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.@KevinMaddenDC tells @kasie that the administration's "anti-weaponization" fund "landed with a thud" among Senate Republicans. "I'm kind of reminded of the congressional mantra: vote your conscience, vote your district, and don't surprise me. This violated all three," he says. W/ @JoeCunninghamSC @elliotcwilliams @jamiegangel

"This whole thing smells... it surely looks partial," @RepDonBacon says of the administration's "anti-weaponization" fund, adding that "the events of this past week with Senator Cassidy and Senator Cornyn undermine his effort to make this case" on the ballroom and beyond.

"We brought the cultural wars to our schools. We lost," @rahmemanuel on the DNC's 2024 "autopsy" report conclusions. "We learn the lesson over and over again, and we ignore it at our own peril."

.@kasie: "Why did they put out a report that didn't grapple at all with what every American could plainly see, and said was the problem with the Democratic nominee for president in 2024: their sitting president and his declining health?" WATCH @rahmemanuel's reaction to what crucially wasn't in the DNC's 2024 "autopsy" report.

WATCH: @kasie walks us through what President Trump's arc would mean for veterans' families and what the nation's capital will look like if Trump gets his way.

WATCH: @PatrickMcHenry reads a nearly ten-year-old quote from Rep. Thomas Massie following his defeat in his Kentucky primary. W/ @alyssafarah @LuluGNavarro @KBeds @JonahDispatch

"Within a year's time, President Trump will set foot in the island of Cuba," @PatrickMcHenry predicts after the DOJ indicted former Cuban President Raúl Castro. W/ @LuluGNavarro @KBeds @JonahDispatch

.@VanHollenForMD wants to block violent criminals and child molesters from accessing the administration's new "anti-weaponization" fund:  "I think we should have a vote, and everybody should understand where Senators stand on that question."

WATCH @kasie's take on two January 6 police officers' attempt to block the rioters who assaulted them from receiving payouts from the administration's new "anti-weaponization" fund.

Fmr. Rep. Barney Frank, a liberal icon, passed away today at 86. His friend and former colleague, @VanHollenForMD, reacts to Frank's parting advice to his party.

"Anybody who assaulted law enforcement should not be eligible to receive funds from this. That is wrong," former GOP Congressman @PeterMeijer says after Acting AG Blanche said that anyone can apply for "anti-weaponization" fund money, even January 6 rioters. W/ @secupp @AsteadWH @chriscquinn

.@kasie: "If you do not win this race today, if you do not end up in the runoff, is it because you took on President Trump?" "I think that my message right now, we have one fellow that spent $100 million, another fellow, his dad spent $30 million," @GaSecofState responds.

Would it be harder for a Democrat to run against Marco Rubio or JD Vance in 2028? @AndyBeshearKY responds ⬇️

Several months ago, Michelle Obama said that the U.S. is 'not ready' for a woman president. Hear what @AndyBeshearKY, a possible Dem. 2028 contender, thinks.

.@Comey tells @kasie that during his first term as president, Donald Trump was "more serious, more even-keeled, less focused entirely on himself." See what made him think that "something's off" with him now ⬇️

.@Comey tells @kasie that he believes the 2020 and 2024 elections demonstrate that his Clinton email probe decision did not make a difference in 2016.  "We're so tribal that the Trump crowd doesn't realize that the Clinton crowd hates me," he adds. "I've had situations where someone curses me on the street, and I have to stop and say, so is that a Clintonian 'F you' or a Trumpian 'F you'?"

@Comey tells @kasie that he still talks to FBI employees regularly, and that they are afraid to be talking to him. "They're under siege," he says.

Republican Strategist @BradOnMessage's warning to Trump on his China visit: "Going into the election this year in the midterms, a lot of Republicans will not want to go have to explain to their base voters why we backed off on trade on China." W/ @JuliaEAinsley @XochitlHinojosa @JonahDispatch