On Friday’s broadcast of C-SPAN’s “Ceasefire,” Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) stated that the large spike in Affordable Care Act premiums is partially because “the Affordable Care Act is the insurance of last resort and the pool of people who are
On Friday’s broadcast of C-SPAN’s “Ceasefire,” Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) said that because Republicans control both chambers of Congress and the White House, the government shutdown “is our only moment of leverage,” and while shutting down the government is “a
On Friday’s broadcast of CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” House Minority Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) argued that extending Obamacare subsidies isn’t additional government spending and “We’re actually extending a tax credit that currently exists.” Co-host Becky Quick asked, “You bring up
On Friday’s broadcast of CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” House Minority Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) stated that the government shutdown is “not about leverage. And by the way, if the votes of Democratic senators are required, then, of course, there should
On Thursday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “The Hill,” Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller (R) said that importing beef from Argentina will help with lowering the price of hamburger, but, due to the low quality of beef from Argentina, importing Argentinian beef
On Thursday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “Cuomo,” Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) discussed the government shutdown and said that most of the recent CRs have been voted for by Democrats and “a CR, to me, as an appropriator, is a failure. A
On Thursday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The Beat,” DNC Chair Ken Martin stated that the Democratic Party’s job right now is to win elections, and if “we are truly in a dictatorship and an authoritarian regime here has completely shredded the
On Thursday’s broadcast of C-SPAN’s “Washington Journal,” Rep. Brad Schneider (D-IL) responded to questions on whether migrants who were allowed into the country under the Biden administration would qualify for taxpayer-funded health care by saying, “It depends on the circumstance.”
On Thursday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Special Report,” Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) commented on the case of two illegal immigrants charged with felony murder, one of whom was reportedly arrested in Chicago but released after an ICE
On Thursday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Special Report,” Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) stated that “Since President Trump has taken office, we don’t have the problem that existed before with people coming across the border.” But he wishes
On Thursday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Special Report,” Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) argued that he isn’t questioning the integrity of the 2026 elections by suggesting President Donald Trump might steal them, rather, Trump “is challenging the integrity
On Wednesday’s edition of CBS’s “The Takeout,” Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) said that the government shutdown “may well end with Democrats saying, look, as we get to November 1, our opportunity to address this healthcare crisis has kind of passed,”
On Wednesday’s edition of NBC’s “Meet the Press Now,” Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) responded to polling on who the public blames for the government shutdown between Republicans and Democrats by saying that “of course, we all bear some responsibility for
On Wednesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The Last Word,” Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) argued that “Not everybody came to the United States the wrong way. Many undocumented immigrants came the right way. They came on a visa of some type and
On Wednesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Lead,” NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said that he would argue that relations between the U.S. and NATO have “never been better, thanks to President Trump.” Because he ended the irritant of disparities in
On Wednesday’s “CNN News Central,” House Minority Whip Rep. Katherine Clark (D-MA) responded to a question on previous arguments from Democrats that it’s wrong to shut down the government by saying that “the difference between this shutdown and this administration
On Wednesday’s “CNN News Central,” Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-CA) stated that President Donald Trump “passed $175 billion in his one big, beautiful bill, which is basically a slush fund that he’s going to use to build up ICE and CBP
On Wednesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “All In,” House Minority Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) responded to a question on whether Obamacare or the entire system don’t work if they need massive subsidies to be affordable by saying that “we believe
On Tuesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “All In,” North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein (D) stated that Republicans in the state, “as long as they lose an election,” “want to rig the election for the next cycle so that they have a
On Tuesday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “On Balance,” Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) stated that while abolishing the filibuster isn’t on the table for Republicans, they are discussing “a nuclear option that goes into effect when we go into a shutdown that
On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Source,” Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD) reacted to President Donald Trump proposing importing beef from Argentina by saying that we need to make it easier for American producers to make a profit and “allow them
On Tuesday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “The Hill,” Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins discussed President Donald Trump floating importing beef from Argentina and saying that the imports “won’t be too much of a huge differential for what we currently have.” Rollins said, “The
On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Claman Countdown,” Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) stated that there needs to be reforms to the Obamacare tax credits at issue in the government shutdown and “there are people that maybe don’t deserve
On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Claman Countdown,” Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) said that he doesn’t necessarily want the Obamacare tax credits at issue in the government shutdown to last forever and said that “I at least want
On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Lead,” Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) responded to a question on the negative impacts of the government shutdown and whether Democrats are playing a role in the shutdown by saying that “the status quo is
On Tuesday’s broadcast of “CNN News Central,” Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-NV) responded to Republican arguments that the subsidies at issue in the government shutdown are COVID-era subsidies and have helped the wealthy at a disproportionate rate by saying that no
On Friday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Lead,” Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) said that there is an expiration date for Obamacare subsidies “because that was all that we could get. But we’ve been arguing for a renewal of those tax credits
On Friday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Lead,” host Jake Tapper pushed back on Rep. Jamie Raskin’s (D-MD) claim that the expiration of Affordable Care Act subsidies that are at issue in the government shutdown is a Republican policy by noting
Jon Stewart stays Democrats are in a position where “we’ve shut down the government to protect subsidies for an insurance marketplace that funnels $800 billion a year into the pockets of all these insurance companies.”
During an interview with Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show” on Monday, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) stated that President Donald Trump’s policy of having the government take ownership of part of companies is Sanders’ ideas. Host Jon Stewart said, “[Y]our message,
During an interview with CBS’s “The Takeout” on Monday, Rep. Johnny Olszewski (D-MD) discussed work requirements and said that “the vast majority of people on Medicaid are already working. And so, I think it’s a little bit of a distraction
On Monday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “The Hill,” Rep. Janelle Bynum (D-OR) accused the network of “cherry-picking” video of Portland and stated that “what I’m seeing, it feels like a flashback to 2020, and we know that we have come so
On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “OutFront,” House Minority Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) reacted to video of White House National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett by saying he has “no idea” who Hassett is, but Hassett’s views also reflect how
On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” host Bill Maher stated that capitalism and free markets are one of the pillars that America was founded on, and said that it looks as though the Democratic Party wants to eliminate those
On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” host Bill Maher stated that President Donald Trump’s less judgmental approach to Saudi Arabia was more effective at producing results in the Middle East than the Biden administration, which initially tried to isolate
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
