On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that the tax reductions for tips in the reconciliation bill are “32 billion, which in this kind of bill is peanuts. But it’s theatrical, no taxes on tips. Sounds
On Tuesday’s “Pod Save America,” Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) stated that “we have scrambled Iranian politics to the point where they might not now be able to make those concessions that they could have made before the United States and
On Saturday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Velshi,” NBC News International Correspondent Daniele Hamamdjian discussed talks over a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas conflict and said “Hamas will want assurances that hostilities will not resume after those 60 days,” and “Many will be
On Wednesday’s edition of NBC’s “Meet the Press Now,” Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) Chair Rep. Suzan DelBene (D-WA) responded to Vice President JD Vance touting the border security funding in the reconciliation bill by changing the subject to health
On Wednesday’s broadcast of Bloomberg’s “Balance of Power,” Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) criticized the Alligator Alcatraz detention facility but declined to say what would be a better solution if migrants need to be housed. Co-host Kailey Leinz asked, “I
On Monday’s broadcast of Newsmax TV’s “Greg Kelly Reports,” Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division Harmeet Dhillon said that she believes antisemitism on campus “stems from foreign funding, but is absolutely allowed and exacerbated by callousness or even
On Wednesday’s edition of NBC’s “Meet the Press Now,” Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) Chair Rep. Suzan DelBene (D-WA) said that Democrats haven’t really talked about extending the 2017 tax cuts for people making under $400,000 annually because Republicans aren’t
On Friday’s broadcast of “CNN News Central,” Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) stated that the benefits of the reconciliation bill “primarily go to people who are wealthy.” And “That’s where tax breaks usually go.” Smith said, “[H]ow do we know that
On Friday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-MI) said that Democrats would do the tax cuts in the reconciliation bill, but “We should be doing them in smaller chunks without adding $4 trillion to our debt as
On Thursday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “The Hill,” Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) stated that the numbers at the border are declining because “President Trump is using the right policy, no catch and release” unlike the Biden administration, and because other countries
On Thursday’s broadcast of “CNN News Central,” Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) stated that it’s a good thing that we’re doing a better job at deterring people from trying to cross the border illegally, “but how it’s happening and where it’s
On Thursday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Ana Cabrera Reports,” Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) stated that the top priority of Republicans has been to extend the 2017 tax cuts and the middle class just gets “the crumbs” of the reconciliation bill
On Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “AC360,” Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) stated that the Trump administration is engaging in “the criminalization of immigration law and the militarization of immigration law.” And that instead of both parties trying to come to a
On Thursday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “Cuomo,” Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) responded to arguments that illegal immigrants get Medicaid by saying that this is referring to when illegal immigrants show up in an emergency room and the state pays for it,
On Thursday’s edition of NBC’s “Meet the Press Now,” Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA) said that Democrats didn’t put forward their own legislation as an alternative to the Republican reconciliation bill to extend the Trump tax cuts for the non-wealthy because
On Thursday’s edition of NBC’s “Meet the Press Now,” Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA) stated that giving more money to ICE means “more terror in our communities.” Host Gabe Gutierrez asked, “I want to switch now to the topic of immigration.
