Driena Sixto is the Spanish Media Director at the Lincoln Media Foundation, a Cuban American voice who has spent more than a decade getting citizens engaged and to the polls. Her work has appeared everywhere from Fox News to Univision. Her parents were married in Cuba for ten years and chose not to have children under the communist dictatorship; her father was jailed as a political prisoner before receiving a visa at the United States embassy.
Curtis Houck is the Managing Editor of NewsBusters at the Media Research Center, where he has spent years documenting how the national press covers conservatives. He is one of the most-cited media critics in the country.
Robert McNeily is Director of Broadcasting and Grassroots Engagement at Tea Party Patriots Action and co-hosts the full hour.
Key topics:
- The SAVE America Act, fifty senators on record, and the August recess standoff
- Three legislative vehicles: the National Defense Authorization Act, the Stop Insider Trading Act, and reconciliation
- Iran, the pause on new strikes, and what Tehran actually conceded
- Why "already illegal" and "actually verified" are two different things
- The executive order on the Smithsonian and a billion tax dollars a year
- Inside the rescheduled White House Correspondents' Dinner
- The release of Anthony Fauci's personal diaries ahead of Senate testimony
- Thirty-three Illinois counties vote to explore separating from Cook County
Timestamps:
00:00 — Cold open: the Senate is trying to leave town
00:50 — Ninety-nine days out and what the SAVE America Act actually does
04:38 — Robert McNeily and Driena Sixto join the show
05:14 — Iran: the pause, Tehran's answer, and peace through strength
12:14 — The SAVE America Act: fifty senators and an August recess
18:08 — "Already illegal" is not enough: the Olive Garden pasta pass
23:32 — The Smithsonian order and a billion tax dollars
24:15 — Driena Sixto's Cuban story and the rise of democratic socialists
33:23 — Curtis Houck: inside the White House Correspondents' Dinner
44:01 — Trump on Bruce Springsteen
46:58 — Peter Baker, Brian Stelter, and the push to end the dinner
49:33 — How the press covered the Smithsonian fight
53:39 — A Democratic Socialists of America co-chair says it out loud
56:43 — Robert McNeily closes the hour
57:25 — The Fauci diaries: Rand Paul releases the personal notes
1:00:30 — Thirty-three Illinois counties vote to explore separating
1:03:31 — Call to action: 202-224-3121
Links: teapartypatriots.org, jennybethshow.com, passthesaveamericaact.com