Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

After #PresidentTrump suggested sponsors of a bill requiring ICE officers to display identification "hate our country," @SenatorSlotkin--a former CIA analyst and Pentagon official--responds. "Between the two of us...there's one of us who understands that governing is not about…

“What I've tried to do, probably not perfectly, is just call balls and strikes on what's happening in the region.” @SenatorSlotkin explains her approach to the war in Gaza, which has meant criticizing both Hamas and the Netanyahu government. Apple: bit.ly/4fhiTtL

"When you stand for everything and you have a million different issues you care about, no one knows your priorities," says Democratic @SenatorSlotkin. "We need to re-center around the economy and the economic needs of the middle class." Follow on Apple: bit.ly/4fhiTtL

Some Republicans are "worried about their physical security" if they defy President Trump, says @SenatorSlotkin. "I sort of feel for them, but if you are scared to cast a vote that you know is important to your constituents, this isn't the right job for you."

Democratic @SenatorSlotkin says the political system is too "unwell" to confront the national debt. "The actual answer is rational adults could get in a room and figure this out if both sides were willing to slaughter some sacred cows." On Apple: bit.ly/4fhiTtL

How will Democrats fix their party? @SenatorSlotkin has a plan. Don't miss @MargaretHoover’s new interview airing this weekend on Firing Line. And read about it on Substack: bit.ly/3IvDKND

NYC mayoral candidate @ZohranKMamdani has sparked backlash over the phrase “globalize the intifada,” which he says he does not use but declined to condemn. Asked if she is comfortable with a rising party leader refusing to condemn the phrase, Michigan Democratic @SenatorSlotkin…

Democratic @SenatorSlotkin says the $9 billion rescission package passed by Republicans "undercuts the leadership of this branch of government." "It undercuts the separation of powers, which is, I think, a theme for this administration." On Spotify: bit.ly/3TP7Xto

"The biggest threat to our country right now, the existential threat, is the shrinking of the middle class." Democratic @SenatorSlotkin discusses her economic "war plan" for Democrats and navigating ideological divisions within the party. FULL EPISODE: bit.ly/4lEY4L5

"If #PresidentTrump completely does a 180 and says, you know what, we're now on the side of democracies...I'll be the first to cheer him on." Democratic @SenatorSlotkin welcomes Trump's shift toward supporting Ukraine--and away from Putin. On Spotify: bit.ly/3TP7Xto

"Democrats are so careful and they're so caveated," says Michigan Democratic @SenatorSlotkin, who has drafted an economic "war plan" for the party. "They live often in a world where they constrain themselves." TONIGHT 8:30 pm ET @PBS listings: to.pbs.org/39hI6Tf

"I think it's an overall positive thing that the message is being drummed into our heads: it's the economy," says moderate Democratic @SenatorSlotkin of the success of progressives like @ZohranKMamdani. "And we can have the argument, and we will, about the right policies."

Democratic @SenatorSlotkin reacts to cuts to public broadcasting in the Republican rescission bill. "It's hard to overstate how many of us grew up on things like @SesameStreet and educational programming that was only available because of public broadcasting."

"You can't be both the arsonist and the firefighter." @SenatorSlotkin blames President Trump for fueling his base's interest in the Epstein files and says his response to the controversy has been "weird." "Just release them, and let's move on to the real work of the country."

Democratic @SenatorSlotkin says Trump's strikes on Iran "absolutely" sent a message to America's adversaries. "It's sent a signal, particularly in the Middle East, that if you don't engage with us productively, America will act."

The Trump administration is giving personal information to immigration authorities to aid its crackdown. ProPublica reported the IRS is building a program that would give immigration agents unprecedented access to sensitive taxpayer data. to.pbs.org/3IzjgmU

The vote marked the first time in decades that a president has successfully submitted such a rescissions request to Congress, and the White House suggested it won’t be the last. to.pbs.org/4kQuBfY

“This is just not a moment to be careful and polite. We need a plan.” @senatorslotkin talks to @margarethoover about her “war plan” for Democrats, bridging the party’s ideological divide, and taking on Trump’s agenda. FRIDAY @PBS Local listings: to.pbs.org/39hI6Tf

In 1992, William F. Buckley Jr. argued Democrats' plans to tax the rich amounted to "populist... boob bait." Our guest is a Democratic senator who has chastised progressives for vilifying success and has laid out her own economic "war plan" for the party. #GuesstheGuest

Senate Democrats walked out of a committee vote on Thursday as Republicans advanced the judicial nomination of Emil Bove. A former Justice Department lawyer accused Bove of suggesting the department might have to defy court orders. Bove denied that claim.…