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Michigan Madness, Biden & Black Voters, Trump Targets Fox News

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Hosted by Greg Corombos, Jim Geraghty

We’re ending the week with all crazy martinis! First, we dissect the partisan fury of Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel who says President Trump is no longer welcome in the state because he didn’t wear a mask before cameras while visiting a Ford plant on Thursday. They also hammer Joe Biden for telling a prominent black talk show host, “If you have a problem figuring out if you’re for me or Trump, then you ain’t black.” And they react to President Trump unloading on Fox News for not doing more to help him and other Republicans win.

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Pelosi’s Problem, Media ‘Mean Girls,’ More Bumbling Biden

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Hosted by Greg Corombos, Jim Geraghty

Happy Friday! Join Jim and Greg as they welcome moderate Democrats stiff-arming House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on her $3 trillion liberal wish list. They also defend CBS News reporter Catherine Herridge after a Biden campaign figure, other Democrats, and liberal media attack her for getting scoops on the Michael Flynn and Obama administration unmasking stories. And they shudder to think what four years of watching Joe Biden fail to complete a coherent paragraph would be like.

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Retired food company executive, but not really retired, currently based in the Philadelphia region. Former Secretary of the U.S. Senate, trade association executive, congressional chief of staff and press secretary, and a recovering newspaper editor. Worked for the Republican Party on some 35 Senate and House campaigns in 25 states over a 25 year period. Also served in the Bush 41 Administration at the Department of Transportation. Serving on bunches of non profit boards, and occasional guest on… [more]
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I’ve fielded a few questions about the statement issued today from Secretary of the Senate Julie Adams, whom I consider a friend and an outstanding professional. Having served as Secretary of the Senate (1995-1997), I remember well the outstanding and very sensitive work of the Chief Counsel for Employment, and I will take to my […]
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I'm a fifty-something father of six who divides his time between writing industrial automation software and opining cantankerously about the precariousness of western civilization and the enemies, many unwitting, arrayed against it. I'm fascinated by words, evolution, emergent behavior, the challenge of Islam, the absurdity of the trans movement, and saving the most successful nation and culture in history. I'm a climate empiricist: I'll believe in global warming when I see evidence of global… [more]
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What are these people going to do?

Forget the Vice President’s peculiar peccadilloes vis a vis touching and sniffing and (allegedly) forcing himself on women. There’s an easy way around that: the Democratic press can simply ignore it, knowing full well that the Republicans have a glass houses problem when it comes to sexual misadventure and so can’t throw many stones.

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Three Martini Lunch

Abbott’s Re-Open Plan , Politico’s Shame, Bernie Team Still Bitter

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Hosted by Greg Corombos, Jim Geraghty

Join Jim and Greg as they walk through the Texas plan to re-open the economy that’s drawing rave reviews, but they also discuss whether re-opening should be statewide policy or based on local conditions and why Democratic governors are getting far less grief for re-opening than Republicans. They also walk through Politico’s cringe-inducing apology on how badly it mangled its story on debts President Trump allegedly owed to China. And they react to the fury of the Bernie Sanders campaign over New York’s decision to cancel its presidential primary. Is this a case of Sanders focusing on politics over the health crisis in New York or is it imperative for states to find ways to hold elections regardless of the conditions?

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I trust nobody ever thought the Democratic Party establishment would really run senile Joe Biden against the electoral juggernaut that is DJT. Look, I rather doubt they’d have let him run in the end even had his gray matter not gone moldy, but we’ll never know. Because Joe’s Brain is moldy and rotting now. Can […]
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MichaelHenry
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Michael Henry, B.A. Tulane, LLD UVA Law, recovering LA lawyer and politician, MS investment advisor and novelist/writer.
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I was working in my backyard workshop converting some of my wife’s old thongs into anti-C-19 face masks, when the door burst open.

I reached for my Clorox and vinegar spray gun and began to hose down the balaclava-and-glove-clad intruder.

