Hi Gabe, wondering why so many Russian missiles and drones are hitting cities in Ukraine? It seems that this was not happening with US missiles and drone defense systems that were in place earlier. Is this a result of Trump not supplying Ukraine with those defensive weapons?
Hi Gabe. If the president receives a gift from a foreign entity, and refuses to ask Congress for approval to accept it, and also does not pay full value for it, who would have standing to sue him in court? Thanks and keep up the good work.
I am wondering why I have not heard more about Jamal Khashoggi this week during Trump's visit with MBS. I would have thought there would have been some discussion of the terrible optics of cozying up to someone that sanctioned a brutal murder of a journalist.
Yes! Exactly!!! Kissing the Saudi king after he permitted that heinous murder of one of America’s journalists!! These foreign leaders are terrorists. And poor Zelenskyy heading to Turkey- where Putin has no intention of going? I’m literally sickened by our poor excuse of a president
It seems like democracy is dead if the Supreme Court rules against nationwide injunctions. The administration can then do anything it wants. The final check and balance is gone and our form of government, "by the people and for the people", is history. Very sad.
Hi! (Former JBS contemporary here!) I'm curious what your thoughts are on HR 9495 incorporation into reconciliation. It's my understanding that the language in this bill would give Trump authority to dismantle or otherwise go after 'unfavorable' nonprofit and other tax exempt entities. My question is, actually how popular is this effort in Congress?
Hello Gabe, you mentioned in a 2024, November 5th article that if Harris lost Pennsylvania and the Blue Wall it would be a “Call this the 2028 nominee Josh Shapiro scenario”. Do you still believe this to be the case for the Democratic Party? As in, what it ought to do, will do, and or should do?
If the SC decides that nation wide injections cannot be imposed by district judges, can districts judges still impose injections in their own jurisdiction?
I’m curious what congressional Democrats are doing (if anything) to advance an alternative to Republican funding proposals. Any serious bipartisan legislation in discussion?
Hello, what’s the deal with the injunction on the NPS RIFs? It’s surprising to me that they’re going after such a popular institution this aggressively
Thanks for your excellent coverage of the nationwide injunctions issue.
My next question is about the Trump administration’s strategy of trying to cut funding to states or other institutions to punish or incentivize behavior about a specific issue. There’s a specific example in the budget bill: the proposal to reduce medicaid funding to states that provide health insurance to undocumented immigrants (using their own funds). This is one of many instances, but this one would actually be statutory instead of by executive action. In the Supreme Court’s 2012 decision upholding the ACA (NFIB v. Sebelius), the Court struck down the provision attempting to get states to expand Medicare by cutting their funding if they did not. The Court said this was an unconstitutional use of the spending power. I haven’t seen this issue discussed in connection with the current proposals - has it come up? How about doing a piece on the spending power and the limits on its use as a tool to coerce the behavior of states or other actors?
Hi Gabe, wondering why so many Russian missiles and drones are hitting cities in Ukraine? It seems that this was not happening with US missiles and drone defense systems that were in place earlier. Is this a result of Trump not supplying Ukraine with those defensive weapons?
How did trump circumvent the alternative minimum tax on his tax return?
Thanks, but can you get the answer somewhere?
I know how it works I had to pay it.
Hi Gabe. If the president receives a gift from a foreign entity, and refuses to ask Congress for approval to accept it, and also does not pay full value for it, who would have standing to sue him in court? Thanks and keep up the good work.
How is the Supreme Court walking down Trump’s garden Path of rolling issues, instead of prioritizing and expediting contempt charges?!?!
What is the reaction in DC to Trumps embrace of an Islamist leader in Syria and do you see any parallels between this and Nixon/China in ‘72?
I am wondering why I have not heard more about Jamal Khashoggi this week during Trump's visit with MBS. I would have thought there would have been some discussion of the terrible optics of cozying up to someone that sanctioned a brutal murder of a journalist.
Yes! Exactly!!! Kissing the Saudi king after he permitted that heinous murder of one of America’s journalists!! These foreign leaders are terrorists. And poor Zelenskyy heading to Turkey- where Putin has no intention of going? I’m literally sickened by our poor excuse of a president
It seems like democracy is dead if the Supreme Court rules against nationwide injunctions. The administration can then do anything it wants. The final check and balance is gone and our form of government, "by the people and for the people", is history. Very sad.
My question for this week is this: Could the president of the US cancel the midterm elections?
Hi! (Former JBS contemporary here!) I'm curious what your thoughts are on HR 9495 incorporation into reconciliation. It's my understanding that the language in this bill would give Trump authority to dismantle or otherwise go after 'unfavorable' nonprofit and other tax exempt entities. My question is, actually how popular is this effort in Congress?
Hello Gabe, you mentioned in a 2024, November 5th article that if Harris lost Pennsylvania and the Blue Wall it would be a “Call this the 2028 nominee Josh Shapiro scenario”. Do you still believe this to be the case for the Democratic Party? As in, what it ought to do, will do, and or should do?
of course. The Dems have no bench.
If the SC decides that nation wide injections cannot be imposed by district judges, can districts judges still impose injections in their own jurisdiction?
Sebastian Gorka is a blithering idiot. Is this the best Trump could find? Why did he appoint Gorka?
I’m curious what congressional Democrats are doing (if anything) to advance an alternative to Republican funding proposals. Any serious bipartisan legislation in discussion?
Hello, what’s the deal with the injunction on the NPS RIFs? It’s surprising to me that they’re going after such a popular institution this aggressively
Thanks for your excellent coverage of the nationwide injunctions issue.
My next question is about the Trump administration’s strategy of trying to cut funding to states or other institutions to punish or incentivize behavior about a specific issue. There’s a specific example in the budget bill: the proposal to reduce medicaid funding to states that provide health insurance to undocumented immigrants (using their own funds). This is one of many instances, but this one would actually be statutory instead of by executive action. In the Supreme Court’s 2012 decision upholding the ACA (NFIB v. Sebelius), the Court struck down the provision attempting to get states to expand Medicare by cutting their funding if they did not. The Court said this was an unconstitutional use of the spending power. I haven’t seen this issue discussed in connection with the current proposals - has it come up? How about doing a piece on the spending power and the limits on its use as a tool to coerce the behavior of states or other actors?
This is a question on the history of the legislative inertia - is Newt Gingrich really responsible for the changes in legislators effectiveness?