On this episode of The Siren, I had the honor of being joined by two incredible guests, the hosts of the Grounded Podcast, former U.S. Senator from Montana Jon Tester, and former Scripps News anchor Maritsa Georgiou!

The two have come together to create an awesome, very informative podcast. We hope you’ll check it out!

As we all have been watching the ICE invasion of Minneapolis, we have to ask the question: Where is Congress? Why have they relegated themselves to a powerless body over Trump and thrown away their constitutionally given checks over the executive branch?

We hear article after article of Republican members of Congress privately voicing frustration over the rogue nature of the Trump White House, with their “ability” to conduct military operations without the consent or notification of Congress a top reason for the frustration.

But it’s never enough. Republicans in Congress can never seem to develop a strong enough backbone to actually stand up to Trump.

Sure, we may see the occasional Republican break ranks and vote with the Democrats, but they know the rest of their colleagues will come through for the felon-in-chief. In other words, they’re the enablers.

If Congressional Republicans have had enough of this lawless, authoritarian regime deploying masked, armed thugs to round up, interrogate, and assault Americans, they actually have the power to do something about it.

And with that, I love you guys!!

💙 Jo

Also, in case you missed it, we just launched a media network I am co-founder of, called The Siren, where this episode is hosted! We have a whole slate of contributors, new shows, new faces, new voices and new ways to stay engaged and get involved! With so much more to come!

I hope you’ll check it out!!

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