Democratic Senators Faced Their First Test in the Trump 2.0 Era - the Hegseth Confirmation

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🗓️ 15 January 2025

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OA1112 and T3BE55!

But who will watch the doozy watchers? We will. We watched Pete Hegseth's confirmation hearing, but our focus might have been a bit different than elsewhere. Here at Doozywatch(tm) HQ our concern wasn't with Hegseth as much, because every single one of us and them already knows he isn't fit to be Secretary of Defense. Our focus, and the focus on today's OA is - how did the Democrats do? We've been quite nervous about to what extent the Democrats will obey in advance. So what did this hearing tell us? Lydia Smith is here and lordy there are tapes!

Then, it's Thomas Takes the Bar Exam 55! That means we've got the answer to last week's question, as well as a fresh new one. Heather Varanini is in the house!

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0:00.0	You must never ever give up or give in.
0:03.1	You must keep the faith and keep your eyes on the prize.
0:07.5	That is your calling.
0:08.9	That is your mission.
0:10.0	That is your moral obligation.
0:12.0	That is your mandate.
0:13.4	Get out there and do it.
0:15.0	Get in the way.
0:26.6	Change. Change happens because people care. You the people have the power to make this life free and beautiful, to make this life a wonderful adventure.
0:36.6	I still believe with all my heart, America can't. free and beautiful to make this life a wonderful adventure.
0:44.1	I still believe with all my heart, America can be a place where no child is left hungry,
0:47.9	no community is left behind, and no one gets told they don't belong.
0:55.0	The fight for our country is always worth it.
0:59.5	Hello and welcome to opening arguments.
1:02.7	This is episode 1,112.
1:03.6	I'm Thomas.
1:07.7	And I'm going to be joined today all by a few folks because it's Wednesday.
1:12.2	It's T3B-E day, but it's also Fash Watch day. It's Dozy Watch. And appropriately, I'm with All-Star Researcher. And if you listen to the lot off of movies,
1:19.7	Gumshoe and... I'm getting in everybody's business.
1:22.9	...a reporter Lydia Smith. How's it going, Lydia? Thank you. Doing pretty well.
1:27.0	Excited to talk about what we watched today.
1:29.6	I think it's going to be really, really interesting and illuminating.
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