Fauci Fell Right Into The Trap, Sometimes You Must Show The People, Pain, Accountability – Ep. 3959
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The fake news is using what Biden did during his Presidency against Trump economy. Biden created high cumulative inflation, high gas prices and high rates. Trump is about to bring these way down. Kevin Warsh decided to keep rates unchanged, he is restructuring on how they look at the economy and rates. The [DS] continues to fall into the trap the patriots set. Trump allowed the enemy to do what they do best and now it can be used against them. Fauci was pardoned by the people that over through the US government. Fauci appeared in front of the Senate pleading the 5th and broke the law now he can be held in contempt. The people needed to see who and what Fauci really is. The [DS]/Fauci are feeling pain, in the end accountability is coming.
Economy
51% of Americans who participate in a workplace retirement plan expect to have less than $500,000 set aside when they reach retirement, per CNBC
— unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) July 27, 2026
The annual income needed to qualify for a mortgage in the U.S. has climbed steadily this year, per NAR:
January: $93,552
February: $93,792
March: $97,824
April: $101,424
May: $106,128
June: $109,152— unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) July 29, 2026
Assuming the same conditions as the NAR data in the post (June 2026 median single-family home price of $446,400, 20% down payment, 30-year fixed mortgage, and principal & interest limited to 25% of income), here are the required annual incomes if mortgage rates fell to those levels:
- 2% mortgage rate: ~$63,360
- 1.5% mortgage rate: ~$59,160
- 1% mortgage rate: ~$55,135
The Fed should be at least 1% lower than it is now, yet officials are still floating the idea of hikes as if tight policy were a virtue rather than a mistake.
Sorry, tariffs and Supply shocks do not cause inflation. Basic Economic theory.
What we are observing is either a… https://t.co/smLEt8HSzs
— James E. Thorne (@DrJStrategy) July 29, 2026
sign of serious subject-matter incompetence or a politically driven hostility toward the President and his agenda. At this point, the Fed is not projecting confidence; it is advertising how out of touch it is with the economy it claims to manage.
- Rumors of coal’s demise have been greatly exaggerated. For the past decade, liberal policy wonks and the mainstream media have celebrated the forced closure of numerous coal plants.
- The media’s claims to the contrary, most of the closed coal plants weren’t taken offline because they were uncompetitive with wind, solar, or natural gas. It was due to regulations specifically targeting coal driven by climate change hysteria and utility executives who discovered they could make more money building new wind and solar facilities with guaranteed rates of return on construction.
- Still, you can’t keep a good power source down forever. Coal remains the second largest primary energy source in China, India, and other developing countries and is having a modest comeback in some parts of Europe and the United States.
- Now the team at Energy Bad Boys (EBB) has undertaken “a system-wide look at the cost of existing coal plants in America.” They looked at 82 coal plants in the United States through the lens of data from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). Their research discovered that, “[o]n average, existing coal plants operate at $45.57 per megawatt-hour (MWh).” By comparison, this is far below the average cost of an existing industrial wind facility ($59.78/MWh) and less than half the cost of electricity produced by an existing industrial solar facility ($102.40).
- At $62.09/MWh, new industrial wind facilities are even less cost-competitive with existing coal than existing facilities are, 25 percent more expensive. New solar facilities, at an EIA estimated cost of $74.55, remain uncompetitive as well, although less so than existing facilities.
- Of importance is the fact that these cost comparisons fail to include the significant firming costs—the battery storage, hydro pumping, or natural gas backup—needed to ensure a reliable electricity supply with intermittent wind and solar power. Had firming power been included, the large cost gap between cheap coal and expensive wind and solar would have been even greater. Even the highest-cost 25 percent of coal plants produce cheaper electricity than new wind and solar. Nor do EBB’s cost comparisons include the transmission buildout that wind and solar require to deliver the energy they produce to the locations where it is in demand, often hundreds of miles away.
