Dems' shutdown discord, a tariff backlash and Elon Musk
Post Reports
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🗓️ 14 March 2025
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Democrats are bristling at the decision by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to vote for a GOP bill averting a government shutdown.
Senior politics reporter Aaron Blake speaks with congressional reporter Marianna Sotomayor to get a behind-the-scenes look at the politics of the shutdown vote. He also breaks down the latest tariff news and Elon Musk drama with David Lynch, a financial writer for The Washington Post, and Trisha Thadani, a Post technology reporter.
Today’s show was produced and mixed by Ted Muldoon. It was edited by Reena Flores and Rachel Van Dongen.
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| 0:00.0 | From the newsroom of the Washington Post. |
| 0:12.3 | This is Post Reports. |
| 0:14.1 | I'm Aaron Blake, senior politics reporter and host of Post Report's weekly politics |
| 0:18.3 | roundtable. |
| 0:19.3 | It's Friday, March 14th. We're tackling a lot today, |
| 0:23.1 | including some dynamic situations in Washington and on Capitol Hill. |
| 0:29.5 | First, we're going to talk through the big story this Friday, which is a potential government |
| 0:33.8 | shutdown. That'll be with our congressional reporter, Mariana Sotomayor, who's been covering |
| 0:38.5 | the politics of the potential shutdown from Capitol Hill. And then we'll bring in two other guests, |
| 0:43.4 | financial writer David Lynch and tech reporter Trisha Thadani. I'll discuss with them the latest news |
| 0:48.8 | about Trump's contorted dance with tariffs, and we'll also get into Elon Musk and the power |
| 0:53.7 | struggles within Trump's |
| 0:55.1 | inner circle. |
| 0:59.0 | So first we have Mariana. |
| 1:00.9 | Hey, Mariana. |
| 1:01.5 | Hey, how are you? |
| 1:02.4 | I'm doing pretty well. |
| 1:03.5 | So it's the middle of the day on Friday, and we are talking with you at about 1 o'clock |
| 1:08.2 | p.m. There's a looming government shutdown. Basically, Congress has to |
| 1:12.5 | pass what's called a continuing resolution by midnight or the government stops working. Federal |
| 1:18.8 | employees are sent home unless they perform the most essential functions like air traffic |
| 1:22.9 | controllers. And I brought Mariana on to give us a quick rundown of where things stand. Mariana, it looks |
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