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The Daily Punch

Fly Out Day: CA Sen. Alex Padilla on DHS shutdown and 2026

The Daily Punch

Punchbowl News

News, Politics, Government

4.3707 Ratings

🗓️ 27 February 2026

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Senator Alex Padilla gets candid on California politics, DHS shutdown, SAVE Act and the DNC. PLUS NOTUS’ Daniella Diaz and CNN’s Lauren Fox stop by for a lively reporter panel! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

This is Fly Out Day, our brand new show here at Punchful News.

0:03.8

If you love The Daily Punch, join us every Thursday for even more fresh insight from lawmakers and reporters as Washington heads out of town.

0:11.5

Subscribe to Fly Out Day wherever you get your podcasts.

0:15.8

We cannot wait until October. Hello, DNC.

0:19.4

At the end of the week, Washington empties out.

0:22.4

Fast.

0:23.5

Lawmakers, staffers, they're all heading home.

0:29.0

But not before they stop here.

0:43.4

Hello. Hello and welcome back to the Punch Bull News, Tannos.

0:46.6

I'm Anna Palmer, and we are excited for another episode of Flywood Day.

0:48.0

And I'm Jake Sherman, I think.

0:50.0

It was, Anna, what a week.

0:52.4

This week was a year.

0:59.6

I feel like I'm still shaking off my post-state of the Union exhaustion, bout of exhaustion.

1:07.3

I feel like I'm, you know, I'm a little bit better today than I was a couple days ago, but the longest state of the union in American history.

1:11.1

Well, we have a great show and somebody who we are going to be speaking with about that.

1:19.7

Senator Alex Medea, the Democrat from California, is joining us to talk about tariffs, the 2026 election, DHS, shutdown, and so much more.

1:31.6

And he delivered the Spanish language, state of the union response. So we are excited to talk to him about all of those dynamics and where the Democrats go from here, which is what we try to do with everybody.

1:39.3

Afterwards, we are going to break down everything the senator said with two great reporters, Danielle Adiaz, of notice, as well as Lauren Fox of CNN.

1:44.1

Two of the best. It would be very fun. But first, a message from our presenting sponsor, American Beverage.

1:52.0

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2:00.2

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