Source: redstate.com
The Fed Keeps Interest Rates Steady in Contested Decision
- Three members of the rate-setting committee dissented against the rate pause.
Beth M. Hammack (Cleveland Fed President), Neel Kashkari (Minneapolis Fed President), and Lorie K. Logan (Dallas Fed President).
Political/Rights
- a Wisconsin brewer who, on the occasion of the attempt on President Trump’s life at the White House Correspondents’ dinner in April, promised patrons free beer on the event of President Trump’s death. now Bangstad is shut down. The state yanked his license.
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported Monday that liberal activist and brewery owner Kirk Bangstad is “vowing to fight ‘tooth and nail’ after receiving a letter from the state’s Department of Revenue revoking Minocqua Brewing Co.’s permit to operate in Wisconsin, according to a July 26 newsletter sent to his supporters.”
- And here’s the thing: He didn’t lose his license for political reasons. He didn’t lose his license for wishing bodily harm to the President of the United States. He didn’t lose it at the request of anyone in the Trump administration. He lost it for violating the rules on transporting beer across state lines.
Source: redstate.com
https://twitter.com/DHSgov/status/2082191469582885021?s=20
WHISTLEBLOWER: Migrant children forced into prostitution after Xavier Becerra dismantled vetting procedures at HHS.
“We've seen in Pomona, there is prostitution. I've seen young Latinas working those streets when that was not the case before.”
“They looked very young, and they… pic.twitter.com/L4PdWzVpDa
— Steve Hilton (@SteveHiltonx) July 29, 2026
were all mostly Latinas.”
Look at Florida.
Homicide rate down 20 points.
Drug overdoses down 20%.
7,400 missing children found and identified.
Enough fentanyl seized to kill 225 million Americans… in just 15 months.
The FBI is proud to stand with these sheriffs.
You don’t post numbers like that by… pic.twitter.com/zLry18fDsS
— FBI Director Kash Patel (@FBIDirectorKash) July 27, 2026
accident. That’s how you get things done. -DKP
War/Peace
Reuters reports that Iran is expected to receive its first shipment of 300–400 Chinese-made shoulder-fired air defense systems (MANPADS) within weeks, marking one of Tehran's largest known efforts to rebuild its short-range air defenses since the war with the U.S. and Israel… https://t.co/MrCRFDcOTl pic.twitter.com/ULcKJ6m0IJ
— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) July 29, 2026
began. According to Reuters, the reported $60–70 million deal includes QW-12 and FN-16 infrared-guided missiles designed to defend against low-flying aircraft, helicopters, and drones. Their mobility makes them more difficult to target than fixed air defense sites that have been repeatedly struck during the conflict. China’s Foreign Ministry denied the report, calling it “completely groundless,” while Pakistan rejected claims it would facilitate deliveries through its territory. The report also comes just days after President Trump said he does not believe China is providing military assistance to Iran. If confirmed, however, the procurement would represent a significant expansion of Iran’s short-range air defense capabilities and could indicate growing defense cooperation between Tehran and Beijing despite Beijing’s public denials.
At 5:45 p.m. ET today, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps forces launched multiple ballistic missiles from Iran in an attempted surprise attack on U.S. forces based in the Middle East. All Iranian missiles were successfully intercepted. U.S. forces remain vigilant and at a high…
— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) July 28, 2026
state of readiness.
the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is taking further action against the Iranian regime’s desperate efforts to monetize the Strait of Hormuz and prop up the nation’s failing economy. OFAC is designating two firms integral to an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)-backed extortion scheme that forces commercial vessels to purchase mandatory maritime “insurance” to transit the Strait. Although this coverage purports to protect vessels from risks such as seizures, these risks are overwhelmingly created by Iran itself. Through the Persian Gulf Marine Insurance Company and HormuzSafe Marine Services Authority, the regime brokers IRGC-approved policies designed to extract revenue under the guise of maritime services, including payments in digital assets to evade sanctions—allowing Iran to tighten control over shipping activity and funnel funds into IRGC operations.