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Three Martini Lunch

Hospitals Holding Up, Public Not Ready to Re-Engage, Warren’s Late Endorsement

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Hosted by Greg Corombos, Jim Geraghty

Join Jim and Greg as they welcome news that hospitals in most parts of the country have decent capacity for more patients – a big improvement from earlier in the month. They also recoil as more than 80 percent of Americans want to keep social distancing even if it means more economic damage. And they get a kick out of Elizabeth Warren offering a ridiculously late endorsement of Joe Biden, now that he’s the last one standing for the Democrats.

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California businessman with a superficial understanding of the United States Constitution.
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When I get in an elevator, the operator takes one look and says, “Basement?” – Rodney Dangerfield. More
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Well, Biden didn’t call this guy that, but Good Ol’ Joe has yet another confrontational tirade with a would-be voter. Joe sure knows how to work a crowd! https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-on-video-lashes-out-at-detroit-auto-worker-in-profanity-laced-gun-dispute More
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Born & raised in WA, work in aerospace industry. I play violin.  I'm Business Survey Chair of ISM-Western WA.
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This is too good to let go without some excellent Ricochet Captions. This picture was found on the front page of the Wall Street Journal. More
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I'm a Technology and Life Sciences entrepreneur.  Thought I would be a company man when I was young, I turned out to be more independent. I chose the Rico-me "No Caesar" for poetic and illustrative reasons.  I use the I Am Brietbart image for my avatar to honor a great and effective man taken too soon.
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It seems to me that the fix is in. Joe Biden will be the Democrat Party’s nominee for President in 2020. A clear-eyed look (pun intended) at the state of former VP Biden in 2020 leads one to the conclusion that he is increasingly unstable and erratic in the normal ways for an almost-octogenarian. Add […]
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Walk-Ins Welcome w/ Bridget Phetasy #70

Mark Halperin On the Importance of Humility and Acceptance Explicit

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Hosted by Bridget Phetasy

Mark Halperin, author of How to Beat Trump: America’s Top Political Strategists on What it Will Take, stops in to discuss the pool of Democratic candidates running for President and whether any of them have what it takes to beat Trump in November. He and Bridget discuss how the media bias against Trump will help him win, what makes Trump so compelling, and why he’s great business for the liberal media outlets who revile him. They cover the tactics that the Democratic candidates should be deploying but aren’t, the deafening silence of the Obamas when it comes to endorsing a candidate, who Bridget thinks could win against Trump, and the difficulty of appealing to both the center and the far left in an increasingly polarized political climate. They discuss anger, resentment, acceptance, humility, redemption, forgiveness, and Mark’s concern about the mental health of a lot of people in this country if Trump is reelected.

Full transcript available here: WiW70-MarkHalperin-Transcript

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Three Martini Lunch

The Iowa Caucus Debacle

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Hosted by Greg Corombos, Jim Geraghty

Is it really that hard to find out who won? Grab a stool as Jim and Greg unload on the Iowa Democratic Party for insisting on a maddeningly convoluted process and failing to ensure that the technology used to transmit results was actually working. As a result, by midday Tuesday, no one knew who won or what the delegate totals look like. After hammering the Democrats for the lousy process and general incompetence, they explain how the Republican caucuses look clear and simple by comparison while noting that President Trump’s GOP challengers are barely even noticeable. Finally, with conspiracy theories already flying about how Democrats are out to deny Bernie or protect Biden or that the failed app may have artificially boosted Pete Buttigieg, Jim and Greg fear Iowa’s debacle will further erode confidence that election results can be taken at face value.

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Dems’ Impeachment Ultimatum, Biden’s Bad Energy Gamble, Wine Caves & Selfies

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Hosted by Greg Corombos, Jim Geraghty

It’s finally Friday of a very busy week! Jim and Greg have plenty to say about a member of the House Democratic leadership admitting to CNN that the Democrats may never send the articles of impeachment to the U.S. Senate unless Mitch McConnell agrees to the demands of Democrats for how the trial of President Trump ought to be structured. They also hammer Joe Biden, who admitted that he’s willing to kill thousands – possibly hundreds of thousands of jobs in the energy sector – because he’s supremely confident the green economy will offer just as many opportunities for great jobs. And they are the glad the holidays are right around the corner as Thursday’s Democratic presidential debate descends into discussions of wine caves and selfies.

