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The Daily Blast: Trump Rages at Mitch McConnell in Crazed Rants—Showing How He Cows GOP Feb 14, 2025

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On Thursday, after Robert F. Kennedy Jr. got confirmed as Secretary of Health and Human Services, Mitch McConnell, the only Republican to vote no, issued a powerful statement citing RFK’s anti-vax conspiracy theories and crediting vaccines for saving millions of lives around the world. That prompted two unhinged, angry rants from Trump in which he absolutely savaged McConnell as a loser, a failure, and worse. We talked to veteran congressional observer Norm Ornstein, who explains what this Trump-McConnell rift tells us about Trump’s ability to terrorize today’s GOP into submission—and why we can’t count on Republicans to stand up to him going forward.

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Where Are the Leaders This Moment Demands? Feb 13, 2025

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What the hell is happening this past week? Between Trump’s takeover of the Kennedy Center, Pete Hegseth’s dismissal of NATO allies in Europe, and Elon Musk’s increasing control within the government - where is the political resistance in Washington? David Rothkopf and Norm Ornstein break all of this down and why Washington needs a Democrat who is going to stand up and say “f*ck you.”

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The DSR Daily for February 13: Shocker: Another Unqualified Addition to Trump’s Cabinet Feb 13, 2025

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On the DSR Daily for Thursday, we break down the confirmation of Tulsi Gabbard as DNI, Trump’s alarming call with Putin, Hamas’s pledge to release more hostages, and more.

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The Daily Blast: Trump Aide Karoline Leavitt’s Ugly Tirade Over Legal Losses Is Ominous Feb 13, 2025

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With President Donald Trump’s agenda suddenly facing a huge wave of lawsuits, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt unleashed a long, angry tirade on Wednesday about the mounting court rulings against the president. Laughably, she claimed that this constitutes “the real constitutional crisis” we’re facing right now. It’s a revealing moment: Trumpworld is building a case for ignoring judicial rulings because they know their agenda is now vulnerable to legal challenges on many different fronts. We talked to legal commentator Leah Litman, author of the book Lawless, about the prospects for stopping Trump in the courts, what happens if he defies them, and what’s likely coming in the next few months.

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Good News: We’re Not Quite in a Constitutional Crisis Yet! Feb 12, 2025

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So nice to see both our Presidents in one place! In the wake of a very strange White House appearance by Elon Musk and his son, we’re left asking the age old question: does this finally count as a constitutional crisis? Rosa Brooks, Kori Schake, and Ed Luce join David Rothkopf to deliberate over this issue and more.

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The DSR Daily for February 12: Trump and Musk’s No Good, Very Weird Meeting Feb 12, 2025

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On the DSR Daily for Wednesday, we discuss Trump overturning a ban on business bribes, a very strange meeting between Musk and Trump, Jordan’s king rejecting Trump’s resettlement plan, and more.

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The Daily Blast: Pro-Trump GOPers Shocked to Learn Their Own Voters Are Fuming at Musk Feb 12, 2025

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Little by little, congressional Republicans are waking up to discover that their own voters are in revolt against Elon Musk’s efforts to wreck the federal government. New reports from CNN and The Bulwark show that Republicans are quietly seeking to tamp down voter angst in all kinds of revealing ways. These are voters in GOP districts, but very few Republicans will prominently take on Musk, even though he is usurping their power. We talked to political science professor Elizabeth Saunders, author of a new piece for Foreign Affairs about the threat posed by Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency. She reflects on how complicit GOP lawmakers are in the destruction we’re seeing unfold—and on what, if anything, might prompt them to defend the system before the damage is irreversible.

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The DSR Daily for February 11: Trade Wars: The EU Strikes Back Feb 11, 2025

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On the DSR Daily for Tuesday, we break down the EU’s looming retaliatory tariffs, the Justice Department order to drop charges against Eric Adams, Trump’s threats against Hamas, and more.

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The Daily Blast: Trump’s Rage at Canada Just Got Worse—and Putin Is Quietly Celebrating Feb 11, 2025

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In an interview on Fox News, President Donald Trump angrily signaled that his goal of making Canada into a “51st state” is “real” while ranting that Canada is supposedly taking advantage of us. Whatever Trump actually intends, Vladimir Putin has been cheering on Trump’s various threats toward Canada, especially the threat of tariffs. Russia is also happy about Elon Musk’s efforts to gut the U.S. Agency for International Development. We talked to international relations professor Nicholas Grossman, who explains why Trump’s rising anger at Canada is alarming even if he doesn’t fully intend to send in troops. Grossman also details how all these moves show that Trump is signaling a genuine repositioning of the U.S.’s place in the international order—and why this repositioning has Putin so gleeful.

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The DSR Daily for February 10: CFPB Ordered to Stop Work Feb 10, 2025

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On the DSR Daily for Monday, we cover the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s stop work order, Trump ordering the Treasury to stop producing pennies, a court blocking Venezuelan immigrants from being sent to Guantanamo, and more.

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