Well that certainly was a week. Seems more like a year now since the news that Judge Cannon declared special DoJ prosecutor Jack Smith’s appointment was unconstitutional, but it was only Monday. But we didn’t even get into this issue in this episode, even though a weekly defense of the Constitution is in our union contract.
Is there anything new or original left to be said about the political events of the week, starting with the attempted assassination of President Trump, the nomination of J.D. Vance (allowing Lurcretia to say “I told you so!” yet again—this is getting monotonous by this point), and then Trump’s near Castroesque-length acceptance speech? Why yes—yes there is. John (sitting in host chair this week), Lucretia, and I offer several observations we haven’t yet heard from the legion of other pundits and analysts, which leads to a surprisingly sharp argument about free trade and potential tariffs under a Trump-Vance administration, which extends to a vigorous discussion of another substantial trade imbalance of the moment—illegal immigrants.
I also explain why, if you listened carefully to Trump’s speech, you’ll see that Reaganism isn’t quite dead yet, why it was also a Jedi-mind trick on Biden, and why many of the news stories about Biden’s possible withdrawal from the race have a implicit subtext that party leaders really really don’t want Kamala Harris either, but can’t say so publicly. We end the week with our shopping lists: more popcorn for John and me, and more tin foil for Lucretia.
As always, listen here, or from Ricochet or your favorite podcast source.
P.S. Peter Robinson has apparently been kidnapped by aliens or something, as I sat in again for Peter on the Ricochet podcast yesterday, where our guest was (briefly, before technical difficulties struck—I blame CrowdStrike) Ann Coulter. Listen here if you need still more quality podcast content. (Teaser: I finally smack Rob Long around a bit for his Trumphobia.)
