5/22/25: House passes Trump tax cuts, Trump threatens journalist

-- On the Show:

-- Eoin Higgins, writer and historian based in New England, joins David to discuss his new book “Owned: How Tech Billionaires on the Right Bought the Loudest Voices on the Left." Get the book: https://amzn.to/4moaJmp

— House Republicans pass Trump’s massive tax-and-spending bill at 4AM, chanting “USA” as they vote to cut Medicaid, slash food stamps, and explode the deficit

— AOC warns that “there will be consequences” for this cruel and chaotic bill — and she’s right

— Trump’s own party starts revolting over the bill, with hardliners and moderates both rejecting the Frankenstein package Speaker Mike Johnson tried to jam through

— Trump melts down in a wild Oval Office meeting with the South African president, ranting about white farmers, fake news, and luxury planes — while Elon Musk watches

— In a surreal moment, Trump says he wishes Ramaphosa could give him a plane — confirming, yet again, he’s totally fine being bribed

— Trump threatens an NBC reporter who asked about the Qatar jet, shouting that “fake news” should be investigated

-- On the Bonus Show: Jake Tapper accuses Biden’s team of a cover-up, Target warns of major tariff-related losses, and Canada considers joining Trump’s “Golden Dome” defense plan, much more...

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