Rubio’s Power Play, Big Bill Chaos, and Food Stamp Fears: Is the Deep State Done?

Explore the lat­est polit­i­cal devel­op­ments in our pod­cast, div­ing into Mar­co Rubio’s unan­i­mous con­fir­ma­tion as Sec­re­tary of State and his poten­tial 2028 pres­i­den­tial or VP ambi­tions post-2026 midterms. We ana­lyze the con­sti­tu­tion­al clar­i­ty on for­eign pol­i­cy, high­light­ing the exec­u­tive branch’s dom­i­nance and the judiciary’s lim­it­ed role. The pod­cast also tack­les the con­tentious “Big Beau­ti­ful Bill,” fac­ing hur­dles in the House Rules Com­mit­tee with its 1,100-page com­plex­i­ty and pro­posed amend­ments. The SALT deduc­tion debate inten­si­fies, with blue-state Repub­li­cans push­ing for high­er caps to ease tax bur­dens. We ques­tion the Con­gres­sion­al Bud­get Office’s scor­ing reli­a­bil­i­ty, argu­ing front­loaded costs and back­loaded sav­ings skew pro­jec­tions, while immi­gra­tion expens­es strain bud­gets. With Andrew Clyde fac­ing polit­i­cal pres­sure, we exam­ine claims of exag­ger­at­ed food stamp cut impacts and the broad­er nar­ra­tive of fis­cal respon­si­bil­i­ty ver­sus social wel­fare. Tune in for insights on whether the U.S. has reached a point of no return after years of per­ceived deep state influ­ence.

• The con­sti­tu­tion is very clear on for­eign pol­i­cy. The sec­re­tary of state is in the exec­u­tive branch and the judi­cial branch does not have any lever­age on for­eign affairs. Mar­co Rubio got a unan­i­mous vote. 
• As soon as the midterms end, that is when they start mak­ing a deci­sion in start­ing their cam­paigns. Is Mar­co work­ing to leapfrog over Vance or be Vance’s VP pick. 
• It is unsure if the Big Beau­ti­ful Bill will pass. There are 9 dis­tricts that the repub­li­cans flipped in 2024 and democ­rats are work­ing those dis­tricts with the demo­c­rat talk­ing points. Putting pres­sure on the fresh­men repub­li­cans. The repub­li­cans in the blue states where their state and local tax­es are enor­mous, the SALT deduc­tion is need­ed to be as high as they can get it. 
• The AJC — What could cuts to food stamps mean for geor­gians. They are going to push Andrew Clyde with an oppo­nent. They are want­i­ng you to believe that your kids are going to starve. They want you to believe the Bill cuts fund­ing for food stamps, cut fed­er­al sup­port for med­ic­aid and increas­es the bud­get deficit. The CBO can­not score leg­is­la­tion any­more. They front­load the bill and have back­end sav­ings that will nev­er hap­pen because of the next admin­is­tra­tion. There is no such thing that has a true CBO score. The peo­ple that do not belong here are cost­ing us bil­lions of dol­lars. 
• They are in the house rules com­mit­tee that start­ed at 1am. They are offer­ing enor­mous amounts of amend­ments to bring it out of the rules com­mit­tee. It could get out of com­mit­tee and vot­ed on tonight. Who has had the time to read the 1100 pages to be able to vote on it. 
• The four years when the deep state con­trolled the coun­try, are we now at a point of no return.