Now it's time for the last word with Lawrence O'Donnell. Good evening, Lawrence.

Good, Alex. I loved hearing Kevin McCarthy's thwarted attempt to rewrite history.

You're welcome. And then she says, yeah, thank you, whatever.

Right, exactly. Yeah. Beautifully done.

Play it on loop. On loop. On loop. Yep. It was great. Thanks, Alex.

Have a great show.

Thank you.

Well, as we enter the confirmation hearing season, it is worth remembering that there is only one word that matters in reporting about the confirmation process.

That word is yes.

When a reporter asks a senator, if that senator is going to vote for a nominee,

if that senator does not say the word yes, that senator is not yet voting for the nominee.

It is possible that that senator will eventually decide to vote for the nominee, especially Republican senators

who are now being subjected to unprecedented levels of pressure and intimidation to vote for

Trump nominees.

There have been discussions on cable news this week and articles published that say, for example,

Republican Senator Joni Ernst has changed her position on the Pete Hegseff nomination to be

Secretary of Defense. The first nominee for a cabinet position in history who has pledged

to stop drinking if and only if, He is confirmed by the United States Senate.

The Nary of Times published a report well-sourced within the Trump transition team,

but without any apparent sources in the United States Senate,

about what the headline calls the resurrection of support for Pete Hegseth's confirmation.

But the only resurrection that that actually reports on is the resurrection of Donald Trump's

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