On the recordNovember 2, 2025
The Republicans, who are running Congress right now, they're not even pretending to solve – try to solve the problem. They're not even going to work.
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Critique of Republican leadership during the government shutdown.
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Sep 17, 2025
There are no ifs, ands or buts about it, the central premise of our democratic system is that we have to be able to disagree and have sometimes really contentious debates without resorting to violence.
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