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All hell has broken loose in the House of Representatives and the Senate at the same time that the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security, serving as Donald Trump's Gestapo, was beating, attacking, detaining United States Senator Alex Padilla. We saw the MAGA Republicans in the House call a hearing with sitting Democratic governors and then you saw members, the MAGA Republican members, yelling at the Democrats and saying just shut up, shut up. There was screaming, there was cursing. It was going down. It is a total mess. Trump has turned all of D.C. with the MAGA Republicans leading it into absolute chaos. Watch what goes down here when MAGA Republican Congressmember James Comer in the Oversight Committee just starts yelling At Democratic Congressmember Frost. Play this clip. Shut up. No, you don't. No. You're not going to tell me to shut up. Let's. What. How do you get him in order? Not like that. He's. I hate. He has been out of order six times. He's trying to get on msnbc. You probably knocked. I get it. Somebody off. Because he's been arrested as a former antifa member. Right. Back to order. He's a former Antifa member. Mr. Chairman. You got it. Surprised. Who's a former antifa member? Me. Yeah, you. I ask that these words be taken down. No, Ms. Green, thank you. You're. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. There's a governor. Governor, hopefully you stated that you're a proud Democrat. Proud registered Democrat. We got to suspend. There's been a parliamentary. And then you had. Again I say. Said there was a hearing involving Democratic governors. You then had New York Democratic Governor Kathy Hochul there. And then Marjorie Taylor Greene said. Are you smiling at me? Stop smiling at me. Play this clip. Five to ten million dollars a day to fees, feed and housing. Are you smiling at me about this? You look like you got quite a smile on your face. No, because I can generally will not. This is my time reclaiming my time. I'm thinking about. Don't you dare. Don't attack about the murder parents. The third time, Jose. My heart is breaking for her time. Governor Hochul, the third time he was arrested was in the same. Then you had Nancy Mace demanding to know of the governors what a woman is. Do you know what a woman is? Am I a woman? She says. Here. Play this clip 90. Okay. What is a woman? I. What is a woman? Is the question. I'm. I'm not sure I understand the question here that. What do you. What do you want me to say? This is. I want you to say that a woman like me is an adult human female. That men can't become women. You guys are the party of violence and you're the party erasing women. You don't respect us. You're a bigot. You're a misogynist. You're a sexist. Mr. Chairman, I yield back. Congressman Lady Ocasio Cortez from New York. All right. Well, that was some kind of bingo going on over there. I don't know what's going on anyways. Oh, I know what's going on. So thank you. Thank you. Then Marjorie Taylor Greene continues to yell at Democratic New York Governor Kathy Hochul and says the Department of Justice must prosecute you for murder. Play this clip. You are responsible for the murder of this little girl, Laken Riley, and the Department of Justice should prosecute you for her murder. Objection. Objection. I don't care how much you object, and if you support it, too, you're responsible for her murder. On a point of order. Point of order. These times expired. Stage point. Mr. Chairman, these witnesses have been here for over four hours. They've all voluntarily have been engaging with our members with. With respect. They've all treated our members with respect. Lake and Riley is dead forever. Forever. Forever. They can sit there claiming my time. Hold on. Hold on. No, State your. State your point. I'm trying to state your. No, no. It's a point of inquiry, not a debate. Our rules. If you would let me speak. Our rules of decorum dictate that our witnesses should be treated with respect. And I ask you to enforce decorum and remind committee members to treat our witnesses with respect. Our. Our members. That was a common theme. The MAGA Republicans in full fascist mode were basically looking at the Democratic governors and just yelling at them and saying, you need to be prosecuted. Charges should be brought. Here you have Democratic Congresswoman AOC pushing back against the MAGA Republicans, saying, like, you're just witness intimidation, like, you're just threatening witnesses with arrest. Here, play this clip. And charges should be for obstruction. Should be brought against each one of you for doing this. I'll leave that up to the Department of Justice. Mr. Chairman, I yield back. Chair now recognizes Ms. Crockett from Texas. Mr. Chairman and Mr. Chair. Point of order. Point of order. That. That was intimidation of the witness. Do you have a point of inquiry? Yes, I have a point of inquiry. That's your point. Raising the prospect of charges against witnesses is a form of intimidation, is it not? Thank you. Thank you. And I withdraw the question. I appreciate that. Chair Agnes Crockett. Thank you. Then you had MAGA Republican Congressmember Mike Lawler from New York almost trying to troll the Democrats by staying on their side and just, like, standing on their side of the House floor. And then you have a Democratic Congress member, like, just screaming, and I'm like, dude, just get the f out of here. Y' all are just a bunch of fascist menaces. Get the F out. Watch what went down on the House floor. Play this clip. Tell them. Tell them. You know who I am. You know I am. I'm a New Yorker, just like you. Then you had this moment right here where Illinois Democratic Governor Pritzker said to Mary. To. Said to MAGA Republican Congressmember Mary Miller, I'M not going to be lectured by someone who, quote, extols the virtues of Hitler like you. Here, play this clip. Do you stand by your policy of tying the hands of Illinois law enforcement? Yes or no, sir? You know, Congresswoman Miller, I am not going to be lectured to by somebody who claiming my tattoo of Adolf Hitler of somebody who has allowed me January shirt. I'm reclaiming my time. So you ever put on a shirt and instantly feel like you've got your whole life together? That's exactly what happened when I tried True Classic. These shirts fit, and I mean actually fit. They're snug in the chest and shoulders, looser in the midsection, and the fabric soft, breathable, zero stiffness. I'm wearing mine right now. I wear True Classic running errands, even out to dinner. They are that versatile. And I'm not the only one. True Classic is blowing up for a reason. You're getting premium quality without that designer price tag. Plus they're doing good, giving back to underserved communities and helping guys show up with confidence and purpose. 