“With its economy in freefall and inflation in the triple digits, the regime is desperate for cash,” said Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent. “The United States will not allow Iran to hold global commerce hostage or use international shipping to finance the IRGC’s terrorism, aggression, and repression.”
IRANIAN Regime’s EXTORTION SCHEME
In an attempt to prop up revenue streams decimated by Operation Epic Fury, Iran has established illegitimate schemes through the Persian Gulf Marine Insurance Company (PGMIC) and HormuzSafe Marine Services Authority, also known as Hormuz Safe, to extort vessels attempting to conduct routine commercial passages through the Strait of Hormuz. Established by the Central Insurance of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Iran’s primary insurance regulator, the PGMIC brokers and issues insurance policies approved by the U.S.-designated, IRGC-backed Persian Gulf Strait Authority (PGSA). The insurance covers risks, most of which are created by Iran itself, such as vessel seizures, and aims to generate revenue to fund the regime’s terror and corruption.
shadow fleet ACTORS
Treasury is also taking action today against multiple shadow fleet vessels responsible for transporting millions of barrels of Iranian crude oil and petroleum products. Iran’s shadow fleet provides an essential lifeline to the Iranian regime, which relies on oil sales to bolster its ailing economy.
Source: home.treasury.gov
VERY interesting 👀
US and Saudi forces conducted joint strikes on Iran-backed terror sites in Iraq.
Trump really brought attention to his alliance with Mohammed bin Salman, during his visit to the US to sign the Strategic Defense Agreement in November 2025.
I expect Saudi… https://t.co/55t9IGSezU
— Clandestine (@WarClandestine) July 29, 2026
Saudi Arabia, under new leadership with MBS, to play a pivotal role in Trump’s plan to bring peace to the Middle East.
Medical/False Flags
During Covid, Fauci averaged 11 media hits/week for 2 years running, totaling 1,741 interviews & an estimated 470 hours of media. Congrats to @GMA being the #1 superspreader of his contagious disinformation https://t.co/UNgIaGJfHT
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) July 28, 2026
Fauci media blackout continues https://t.co/fJ1nwoq2yJ pic.twitter.com/A9QsdIY5MW
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) July 28, 2026
Never forget that they wanted you locked inside your house for a virus with a 0.3% mortality rate, but they wanted BLM outside burning down our cities.
True evil. pic.twitter.com/mKZRxFBWYZ
— DC_Draino (@DC_Draino) July 28, 2026
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Thank you for reposting this. Regular people like this man were on to the con—and the con artists. The “educated” idiots just followed in lockstep. pic.twitter.com/uge3FjaaWW
— Laura Ingraham (@IngrahamAngle) July 29, 2026
KENNEDY ON FAUCI:
“He lied about masks.”
“He lied about social distancing.”
“He lied about the transmission.”
“He lied about natural immunity.” pic.twitter.com/oLtSrX80Is— Election Wizard (@ElectionWiz) July 28, 2026
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🚨 HOLY CRAP! A furious Sen. Rand Paul just had security REMOVE Dr. Anthony Fauci's disruptive attorney
This whole thing is a shtshow!
"You're DISRUPTING the proceedings! THIS is the way Fauci wants to be remembered…security, please remove him from the room!" pic.twitter.com/3jqZpeEH1i
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) July 29, 2026
'DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE IN DEEP SH*T?': Sen. Bernie Moreno educates the audience on who Fauci's lawyer, David Schertler, is
"He's a high-profile criminal attorney. He's represented some really great people, like Sen. Bob Menendez […]
There's an article here in the… pic.twitter.com/Rqm6VajAUd
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) July 29, 2026
Washington Free Beacon that talks about why you would hire a guy like David Schertler and the comment is, ‘if you’re in deep sh*t, that’s who you call.’ Do you feel like you’re in deep sh*t?”
HAWLEY: "What day of the week is it today?"
FAUCI: "I respectfully decline to answer…."
HAWLEY: "What color tie are you wearing?"
