Mike and Jay open the show with a look at the recently agreed upon cease-fire between Israel and Hamas. They consider whether Israel’s response was disproportionate, where responsibility lies for the current crisis, and what role the United States should play. Following that, they discuss the bipartisan commission to investigate the January 6th takeover of…
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | PocketCasts | Overcast | Stitcher | RSS Trey and Ken begin by asking: who controls the Republican Party and is there a place for Cheney like Republicans? The looming question for Trey is if there can remain a place in the Republican Party for non-Trump supporters. Next the pair get technical,…
Mike, Jay, and Olivia discuss whether Florida’s new voting law is a solution in search of a problem or a reasonable election security measure, COVID vaccination rates and whether waiving intellectual property protections will be an overall benefit, and what Liz Cheney’s all but certain ouster as the #3 House Republican means for the near-term…
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | PocketCasts | Overcast | Stitcher | RSS Mike, Jay, and Olivia discuss whether Florida’s new voting law is a solution in search of a problem or a reasonable election security measure, COVID vaccination rates and whether waiving intellectual property protections will be an overall benefit, and what Liz Cheney’s all but…
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | PocketCasts | Overcast | Stitcher | RSS How many trillions until it starts adding up to real money? That is Trey’s lead question this week when discussing Biden’s American Families Plan with Ken. The pair discuss the plan, Biden’s speech to a joint session of Congress, and reconciliation. Next the pair…
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | PocketCasts | Overcast | Stitcher | RSS It’s Mike and Jay this week discussing the Chauvin verdict, the future of policing, and the propriety of elected officials opining on what a jury ought to do. Then Happy Earth Day! Biden promises to cut lots of emissions or something . . ….
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | PocketCasts | Overcast | Stitcher | RSS Mike and Jay are joined by special guest Mark Marsolais, a veteran of the Houston Police Department who went on to earn his PhD in criminal justice and who now teaches at the college level. They discuss incidents in Brooklyn Center, Windsor, and Chicago…
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | PocketCasts | Overcast | Stitcher | RSS Reconciliation is back! Trey and Ken talk about the recent Senate parliamentarian ruling on a third budget reconciliation and what it means for Biden’s infrastructure bill. Then Trey and Ken argue over progressive taxes and SALT, before agreeing on Biden’s recent gun control legislation….
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | PocketCasts | Overcast | Stitcher | RSS Infrastructurepalooza! Mike and Jay talk about what’s in the bill (lots), what’s left out (not much), and how the procedure is guiding the substance of the bill. Then Mike and Jay board the midnight train to Georgia to talk election bill specifics, Biden’s “hyperbole”…
Mike and Jay open the episode with a discussion of the mass shooting in Boulder Colorado. Is the same script of “outrage, resistance, inaction” going to play out after this tragedy that we’ve seen so many times before? They also reexamine their discussion of the Georgia mass shooting from last week. Did they downplay the…