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This Week's Pulse

The Trump administration is facing a wave of scrutiny this week, ranging from legislative pushback over a $1.776 billion settlement fund to sharp criticism regarding its new voter eligibility program.

Historian Anne Applebaum, appearing on The Diary Of A CEO, argued that the current leadership is drawing directly from the anti-democratic playbook of the American South. She noted, "I think some of the people who are in Washington right now, in the Trump administration, are working from that history and from that historical memory."

Meanwhile, the administration's policy decisions continue to invite bizarre commentary. On The Tim Dillon Show, Tim Dillon joked that officials should "Bomb the ship" in response to a hantavirus outbreak, while Up First focused on the administration's decision to terminate federal research grants for studying the virus.

Political observers are also noting a conspicuous silence. On Today, Explained, the host pointed out that while interest groups have flooded the Supreme Court with briefs regarding abortion access, "The Trump administration-" has offered no comment, leaving pundits to speculate on the tactical reasoning behind the quiet.

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Abortion pills at the Supreme Court

Today, Explained

speaker_4neutralfrom “Supreme Court Abortion Pill Case and Trump Administration Silence”

The administration has remained silent on the current Supreme Court case, leading to political speculation.

“Everybody was sending briefs up to the Supreme Court. But you know who didn't? The Trump administration. The Trump administration-”

Stakes of Trump's China Trip, Inflation Report Shows War Impact, Hantavirus Science

Up First

speaker_8negativefrom “Hantavirus Outbreak Analysis”

Terminated a federal research grant for studying hantavirus in May.

“Yeah, so it starts spreading right around the onset of symptoms and in very close contact, yet scientists can't say definitively if it's droplets in the air or the virus lives on surfaces. What we do know is this hantavirus does not attack the upper respirator…”

495 - Hantavirus Cruise & iPad Babies

The Tim Dillon Show

Tim Dillonneutralfrom “Hantavirus Cruise Outbreak”

The host jokingly suggests the administration should bomb the infected cruise ship.

“Bomb the ship. Bomb that ship. Bomb that ship. You... That's it. You went on a cruise. This is the way we should handle cruises now. If you go out on a cruise and there's a, there's a disease outbreak, you're not coming back. We've got too many fucking problem…”

Pulitzer Prize Historian: You Won't Notice Until It's Too Late!

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

Anne Applebaumnegativefrom “The Biggest Threats Right Now”

Accused of drawing from historical undemocratic practices in the American South.

“Not everybody was allowed to vote, so Black people weren't allowed to vote, or they were... It was very heavily restricted. It was hard for them to vote. And that existed in the United States, you know, between the Civil War and the, and the 1960s. You had ver…”