I opened the show thinking about Holy Week, mostly because the image of Jesus flipping tables has always stuck with me. It’s one of the few moments where the calm, composed figure in that story just snaps and causes chaos. That idea of a sudden break from normal behavior felt relevant, because the political situation right now, especially in Washington, has that same kind of disorder.
The Department of Homeland Security funding fight is a mess, and there is no clean way to describe it. A bipartisan deal came together in the Senate, Democrats publicly resisted it, and then it quietly passed in the middle of the night by voice vote so nobody had to be on record. When it reached the House, lawmakers rejected it and instead passed a short-term extension, kicking the problem down the road. Now everything is stuck in procedural limbo where a single senator can block progress, and there is no clear path forward before the recess.
What stands out to me is how much of this is about avoiding accountability.
