Weekend Report: What's happening?

Senate Democrats cave. Trump threatens opponents with prison. Republicans facing more angry town halls, as Democrats plan a blitz.

There’s a lot of outrage among Democrats over the spending bill that the House loaded with money for Donald Trump’s deportations while cutting vital programs—and which gave more power to Trump and Elon Musk as they destroy our government—that passed the Senate on Friday with the help of cowardly Democrats, who refused to filibuster to bill. Chuck Schumer first said he opposed it—forcefully—then overnight he publicly flipped. Enough Democrats followed him, giving up what little leverage they had over Trump. One Democratic House member, appearing on my show yesterday, called for Schumer to resign from the leadership.

Trump, meanwhile, went to the Department of Justice to give a speech, in itself unusual because the president keeps a distance from the DOJ, which should be independent. But not for Trump. He gave a speech in which he called his opponents “scum” and threatened to investigate and imprison them.

In addition to courts acting to reverse many of Trump’s actions, a bright spot continues to be town halls, at which Republicans are facing angry constituents, many of them people who voted for Trump. A lot of us are frustrated, often with the Democrats, but it’s important to keep focused on the anger out there against the GOP, from independents and Republicans too, and organize to help Democrats win back the House next year. Democrats are now organizing events in GOP districts, which is a smart thing to do.