Joan is joined by Annie Karni, author of “Mad House: How Donald Trump, MAGA Mean Girls, a Former Used Car Salesman, a Florida Nepo Baby, and a Man with Rats in His Walls Broke Congress.

The book details the dysfunction of the 118th Congress, highlighting the Republican majority's struggles in electing a speaker and passage of the fewest laws since the Great Depression. Key anecdotes include Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's threats to oust Speaker Mike Johnson and Rep. Nancy Pelosi and Sen. Chuck Schumer's efforts to persuade President Joe Biden to drop out of the 2024 presidential race. 

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