- Episode: 2347
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is the last politically active member of the Papa Joe Kennedy Clan. Will his independent campaign for president crack the two-party system or will he be yet another footnote in the littany of also-rans?
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Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is the last politically active member of the Papa Joe Kennedy Clan. Will his independent campaign for president crack the two-party system or will he be yet another footnote in the littany of also-rans?
On April 26, 2023 Tucker Carlson was invited, most unceremoniously, to leave FoxNews.
At the time of his ejection, Tucker was the single most-watched news host in U.S. history, begging the question, why did FoxNews exile the goose that laid the golden egg to the desert of podcasts and self-styled media analysts?
Per usual, the Jacobins have an angle that will not hear anywhere else.
In early 2020, Donald Trump started warning his supporters of a rigged election in anticipation of what was then an unlikely loss.
In November of 2020, Donald's prediction came true; he lost the election. However, not content to concede with humility, Trump challenged the election results in six states under the campaign "Stop the Steal".
Was there a constitutional basis for challenging the certification of the election?
On September 1, 2022 Joe Biden gave a speech in front of Independence Hall in Philadelphia. If that's all it was, it would be just another tissue of lies presented by a lying liar, as are all politicians, even presidents.
However, Mumbly Joe and his handlers elevated the verbal and presentational rhetoric of the speech to heights and extremes not seen in American politics since – ever.
Also, we talk about the guy who didn't want to be King Arthur.
The media would have you believe that Vladimir Putin is an unhinged madman. Joe Biden would have you believe that killing people with bullets is acceptable while killing them with chemical weapons is not. But if Putin is a madman, just what is he smoking?
Putin rolls Ukraine. Biden has no answers.
Joe Biden's vaccine mandate has not been recorded on the Federal Register, yet companies are acting as if Joe's word is law.