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Brett Meiselas

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
740 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

The MeidasTouch Podcast
MeidasTouch Full Podcast - 1/27/26

two months or something like that.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
MeidasTouch Full Podcast - 1/27/26

They just decided not to show up, basically.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
MeidasTouch Full Podcast - 1/27/26

And he did the same thing again.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
MeidasTouch Full Podcast - 1/27/26

So the MAGA Republicans, with the assistance of seven Democrats who we've called out, they push through a $1.2 trillion overall, it's called a minibus,

The MeidasTouch Podcast
MeidasTouch Full Podcast - 1/27/26

a big appropriations plan that has defense spending and FEMA money, and then they sneak in additional spending for ICE and Border Patrol.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
MeidasTouch Full Podcast - 1/27/26

And what they try to do with the minibus is kind of be like, well, we all need disaster relief because there's gonna be snowstorms.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
MeidasTouch Full Podcast - 1/27/26

So if you don't wanna fund

The MeidasTouch Podcast
MeidasTouch Full Podcast - 1/27/26

ICE and Border Patrol, we're gonna call you out because then that means you're not going to fund FEMA during the winter storm, and then we're gonna use that against you.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
MeidasTouch Full Podcast - 1/27/26

So they tried to tie these things together in order to pressure people to vote to give more money for state-sponsored terrorism by saying, well, if you don't support the state-sponsored terrorism, then I guess we're not gonna be able to fund emergency relief for the storms

The MeidasTouch Podcast
MeidasTouch Full Podcast - 1/27/26

That's how screwed up I guess we're not going to fund the troops and our troops are going to go starving.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
MeidasTouch Full Podcast - 1/27/26

So you got to fund the ice and border patrol.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
MeidasTouch Full Podcast - 1/27/26

No, do not fund ice and border patrol.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
MeidasTouch Full Podcast - 1/27/26

As Brett said at the beginning, it needs to be defunded, abolished and frequently prosecuted is what needs to be happening.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
MeidasTouch Full Podcast - 1/27/26

We can talk about funding terrorists.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
MeidasTouch Full Podcast - 1/27/26

What are we talking about here?

The MeidasTouch Podcast
MeidasTouch Full Podcast - 1/27/26

So the House pushed forward that.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
MeidasTouch Full Podcast - 1/27/26

then that moves to the Senate, right?

The MeidasTouch Podcast
MeidasTouch Full Podcast - 1/27/26

Remember how a bill becomes a law?

The MeidasTouch Podcast
MeidasTouch Full Podcast - 1/27/26

So now it's in the Senate.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
MeidasTouch Full Podcast - 1/27/26

And if the Senate makes any alterations to the House appropriations bill, it has to go back to the House.