Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Tulsi Gabbard, and Kash Patel went before Congress this week, and Sarah Isgur, Steve Hayes, Mike Warren, and David French consider whether confirmation hearings are a giant waste of time. Also, Donald Trump’s shaming of Colombia’s president made Sarah rediscover the allure of Great Men of History theory.
The Agenda:
—The hearings that weren’t worth your (and the nation’s) time
—Gerrymandering isn’t the problem you think it is (or is it?)
—Everything is broken and I didn’t break it
—Trump bullies his way to foreign policy wins
—The power of leadership over the human heart
—Is DeepSeek our Sputnik moment? (And should we retire Sputnik comparisons?)
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