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We Can Do Hard Things

Who is Enabling Trump? Amanda & (Our Next Pres?) Rep. Ro Khanna Name the Culprits and the Plan

We Can Do Hard Things

Treat Media and Glennon Doyle

Relationships, Education, Self-improvement, Society & Culture

4.842.7K Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2026

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Amanda is joined by Congressman Ro Khanna for a no-spin, call-it-like-it-is conversation about the dumpster fire of Trump and Congress.   We already know who Trump is. The more urgent question is—why is Congress too cowardly to do its job to stop him? Amanda and Rep. Khanna dig into: – How both parties are failing us;  – The big, dark money that is shaping their cowardice;  – Which Democratic leaders need to go;  – The midterm election interference we know is coming (and the plan to combat it);  – What gives Rep. Khanna hope about a new generation of leadership; and – Some exciting speculation about the 2028 Presidential campaign.  This conversation is about moving past outrage and into action. What we demand. What we expect. And what must change. About Ro Khanna: A leader of action, courage and candor, Rep. Ro Khanna represents California’s 17th District and represents what is possible when an elected has a backbone and cares more about their duty than their next election. If you’ve been following my series here, and you listened to my show on the Billionaire class as the real American welfare queens, you will want to know about Rep. Khanna’s Make Billionaire’s Pay Their Fair Share Act with Senator Sanders. If you listened to my series walking through decades of depraved federal corruption protecting Epstein, you will know that it was Rep. Khanna’s dogged, intrepid resolve when everyone told him it was impossible, to pass his Epstein Transparency Act, together with Rep. Massie, which forced the administration to release files. If you listened to my episode on Jared Kushner and the real reasons we’re in an inane and inept war with Iran, you will want to know that Rep. Khanna sponsored a Bipartisan War Powers Resolution with Rep. Massie in an attempt to restrict unauthorized military action. He has taken on big oil for their lies about climate change and was crucial in bringing a coalition together to secure a $369 Billion climate investment. He is an advocate for oversight, anticorruption, transparency, and freeing elections from the scourge of big money influence. He puts his money where his mouth is: He cofounded the NO PAC Caucus and is one of only SEVEN out of 435 members of Congress who rejects all money from special interest PACs. And he brings the fight not only to actively complicit Republicans, but to Democrats who scream on social media but sit on their hands instead of doing what needs to be done. Follow We Can Do Hard Things on:  Instagram — ⁠https://www.instagram.com/wecandohardthings⁠

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello, my friend. Welcome back to We Can Do Hard Things. I'm so happy to be back with you on this

0:07.2

series where we're pulling back the curtain and digging into the real story behind the stories

0:12.7

bombarding us. And behind the reality, we usually take for granted without questioning.

0:17.9

I know I've been calling this series, you're not going to believe this bullshit. But I'm not sure that label is 100% correct. So let me know if you have any other ideas.

0:25.4

DM me at Amanda F. Doyle on Instagram. And thank you for reaching out with all of your ideas

0:31.6

for future shows and for your responses to the show, both grateful and constructive.

0:37.1

A special shout out there to Deney for

0:39.2

sharing ever so gently her sadness that I didn't cover the U.S. atrocities in Laos in my review of

0:45.5

the Secret CIA backed foreign interventions. Check out her work at Legacies of War. You've also shared

0:51.3

so many brilliant ideas for going forward. Y'all are very smart and very

0:54.9

wise and I just love that we get to do this adult schoolhouse of rock type vibe together.

1:01.1

So let's rock because we've got a good, urgent one today. Okay. You know how it feels in your gut

1:07.8

when your friend comes to you shocked and outraged and despairing to tell you that

1:13.6

her boyfriend, who already cheated on her three times, has cheated on her for a fourth time.

1:19.1

Now, you're probably a better person than I am, but that makes me feel ragey and exasperated,

1:24.8

because of course he did.

1:28.9

That's exactly who he is.

1:32.2

How many times can we feign shock and outrage and despair?

1:43.5

And I can't even hear myself or anyone speculate for one more millisecond about how he did it or why, he did it, or what kind of horrible person he is or what he might do next. The only thing I can

1:45.2

stomach is an action plan for how to get the F out of this terrible situation. Anyway,

1:52.0

that is how I feel about this president and this Congress. And today we're going to find a new way

1:58.4

forward about what we are willing to hear and discuss and what we are not, about what we are're going to find a new way forward about what we are willing to hear and discuss

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