Jessica Tarlov

I don't know if they're going to get this discharge petition across the line, if they'll get the vote on the three-year ACA extension in the House, which is Jeffries' hope, obviously.

But Republicans have shown a complete inability to govern.

And that's what people put you in there for.

They say, I think you're going to do a better job governing than the other guys.

And there are very few, if any, bright spots, I think, for Republicans at this point.

I mean, that is very complicated.

Good news.

There's a new commission on AI and the innovation economy that Leader Jeffrey has announced last week to kind of steer Democratic, the Democratic caucus's thinking on AI and regulation.

Obviously, you know, with everything, it's got to be balanced, right, between the innovation and the regulation.

But I'm

really freaked out about, you know, if his executive order actually ends up having teeth.

And it's tons of legal challenges.

Like Amy Klobuchar has said that it's illegal to do this.

But 47 states alone, all the states, have introduced AI-related legislation in just 2025.

I mean, they're focused on, you know, broad range of issues, revenge porn elections, AI transparency, employment, health issues.

So Republicans, Democrats, all of them on the state level are really concerned about this and making sure that they are embracing innovation but protecting their constituents.

And the fact that Donald Trump is racking up the donations from all the owners of these big AI companies is—

And then coming out and saying, no, no, we just need a federal standard.

Well, we know that his federal standard would be let them do whatever they want.

I mean, letting NVIDIA sell to China national security risk.