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Welcome to PlotSafe America, I'm John Favreau, I'm Dan Fifer.

On today's show, George Santos lives to lie another day.

Donald Trump is lapping the field in the early states.

As Republican rivals and the press are finally starting to point out that the old man is

lost to step, an RFK junior is taking more support from Trump in two new polls.

But first, Maga Mike Johnson is living up to the nickname in his first week on the job,

Dan.

Even though there is a bipartisan majority in Congress to fund the government, he has

decided to start with a bill that would fund $14 billion in aid to Israel by making it

easier for the richest Americans to cheat on their taxes, which doesn't really fund

the aid at all, cutting the IRS budget will add another $12.5 billion to the deficit.

Johnson then reportedly told Senate Republicans that he's open to a separate bill that would

provide some support for Ukraine, though not as much as President Biden wants, and only

if it's paired with beefed up border security.

He also wants to blow up the bipartisan budget deal that Biden agreed to with Kevin McCarthy,

by demanding deeper cuts, which Democrats will never go for, which means there may be

a government shutdown in our future, fun.

So Dan, it seems like we're right back to where we were when McCarthy had the job, only

with a speaker who cares even less about passing anything and even more about keeping

the Maga base happy, sure enough, House Republicans had their best week of online fundraising

of the cycle, since Johnson was elected last week, wasn't last week, I can't even remember.

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