On Wednesday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Mornings with Maria,” NYPD Chief of Department John Chell reacted to New York City mayoral candidate New York State Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani’s (D) call to abolish the police department’s Strategic Response Group
On Wednesday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Mornings with Maria,” NYPD Chief of Department John Chell said that partnering with the federal government has helped them deal with crimes committed by migrants and stated, “President Trump is law and
On Wednesday’s broadcast of Newsmax TV’s “Greg Kelly Reports,” Rep. Keith Self (R-TX) argued that the economic growth numbers projected for the reconciliation bill seem a bit high since we’ve had “very few years since 2008” with strong economic growth
On Wednesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Way Too Early,” host Ali Vitali stated that the reconciliation bill “is about extending tax cuts.” Although, that’s not the entirety of what the legislation does and “these are not new tax cuts. It’s just
On Wednesday’s “CNN News Central,” Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) stated that things like no tax on tips and other tax reductions in the reconciliation bill are “little flourishes” “that are designed to cover the horrible job that they’re doing.” Co-host
On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Arena,” Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) said that he isn’t necessarily against eliminating taxes on tips, but “would prefer just to have a much more progressive income tax so people who are making a lot
On Tuesday’s broadcast of “CNN This Morning,” Rep. Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ) reacted to ICE detaining some Iranian nationals by saying that “I don’t know the specifics of every single case, but what I can tell you is I don’t trust
On Tuesday’s broadcast of “CNN News Central,” Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) stated that New York City mayoral candidate State Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani’s (D) refusal to condemn “a call for a wave of terror against Jewish people around the world” is
On Tuesday’s broadcast of CBS News’ “The Takeout,” Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY) responded to New York City mayoral candidate State Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani’s (D) proposal for city-run grocery stores by saying, “I feel like New York can survive a publicly-run
Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont says New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani “is a big deal” and is “transformative.”
On Monday’s broadcast of Newsmax TV’s “Greg Kelly Reports,” Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division Harmeet Dhillon stated that virtually no American university has followed federal law on non-discrimination in admissions, “and particularly the most elite ones. They have
On Monday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The Weeknight,” Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) stated that attempts by Democrats to pass an amendment to strip the provision in the reconciliation bill that will cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood “isn’t just about
On Monday’s broadcast of Newsmax TV’s “Greg Kelly Reports,” Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division Harmeet Dhillon stated that Columbia University has tried to say that it’s working to fix problems at the school, but they’re being dishonest because
On Monday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The Last Word,” Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA) stated that the reconciliation bill shows this generation “is the selfish generation” “that says we’re going to take away from hungry kids and give ourselves a tax cut.
During an interview with ABC News on Monday, U.S. Senate candidate Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI) responded to a question on whether she worries about taxes going up if the reconciliation bill doesn’t pass by saying she’s worried about the deficit
During an interview with CBS News’ “The Takeout” on Monday, Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) stated that she would not vote to make the 2017 Trump tax cuts permanent and that while there are “some interesting things I’m willing to consider over
On Friday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Source,” CNN Senior Legal Analyst Elie Honig stated that the Supreme Court’s ruling on nationwide injunctions “should not be seen as some mad power grab by Donald Trump. It’s the same thing Joe Biden
On Friday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “The Hill,” Rep. Sam Liccardo (D-CA) said that there isn’t any doubt that California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) will run for president and Newsom’s “been running for 40 years.” Host Chris Stirewalt said, “I saw
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks said that he agrees with the Supreme Court decision on nationwide injunctions and “Democrats were rightly outraged” by nationwide injunctions against abortion medication. Brooks began by saying, “I think the patchwork argument
On Friday’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition,” co-host Steve Inskeep argued that the DIA’s assessment in low confidence that NPR and other outlets reported on isn’t contradicted by the characterization that Iran’s nuclear program was damaged severely and significantly. Sen.
On Friday’s broadcast of CNN’s “AC360,” Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-MA) stated that we have Iran in the weakest spot it’s been in in 30 years, so it is now “the time to engage in coercive diplomacy and get a longer
On Friday’s broadcast of CNN’s “AC360,” Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-MA) stated that Iran is “naked” to American and Israeli air power and so “they can’t do anything. They can’t clear that rubble away. They can’t try to reconstruct metalization plants
On Friday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Laura Coates Live,” Connecticut Attorney General William Tong (D) said that Democrats have “complained” about nationwide injunctions “and the aggressive use of nationwide injunctions by the other side.” But the Supreme Court was wrong to
On Friday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Inside Politics,” host Jim Sciutto stated that “you can imagine” schools “taking books off the shelves of their libraries” in the wake of the Supreme Court allowing parents to opt their children out of certain
