“Budgets? We Don't Need No Stinkin' Budgets!"

DSR's Words Matter

Riley Fessler

News, Government

4.6 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 25 September 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Make no mistake - we are headed towards a government shutdown and it is a strategic move from the Trump administration. So what are the Democrats doing to avert a disaster? What does this signify about the current political landscape in America and why aren’t news outlets calling out this clear constitutional crisis? Tune in as David Rothkopf and Norm Ornstein tackle all this and more. Looking for More from the DSR Network? Click Here: https://linktr.ee/deepstateradio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:44.2	Welcome to When Science Fines Away, a podcast about the science changing the world.
0:52.1	When Science Finds Away.
0:54.2	Listen to season three, wherever you get your podcasts.
1:01.0	9, 12, 10, 28, 2, 23.
1:17.7	This is Deep State Radio, coming to you direct from our super secret studio in the third sub-basement of the Ministry of Snark in Washington, D.C., and from other
1:30.0	undisclosed locations across America and around the world.
1:35.3	Hello, and welcome to DSR's Words Matter.
1:39.2	I'm David Rothkopf, and I am joined by the man of the hour, Norm Ornstein. How are you doing Norm?
1:46.4	The same as usual, David. You know, I was just so taken with the heroic efforts of Melania and
1:57.1	Donald Trump put into the equivalent of a foxhole under fire with an escalator that
2:03.4	stopped and showing their courage, fortitude, and just all-round performance by walking up an
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