The Mad Mod Pod - Episode 2 (The government shutdown and saving ignorant voters from themselves.)

Today on the second episode of The Mad Mod Pod with Ken Thompson, we cover some of what makes the issue of affordable healthcare and the ACA tax subsidies a worthy and useful fight for Democrats, all as Republicans and Russell Vought try to gut the Executive Branch during the shutdown. We also discuss why any real attempt to negotiate with today's MAGA Republicans is a fool's errand, because they no longer can be trusted to adhere to any agreement they later find to be politically problematic for them.The Impoundment Control Act of 1974 Background and Congressional Consideration of Rescissions: https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R48432U.S. Government Accountability Office: https://www.gao.gov/products/095406Unitary Executive Theory:https://repository.uclawsf.edu/hastings_law_journal/vol72/iss1/1/https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.1086/714860#https://www.theregreview.org/2025/03/03/shane-the-unbearable-lightness-of-the-unitary-executive-theory/https://scholarship.law.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgiarticle=1614&context=jclhttps://fedsoc.org/commentary/fedsoc-blog/judge-uses-originalism-to-reject-unitary-executive-theoryA Ken Thompson Media Production. All rights reserved.