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It is not your testimony today that there are plans at the Pentagon for taking by force or invading Greenland. Correct. Because I'm sure as hell hope that that it is not your testimony. We look forward to working with Greenland to ensure that it is secured from any potential threats. Excellent. Lay it back. You have more issues where the MAGA Republicans tell Pritzker that women don't want him in their bathrooms. Play this clip. I'm asking you, have you ever considered that women don't want you in their bathrooms. That that's a private space that they don't want you or any other man in. Congressman, let's talk about your can't say failure to people for Medicaid. If you want to take Medicaid away, should be in women's rest. And very straightforward question. You apparently want people and you're encouraging men in the United States restroom where there could be underage girls. Do you think that's appropriate, sir, if we're going to think that's normal? Let's talk about what you're doing to people. You think that that's normal by virtue of your vote. All right, let's move on. President Trump and you have Democratic Congressmember Carbajal to Hegseth over here saying that you're an embarrassment to the country. Play this clip. You know what? I'm not going to waste my time anymore. You're not worthy of my attention or my questions. You're an embarrassment to this country. You're unfit to lead. And there's been bipartisan members of Congress that have called for your resignation. You should just get the hell out and let somebody competently lead this department. Here we have Democratic Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett. Let's play it. I know that there's been some conversations about what's going on in la and they want to say that it's riots because they didn't want people to keep talking about, say, the Epstein files or whatever other drama was popping off between the president and his little friend. So they wanted to change the conversation to immigration because they feel like, well, the polling is in our benefit. But let me tell you something. If they cared about making sure we were going to be fiscally responsible, they would tell the American people that it cost them $134 million to send the National Guard to LA for the, quote, unquote, riots that the governor didn't ask for, nor did the mayor of LA ask for. And they sent them over there and they say that they care about our service members, yet they sent them and they were laying on the floor. They did not provide for food. So I don't know why we would believe that. Number one, they want to fix this. They don't want to fix this because the brokenness is a feature, not a flaw of the system because it is beneficial to them when it comes to campaigning. If they can't stoke fear, then why are they going to say have anybody vote for them? Because that's what people are doing. They're voting out of fear. Then we have Democratic Congressmember Smith to Hegseth play this clip. Yeah. And I'm sincerely concerned about this. Is it the policy of the Department of Defense that we need to be prepared to take Greenland and Panama by force if necessary? Is this a policy that you have within the Department of Defense in accordance with the president's wishes? I heard what you said about those two countries and saying we need to worry about China. Well, we are worried about China. That wasn't my concern. China's malign influence in Panama. I was recognizing that China has control using military territory. Pay attention to that. Right. So Panama is very key terrain that we've focused on and we've been willing to focus. Greenland should take it by military force. They're important. I'm not going to argue with that. Arctic is I'm arguably our military to take it by force. Our job at the DOD is to have plans. Do you have a plan for that? Our job at the Defense Department is to have plans for any particular contingency, including the contingency of basically any. Any contingency you need. We've got it. We've got a building full of planners and we're prepared to give recommendations whenever needed. Just be clear. You. Do you have plans to take Panama and Greenland by force if necessary? I think the American people would want the Pentagon to have plans for any particular contingency. Not for thankfully we are in the planning business. Speaking on behalf of the American people. I don't think the American people voted for President Trump because they were hoping we would invade Greenland. I'm going to go out in a limb on that one. I yield back. Governor Tim Walls from Minnesota was in attendance here was AOC questioning with him. Play this clip. Have to say, I know you're getting a lot of grief from the majority here, but you know this. We are talking about individuals who have cheered on an individual who issued a Nazi salute from behind the presidential seal of the United States of America, who have cheered on the pardoning of individuals who attacked the United States Capitol and flew a Nazi flag and the flag of the Confederacy. Traitors to the United States, Sworn enemies of the United States of America through the capital of this nation. And now they want to act offended because someone has the courage to say, if it walks like a duck and it talks like a duck, maybe it's a duck. So I want to thank you for not wavering to their bullying, which is unconscionable and sad to see. So I just wanted to let you know