Alex Wagner

That's exactly right. That's exactly right.

That's exactly right. That's exactly right.

There's a few different tracks in which they're operating on, but one of them is, and we started to see this last week with people finding out that their National Institutes of Health grant panels were being canceled. clinical trials being canceled, like, oh, skin cancer drug.

There's a few different tracks in which they're operating on, but one of them is, and we started to see this last week with people finding out that their National Institutes of Health grant panels were being canceled. clinical trials being canceled, like, oh, skin cancer drug.

There's a few different tracks in which they're operating on, but one of them is, and we started to see this last week with people finding out that their National Institutes of Health grant panels were being canceled. clinical trials being canceled, like, oh, skin cancer drug.

They are trying to break the whole thing because they want to refashion it such that the entirety of the federal government is an object tool of the one person who occupies the presidency and nothing else. There are a bunch of statutory requirements in place that

They are trying to break the whole thing because they want to refashion it such that the entirety of the federal government is an object tool of the one person who occupies the presidency and nothing else. There are a bunch of statutory requirements in place that

They are trying to break the whole thing because they want to refashion it such that the entirety of the federal government is an object tool of the one person who occupies the presidency and nothing else. There are a bunch of statutory requirements in place that

are geared towards the presidency serving the public interest, and they want to turn it into a 19th century urban machine with nuclear weapons.

are geared towards the presidency serving the public interest, and they want to turn it into a 19th century urban machine with nuclear weapons.

are geared towards the presidency serving the public interest, and they want to turn it into a 19th century urban machine with nuclear weapons.

Yeah, right. I mean, yes, the spoil system is an example. But now the other thing about this OMB thing that's nuts to me is it's also as with a bunch of other stuff we could talk about. It's, I think, flatly illegal. They have this theory, which they have said that despite the fact that the founders were very clear about who has the power of the purse. and put that in Article I to Congress.

Yeah, right. I mean, yes, the spoil system is an example. But now the other thing about this OMB thing that's nuts to me is it's also as with a bunch of other stuff we could talk about. It's, I think, flatly illegal. They have this theory, which they have said that despite the fact that the founders were very clear about who has the power of the purse. and put that in Article I to Congress.

Yeah, right. I mean, yes, the spoil system is an example. But now the other thing about this OMB thing that's nuts to me is it's also as with a bunch of other stuff we could talk about. It's, I think, flatly illegal. They have this theory, which they have said that despite the fact that the founders were very clear about who has the power of the purse. and put that in Article I to Congress.

Barron has... Yeah, the founders gave Barron the power of the purse. Okay.

Barron has... Yeah, the founders gave Barron the power of the purse. Okay.

Barron has... Yeah, the founders gave Barron the power of the purse. Okay.

Thanks for clearing that up. Some listeners might not be constitutional scholars. In Madison Federalist 45, he says, there shall be a tall son, and he shall... No, they're very clear about the power of the purse. It's like we all learned this, you know, day one of constitutional structure, that they're the appropriators. All of this stuff has been appropriated duly by Congress and passed.

Thanks for clearing that up. Some listeners might not be constitutional scholars. In Madison Federalist 45, he says, there shall be a tall son, and he shall... No, they're very clear about the power of the purse. It's like we all learned this, you know, day one of constitutional structure, that they're the appropriators. All of this stuff has been appropriated duly by Congress and passed.

Thanks for clearing that up. Some listeners might not be constitutional scholars. In Madison Federalist 45, he says, there shall be a tall son, and he shall... No, they're very clear about the power of the purse. It's like we all learned this, you know, day one of constitutional structure, that they're the appropriators. All of this stuff has been appropriated duly by Congress and passed.