Brendan Buck
@BrendanBuck
Partner @SevenLetter | Political Analyst @MSNBC & @NBCNews | Contributing Opinion Writer @NYTopinion | Before: @SpeakerRyan, @SpeakerBoehner, @HarvardIOP
Happy Independence Day! I have a mild critique of our government in the New York Times this morning. Thank you for reading...
Oh dear. A midterm pledge to repeal a major law you have almost no chance of repealing. What could possibly go wrong... nytimes.com/2025/07/21/opi…
"Too many" members of Congress, writes @BrendanBuck, "see their jobs as playing characters in the Trump melodrama rather than serving as policymakers in a separate and equal legislative branch." tinyurl.com/5n8wktba
This is how we do it now? @BrendanBuck has an answer. nytimes.com/2025/07/04/opi…
Is This Really How We’re Legislating Now? nytimes.com/2025/07/04/opi… via @NYTOpinion
🚨 Congress faces a messy funding fight in a little over two months and vibes feel like we are in shutdown territory. @ktullymcmanus of @politico offers a great primer on the appropriations state of play and of course we talk rescissions. w/@BrendanBuck open.spotify.com/episode/41VC6e…
🎙️: NOTUS’ Congressional Bureau Chief @MEPFuller joins @BrendanBuck and @Annalyse_Keller to discuss the Freedom Caucus’ evolution and role in Washington today. open.spotify.com/show/6lZ3MKGut…
This was a great chat, and I only felt like @BrendanBuck wanted to kill me once or twice. Really brought me back.
We have @MEPFuller on the pod, long-time chronicler of the Freedom Caucus, for a deep dive on the HFC--how their influence has changed over the years & where they go from here. And we offer thoughts on reconciliation "winners and losers." w/ @BrendanBuck open.spotify.com/episode/4NJB30…
Too many good graphs to choose from, this from @jmart is excellent. Not just the for-or-against-Trump element, but how little he even cares about the substance. In Today’s GOP, There Is No Choice at All - POLITICO politico.com/news/magazine/…
“I just want to have a normal, boring Congress, but no one knows what that looks like anymore,” Johnson told @em_luetkemeyer when asked about the longest vote. “I’m tired of making history.” notus.org/congress/mike-…
About as narratively consistent as this whole thing has been...
SIGNING ceremony may be staged to coincide with July 4 flyover of B-2 type bombers used against Iran Johnson said per @MaeveSheehey
It would appear many of these freedom caucus members didn't think through their statements excoriating the Senate bill.