Why are the Democrats working with Republicans on budget bills when the Epstein files have not been released? Shut the government down and force Republicans to defend protecting pedophiles. Otherwise the files will never be released. Only congress can force DOJ to release the files.

The Hegseth nomination is important for the same reason as the Gaetz nomination: these are people who are probably vulnerable to blackmail. And that is not a bug, it’s a feature. It is one of the reasons they were nominated.