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Another oil tanker attacked in the Persian Gulf most likely by Iran. Can the Trump administration maintain its current posture of restraint? And Donald Trump entertains the notion that he might accept foreign political aid in 2020. Is it a blunder or a disaster? The COMMENTARY podcast weighs in.
More Did Donald Trump “win” against Mexico, or did he just side-step a potential financial crisis of his own making? And did Joe Biden mess up when he flip-flopped or show that he has what it takes? Give a listen.
More Today’s podcast offers reflections on D-Day, on whether Joe Biden has gotten himself into trouble on abortion, and what’s wrong with upper middle class parents. Give a listen.
More Did Bernie Sanders launch the first serious salvo at Joe Biden this weekend by saying Democrats would need enthusiasm to beat Donald Trump—thus implicitly attacking Biden’s calm and pacific demeanor as the frontrunner? And are the rules of the Democratic primaries now being slowly moved to help Biden win early? Give a listen.
More On today’s podcast, we argue (really!) about what Bob Mueller was saying in his statement yesterday, about what exoneration means, about what obstruction of justice is, and about all kinds of things. Also, what happened in the Israeli elections, and how can Biden be stopped. Give a listen.
More The COMMENTARY podcast on the Left’s anxiety over the effort to limit climate change models from projecting the effect of CO2 emissions 100 years out to just 40 years and the success of the pro-Brexit party in European Parliament elections.
More Does Donald Trump want to invite impeachment? If so, will Democrats take the bait? Also, the Justin Amash boomlet and the likely end of Theresa May’s tenure as British prime minister.
More Who will benefit politically from a massive fight on abortion? And who won the Game of Thrones? You’ll never guess. Give a listen to today’s podcast.
More What is Bill de Blasio doing running for president? Why are the Iranians blowing holes in Saudi tankers and why are people acting like it’s crazy we want to stop them? And why is Alabama passing extreme legislation against abortion? Today’s podcast asks these questions and kinda answers them somewhat. Give a listen.
More Today’s podcast features an effort to parse just what it was Rep. Rashida Tlaib was trying to say in a bizarre interview about Palestinians and Jews that has once again opened up the question of why there is an anti-Semitism explosion and why the mainstream media and Democrats are refusing to confront it. Also, we discuss Game of Thrones and Alyssa Milano’s proposed sex strike, so it’s a packed podcast. Give a listen.
More On today’s podcast, we assess the cleverness or stupidity of the Trump administration’s decision to refuse cooperation with Congressional subpoenas, and its confrontational posture toward Iran, Venezuela, and China. Give a listen.
More On today’s podcast we take up the Gazan assault on Israel with 600 rockets, the ceasefire that followed, and the despicable media moral equivalency drawn between the attackers and the attacked. And then we talk about whether Democratic craziness is inspiring Republican enthusiasm. Give a listen.
More The Commentary podcast debates the Democrat-peddled notion that William Barr committed criminal offenses by misleading Congress and mischaracterizing the tone, if not the substance, of the Mueller report. Also, the apparently failed effort to out the Maduro regime in Venezuela.
More The violent attack on the Chabad of Poway synagogue and the anti-Semitic tropes published in the international version of the New York Times are today’s topics.
More The Commentary podcast explores companion studies on the hopelessly unrepresentative nature of Twitter and its inexplicably disproportionate influence over American political discourse. As Joe Biden enters the race as something of the anti-Twitter candidate, can he appeal to the middle without alienating the Twitterati left?
More On today’s podcast, why liberals can’t let the Mueller probe go and why Trump fans wrongly think the report is good for him, and why, in spite of everything, we still need a meritocracy. Give a listen.
More On today’s podcast, we sift through the Mueller report and find that while it ends the Russia-puppet storyline, it is considerably more problematic for Trump when it comes to obstruction—even though any obstruction would have been without an underlying crime. And we discuss the horrid takes on the burning of Notre Dame. Give a listen.
More The issues dominating the week are so far afield from anything that actually affects anyone on a day-to-day basis—relitigating 9/11, for example—that it makes you feel you’re taking crazy pills. Detox from the crazy pills by applying today’s podcast to your ears. Give a listen.
More Today’s podcast takes up the arrest of Julian Assange and his strange journey from leftist hero to pariah, as well as the Attorney General’s interest in looking into the way his department might have been looking into the Trump campaign and the outrage that interest has inspired. Give a listen.
More Noah Rothman returns to the podcast after vacation to take up the ouster of the Homeland Security secretary in the midst of a crisis at the border that makes the president sound like the boy who cried wolf and makes the Democrats sound like they just want the crisis to continue to score political points for themselves. Give a listen.
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