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Netflix Chief Met with Trump

December 7, 2025 at 2:32 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Netflix taking pole position to win the race for Warner Bros. Discovery sent shockwaves through Hollywood, partially because it was presumed that Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison had the support of President Donald Trump,” according to the Hollywood Reporter.

“Now multiple sources tell The Hollywood Reporter that Netflix may also have received some sort of blessing by Trump, or at least his ear. Insiders says that Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos spoke with the President in the last couple of weeks in a confab that lasted about two hours.”

Clyburn Agrees America Not Ready for Woman President

December 7, 2025 at 2:15 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-SC) said he agrees with Michelle Obama that the U.S. is not yet ready for a woman president, but he still intends to support women candidates, Politico reports.

Said Clyburn: “As we saw in this past election, sadly we ain’t ready. That’s why I’m like, ‘Don’t even look at me about running because you all are lying. You’re not ready for a woman.’”

Quote of the Day

December 7, 2025 at 2:14 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“I watched many of my colleagues go from making fun of him, making fun of how he talks — making fun of me constantly for supporting him — to when he won the primary in 2024 they all started — excuse my language, Lesley, kissing his ass and decided to put on a MAGA hat for the first time.”

— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), on 60 Minutes.

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Justices to Hear Trump’s Plans to Shatter the Bureaucracy

December 7, 2025 at 2:04 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“The Supreme Court will debate Monday whether to finally finish off a teetering, 90-year-old precedent that limited presidents’ power over many federal agencies,” Politico reports.

“But lurking in the wings is a far more radical bid by the Trump administration to remake the federal government from top to bottom by ending the concept of the civil service.”

“Indeed, some legal experts say that as a practical matter, the administration — emboldened by the justices — has already managed to eliminate job protections that have been on the books for nearly 150 years.”

Trump’s Presidential Library May Be a Skyscraper

December 7, 2025 at 1:58 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Politico: “Forget glamor-free presidential libraries in towns like Little Rock or Grand Rapids. Sometime after 2029, enthusiasts might be able to take in a facility whose possible elements include a 47-story tower, a hotel, a rooftop restaurant, and a prime perch in the Miami skyline. Donald Trump’s presidential library, like Donald Trump’s presidency, is already breaking molds — and it hasn’t even been commissioned yet.”

“The hype around the building gathered force back in September, when Trump’s son Eric — a trustee of The Donald J. Trump Presidential Library Foundation — announced the location, proclaiming the library would be ‘one of the most beautiful buildings ever built’ and ‘an Icon on the Miami skyline.’ No official plans have been released, but in conversations with Florida power players, local activists, real estate pros and Trump insiders familiar with the discussions, it appears that the project is shaping up to be a lot more glamorous, a lot pricier, and a whole lot more lucrative than the libraries of his predecessors.”

Trump Rips Lawmaker He Just Pardoned

December 7, 2025 at 10:22 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“President Trump on Sunday offered more insight into his decision to pardon former Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) and his wife Imelda, who were both indicted last year on bribery charges, but criticized the former congressman for opting to run as a Democrat in 2026,” The Hill reports.

Said Trump: “Only a short time after signing the Pardon, Congressman Henry Cuellar announced that he will be ‘running’ for Congress again, in the Great State of Texas (a State where I received the highest number of votes ever recorded!), as a Democrat, continuing to work with the same Radical Left Scum that just weeks before wanted him and his wife to spend the rest of their lives in Prison – And probably still do!”

He added: “Such a lack of LOYALTY, something that Texas Voters, and Henry’s daughters, will not like. Oh well, next time, no more Mr. Nice guy!”

Hegseth Declares End to U.S. ‘Utopian Idealism’

December 7, 2025 at 7:28 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Saturday launched a full-throated attack on post-Cold War U.S. foreign policy, castigating former presidents and generals by name while declaring the age of American “utopian idealism” over, Politico reports.

Abortion a Major Obstacle in the GOP Healthcare Fight

December 7, 2025 at 7:24 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“As congressional Republicans weighed how to approach the fight over extending Affordable Care Act subsidies, powerful antiabortion groups saw an opportunity,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

“Led by Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, antiabortion activists began to pressure Republicans during the fall government shutdown to further restrict abortion coverage from insurance plans made cheaper by ACA subsidies at the heart of the dispute.”

“The activists’ warning was simple: Extending subsidies without such limits was a line Republicans must not cross to keep social conservative support in next year’s midterm elections.”

Trump’s Advisers Try to Shift His Focus to High Prices

December 7, 2025 at 6:58 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Wall Street Journal: “In conversations in recent weeks, Trump’s advisers have encouraged the president to talk more about what the administration is doing to increase wages, lower the cost of housing and reduce inflation.”

“So far, Trump has largely avoided any ‘I feel your pain’ messaging, telling aides that the economy is strong. And he has dismissed Washington’s focus on affordability as a trap set by Democrats intent on papering over the administration’s economic achievements. In many of the private conversations, Trump has argued that former President Joe Biden was responsible for inflation, not him.”