Starting Monday, Jim and Greg will begin their six-episode Three Martini Lunch Awards for 2019. They each hand out 18 awards in categories ranging from overrated and underrated political figures to rising and fading political figures to the best and worst political ideas of the year, eventually working up to their choices for person of the year. Enjoy these special episodes and let us know what you think of our choices and share who you would choose!

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Pelosi Says No Gloating, Dems’ Amazing Plan B, Obama Wants Women Leaders

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Hosted by Greg Corombos, Jim Geraghty

It’s impeachment day and Jim and Greg aren’t exactly riveted to the debate when the outcome was predetermined long ago. But join them as they take aim at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi telling House Democrats not to gloat once the final impeachment votes are taken. They also get a good laugh at Democrats suggesting the House not send impeachment articles to the Senate until Republicans agree to their demands for witnesses, wondering where the downside could possibly be for Republicans in this strategy. And they have some choice thoughts as Barack Obama openly wishes that women could lead everywhere in the world for two years because everything would supposedly be better.

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Retired from the U.S. Army Reserve as a Colonel after 30 years of active and reserve assignments. M.A. Political Science, M.S. Strategic Studies, Army War College, JD. Served in 1st Armored Division in West Germany when the Berlin Wall came down, in 2nd Infantry Division in South Korea during the regime of Kim Il Sung, and commanded a logistics battalion in Iraq 2003-2004. Wide-ranging public policy interests. Occasional home brewer and infuser of alcohol spirits.
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Reportedly, Ukraine has been one of the most corrupt countries on the face of the Earth. This is likely not a matter of some sort of defective national character, but rather a consequence of their geography and the past century of politics. Today, Putin, Democrats, and the US Deep State leverage Ukraine’s vulnerability to their own ends.

Anne Applebaum has done the real research and written the hard truths to power about evil perpetrated by the Soviet Union, including in Ukraine. Consider this MacClean’s interview of Applebaum on publication of her latest book, Red Famine: Stalin’s War on Ukraine.

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Three Martini Lunch

House Dem Opposes Impeachment, Obama Dings Biden, Ivy League Idiocy

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Hosted by Greg Corombos, Jim Geraghty

One good and two crazy martinis await today. Jim and Greg react to House Democrat Brenda Lawrence backing away from impeachment and now saying censuring President Trump would be more appropriate in an election year. They also try to figure out what Barack Obama’s 2020 approach is as he not only doesn’t endorse Joe Biden but in private is apparently slamming Biden’s inability to connect with voters. And they roll their eyes as Harvard and Yale students disrupt the annual football game between the two schools to protest both schools for investing in fossil fuels.

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Why do we send money to Ukraine? One thing the current impeachment hearings have made clear. As well as the whole Trump deep state conflict is that Ukraine is a corrupt, dung hole of a state and the Russians can have it. Its only purpose seems to be to take US money and redistribute to […]
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Three Martini Lunch

Bipartisan Backlash, Biden Campaign Berates Media Again, Trump’s ISIS Shrug

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Hosted by Greg Corombos, Jim Geraghty

Hey, we finally we have a good martini and it only took us until Thursday! Today, Jim Geraghty of National Review and Greg Corombos of Radio America appreciate a bipartisan group of lawmakers blasting the NBA for kowtowing to China. They also slam the Biden campaign for whining that the New York Times is making common cause with Breitbart.com by covering Hunter Biden’s overseas activities. And they hammer President Trump for not worrying if thousands of ISIS prisoners go free because of Turkey’s attack on the Kurds because most would only wind up in Europe again.

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