Steve attends his youngest son’s law school graduation, so Mike hosts the show with the Eds and Meagan. They discuss the insanity of the ongoing Trump trials, Rashida Tlaib and the pro-Hamas members of Congress, and much more!
Chuck Schumer’s statement on Netanyahu and elections in Israel; Trump’s statements on Jews and democrats; Extremely high fines against Trump and his appeal; should Trump fight harder and more publicly/be more provocative; Fani Willis and Nathan Wade and the judge’s ruling regarding disqualification.
George Santos running in the primary for congress. Trump clinching the nomination; SOTU; was it a declaration of war against half the country? why did Katie Britt present the republican response and not Trump or someone else with more gravitas? cryptocurrency; would the dems let Trump win and blame him for an inevitable economic collapse? would congress refuse to certify trump if he wins? Current situation in Haiti; RFK Jr’s campaign vs. the “culturally vulgar” campaigns of Trump and Biden; Lazer joined the show and reported from Ukraine; U.S. building temporary ports to send supplies to Gaza;
Dispute between U.K. and Greece over artifacts (Elgin Marbles) that the British rescued years ago and now Greece wants back; should items/lands acquired legally per the norms of a prior period be returned? The riot in a High School in Queens, NY, presumably inspired by a Jewish teacher posting something pro-Israel on Facebook; are pro-Palestinian protesters all antisemitic? Is it OK for the US to support both sides of wars, such as sending supplies to Gaza while sending arms to Israel?
The Gaza war: countries breaking diplomatic relations and putting pressure on Israel; alleged plan of Israel to relocate Gazans into other countries; why does the U.S. allow Qatar to give refuge to Hamas leaders? The airport pogrom in Dagestan; the marches/riots in the UK; Turkey on the side of Hamas; do U.S. interests align more with Putin/Russia than with other countries, especially some Muslim countries; will the U.S. keep funding Ukraine even if Russia wants peace talks?