Financial Times: America’s affordability crunch is real — and worse under Trump.

How Biden Lost Americans’ Faith in Immigration

December 7, 2025 at 6:21 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“In the weeks after Joe Biden was elected president, advisers delivered a warning: His approach to immigration could prove disastrous,” the New York Times reports.

“Mr. Biden had pledged to treat unauthorized immigrants more humanely than President Donald Trump, who generated widespread backlash by separating migrant children from their parents.”

“But Mr. Biden was now president-elect, and his positions threatened to drastically increase border crossings, experts advising his transition team warned in a Zoom briefing in the final weeks of 2020…. That jump, they said, could provoke a political crisis.”

Echoes of a 1930s Supreme Court Battle

December 7, 2025 at 6:18 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“A new president with a bold agenda, determined to exert control over government agencies to carry it out. An agency head who refused to quit, rejecting the president’s demand that he resign and insisting Congress had protected his job to keep it independent from politics,” the New York Times reports.

“Long before President Trump declared he had the power to fire independent agency leaders, the United States experienced a nearly identical test of presidential power.”

“The president then was Franklin D. Roosevelt, who wanted to oust a member of the Federal Trade Commission he believed was an obstacle to his sweeping plan to pull the nation out of the Great Depression.”

Justices Could Topple Another Campaign Finance Limit

December 7, 2025 at 6:15 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“The Supreme Court could eliminate one of the remaining checks on money in politics in a case that worries advocates fighting the influence of deep-pocketed donors,” USA Today reports.

“In a challenge involving Vice President JD Vance, the court will consider on Dec. 9 the Republican Party’s argument for overturning a 2001 decision that upheld a rule aimed at preventing wealthy donors from bypassing limits on what they can give candidates by funneling money through political parties.”

Have Trump’s Tariffs Hit the ‘High-Water Mark’?

December 6, 2025 at 4:28 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

New York Times: “Since Mr. Trump’s exemptions, a wave of companies have begun petitioning officials in Washington for similar relief. Businesses that depend on foreign materials — from factories that import machinery to retailers selling artificial Christmas trees — argue that tariffs on their products are simply raising consumer prices and adding to Americans’ dissatisfaction with the economy, rather than encouraging more manufacturing in the United States.”

“The petitions have raised questions about the strategic direction the president’s trade policy will take in the months to come. Mr. Trump has spent the past year introducing, pausing and then reinstating more tariffs than the United States had seen in nearly a century.”

Greene Says Trump Was ‘Furious’ Over Epstein Files

December 6, 2025 at 10:55 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) said President Trump was furious with her after she signed a House petition compelling the release of all government files related to disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, The Hill reports.

Said Greene: “We did talk about the Epstein files and he was extremely angry at me that I signed the discharge petition to release the files.”

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Republicans Are Facing a Blow Out in the Midterms

December 6, 2025 at 7:15 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Charlie Cook: “It is pretty clear that Trump’s mid-decade gerrymandering play is not going to build the cushion Republicans wanted in red states to help them retain their House majority. While it’s conceivable that it could backfire and cost them seats, it’s more likely to make little difference at all. Each party will simply have the chance to elect its own rubber-stamp members, making an already dysfunctional House even more so, no matter who ends up in charge.”

“If Republicans can keep their net losses under 15 seats, they will be lucky, but that’s only because the battlefield is now so narrow. If the playing field of competitive districts were anything like it was 20 or 30 years ago, they would be staring at losses potentially three times that. The worst-case scenario for Republicans now would probably be losses in the 20-to-25-seat range.”

“Just remember, when a party is having a bad night in the House, it almost always gets bigger and goes deeper than expected, and the individual race count often underestimates what can happen when a party has a very unpopular president.”

Democrats Call Trump’s Bluff on Boat Strike Video

December 6, 2025 at 7:13 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Democrats on the House Armed Services Committee are pressing Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth to release video of U.S. military strikes on an alleged Venezuelan drug boat that have inflamed tensions on Capitol Hill,” Axios reports.

“The lawmakers are seizing on to President Trump’s own comments this week that he would have ‘no problem’ releasing the footage to the public.”

Trump Struggles to Persuade Americans on Affordability

December 6, 2025 at 6:31 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Washington Post: “Trump also vows that good times are coming. He has predicted that gas prices, which now hover around $3 a gallon, will plummet to $2. He has promised Americans $2,000 refund checks from the revenue raised by tariffs. He has suggested that ‘in the not-too-distant future,’ no one will have to pay income tax.”

“This flurry of sometimes extravagant claims comes amid a growing Republican fear, fueled by recent election results, that high prices could set the stage for a Democratic sweep in next year’s midterms. So far, there is little evidence that Trump’s urgent attempt to shift the economic storyline is working.”

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