FAUCI: "I respectfully decline to answer…"
HAWLEY: "What color is the carpet in front of you?"
FAUCI: "I respectfully decline to answer…"… pic.twitter.com/CyfXA86HtT
— The Vigilant Fox 🦊 (@VigilantFox) July 29, 2026
HAWLEY: “Let’s just get ONE THING STRAIGHT. You DON’T HAVE any rights under the Fifth Amendment because you’ve been pardoned… You know that. Your lawyers… shifting nervously in their chairs, they know it.” “This isn’t about the Constitution… This is about contempt. Contempt for this body and contempt for the American people.”
🚨 JUST NOW: Sen. Josh Hawley SCORCHES Dr. Fauci, explaining he does NOT the right to plead the fifth
"You don't have ANY rights under the Fifth Amendment because you have been PARDONED, as you very well know."
"The Supreme Court has been clear for a century or more. Brown v.… pic.twitter.com/1shoXYrhQB
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) July 29, 2026
v. Walker 1896: ‘when he has been pardoned he may not stand upon his privilege.’ You know that, your lawyer sitting behind you shifting nervously in their chairs know it.” “This is about CONTEMPT. Contempt for this body and for the American people.” Fauci must be COMPELLED to speak under threat of arrest.
The Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination protects against real risk of criminal prosecution.
Under Supreme Court precedent in Brown v. Walker (1896), once a person has received a pardon for the relevant federal offenses, “he cannot longer set up his privilege,… https://t.co/jJ9i7e4S04
— Tony Seruga (@TonySeruga) July 29, 2026
Why was Fauci pardoned “for any offenses against the United States which he may have committed or taken part in”, beginning January 1, 2014?
That’s precisely when Fauci and the Obama administration offshored US gain of function research, to black sites like Ukraine.
Hunter was… pic.twitter.com/eV2hKRO5F0
— Clandestine (@WarClandestine) July 29, 2026
was pardoned beginning the exact same day, January 1, 2014, just before Metabiota received a massive DoD contract for operations in Ukraine. Hunter Biden was the bagman, or proxy, for Obama/Biden’s corrupt dealings in Ukraine, to include their nefarious biological activity at Metabiota. All of this made possible right after the Maidan coup, regime change in Ukraine in early 2014, and the beginning of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, and the annexation of Crimea. Fauci and the Biden Administration admitted their guilt when they issued these pardons. They know they’ve been caught, and they tried to cover their tracks. Whatever they were doing in Ukraine, it’s what they fear most, and all signs seem to point to Metabiota.
If a witness in an ongoing trial pleaded the Fifth on the stand, and then immediately walked out to the cameras to answer all the questions from media he refused to answer in court, you had better believe the judge would find him in contempt of court within seconds. https://t.co/XytT12xEli
— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) July 29, 2026
Josh Hawley brings the receipts and exposes Dr. Fauci for using 8 different federal employees on federal time to chase over $1,000,000 in cash prizes for himself.
"You got RICH while people were dying."
"You were using federal employees with TAXPAYER MONEY to apply for and… pic.twitter.com/cMCT396CIm
— The Vigilant Fox 🦊 (@VigilantFox) July 29, 2026
“if they came out with that statement… it would undermine the DOJ’s efforts at mandates.” It’s literally everything we all suspected, got banned for saying, which they denied publicly, but confessed in a diary. https://t.co/Z6Z5YJerY0 pic.twitter.com/8ColjT16r5
— Mike Benz (@MikeBenzCyber) July 29, 2026
What are the chances?
The last entry in Fauci’s “diary” on page 1141, was made on December 17, 22 and mentions “QAnon” 😂🍿🐸
Dec. 17, 2022
“It is clear (I have not been reporting it every day) that the far, extreme right and Qanon literally hate me” https://t.co/LB3wSNrwMx pic.twitter.com/gd6Wl6wufY— NewsTreason Channel 17 (@NewsTreason) July 29, 2026
This is just horrific… My God… they all need to pay dearly.
