that 'the army of millions humans screwing in little screws to make iPhones,' that that kind of thing is gonna be moving to the US?
LEAVITT: POTUS wants to increase manufacturing jobs here but he's also looking at advanced technologies
LEAVITT: POTUS wants to increase manufacturing jobs here but he's also looking at advanced technologies
April 8, 2025 at 5:27 PM
HABERMAN: Does the president endorse Lutnick's statement that 'the army of millions humans screwing in little screws to make iPhones,' that that kind of thing is gonna be moving to the US?
LEAVITT: POTUS wants to increase manufacturing jobs here but he's also looking at advanced technologies
LEAVITT: POTUS wants to increase manufacturing jobs here but he's also looking at advanced technologies
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a correspondent in the White House briefing room refers to "the January 6 hostages"
April 8, 2025 at 5:31 PM
a correspondent in the White House briefing room refers to "the January 6 hostages"
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REPORTER: Can you explain the president opted to send Hegseth to the dignified transfer last week instead of attending himself?
LEAVITT: The president has expressed his condolences to these families as have I
LEAVITT: The president has expressed his condolences to these families as have I
April 8, 2025 at 5:31 PM
REPORTER: Can you explain the president opted to send Hegseth to the dignified transfer last week instead of attending himself?
LEAVITT: The president has expressed his condolences to these families as have I
LEAVITT: The president has expressed his condolences to these families as have I
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Leavitt: "I do just want to point out one thing. Everybody in Washington, whether they want to admit it or not, knows that this president is right when it comes to tariffs and when it comes to trade."
April 8, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Leavitt: "I do just want to point out one thing. Everybody in Washington, whether they want to admit it or not, knows that this president is right when it comes to tariffs and when it comes to trade."
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Warner: "I just talked to senior folks on Wall St, and he described today's market as 'a good day in hospice.'"
April 8, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Warner: "I just talked to senior folks on Wall St, and he described today's market as 'a good day in hospice.'"
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Rand Paul: "The whole [tariffs] debate is so fundamentally backwards & upside down. It's based on a fallacy & the fallacy is this: that somehow in a trade, someone must lose. That somehow when you trade with someone, someone is taking advantage of you... I have a trade deficit with my grocery store"
April 8, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Rand Paul: "The whole [tariffs] debate is so fundamentally backwards & upside down. It's based on a fallacy & the fallacy is this: that somehow in a trade, someone must lose. That somehow when you trade with someone, someone is taking advantage of you... I have a trade deficit with my grocery store"
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McGovern: The president promised lower prices and a booming economy and we are going to get higher prices and a recession. Trump isn't using tariffs strategically but launching an economic war and we are all in the blast zone. This is a disaster
April 8, 2025 at 4:32 PM
McGovern: The president promised lower prices and a booming economy and we are going to get higher prices and a recession. Trump isn't using tariffs strategically but launching an economic war and we are all in the blast zone. This is a disaster
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Johnson: No single activist judge should be able to issue a nationwide injunction to stop the president's policies
April 8, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Johnson: No single activist judge should be able to issue a nationwide injunction to stop the president's policies
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“These are life and death issues.”
Jeffrey Goldberg speaks out after top Trump officials accidentally texted him war plans.
Jeffrey Goldberg speaks out after top Trump officials accidentally texted him war plans.
March 25, 2025 at 12:28 AM
“These are life and death issues.”
Jeffrey Goldberg speaks out after top Trump officials accidentally texted him war plans.
Jeffrey Goldberg speaks out after top Trump officials accidentally texted him war plans.