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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
More Alarming Information About Who J.D. Vance is and What he Believes Continues to Surface We begin with the flow of alarming revelations emerging from research into who Trump’s pick for Vice President is. Although J.D. Vance was recommended by Don Jr., his real champion was Peter Thiel, who along with Vance consider their “house … Continued
A Former State Department Official Who Just Quit Over Gaza on Netanyahu’s 4th Address to a Joint Session of Congress We begin with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s 4th address today to a joint session of Congress and speak with a former State Department official who recently quit over the war in Gaza and President Biden’s … Continued
The Contours of a Kamala Harris Campaign Emerges, Contrasting the Felon With the Prosecutor Who Went After For-Profit College Ripoffs Like Trump University and Investigated Big Oil, While Trump Invited Them to Bribe Him We begin with the contours of the presidential campaign of Kamala Harris emerging, as the prosecutor Harris compares herself to the … Continued
How the Most Important Hire in the World Has Been Made, with, Good, Bad and Ugly Consequences We begin with the political earthquake on Sunday, with President Biden stepping down and naming his Vice President, Kamala Harris, as the Democratic Presidential candidate. This has resulted in a flood of donations and a universal endorsement from … Continued
Mounting Pressure From Democratic Leaders on Biden to Step Down Could Overwhelm His Stubbornness We begin with the possibility President Biden’s third bout of Covid will be the cover for him to step down, as Democratic leaders in the House and Senate, along with former President Obama, appear to be weighing in to suggest to … Continued
J.D. Vance’s Foreign Policy Views Plus Trump’s Ties to Putin Spell Doom For Ukraine We begin with Trump’s Vice Presidential pick, J.D. Vance, in the limelight at the Republic Convention on day 3, which is focused on foreign policy, and we investigate Vance’s foreign policy views and extent to which his isolationism and belief that … Continued