Dr. Fauci sowed the fingers and scalps of aborted babies into the backs of research mice, which the scalps grew fine baby hair.https://t.co/ehYZnztgYQ https://t.co/Lfg9SfVxu3 pic.twitter.com/u2dZhmjv4w
— MJTruthUltra (@MJTruthUltra) July 29, 2026
Bill Gates has a security clearance?
He was just drawn into the Fauci investigation narrative.
It’s all going to be exposed.
Fauci is the doorway to MANY conspiracies across the world, creating viruses and using people as Guinea pigs in dangerous experiments for “population… pic.twitter.com/GkdbgnCNC3
— JoeLange (@JoeLange) July 29, 2026
control.”
but with each passing day, relied less and less on him. He made too many bad calls, like on MASKS. Remember at the beginning he was an anti-masker. He then switched to a super-masker. In any event I didn’t let him shut the Country down, although he wanted to. I went the Federalist way, and let the governors decide. The Republican governors did a much better job than the Dumocrats. Fauci was largely taken out of play, and then along came Sleepy Joe Biden, who made Fauci a “King!” I called Biden to tell him Fauci was no good, either didn’t have a clue, or was dishonest. The call was well received, but sadly,
not acted on. Biden went on to give Fauci vast destructive power. The rest is history! President DJT
Bernie just said what we were all thinking 🔥 https://t.co/XHZb784TbF
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) July 29, 2026
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Anthony Fauci has decided to turn this into an all out brawl because that is all he has left. The case against him is incontrovertible. His own words have exposed lie after lie. His strategy now is to rely on the full backing of the media and his legions of brainwashed super…
— Hans Mahncke (@HansMahncke) July 29, 2026
fans, hoping to fight the whole thing to what amounts to a draw while ensuring that the substance of what he actually did is never seriously discussed again. It is a risky strategy, but it is the only one available to him, and for all we know, it may even work. Peter Navarro went to prison for refusing to testify, yet there is effectively a zero percent chance that a Washington DC jury would do the same to Fauci. After all the awards, magazine covers, adulation, and years of being treated as a god, Anthony Fauci ends up looking like an ordinary crook. It is not the accountability we were hoping for, but given that no one has been held accountable for anything, seeing Fauci fall from godlike status to invoking the Fifth Amendment is not a bad outcome either.
🚨 JUST IN: Sen. Rand Paul is moving to hold Dr. Fauci in CONTEMPT after he refused to answer all questions under subpoena
"Because you refuse to answer citing a privilege that is unsupported because of your pardon…this committee is scheduled to vote next week on a resolution… pic.twitter.com/wMtzK2PuVf
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) July 29, 2026
certifying your contempt.” Fauci is DESPICABLE. Time to finally hold him accountable!
Source: thegatewaypundit.com
Here’s how the process works and what the penalties actually are:
- A Senate committee (in this case, the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee chaired by Sen. Rand Paul) can vote to recommend a contempt citation. Paul has said that vote is scheduled for next week.
- If the full Senate then approves the citation, it is certified and referred to the U.S. Attorney / Department of Justice.
- The DOJ has discretion on whether to prosecute. Even if it does, there must still be a grand jury indictment, a trial (or plea), and a conviction before any sentence is imposed.
- Only after a criminal conviction under the federal statute (2 U.S.C. § 192) can imprisonment occur.
Statutory penalty if convictedUnder 2 U.S.C. § 192, willfully refusing to answer questions or produce documents under a valid congressional subpoena is a misdemeanor punishable by:
- A fine of not more than $100,000, and/or
- Imprisonment for not less than 1 month and not more than 12 months.
In recent high-profile cases (Steve Bannon and Peter Navarro for refusing Jan. 6 Committee subpoenas), both were convicted and each received a 4-month prison sentence.
Fauci is broken.
The point of this hearing in front of the entire country, as the entire country watches it, isn't to get him to make any admissions of guilt.
