Senator Schatz Exposes Trump’s Complete Failure to Lead

The MeidasTouch Podcast

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4.9 • 56.4K Ratings

🗓️ 10 October 2025

⏱️ 19 minutes

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MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Republicans quite literally hiding on Capitol Hill to avoid votes to open government as they are keeping the government shutdown at Trump’s request to make sure millions of Americans lose their healthcare to help fund the tax cuts for billionaires and Meiselas interviews Hawaii Senator Brian Schatz about his views on what is taking place. Visit https://meidasplus.com for more! Remember to subscribe to ALL the MeidasTouch Network Podcasts: MeidasTouch: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/meidastouch-podcast Legal AF: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/legal-af MissTrial: https://meidasnews.com/tag/miss-trial The PoliticsGirl Podcast: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-politicsgirl-podcast The Influence Continuum: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-influence-continuum-with-dr-steven-hassan Mea Culpa with Michael Cohen: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/mea-culpa-with-michael-cohen The Weekend Show: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-weekend-show Burn the Boats: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/burn-the-boats Majority 54: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/majority-54 Political Beatdown: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/political-beatdown On Democracy with FP Wellman: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/on-democracy-with-fpwellman Uncovered: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/maga-uncovered Coalition of the Sane: https://meidasnews.com/tag/coalition-of-the-sane Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:40.8	Average journey time of 48 minutes between London, Liverpool Street and Stansett Airport.
0:44.3	T's and C. Apply.
0:46.7	The speaker's rooms, Washington, D.C., October 10th, 2025.
0:51.3	I hereby designate the period from Tuesday, October 14th, 2025 through Sunday, October 19th,
0:58.2	2025 as a district work period under Clause 13 of Rule 1. Signed sincerely, Mike Johnson,
1:04.7	Speaker of the House of Representatives.
1:06.8	Pursuant to Clause 13 of Rule 1, the House stands adjourned until 2 p.m. Tuesday, October 14th, 20, 25.
1:14.0	Tough day of work there for the MAGA Republican Congress members going on a paid vacation.
1:18.7	You know that they got to take that gavel up and then they got to knock the gavel down.
1:22.8	They gavel out.
1:23.9	They send their members on vacation.
1:26.2	Pretty much the whole summer, MAGA Republicans were on
1:28.9	vacation because they wanted to leave to avoid talking about the release of the Epstein files.
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