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Chief climate change crusader Al Gore marking 20 years of fearmongering by doubling down. @ClimateDepot : ”There were so many wrong answers and wrong predictions. So what does he do now? He literally just makes up a whole bunch of new ones” | @BrianBrenberg

It's a tale of two priorities. President Trump touting economic wins for seniors in Florida, while "May Day" protesters swarm the streets to demand taxes on the rich. @RealEJAntoni & @KayleeDMcGhee sound off with @BrianBrenberg & @LisaMarieBoothe

"The federal government thus far has announced a series of task forces. That's, of course, welcome. But I think they need to go much, much further." @christopherrufo discusses the fraud crackdown across the country with @LisaMarieBoothe @brianbrenberg

The Trump Administration telling Congress the ceasefire with Iran extends the reauthorization deadline. @VictoriaCoates: "I think the President is on very strong legal ground to say the clock reset." | @LisaMarieBoothe @brianbrenberg

The DOJ launching a West Coast fraud strike force focused on healthcare-related scams. @DavidAsmanfox: "It's impossible to track that much money when there's so many parties involved in taking a piece of the pie." | @BrianBrenberg

Sen. Bernie Sanders joins Chinese scientists to challenge the A.I. boom. @kevinolearytv: "We're competing with them... And they are also competing with us. One of us is going to win. It better be North America... or we're all screwed." | @brianbrenberg

Senate Democrats trying again, and failing, to hamstring President Trump's war powers in Iran. @rebeccagrantdc reacts: "This is political gamesmanship... This is a moment for Congress to be bipartisan." | @BrianBrenberg

.@KarlRove gives his take on if the third assassination attempt on President Trump will move the political needle in November: "This is going to fade as an impact. It's going to be, in my opinion, based around the economy" | @BrianBrenberg

“We cannot normalize this stuff … Enough is enough. Three times is three times too many.” @LaraLeaTrump blasts the liberal media for turning a blind eye to the rise of left-wing radicalization with @BrianBrenberg

Tim Walz ghosting hearings and taking victory laps over rampant MN fraud. @KRobbinsMN rips the Governor's administration: "They have been responsible for the billions of our dollars stolen... they should come before the committee and answer our questions" | @brianbrenberg

Senator Bernie Sanders deciding to cozy up with Chinese scientists for an anti-AI event. @lizpeek & @JessAnderson2 react with @brianbrenberg

@SenEricSchmitt reacts to the Supreme Court decision deeming Louisiana's map an unconstitutional racial gerrymander: "The redistricting process has always been political... It just can't be based on race." | @BrianBrenberg

The Supreme Court hearing arguments about Trump's move to end TPS for some immigrants. @RepBrandonGill: "The reality is that 65% of Haitian non-citizen-headed households in the United States right now are on welfare. That does not make the United States stronger" | @BrianBrenberg

Democrats playing the blame game over the White House Correspondents' Dinner. @briannalyman2 : "If they were to acknowledge the root cause of yet another assassination attempt, it implicates Democrats... It implicates the propaganda press" | @dagenmcdowell @BrianBrenberg

Governor Walz shamelessly trying to take credit for cracking down on fraud as the feds conduct sweeping raids in his state. @jordanrasmusson: "The legacy of Tim Wakz is a legacy of fraud." | @dagenmcdowell @BrianBrenberg

.@Jim_Jordan reacts to James Comey's indictment: "It's against the law to threaten the President... He wants us to believe... that somehow the Good Lord washed up on shore, shells in the formation of '8647'. I mean, that's ridiculous." | @dagenmcdowell @BrianBrenberg

NYC Mayor Mamdani pushing the state for yet another "tax the rich" scheme today. @StephenMoore reacts: "It is so divorced from any kind of sense of reality that it's almost scary" | @dagenmcdowell @brianbrenberg

.@GiannoCaldwell rips Democrats for their rhetoric after witnessing the attempted assassination of President Trump: “It is not a both sides argument… These folks need to be condemned.” | @BrianBrenberg

@JenniferSey recounts her experience at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner: ”It was obviously terrifying... If we silence ourselves and we stop going to these events, then the worst of us has won.” | @BrianBrenberg

.@RepStutzman rips Congress for the prolonged shutdown over DHS funding: ”This should be a no brainer… It could be done as a voice vote and be done.” | @BrianBrenberg