The 18th and 21st Amendments
Prohibition and its repeal
Zelenskyy v Trump, House Budget Bill, Five Things You Accomplished
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Castbox | PocketCasts | Overcast Trey and Ken open the episode with the breaking chaos between President Zelenskyy, President Trump, and Vice-President Vance. Trey opened the segment by stating that his assumption of a foreign policy difference between Putin and President Trump was flawed. The hosts agreed that the…
Special Counsel Firing, Who’s Running DOGE?
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Castbox | PocketCasts | Overcast Mike and Jay open with a discussion of the Trump administration’s attempt to fire Special Counsel Hampton Dellinger. So far, the courts have sided with Dellinger against the administration, but Jay thinks there’s a reasonable chance that the Supreme Court might end up giving…
Trump and Ukraine, Independent Agency Control
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Castbox | PocketCasts | Overcast Mike and Jay open this 10th Anniversary episode of The Politics Guys with a discussion of the Trump administration’s seeming turn toward Russia and away from Ukraine. They discuss Trump’s many lies about the war, including that Ukraine started it (which Trump later walked…
Self Help is Like a Vaccine
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Castbox | PocketCasts | Overcast Mike welcomes back George Mason University economist Bryan Caplan to talk about his latest collection, Self Help is Like a Vaccine: Essays on Living Better. Topics Mike & Bryan discuss include: – obese people and anti-vaxxers – Bryan’s life of appeasement – the value…
Ukraine and Russia, Budget Plan
Mike and Jay discuss President Trump’s plan to end Russia’s war against Ukraine, the House GOP Budget Plan, and listener questions.
Anti-Anticorruption?, Constitutional Crisis, Confirmation Votes
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Castbox | PocketCasts | Overcast Mike and Jay open with a look at the various efforts by the Trump administration to pull back on political prosecutions or political figures, including the very controversial decision to not pursue charges (for now) against New York City Mayor Eric Adams. Neither Mike…
The 16th Amendment
Direct Taxes?
DOGE, Tariffs, Gaza
Trey and Ken begin with a detailed look at DOGE, specifically focusing on what it is and its connection to Treasury Department Data. That leads to an extended debate between the hosts on Presidential power. Trey argues that scholars have long pointed to the danger of each President taking new and unique powers via unprecedented…
Immigration, Shrinking the Federal Workforce
Mike and Justin discuss immigration and the Laken Riley Act and Trump administration changes to the federal workforce.
