Susan Davis

And look, like every time Republicans have needed to pass either appropriations or stopgap spending bills, they've needed Democrats. And I'm not sure Democrats are super inclined to help Republicans at this moment in time.

And look, like every time Republicans have needed to pass either appropriations or stopgap spending bills, they've needed Democrats. And I'm not sure Democrats are super inclined to help Republicans at this moment in time.

And look, like every time Republicans have needed to pass either appropriations or stopgap spending bills, they've needed Democrats. And I'm not sure Democrats are super inclined to help Republicans at this moment in time.

We're going to take a quick break and we'll be back in a minute.

We're going to take a quick break and we'll be back in a minute.

We're going to take a quick break and we'll be back in a minute.

And we're back. And let's talk about some of the other things that happened in Washington this week. There was a lot. We can't cover it all, but we can talk about a couple things. The first is President Trump will give an address to Congress on Tuesday night. We'll, of course, have live coverage on your NPR station and analysis on the podcast after it.

And we're back. And let's talk about some of the other things that happened in Washington this week. There was a lot. We can't cover it all, but we can talk about a couple things. The first is President Trump will give an address to Congress on Tuesday night. We'll, of course, have live coverage on your NPR station and analysis on the podcast after it.

And we're back. And let's talk about some of the other things that happened in Washington this week. There was a lot. We can't cover it all, but we can talk about a couple things. The first is President Trump will give an address to Congress on Tuesday night. We'll, of course, have live coverage on your NPR station and analysis on the podcast after it.

But as is tradition, the opposition party has a planned rebuttal. And Barbara, the Democratic Party, has selected – freshman Senator Alyssa Slotkin to give that rebuttal.

But as is tradition, the opposition party has a planned rebuttal. And Barbara, the Democratic Party, has selected – freshman Senator Alyssa Slotkin to give that rebuttal.

But as is tradition, the opposition party has a planned rebuttal. And Barbara, the Democratic Party, has selected – freshman Senator Alyssa Slotkin to give that rebuttal.

And Domenico, we should also note that President Trump held his first cabinet meeting this week. And we've talked extensively on the podcast about the role Elon Musk is playing in the government. But he had a seat at the table and had his own speaking direct to the camera moments. And I think it was just this reminder of like what a force this person is going to be in government. Yeah.

And Domenico, we should also note that President Trump held his first cabinet meeting this week. And we've talked extensively on the podcast about the role Elon Musk is playing in the government. But he had a seat at the table and had his own speaking direct to the camera moments. And I think it was just this reminder of like what a force this person is going to be in government. Yeah.

And Domenico, we should also note that President Trump held his first cabinet meeting this week. And we've talked extensively on the podcast about the role Elon Musk is playing in the government. But he had a seat at the table and had his own speaking direct to the camera moments. And I think it was just this reminder of like what a force this person is going to be in government. Yeah.

There was also the moment in the cabinet meeting where I think Musk was trying to do a good thing and say like, look, when Doge messes up, we'll fix it. But kind of like flippantly referred to the fact that they halted Ebola prevention. Like, ha ha, we halted Ebola prevention. And it was one of those like awkward moments in the room where no one laughed.

There was also the moment in the cabinet meeting where I think Musk was trying to do a good thing and say like, look, when Doge messes up, we'll fix it. But kind of like flippantly referred to the fact that they halted Ebola prevention. Like, ha ha, we halted Ebola prevention. And it was one of those like awkward moments in the room where no one laughed.

There was also the moment in the cabinet meeting where I think Musk was trying to do a good thing and say like, look, when Doge messes up, we'll fix it. But kind of like flippantly referred to the fact that they halted Ebola prevention. Like, ha ha, we halted Ebola prevention. And it was one of those like awkward moments in the room where no one laughed.

Like it looked like he was trying to like make light of it. And it was just like it fell flat for a second. And then he was like, no, but then we reinstated it. And I'm like, those are the moments in politics where you can't have too many ha ha moments about. Life-saving services. Yeah. And look, there's something else I want to talk about, which I do try to avoid navel-gazing.

Like it looked like he was trying to like make light of it. And it was just like it fell flat for a second. And then he was like, no, but then we reinstated it. And I'm like, those are the moments in politics where you can't have too many ha ha moments about. Life-saving services. Yeah. And look, there's something else I want to talk about, which I do try to avoid navel-gazing.