We have some major news right now. The walls are really closing in on the Trump administration after another difficult week for this White House, whether it was Pam Bondi's chaotic testimony on Capitol Hill, which has drawn ire from both the right and the left, or the fact that the Department of Homeland Security will shut down in a matter of hours this evening

after the White House and Senate Democrats could not come to an agreement,

or the fact that in Minnesota, the White House waived the white flag,

admitting defeat and pulling out ice forces on the ground.

It's been a pretty chaotic week for this White House,

and every Friday I sit down with Jessica Tarlov, who appears on the Five,

to kind of talk about it, break it down,

talk about what happened this week and why it was in this week,

a bad week for this administration.

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The more you like, the more people see this. And please consider subscribing to support my work to my substack. Click the link below. This work is only possible because of you. And today I spoke with Jessica Tarlov about where the country currently is and where it's heading, where the White House currently is and where it's heading. And it's an episode that I encourage you to watch. It's a little longer than my typical episodes, but let's just jump right into it. My conversation with Jessica Tarlov. This week's House hearing with Attorney General Pam Bondi turned into an all-out Epstein match, as she stonewalled Democrats for four hours and refused to apologize for the DOJ's handling of the files, even with survivors in the room. Let's watch a clip. How many of Epstein's co-conspirators have you indicted? You showed it. I find it. How many have you indicted? Excuse me. I'm going to answer the question. I answer my question. No, I'm going to answer the question the way. I to answer the question. You're going to answer the question the way I asked it.

Chairman Jordan, I'm not going to get in the gutter with these people. You can let her filibuster all day long, but not on our watch. Not on our time. No way. And I told you about that, Attorney General, before you started. You don't tell me anything. Yeah, I did tell you because we saw what you did in the Senate.

Not even a lawyer.

Was the president aware of Secretary Lutnik's ties to Epstein when he chose him to lead the Department of Commerce?

Chris Malen was a border patrol agent.

Okay, so I'm going to conclude that the president, in fact, did know about his ties because he was the next-door neighbor.

Shame on you. Oh, for goodness sakes. This is not a game, secretary. I'm attorney general.

My apologies, I couldn't tell. So I was on an airplane while this hearing was going on and consuming

these clips in the sky.

And I feel like if anyone was watching my face, like they would never figure out that I was watching a hearing because it was like some insane movie where I was like, oh, no, she didn't.

And then like, oh, is that really happening? And then almost crying when she wouldn't even turn to look at the survivors, which seems like the lowest level of basic decency that you could give to people. What were your big takeaways?

Yeah, I felt like I was watching the five. I mean, it was just, it was kidding. I was about to be like, I wonder if it was

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