that. Governor, thank you. Thank You, Congresswoman, More of Pritzker and Maga Republican Perry. Play this clip. Just. Can you cite which laws he's. Which law in this regard he's broken? Well, there have been congressionally approved appropriations that this president has cut off and we've had to go to court. That. That's illegal. We've had to go to court to have it reinstated. It's illegal. It is. If you have to go to court, it's illegal. And it's still working its way through the courts, right? Yes, but things have been ruled on already. It's not illegal yet. It's your opinion. But regarding, regarding judge. When a judge rules on it. Okay. That's, that's the law. Okay. It's the law at that moment until the next judge rules on it. Okay? Right. Because you understand, you're the attorney here. I'm not. But you're not saying he broke the law regarding the riots in, in Los Angeles right now, or are you saying that that hasn't been ruled upon yet. So. But are you saying. The answer is. I believe. But that is not what I'm referring to. Okay, you're not referring. And again, while all of this was going down, you had Democratic California Senator Alex Padilla getting tackled and thrown to the floor by the Trump Gestapo. Play this clip. Sir. Sir. Hands up. Hands up. I'm Senator Alex Padilla. I have questions for the secretary because the fact of the matter is a half a dozen violent criminals that you're rotating on your. I also wanted my hands. Other hand, sir. Other hand. There's no recording. Loud. Out here. I do not know. There's no recording allowed out here per FBI rights for the building. Is that what. I'm sorry. There's no recording. That's my boss. I have. There's no recording here, people. Recording. There's no recording. I'm not a member. There's no recording line. I understand that you have Democratic Congresswoman Ansari. Here's what she says. Je. Mr. Perry just mocked us for referring to Donald Trump as a dictator. So let's, let's run through the list. Donald Trump has, since he was Inaugurated, pardoned violent. January 6 Insurrectionist dictator. Defied Supreme Court orders and attacked the judiciary. Dictator unilateral. Unilaterally abolished congressionally chartered federal agencies. Dictator. Attack the free press. Sounds like a dictator. Kidnapped people off of the streets and deported them to foreign prisons without due process. Sounds like a dictator. Defunded higher education dictator. Threatened law firms and the legal profession. Dictator. This weekend he is spending tens of millions of dollars to host a massive military parade for his birthday. Is that like, is this North Korea? On top of all of that, our twice impeached president with a 34 count convicted felony president, who is not a king, has deployed the active duty military in American cities and he has spent $134 million to do so. He has their guns trained on American citizens without the consent of local authorities or the state's governor to purposefully generate chaos and provoke a reaction. Meanwhile, we have Republicans on this side of the aisle asking governors of states about bathrooms. Like, this is the most dystopian, horrific episode of Black Mirror that I have ever seen. To our wit. Here's another clip of AOC. Apologies, I just have 10 seconds left. But when they say illegal versus legal immigration, they are trying to end legal status in the United States as well. Correct? Governor Pritzker, with the end of TPS and making people undocumented by removing legal status, ending legal status, and then having the audacity to call them illegal when they were here. Documented. Correct. Taking students visas away from people, taking their legal right to be in the United States away from them when they've been granted maybe years earlier to stay. So I don't want to hear about how this is about illegal versus legal immigration. They are attacking legal status and removing legal status. The Republican majority is anti legal immigration in the United States. I want to make that very clear. And I yield back. Another clip of Democratic Congresswoman Ansari. Mr. Chairman, I'd like to finish the title of the article that I was trying to read into Unanimous Consent. Okay. Stunning Senator Alex Padilla, California was just forcefully removed from the news conference being held by DHS Kristi Noem in Westwood. Senator attempted to that's the title. He was handcuffed in the hallway. Yes. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. For the record, he rushed the podium. He was being disruptive and that is not conducive to a senator was ground and arrested. Order. Chair recognized Mr. Men from California. And then over here you have Christy Noem saying that Alex Padilla was not actually detained and he was not cuffed as soon as he identified himself, which is false. Play this clip. Secretary well, he was never arrested. He was never arrested and he nobody knew who he was when he came into the room creating a scene. He was removed from the room. And yes, they started to put handcuffs on him when he finally identified himself. And then that was stopped and we then I, he, they said he wants to talk to you. I said, sure, I'd love to sit down and visit so we so that's what's happening on Capitol Hill right now. It's a mess. It is a Trump mess and madness. And let's be clear, it's not a both sides thing. It's these Magas who are not normal Republicans. Although the Republicans have now become all maga. Chaos, destruction, fascism. It's all right there. Hit subscribe let's get to 5 million subscribers. Can't get enough Midas? Check out the Midas plus substack for ad Free articles, reports, podcasts, daily recaps from Ron Filipkowski and more. Sign up for free now@midasplus.com for today, we'll attempt a feat once thought impossible overcoming high Interest Credit card debt. It requires merely one thing a SOFI personal loan. With it, you could save big on interest charges by consolidating into one low Fix straight monthly payment. Defy high interest debt with a SOFI personal loan. Visit sofi.com stuck to learn more. Loans originated by Sofi Bank NA member FDIC terms and conditions apply. 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