Author: Commentary Magazine

The podcast crew is joined today by our pal Jonathan Schanzer, whose illuminating new book Gaza Conflict 2021 provides an eye-opening account of the hostilities earlier this year—and a guide to the state of play in the Middle East more broadly. We also talk about the sudden insistence of the mainstream media on especially evil Republicans just a week after Democrats got dunned in the elections—how... Source

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Eli Lake joins the podcast crew today to talk about the stunning developments in the investigation into the 2016 efforts to demonstrate the Trump campaign’s collusion with Russia—a charge we now know to have been entirely without foundation, notwithstanding the lives this false charge affected and nearly destroyed. Give a listen. Source

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Should we eat crow because Democrats did pass a big spending bill? We say we have no crow to eat, but you might disagree! Give a listen. Source

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Today’s podcast goggles at the prospect of Democrats in the House passing a gigantic spending bill that will be dead on arrival in the Senate—and hand Republicans every weapon they need to destroy Democratic hopes in 2022. Give a listen. Source

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Chris Stirewalt joins us on the podcast today for continued analysis of the electoral trainwreck for Democrats this week and what on earth they think they’re doing with the two bills in Congress in its wake. Give a listen. Source

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The startling results in Virginia and New Jersey—not to mention on Long Island and in Buffalo and Minneapolis—mean that we’re living in a different country politically today from the one we were living in yesterday. We have many explanations for why. Give a listen. Source

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More evidence of Democratic disarray in Washington yesterday, and the confusing apparent decline of Democratic hopes in the Virginia governor’s race, bring to mind Casey Stengel’s plaint about managing the 1962 Mets: “Can’t anyone here play this game?” Meanwhile, Afghanistan falls into hellfire. Give a listen. Source

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Today’s podcast covers a panoply of topics, from the foolishness and corruption of the “Lincoln Project’ to whether a three-word slogan should be considered an act of terrorism to the Washington Post’s gargantuan January 6 investigation and on. Give a listen. Source

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Today’s podcast features a cautious victory lap from the crew—who pretty much predicted the slapstick collapse of Joe Biden and the Democrats yesterday on Capitol Hill. The lap is cautious because we still can’t quite believe they’re as bad at this as they look. Give a listen. Source

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On Tuesday, Joe Biden and his allies sent political observers into a frenzy with the announcement that a deal had been reached on a social safety net bill. But there was no deal, and there will be no votes. Is there anything that explains this behavior but abject incompetence? American Enterprise Institute senior fellow Matthew Continetti joins the podcast today to discuss this and more. Source

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