Today we're going to talk about how Democrats dig themselves out of the hole that they've created,

and I have three interviews this week. I interview Congressman Jamie Raskin about how he legally

outsmarted Elon Musk, attorney Norm Eisen about his big court win against Trump, and being

called out by Trump during his DOJ press conference, and Senator Mark Kelly about Elon Musk calling him

a traitor. I'm Brian Taylor Cohen, and you're listening to No

Lie. Let's get right into it. Bad week for Democrats. We have a fundamental problem on the left

with being prepared to fight. When we're in the majority, we are not willing to fully exercise our

power. And when we're in the minority, even in the instances where we have

leverage, we're not willing to use it there either. The simple question here becomes,

why should people vote to give you power if you're not going to wield it once you have it?

Like the problem with last week's continuing resolution, the CR, is that we were led to believe

that we would use it to extract concessions from the right, if ever, Democrats were going to come on board.

After all, it required 60 votes in the Senate. Republicans only have 53. They would need our buy-in.

And so use it to neuter Doge's overreach. Use it to prevent federal firings.

Use it to ice out Elon Musk. Use it to guarantee protections for Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security. Use it in some way to garner concessions. That didn't happen. The CR passed and it included major cuts of federal programs and the Democrats have nothing to show for it other than the government being open. Look, there were some arguments that were persuasive to me in terms of why it was important to keep the government open.

First and foremost, for me, the courts essentially stop functioning.

The courts are our best bulwark against Trump.

They are why his attacks on birthright citizenship aren't working.

The courts are why the fired probationary employees have to be reinstated.

The courts are why Doge is being blocked from accessing personal

identifying information from Americans. I host two legal shows on YouTube where I speak about the courts

every single day. We need the courts to keep functioning because they're our best weapon right now.

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