Subscribe: iTunes | PocketCasts | Overcast | Stitcher | RSS Mike talks with Rep. Thomas Massie, who represents Kentucky’s 4th Congressional District. Massie attended MIT, where he earned a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering and a Master’s in Mechanical Engineering. Prior to serving in Congress, he was an inventor, an entrepreneur, and Judge Executive of…
Subscribe: iTunes | PocketCasts | Overcast | Stitcher | RSS This week’s show starts with a short tribute to U. S. Congressman Elijah Cummings, who died this week. Both Mike and Jay have positive things to say about Cummings, who was a great fighter for important causes. Next, they turn to Turkey’s invasion of Syria…
Subscribe: iTunes | PocketCasts | Overcast | Stitcher | RSS Will talks with Tom LoBianco, author of Piety & Power: Mike Pence and the Taking of the White House. Topics Will and Mr. LoBianco discuss include: The role of Mike Pence’s faith in his politics The process that led to Pence landing the Vice Presidency…
Subscribe: iTunes | PocketCasts | Overcast | Stitcher | RSS Will and Brian begin by discussing President Trump’s decision to pull troops for Northern Syria and its potential impact on the Middle East and America’s battle with ISIS. Will points out that even Trump’s typical allies are openly questioning this decision—including Graham, McConnell, Netanyahu, and…
Subscribe: iTunes | PocketCasts | Overcast | Stitcher | RSS Trey talks with Nick Tomboulides, an Executive Director of U.S. Term Limits. Under his leadership, USTL launched the Term Limits Convention, a campaign to obtain a congressional term limits amendment via the state-directed convention. Nick also serves as a policy advisor with a national think…
Subscribe: iTunes | PocketCasts | Overcast | Stitcher | RSS This week, Mike and Kristin unpack the current hot topic of Ukraine/Trump/Biden and impeachment inquiries. Mike kicks things off with a detailed list of the facts. Both note that it’s far too easy to tread into conjecture and opinion, which is why the conversation gets…
This week, Mike and Kristin unpack the current hot topic of Ukraine/Trump/Biden and impeachment inquiries. Mike kicks things off with a detailed list of the facts. Both note that it’s far too easy to tread into conjecture and opinion, which is why…
Subscribe: iTunes | PocketCasts | Overcast | Stitcher | RSS Mike talks with Bruce Ackerman, Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale. Dr. Ackerman is one of the world’s preeminent scholars in the area of comparative constitutional law, with his ideas having been the basis for constitutional reforms in multiple countries. He’s the…
Subscribe: iTunes | PocketCasts | Overcast | Stitcher | RSS Trey and Ken are joined this week, in a Politics Guys first, by Mike! The three begin the episode discussing President Donald Trump’s potential pressure on the Ukraine and the fallout of impeachment. Mike thinks the process must move forward as far as investigation is…
Subscribe: iTunes | PocketCasts | Overcast | Stitcher | RSS On September 20, Mike and Jay recorded a live show before a room full of attorneys at a Federal Bar Association Conference in Cleveland, Ohio. Given the audience, this episode focuses on judicial issues, including judicial filibusters, the demise of ‘Blue Slips’ in the Senate,…