Domenico Montanaro

Democrats actually changed the rules some years ago during President Obama's term because Republicans are standing in the way of a lot of Obama's nominees. They got rid of the filibuster for those cabinet appointees. So now you only need 51 votes. So beyond talkathons or trying to sort of

slow things down a little bit with some procedural maneuvers, there's not a lot they can do to really stand in the way. This is really going to be about messaging. This is going to be about how Democrats are able to take what Trump has been doing, what Elon Musk has been doing, and trying to sell that to the American people as a problem.

slow things down a little bit with some procedural maneuvers, there's not a lot they can do to really stand in the way. This is really going to be about messaging. This is going to be about how Democrats are able to take what Trump has been doing, what Elon Musk has been doing, and trying to sell that to the American people as a problem.

slow things down a little bit with some procedural maneuvers, there's not a lot they can do to really stand in the way. This is really going to be about messaging. This is going to be about how Democrats are able to take what Trump has been doing, what Elon Musk has been doing, and trying to sell that to the American people as a problem.

One of the things we've started to hear from some Democrats like Hakeem Jeffries there

One of the things we've started to hear from some Democrats like Hakeem Jeffries there

One of the things we've started to hear from some Democrats like Hakeem Jeffries there

after he mentioned that what leverage do we have point is about the cost of living and saying that Trump's not focused on the cost of living because Democrats are trying to reach out more beyond just their base because certainly a lot of the people in their base are upset about what they see as a breaking of democratic norms about things like constitutional crises.

after he mentioned that what leverage do we have point is about the cost of living and saying that Trump's not focused on the cost of living because Democrats are trying to reach out more beyond just their base because certainly a lot of the people in their base are upset about what they see as a breaking of democratic norms about things like constitutional crises.

after he mentioned that what leverage do we have point is about the cost of living and saying that Trump's not focused on the cost of living because Democrats are trying to reach out more beyond just their base because certainly a lot of the people in their base are upset about what they see as a breaking of democratic norms about things like constitutional crises.

It didn't work as a message during the election. And it's really difficult because most people don't know or care what the federal government really does. It certainly affects the Washington, D.C. area very directly, but the consequences across the country may take longer to be felt or, you know, if at all.

It didn't work as a message during the election. And it's really difficult because most people don't know or care what the federal government really does. It certainly affects the Washington, D.C. area very directly, but the consequences across the country may take longer to be felt or, you know, if at all.

It didn't work as a message during the election. And it's really difficult because most people don't know or care what the federal government really does. It certainly affects the Washington, D.C. area very directly, but the consequences across the country may take longer to be felt or, you know, if at all.

Yeah, I think a lot of this is really going to land in the courts, right?

Yeah, I think a lot of this is really going to land in the courts, right?

Yeah, I think a lot of this is really going to land in the courts, right?

I mean, I think that this is the one area that can actually stop what the executive branch is doing and is going to be the sort of final say on the limits that Trump is testing to see whether or not what he does in how he's firing people in the federal workforce, or, you know, not wanting to continue congressionally approved funding, if any of that is constitutional or legal, it's going to be settled in

I mean, I think that this is the one area that can actually stop what the executive branch is doing and is going to be the sort of final say on the limits that Trump is testing to see whether or not what he does in how he's firing people in the federal workforce, or, you know, not wanting to continue congressionally approved funding, if any of that is constitutional or legal, it's going to be settled in

I mean, I think that this is the one area that can actually stop what the executive branch is doing and is going to be the sort of final say on the limits that Trump is testing to see whether or not what he does in how he's firing people in the federal workforce, or, you know, not wanting to continue congressionally approved funding, if any of that is constitutional or legal, it's going to be settled in

in the courts. And we know that there's a 6-3 conservative majority at the Supreme Court. So Trump is happy to test as much of this as possible. And we'll see where the court decides to actually stop him. But politically, it's going to be decided at the ballot box and whether or not a lot of the things that Trump winds up doing seems to go too far with people or if people like what he's doing.