IT'S TO HAVE THE ENTIRE COUNTRY WATCH THIS EVIL LITTLE GNOME lose his mojo.
It's the SAME GUY that sat there for… https://t.co/1ROTa4VEmg
— Brian Cates – Political Columnist & Pundit (@drawandstrike) July 29, 2026
half a dozen prior hearings loudly bullshiting everybody. The days of the bullshit are OVER. The declassifications are PICKING UP SPEED.
He’s got no cover.
He can’t hide.
He’s gonna sit there and invoke the 5th throughout the entire hearing.
The bluster is gone.
The chutzpah has disappeared.
The arrogance is still there, but he’s demonstrating there’s only one way he can limit the damage his own lies have done to him.
And now we get the spectacle of Fauci’s lawyer being removed from the room because he’s not following the rules for Congressional testimony.
They knew … https://t.co/YxjhvJYdIR
— Rasmussen Reports (@Rasmussen_Poll) July 29, 2026
[DS] Agenda
🚨UNEARTHED
James Talarico — who said he "hates Christianity" — praised Islam for inspiring his religious beliefs:
"I’ve learned as much about my faith from Salman’s tradition, from the Islamic mystics, from poets like Rumi, as much as I have from Christian authors…" pic.twitter.com/2UeksY9Hko
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) July 27, 2026
🚨NEW: James Talarico — who repeatedly claims that Republicans are trying to "rig elections" — used his mom's address to run for office in Texas, a violation of state election law. pic.twitter.com/bQSkf099dU
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) July 29, 2026
President Trump’s Plan
Clapper has been really quiet for years now, trying to stay under the radar.
I think he just shit himself.
Why?
Do you think it’s just a coincidence…..
That Clapper’s name is removed from the Defense Intelligence Agency’s building, on the exact same day, as Lindsey Graham’s… https://t.co/WwndzYcwdF pic.twitter.com/VibBrJ8iEh
— JoeLange (@JoeLange) July 28, 2026
Pulte released the “declassified” CIA evidence that was being hidden from Trump by the intelligence community, that PROVED China was trying to collude with the democrats to steal elections in 2018 and 2020.
Anybody remember Trump displaying a “red folder” with family members, at… https://t.co/H6jxADM9mK
— JoeLange (@JoeLange) July 29, 2026
LOL Pulte reduced the entire intelligence agency apparatus by 30% in just a few weeks.
5 rounds of layoff.
As a sheer matter of SURVIVAL the remaining Shadow Government had to get his ass out of that office by any means necessary.
So they took the path of least… https://t.co/yxGBkHO9wy
— Brian Cates – Political Columnist & Pundit (@drawandstrike) July 28, 2026
of least resistance. Clayton will is coming to finish them off, and they know it. But Pulte was moving so FAR so FAST they have to pick their poison. They have to hope Clayton will expose/destroy them slower than Pulte was. Not much of a hope.
🚨 BREAKING: In a suspicious development, New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill (D) just announced she will BLOCK the release of 6,000+ noncitizens to the Trump admin who were ILLEGALLY registered to vote in her state
And she just referred to the noncitizens as "CITIZENS OF NEW… pic.twitter.com/wh4LwZ8can
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) July 28, 2026
“Not only are states allowed to remove registrants who satisfy these requirements, but federal law makes this removal mandatory"
— Justice Alito (2018) pic.twitter.com/t8ano2fm36
— Shiloh Marx (@Shilohmarx) July 29, 2026
My colleague from South Dakota suggests here that the talking filibuster hasn’t been used in a century, and that it was not used to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
He’s mistaken.
As I’ve explained to the entire Senate GOP on multiple occasions, the talking filibuster *was*… pic.twitter.com/K3SyGTBeM2
— Mike Lee (@BasedMikeLee) July 28, 2026
used effectively to break the weeks-long filibuster mounted against the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Leader Thune and others point out that the Senate ultimately invoked cloture on the Civil Rights Act, and on that basis wrongly conclude that the talking filibuster was *not* the tool used to achieve that victory.
