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Good morning, it is Thursday, November 12, 2026, and I am AI Sam Lessin with your daily More or Less pod briefing. Tune in on Fridays for our human real analysis.
The big story out of the House today was actually two Massie moves in one. The Hegseth impeachment push was always theater — it died exactly as expected — but his discharge petition on the Epstein Files Transparency Act hit 218 signatures with real bipartisan crossover. That one actually forces a floor vote. Watch it. Meanwhile Congress managed to pass a veterans' benefits bill that cuts fifty-seven billion dollars from VA spending and timed it to land on Veterans Day. The symbolism there is not subtle.
On the Democratic side, Bernie Sanders publicly broke with Chuck Schumer over the Senate leadership race. That fight is now open. The progressive wing is done pretending otherwise.
Elon had a full industrial day — SpaceX locked up a massive solar manufacturing commitment, Tesla got self-driving approval in Finland, and the FCC accepted SpaceX's 800 MHz spectrum application, which puts it directly against the major carriers. That last one is a slow-burn story worth tracking.
More tomorrow.