Elizabeth Warren Eviscerates Scott Bessent: 'I Don't Know If You Can't Hear Me?'

Sen. Elizabeth Warren refused to let Trump Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent lie about the state of the US economy and pounded him into the ground with the efficiency of a nail gun in plywood as he tried to do so.

The Senator from Massachusetts started her questioning by asking Bessent if he believed Trump when he claimed the affordability crisis was a hoax, a scam, and a con job.

"Is affordability a hoax, a scam, or a con job?"

Bessent tried to gaslight the senator by rewriting Trump's meaning and claiming the media should blame President Biden for Trump's economic problems.

That is a lie since Trump continually claims the US economy is the best in our history, and that's why he called "affordability" concerns a hoax.

When Warren called out Trump's lies about grocery prices going down, Bessent, like an idiot, claimed some items have dropped in price.

WARREN: Last week, President Trump said, quote, we have the groceries going down. Did grocery prices drop in 2025?

BESSENT: Numerous prices have.

WARREN: Did grocery prices drop in 2025?

Numerous grocery prices have gone down.

WARREN: I'm sorry. I don't know if you can't hear me. Did grocery prices drop in 2025?

Sen. Warren then went over statistics issued by the Trump administration.

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One of Europe’s largest universities knocked offline for days after cyberattack

An alleged ransomware attack has taken down the systems of the Sapienza University of Rome.

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Grandpa Trump Goes Off The Rails At National Prayer Breakfast

The National Prayer Breakfast is supposed to be nonpartisan, and indeed not an event to use as a battering ram against your perceived enemies. Faith wasn't much of a topic for Trump, as he spoke of his ego, admitting that he had to win the 2020 election "for my own ego. I would've had a bad ego for the rest of my life. Now I really have a big ego." Of course, Trump's speech was littered with an abundance of lies, but he's right about his massive ego.

Trump, a diapered old man who wears lifts in his shoes to be taller, said that now "We have a military where they all look like Tom Cruise."

Of course, he insisted, "We brought back the word 'Christmas." Sure thing, buddy, but children can only have 2 dolls and a few pencils. The Christmas meal can consist of a piece of chicken, a piece of broccoli, a tortilla, and one other thing, according to Trump's Agriculture Secretary, Brooke Rollins.

Trump gave House Speaker Mike Johnson a Christian shoutout, saying, "He'll say to me sometimes at lunch, 'Sir, may we pray?' I'll say, 'Excuse me? We're having lunch."

Oh boy. Trump attempted to introduce the president of the Congo, but forgot his name.

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Meet Gizmo: A TikTok for interactive, vibe-coded mini apps

Gizmo's app is like a TikTok for vibe-coded mini apps... and it's a lot of fun.

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Amazon to begin testing AI tools for film and TV production next month

Amazon MGM Studios will reportedly begin a closed beta program in March to test its AI tools to help with film and TV production.

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A16z just raised $1.7B for AI infrastructure. Here’s where it’s going.

Andreessen Horowitz just raised a whopping ⁠new $15 billion in funding⁠. And a $1.7 billion chunk of that is going to its ⁠infrastructure team⁠, the one responsible for some of its biggest, most prominent AI investments including Black Forrest Labs, Cursor, OpenAI, ⁠ElevenLabs⁠, Ideogram, ⁠Fal⁠ and dozens of others.   A16z ⁠general partner with the infra team Jennifer Li⁠ (who oversees such investments as ElevenLabs – just valued at $11 billion); Ideagram and Fal, has a clear thesis on where the team is looking […]

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2026 plans: What’s next for Startup Battlefield 200

See what to expect for Startup Battlefield 200 in 2026, the ultimate startup pitch competition on the global stage at TechCrunch Disrupt. Join the mailing list to be the first to know when applications drop.

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