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Donald Trump's thrill ride is nearly over — but the media refuses to let go
What if we told America the truth about Donald Trump? He's a fraud, a cheat and a rapist, facing 91 felony counts
I take no joy in saying this, but we in the press are moral cowards.
Last Friday, former President Donald Trump called for the execution of U.S. Army Gen. Mark Milley, the outgoing chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, branding him a traitor. This was because Milley told his Chinese counterparts, toward the end of the Trump administration, that the U.S. was not planning to invade China and start World War III. In other words, Milley reiterated official U.S. policy since the end of World War II, which Trump is apparently unaware that we won. But forgive him: He also seems to think Jeb Bush was president.
A few days later, our actual president, Joe Biden, made history by standing on a picket line with striking UAW members in Michigan…
EP:217 - Nora Benavidez - Free Speech, the First amendment and gagging Donald Trump
Nora Benavidez - Senior Counsel and Director of Digital Justice and Civil Rights rejoins us on Just Ask the Question to talk about Free Speech, the first amendment and Gagging Donald Trump.
Plus she looks at the problems of free speech going into the 2024 elections.
Sen. Amy Klobuchar on drug reform: Big Pharma "spent hundreds of millions — and the public won"
Minnesota senator and anti-monopoly crusader explains how fixing Medicare's drug problem will help everybody
Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota is known for a lot of things. She is the author of four books, she's a longtime civil rights defender and she made an impression on the national stage as a 2020 candidate for president, albeit briefly. But you likely don't know she was a childhood fan of Monopoly, the venerable board game.
It was her fascination with the game that led to one of her strongest and most consequential positions in the Senate, and is indirectly responsible for actions she's taken to make sure American consumers will pay less for prescription medication in the coming years. Klobuchar discussed all that and more in our recent "Salon Talks" conversation, describing in great detail the problems posed by Big Pharma's stranglehold on the drug business and by monopolies in general.
EP: 215 - A Special BEATLES Edition with James Rosen
This Week' a special "Beatles" Podcast on "Just Ask the Question."
Join host Brian Karem and James Rosen, the Chief White House correspondent of NewsMax.
Nope, we're not talking about The White House or Politics.
We're talking about the only Rock n' Roll band that matters: The Beatles.
With shutdown looming, GOP's comic-book villains push America to the abyss
Kevin McCarthy can't control his own caucus, let alone Congress. His next move is likely political suicide
Every two weeks or so, some scientific journal publishes a new article that implies our reality might just be a computer simulation or a game on some galactic laptop.
Increasingly, those articles coincide with the latest news of some politician getting caught performing soft porn during a theater production of "Beetlejuice," or an article about the nuclear threat from Russia, now bolstered by an alliance with North Korea. Meanwhile, humans seem to be "mutilating" the tree of life, according to some scientists, while climate change is threatening extinction.
Our villains, and our narrative, seem taken straight from comic books, and our politicians out of Mad magazine. If we live in a computer simulation, it needs better writers. This is definitely beginning to look like a "Chuck" situation straight from "Supernatural."
In the latest edition of the human comic book, Congress appears ready to shut down the federal government as the GOP has splintered into at least three factions: the moderates, the Freedom Caucus crazies and the Matt Gaetz lunatics. I think uniforms and T-shirts would be a nice touch — just so we can readily identify them before they open their mouth and spew excrement. I hear some of them love brown shirts.
EP:212 - Hal Sparks - Does Kentucky have an oversized influence on the nation?
This week the "Kentucky Kernels," Brian Karem and Hal Sparks talk about growing up in Kentucky and the unusual impact the 37th largest state has had on national politics, the press and entertainment. It's home to Diane Sawyer, Hunter S. Thompson, George Clooney, Johnny Depp, Mitch McConnell, Rand Paul and James Comer. What is so weird about the Bluegrass? On this episode of Just Ask the Question.
Is Joe Biden in big trouble? It looks that way — and he's got nobody else to blame
Biden's accomplishments are real. So are the self-inflicted wounds — and the fact no one wants him to run again
Joe Biden appears to be in big trouble.
House Speaker Joe McCarthy — sorry, Kevin McCarthy — announced this week he will sign off on an impeachment inquiry into President Biden. Based on what? He has no idea. McCarthy claimed in a social media post that he'll go wherever the evidence leads.
But as many as a dozen Republican members of Congress say they've seen no evidence to launch such an inquiry, with Rep. Ken Buck of Colorado, a hardcore conservative, saying, "I'm not convinced that that evidence exists."
McCarthy might agree. But he's got a problem, and it boils down to people like Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida, who has promised to taunt McCarthy every week with threats to remove him from the speakership unless McCarthy allows himself to be led around by the leash Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has around his neck. So saddle up for a pointless impeachment inquiry, or Greene and her rabid bunch of radicals will try to oust McCarthy and threaten a government shutdown until they get their way. It's the same game Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama is playing with the military by holding up appointments.
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