Mike Johnson
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Dec- 2024 -19 DecemberThe DSR Daily Brief
The DSR Daily for December 19: Johnson’s Musk Problem
On the DSR Daily for Thursday, we cover Elon Musk’s opposition to the stopgap spending bill, Newsom declaring a state…
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Sep- 2024 -26 SeptemberThe DSR Daily Brief
The DSR Daily for September 26: Eric Adams Indicted
On the DSR daily for Thursday, we cover the indictment of New York mayor Eric Adams, Israel rejecting calls for…
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25 SeptemberThe DSR Daily Brief
The DSR Daily for September 25: Senate Panel Issues Secret Service Report
On the DSR Daily for Wednesday, we cover the Senate report on the Secret Service, escalating attacks between Hezbollah and…
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24 SeptemberThe DSR Daily Brief
The DSR Daily for September 24: Israel’s Airstrike Kills Hundreds in Lebanon
On the DSR daily for Tuesday, we cover the latest deadly strikes in Lebanon, the new funding bill in the…
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Jun- 2024 -26 JuneThe DSR Daily Brief
The DSR Daily for June 26: Results from Tuesday’s Primaries
On the DSR daily for Wednesday, we discuss the big results from Tuesday’s primaries, NATO’s next Secretary General, Ukraine and…
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14 JuneThe Daily Blast
Trump’s Bizarre Rants At Private GOP Meeting Are a Break-Glass Moment
New reports are emerging about Donald Trump’s tightening grip on the GOP, and the upshot is this: It’s crazier and…
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11 JuneThe Daily Blast
Mike Johnson’s Sleazy New Scheme to Protect Trump Should Fire Up Dems
In the wake of Donald Trump’s criminal conviction, House Speaker Mike Johnson and Republicans are ramping up with sordid new efforts to use their…
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May- 2024 -9 MayThe DSR Daily Brief
The DSR Daily for May 9: Johnson Removal Vote Fails, Biden Warns Israel Against Rafah Invasion
On the Thursday edition of the DSR daily, we cover the failure of Marjorie Taylor Green’s attempt to oust Speaker…
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8 MayThe Daily Blast
Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Rage At Mike Johnson Is Suddenly Fizzling Out
This week, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene is deciding whether to call a snap vote to oust Mike Johnson as House…
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1 MayThe DSR Daily Brief
The DSR Daily for May 1: House Dems to Block Johnson Ouster, Protesters Clash at UCLA
On the Wednesday edition of the DSR Daily, we discuss the House Democrat plan to protect Speaker Johnson from being…
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Apr- 2024 -25 AprilThe Daily Blast
MAGA Rage at Mike Johnson Suddenly Takes a Dark and Dangerous Turn
Now that the House has passed military aid to Ukraine, MAGA personalities like Donald Trump Jr. and Tucker Carlson have joined Marjorie…
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25 AprilDSR Foreign Policy
Update on the GOP Circular Firing Squad
Speaker Johnson has finally done the right thing for Ukraine. In passing Ukraine aid, the self-destructive Republican Party has inflamed…
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23 AprilThe Daily Blast
Why Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Fury Is About to Get Worse for the GOP
Now that Mike Johnson allowed Ukraine aid to pass the House on a broad bipartisan basis, an enraged Marjorie Taylor Greene is ramping…
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22 AprilThe DSR Daily Brief
The DSR Daily for April 22: House Passes Aid Bill, Israeli IDF Intelligence Head Resigns
On the Monday edition of the DSR Daily, we cover the House finally passing an aid bill for Ukraine, the…
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17 AprilThe Daily Blast
Finally, Mike Johnson Makes His Move to Shiv Marjorie Taylor Greene
Here on the podcast we’ve repeatedly argued that Mike Johnson might ultimately allow a vote on military aid to Ukraine, even if it…
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16 AprilThe DSR Daily Brief
The DSR Daily for April 16: Trump Trial Rejects Dozens of Jurors, Violence Continues in the West Bank
On the Tuesday edition of the DSR Daily, we cover the rejection of dozens of jurors in Trump’s hush money…
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12 AprilWords Matter
Republicans are Reaching New Levels of Ineptitude
House Republicans are fighting or floundering, Mike Johnson is traveling to Mar-a-Lago to pray at the altar of Trump, and…
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9 AprilThe Daily Blast
Mike Johnson Finally Seems Ready To Stiff-Arm Marjorie Taylor Greene
This week, Mike Johnson finally appears set to decide whether to hold a House vote on funding military aid to Ukraine. If…
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Mar- 2024 -27 MarchThe Daily Blast
Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Rage at Mike Johnson Has Gone Nuclear. Why?
All of a sudden Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene seems to be attacking House Speaker Mike Johnson almost daily over all kinds of…
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20 MarchThe Daily Blast
Is Mike Johnson Finally Ready to Stick It to MAGA on Ukraine?
Is there any chance that Congress will not abandon Ukraine to the Russians? With Donald Trump and MAGA Republicans determined to cut…
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