Monthly episodes discussing this topic, 2023-08 to 2026-07.
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These observers argue that confirmation hearings have become tools for testing personal loyalty rather than assessing candidate merits.
4 people · 4 episodes
Todd Blanch's hearing was an example of a lawless and callous individual seeking a government position.
“Uh Todd Blanch, the acting AG, his confirmation hearing to become attorney general. awful to watch someone so lawless, so callous try to get this job.”
MeidasTouch · Jul 2026 · 6 episodes · 3.5M views on this topicTodd Blanche is unfit to be the Attorney General of the United States and should not be confirmed by the Senate.
“I've been a litigator for 35 years. I've cross-examined worse better than Todd Blanch into oblivion. They got to do it. Sheldon was a US attorney. Corey Booker is amazing. Blumenthal uh yeah Blumenthal was a attorney general and I think he was a US attorney as well. Blast the guy.”
MeidasTouch · Jul 2026 · 1 episode · 405K views on this topicLisa Graves argues that Todd Blanche's nomination for Attorney General should have been rejected because he has served Donald Trump's personal agenda rather than the public interest.
“Todd Blanche has been the chief expediter basically of Donald Trump's agenda at the Justice Department. He hasn't been behaving like any former anyone who previously held that role has and he should not be confirmed to be the Attorney General of the United States.”
MeidasTouch · Aug 2026 · 1 episode · 366K views on this topicThe recent confirmation hearings for Todd Blanche and Jay Clayton served as loyalty tests to Donald Trump rather than examinations of their qualifications.
“I watched the hearing several hours each and my takeaway was that this was a big loyalty test. That loyalty to Donald Trump was being tested in public and both of these men, Jay Clayton and Todd Blanche who are respected figures otherwise, um and well known in Washington.”
The Rest Is Politics US · Jul 2026 · 1 episode · 170K views on this topicThese commentators believe that congressional hearings are essential mechanisms for uncovering truth and holding public figures accountable.
4 people · 3 episodes
He believes that the first congressional hearing on UAPs was a positive step and that further hearings are necessary to achieve transparency.
“So, yeah, we're going to have one very similar to the last one. We just have to change the focus. I I wanted the um Granted, I was not I was not able to chair the committee, but I was steering the committee, if you know what I mean.”
Shawn Ryan Show · Oct 2023 · 1 episode · 616K views on this topicThe congressional hearing was a necessary and important effort to hold the administration accountable despite Pam Bondi's obstructionist performance.
“What are you supposed to do? Not have this hearing? Are you insane? I said it beforehand and it bears repeating. This is a major fissure in the base.”
HasanAbi · Feb 2026 · 1 episode · 582K views on this topicDr. Fauci's invocation of the Fifth Amendment was improper because he has already been granted immunity for his actions during the relevant period.
“Dr. Anthony Fouchi has blanket immunity over the past 11 years granted by a pardon, which typically means you cannot invoke the fifth.”
Timcast IRL · Jul 2026 · 1 episode · 152K views on this topicThe congressional hearings put Dr. Fauci in a position where he had to either lie, admit to damaging truths, or improperly plead the Fifth Amendment.
“What Rand did today is is kind of awesome because he put Fouchy in a in a no-win position. You know, you you bring him in, you got to make him testify. He's got three choices. He could plead the fifth, which he didn't have the right to do so, uh, like Tim just said, he could have lied and purged him”
Timcast IRL · Jul 2026 · 1 episode · 152K views on this topicPositions are extracted from transcripts by a model and may misattribute who said what. Every quote links to the episode it came from.
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