Month: December 2022

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Mike & Ken discuss the many lies of Rep-elect George Santos, the final report of the House January 6^th Committee, whether the House Ways & Means committee should have released Donald Trump’s taxes and IRS audits of high-income taxpayers, important non-budget items in the recently passed federal budget, Ukrainian President Zelensky’s address to a joint session of Congress – minus a majority of House Republicans, and Texas Governor Greg Abbott busing migrants to Vice President Kamala Harris’ DC residence on Christmas Eve.

Ken’s Recommendation
Needles & Plastic: Flying Nun Records, 1981-1988. Matthew Goody

Mike’s Recommendation
Irrationality: A History of the Dark Side of Reason. Justin E. H. Smith

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Mike & Jay open this episode with a discussion of the FY 2023 federal budget, followed by a look at the movement to ban TikTok in the United States, and close with the fall of Sam Bankman-Fried and the FTX crypto exchange, and what it says about our campaign finance system.

Mike’s Favorite Christmas Album
Mr. Hankey’s Christmas Classics

Mike’s Top 5 Christmas Songs
#5 Tiny Tree Christmas. Ryan Miller
#4 Fairytale of New York. The Pogues
#3 All I Want for Christmas is You. Mariah Carey
#2 Swiss Colony Beef Log. Eric Cartman
#1 White Christmas. Otis Redding

Jay’s Christmas Music Recommendations
Joy to the World. Handel
O Holy Night. Tabernacle Choir
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas. Bing Crosby
White Christmas. Bing Crosby
Christmastime is Here(Charlie Brown). Vince Guaraldi Trio

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This Mike & Ken episode features a discussion of the Brittney Griner Viktor Bout prisoner exchange, Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema’s announcement that she’s leaving the Democratic Party, the implications of Raphael Warnock’s victory over Herschel Walker in the Georgia Senate runoff, the 17 count conviction against the Trump Organization, independent counsel Jack Smith issuing subpoenas in his investigation of Trump, and the Democratic National Committee’s plan to upend the presidential primary system.

Ken’s Recommendation
Harvest Time

Mike’s Recommendation
Bullet Train

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Mike & Jay open the show by talking about the 11^th Circuit reversing District Court Judge Aileen Cannon’s order for a special master in the Trump document seizure case. Mike sees it as a clear rebuke of Cannon’s ruling while Jay thinks it’s not quite that and believes that despite the ruling there’s some justification for what Judge Cannon did.

Next they discuss legislation imposing an agreement between freight rail workers and railroads. Jay is no fan of government imposed labor agreements but he feels that in this case it was both justified and reasonable. Mike makes the point that the railroad industry is very profitable and that they should be doing more to take care of their workers.

After that it’s the Supreme Court’s announcement that it will hear arguments in the case of the six states opposing the Biden administration’s student loan forgiveness order. Mike and Jay agree that the Court is likely to find that Biden doesn’t have the authority to do what he did.

They close with a look at the sedition conviction of two Oath Keepers leaders and consideration of how the Capitol Breach investigation has progressed nearly two years later.

Jay’s Recommendation
Of Plymouth Plantation. William Bradford

Mike’s Recommendation
Tulsa King (Paramount+)

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