Why the Shutdown Strategy Didn't Work

-- On the Show:

-- Rep. Seth Moulton, Democrat from Massachusetts, joins us to discuss the end of the government shutdown and his campaign for US Senate

-- Several Democratic senators, including Jeanne Shaheen, Maggie Hassan, and Tim Kaine, agree to end the shutdown by accepting Trump's terms in exchange for a future healthcare vote

-- Donald Trump issues sweeping preemptive pardons for Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, and others tied to the 2020 election plot, shielding his allies from accountability

-- The MAGA movement splinters as Nick Fuentes' extremist followers attack establishment conservatives like Ben Shapiro and Tucker Carlson

-- Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says Trump allies may use uncertified air traffic controllers, raising major safety and competence concerns

-- Donald Trump posts a string of incoherent Truth Social rants about tariffs, Obamacare, and imaginary $2,000 payouts

-- Trump pardoned Binance founder Changpeng Zhao after his family's crypto firm profited from a $2 billion UAE deal, drawing blatant pay-to-play accusations

-- Donald Trump is loudly booed at an NFL game and gets visibly shaken as Fox simultaneously airs his misleading economic claims

-- White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt defends Trump's push to end the Senate filibuster while falsely framing Democrats as the threat to democracy

-- On the Bonus Show: More focus on the Senate Democrats who voted to end the government shutdown, BBC leaders step down over an edited Trump documentary, the Supreme Court declines to revisit same-sex marriage rights, and much more...

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(00:00) Start (01:48) Dems end shutdown with deal (12:41) Trump preemptive pardons (19:55) MAGA movement splinters (27:40) Safety concerns in aviation (30:35) Trump incoherent Truth rants (39:10) Seth Moulton interview (59:17) Why Trump pardoned Binance CEO (1:04:57) Trump booed at NFL game (1:09:15) Leavitt defends Trump