Welcome to Raging Moderates. I'm Jessica Tarlev, and I'm here with the voice of a generation, Aaron Parnas.

I love the infros keep getting better and different every week. Well, last week I didn't give you anything, or I even paused to let you say something before I flattered you and you were upset. So the male ego is fragile. I know. Yeah, very, very fragile lately. I work with Scott. I understand. I know the game. Scott, if you're watching, we all have fragile egos, apparently. He's definitely watching. I actually am always so impressed. No matter what he's doing, he's like, oh, I'm backpacking through Peru. And he's like,

great conversation with Sarah Longwell. And I'm like, amazing. You are listening to your product.

Fascinating. Yeah. Yeah. Good lesson in how to run a business. Lots of news to get to. I want to start

with Minneapolis, of course, and an impending shutdown just hours away. The rollout of the Trump

accounts, the DOJ's moved to seize voter records. I hate Tulsi Gabbard in the background of that

picture that someone got was sent shivers up my spine, I know, and the growing spotlight on Trump's

health. Minneapolis first.

We have the fallout colliding with the shutdown clock in Washington,

just days left to fund the government.

The White House is betting on borders our Tom Homan to cool tensions

after the killing of Alex Pretti

and hoping he can reassure Democrats enough to keep DHS funded.

But behind the scenes, there's open infighting inside the administration,

finger pointing between Stephen Miller and Christyneau, my favorite plotline,

and growing Republican frustration over Noam's handling of the crisis.

I want to first start with Holman.

He did a press conference this morning.

We're recording this on Thursday in Minneapolis.

Let's listen to this clip.

I begged for the last two months on TV for the rhetoric to stop.

I said in March that the reddick didn't stop, but it's going to be bloodshed.

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