This argument ignores the fact that this is *how* the Senate closed a staggering 30-vote cloture deficit in 1964. After many weeks of fighting a losing battle, filibustering senators predictably started to lose their resolve to hold up the bill indefinitely, especially when they realized how hard they’d have to work to keep the effort alive. So they started proposing and supporting amendments to the bill to make it more palatable and help them save face.
I still maintain that this is a viable approach that could work well—even better—in the context of the SAVE America Act, especially considering that the bill is less complicated and less controversial with voters than was the Civil Rights Act, and currently has a cloture deficit of only 10 votes—tiny compared to the 30-vote deficit faced by the Civil Rights Act of 1964. My colleague also mistakenly suggests that Senate Republicans would have to vote to enforce the talking filibuster. That simply isn’t true; no vote is required for this step.
All we need is a majority leader willing to announce that we’re getting on the bill and that we will continue to debate it until it passes—all with the understanding that if filibustering senators fail to show up to debate it, we can “call the question” and pass it with a simple majority. That understanding, in turn, is what motivates the filibustering senators to show up and speak, but it’s also what naturally causes them to tire of the exercise after a few weeks, at which point they start looking for a face-saving off-ramp.
Finally, Leader Thune suggests that the talking filibuster would be thwarted by being “reset” every time Democrats offered an amendment.
There’s a valid point in there, but it’s not a good reason not to invoke the talking filibuster. It appears he’s referring indirectly to paragraph 1(a) of Senate Rule 19 (the two-speech rule). While offering a new amendment can create a new question under longstanding practice, the September 25, 1986 precedent narrowed how rigidly the two-speech rule is applied by clarifying that many procedural actions do not count as speeches at all.
Particularly in light of that 1986 clarification, it’s been a long time since I’ve suggested we consider rigid enforcement of Rule 19’s two-speech limit as part of a talking filibuster strategy for the SAVE America Act.
We don’t need it! Nor was that rule aggressively enforced during the Senate’s consideration of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Majority Leader Mike Mansfield correctly focused on requiring actual debate from filibustering senators rather than looking for technical ways to shut the debate down.
To give credit where it’s due, I appreciate what Leader Thune said in this interview about the possibility of passing some iteration of SAVE America using budget reconciliation—a procedure in which there is no 60-vote cloture hurdle. I’ve been skeptical of this approach in the past, but I’m starting to believe the SAVE America Act has more budgetary features than I initially considered possible.
That said, reconciliation is fraught with all kinds of problems, challenges, risks, and uncertainties. Also, failure can be far too easy to blame on the parliamentarian. I’m open to considering the reconciliation path, but we should make this decision with our eyes open. To do that, we need to separate fact from fiction when it comes to the talking filibuster.
The following Republican Senators are on board with NO RECESS until the SAVE America Act is passed:
✅ Senator Mike Lee
✅ Senator Rick Scott
✅ Senator Jim Banks
✅ Senator Ashley Moody
✅ Senator Darline Graham
✅ Senator Tommy Tuberville
✅ Senator Bill Hagerty
✅ Senator…— ThePersistence (@ScottPresler) July 28, 2026
Katie Britt
Senator Todd Young
Elon Musk described the government in four sentences and never made a political argument. He read out the schematic.
Musk: "Government is a corporation in the limit. It is the most corporate thing. It is maximum corporation. And it's also a monopoly, and also is the only one… pic.twitter.com/OYuq9VoghV
— Dustin (@r0ck3t23) July 28, 2026
FWIW…
This is the 'Halo' theme music. I asked Grok about the song's meaning.
"The iconic theme music of the Halo video game franchise—composed by Martin O'Donnell and Michael Salvatori—was designed to evoke ancient mystery, sacred weight, and primal urgency." https://t.co/L775JAJz2R
— AwakenedOutlaw⚒️ (@AwakenedOutlaw) July 29, 2026


