Jessica Tarlov

And, you know, if Democrats fumble the bag in the midterms, that'll be on us, essentially, because this is ripe for the picking, not just, you know, I don't want to root against the economy, but if you look at where it is and the fact that essentials, like you were saying, the day-to-day items, like you go to the grocery store and your bill is enormous, school supplies, you know, things like that are affecting people

at this level, you know, you should be able to land that plane.

And it'll be interesting to see where the health care situation goes.

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—