On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” host Bill Maher stated that the Trump administration backed Israel in a way other administrations hadn’t and didn’t make Palestine the center of the Middle East peace process, and that worked. Maher said,
On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” host Bill Maher said that we have “President Trump, the overseas hero, who does make good deals overseas, it looks like.” And not just in the Middle East, but in a couple of
On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Varney & Co.,” Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) said that giving Tomahawk missiles “would give the Ukrainians that definite edge to win this war and put Russia back into a box. That is
On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Mornings with Maria,” House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Rep. Brian Mast (R-FL) stated that Vladimir Putin engages in BS by saying that it’s an act of war every time NATO or the
During a discussion of the motive behind the shooting at an ICE facility in Dallas several weeks ago on Friday’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered,” co-host Mary Louise Kelly stated that “the shooting may be more about notoriety than
On Friday, CBS News Immigration and Politics Reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez reported about riding along with ICE agents in Portland who were “carrying out targeted enforcement operations targeting people who are suspected of being in the country illegally and who also have
On Friday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “On Balance,” NewsNation West Coast Bureau Correspondent Nancy Loo talked about her ride-along with ICE agents in Portland, where ICE pursued an illegal immigrant who had managed to accrue multiple felony charges after receiving an
On Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Chris Jansing Reports,” Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) argued that there is a “Republican shutdown of the government,” her constituents have been telling her “don’t give in” on the shutdown and Republicans haven’t done anything about
On Thursday’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition,” Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) argued that the need for tax credits in order to keep health insurance premiums from going through the roof doesn’t show that Obamacare is a failure because it hasn’t
On Thursday’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition,” Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) stated that while a one-year extension of ACA subsidies would help next month, “it won’t do that much. The best path forward would be to reform and extend these
On Thursday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The Last Word,” Chicago Alderman Timmy Knudsen discussed protests in the Chicago area scheduled for the weekend and stated that “the worst gang in Chicago is called ICE, and it’s funded by the federal government.”
On Thursday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Katy Tur Reports,” Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) stated that in order to win over voters, Democrats need to push for policies like “breaking up corporate power, stopping these media companies from being able to control
On Thursday’s broadcast of CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) responded to past rhetoric from Democrats against shutdowns and the bad precedent their current tactics could cause by saying that “the government does not have to be shut down”
On Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Arena,” Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) stated that extending subsidies for one year to re-open the government is “a good starting place. But I don’t know that that’s where we end up. I think, for
On Thursday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The Weeknight,” Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC) discussed the government shutdown and said that Republicans aren’t allowing “the tax credits that come along with the Affordable Care Act that [make] it affordable” among other issues. Clyburn
On Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) argued that the expiration of ACA subsidies that Democrats passed, coupled with the Affordable Care Act Democrats passed doesn’t mean there’s a healthcare crisis of the Democratic Party’s making
During a town hall on NewsNation on Wednesday, Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-PA) responded to a question on why, if Obamacare was such a good law, Democrats need to subsidize it by saying that people will lose health care or face
On Wednesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Ana Cabrera Reports,” Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) stated that by threatening to fire government employees, President Donald Trump is strengthening the resolve of Democrats and stated that “He started punishing the federal workforce and punishing
During a town hall on NewsNation on Wednesday, Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) stated that nobody believes that Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is responsible for the government shutdown because “The country thinks he’s too ineffective to actually be
During a town hall on CNN on Wednesday, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) discussed the government shutdown and said that “what all of this is about is, do the American people come together and demand that we have a government that
During a town hall on CNN on Wednesday, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) responded to a question on her prior characterization of government shutdowns as hostage-taking and what she would say to Republicans who say Democrats are doing that right now
During a town hall on CNN on Wednesday, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) stated that a one-year extension of healthcare subsidies to end the government shutdown is “laughable, because it’s cynical.” And “as a member of the party, we put negotiations
During a town hall with NewsNation on Wednesday, Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) said that he wants to extend the healthcare tax credits at issue in the government shutdown, it is worth noting that the subsidies were “designed by the Democratic
During an interview aired on Wednesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “The Story,” New York City mayoral candidate Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani (D) responded to a question on if he has changed his support for bail reform in light of
On Tuesday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “The Hill,” Rep. Troy Downing (R-MT) said that farmers in his state will “hit crisis mode if we can’t get the government open soon” and give them a bridge until trade deals are reached and
On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Hannity,” Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) stated that countries in the Arab world need to put soldiers into Gaza to stop Hamas from slaughtering Gazans who sided with Israel and “If this stabilizing
On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Evening Edit,” Harvard Law Professor Emeritus Alan Dershowitz said that President Donald Trump was able to get the deal in the Middle East that Obama and Biden didn’t is because Trump “first
On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Faulkner Focus,” former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that “whether it’s the Tomahawks or allowing the Ukrainians to target economic and military targets” deep in Russia “are the kind of things
On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Source,” host Kaitlan Collins stated that it’s “off the topic” to mention how people abuse the asylum system when talking about asylum seekers getting healthcare benefits at issue in the government shutdown. Sen. Tim
On Tuesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Chris Jansing Reports,” Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) stated that ending the government shutdown requires a vote to move forward on reversing “cuts to the Affordable Care Act that make it unaffordable, that are, right now,
On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Arena,” Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) responded to a question on why Senate Democrats won’t vote for a clean continuing resolution, by saying it’s “because we’ve seen what’s happened since day one of the
On Monday’s broadcast of Newsmax TV’s “Finnerty,” Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) stated that the peace deal in the Middle East ended up happening because what happened in Lebanon, Syria, and Iran forced Hamas to the table because “What President Trump
On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “The Bottom Line,” Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) stated that health insurance companies are lobbying heavily for the Affordable Care Act subsidies “Because they want that free money,” and that the money from
On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “The Story,” Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon stated that a two-state solution is “not on the table” and Palestinians have to show that they’re changing. He also stated that Israel
On Monday’s broadcast of Newsmax TV’s “Rob Schmitt Tonight,” Presidential Envoy for Special Missions Richard Grenell discussed the next step for Palestinians after the initial phase of the peace deal in the Middle East and stated that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas
On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “The Story,” Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon said that “Hamas didn’t comply with the agreement today” by failing to deliver the remains of all the deceased hostages and only
On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Lead,” Deputy Chief of Mission for Israel’s Embassy in D.C. Eliav Benjamin stated that while Hamas was given 72 hours to release the remains of deceased hostages, “let’s also remember that 70 hours were
On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “OutFront,” Jack Lew, who was the U.S. Ambassador to Israel under President Joe Biden, said that President Donald Trump created “a force field where other principals feel that they’re compelled to act. He did that
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that the indictment of New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) “is clearly a revenge prosecution.” He also stated President Donald Trump has a point that he faced politically
On Friday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Arena,” Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) responded to a question on whether Democrats have held that you shouldn’t shut down the government over policy before by saying, “No, but this is about the budget. The
