Happy March Madness Thursday! Today’s Five: 1. Tit-For-Tat Energy Attacks Risk Spiral 2. War Comes To Congress: $200 Billion Bill, Ground Troops Trigger 3. Kent, Tulsi & Vance 4. Mullin’s DHS Vision 5. Gov Hochul’s Tax Stance  Watch live at 8:30 AM or stream at convenience.

The Huddle | Thursday, March 19th x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

“Reportedly the WH, the Pentagon wants to ask for $200B.” @DanTurrentine reports on a possible funding request. “It’s being report we’re spending about $2.5B a day. That’s before the ground troops potentially come on the scene.”

.Sean Spicer Talking about the War Powers Act: “The sort of dirty secret about the War Powers Act… There’s never been agreement that it’s Constitutional among any administration.”

.Rachael Bade Talking about the proposed $200B funding request: “This is going to be a negation… ask for more than you’re going to get. They are definitely not going to be $200B, I don’t think.”

.Sean Spicer About some of Joe Kent’s comments: “Joe Kent’s comments on Charlie Kirk’s assassination, I was shocked that it didn’t get more, but considering everything else that’s going in the news cycle... I was a little taken aback by his comments.”

.@DanTurrentine On Markwayne Mullin on the Hill yesterday: “Sen Mullin… Sat for a hearing yesterday on his nomination to be DHS secretary… He had a lot of interesting things to say.”

.Rachael Bade On Joe Kent: “I feel like I need to amend something I said when he was 1st nominated, that he is 1 of the nicest members of Congress; Let me clarity, to the press... But clearly he’s got this beef with Sen Rand Paul .”

TGIF what topic would you like Rachael Bade Sean Spicer and dan turrentine to discuss today?

TGIF Today’s Five: 1. Polling MAGA On Iran 2. Reconciliation 2.0 3. No More “Mass Deportations” 4. ME, TX Senate Races  5. Winners, Losers, WTWF Watch live at 8:30 AM EST or stream at convenience. You can also listen on Apple or Spotify Rachael Bade Sean Spicer

The Huddle | Friday, March 20th x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

.Rachael Bade On MAGA support for operations in Iran: “We are now 3 weeks into this war… And for now the base seems to be holding… People who self-identify as MAGA are actually more like to support this.”

.@DanTurrentine On support for War in Iran: “As long as Trump’s base, being MAGA… As long as they remain with him, he’s got runway to keep operating to try to bring this to a successful closure.”

.Sean Spicer On what Trump can do about gas prices: “The President has a lot of levers that he can pull to get prices down about a buck.” But goes on to say, “The big issue is this; in each thing there’s a corresponding potential negative.”

.Sean Spicer About James Talarico : “Initially I referred to him as ‘Beto 2.0’ and I think that’s insulting to Beto, because this guy is friggin nuts… Yes he is ‘pretty’ and he speaks like ChatGPT but he is nuts.”

.Rachael Bade Her what to watch, Tulsi Gabbard 🌺 : “Tulsi Gabbard’s ‘tightrope’ if you guys saw her hearing yesterday Elise Stefanik asked her point blank ‘Do you agree with Joe Kent and his letter?’… She initially dodged the question completely.”

.@DanTurrentine Loser of the week: “My loser of the week is the progressive wing of the Democratic Party… They are having trouble winning even in the bluest of blue areas.”

Nice little Friday… Sean Spicer Rachael Bade dan turrentine