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With War Between Israel and Iran Inevitable, a Strategic Analysis of How Much It Could Escalate We begin with a strategic analysis of the likely moves by Iran and Israel; with a looming war between them inevitable, how much it will escalate is the only question. We discuss a third option which is for Iran … Continued
A Former Republican Opposition Researcher on What Damaging Material Might Be In the Leaked Vetting of J.D. Vance by the Trump Campaign We begin with a former Republican opposition researcher who worked for Trump in 2016 against Hillary Clinton and assess what kind of damaging information there is about J.D. Vance in the 271-page vetting … Continued
Trump’s Press Conference Tirade of Child-like Petulance That Biden Had Been Taken Away Like His Favorite Toy, and Now He’s Stuck Having to Run Against a Black Woman We begin with Trump’s press conference today at Mar-a-Lago at which he rambled on about his grievances, starting off with a tirade of child-like petulance that Joe … Continued
With Millions From Republican Billionaires, AIPAC Unseats Another Member of The Squad We begin with a second member of The Squad of progressive Democrats in the House who has been primaried by AIPAC with money from Republican billionaires. This time in Missouri yesterday, where Cori Bush lost her seat to Wesley Bell in the Democratic … Continued
What the VP Pick Tim Walz Brings to the Electoral Map We begin with an analysis of what Governor Tim Walz brings to the Harris/Walz ticket and speak with Jonathan Alter, an analyst and contributing correspondent for NBC News and MSNBC. He is a former senior editor and columnist for Newsweek and the author of The Promise: … Continued
Governor Tim Walz May be Kamala Harris’ Pick For VP We begin with the latest speculation that Kamala Harris’s pick for Vice President will be Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, since the favorite candidate, Governor Josh Shapiro, may be disqualified because he worked for the Israel embassy in Washington in 1996. Given the dissatisfaction among young … Continued
Russia Swaps Innocent Hostages For Putin’s Spies, Criminals, and Hackers We begin with today’s prisoner swap with Russia that involved an exchange which took place at an airport in Ankara, Turkey, with 24 prisoners imprisoned in seven different countries, including Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and Paul Whelan, a former U.S. Marine arrested in … Continued
With Assassinations in Tehran and Beirut, Netanyahu Taunts Iran and Hezbollah to Bring It On We begin with the assassination of Hamas’s top negotiator by a missile in Tehran, where Ismail Haniyeh was attending the inauguration of Iran’s new president. We discuss the near certainty that Israel was behind the assassination, along with the killing … Continued
Biden’s Supreme Court Reform Plans, Now That Leonard Leo and the Federalists Have Stacked the Courts We begin with President Biden’s call for reform of the Supreme Court on Monday, which fell short of adding new justices to the bench; but that hasn’t stopped the Republicans from fulminating that he plans to stack the court, … Continued
Venezuela’s Maduro Defies Most of the World, Claiming Victory When the Vote Was as Much as 70 to 30% Against Him We begin with the election results in Venezuela and the victory claimed by Maduro that are widely seen as fraudulent. with Chile’s leftist president saying “Maduro’s regime must understand that the results are hard … Continued
