With Trump’s War Stalemated, More Sticker Shock Coming For Working Americans Being Punished at the Gas Pump
We begin with the stalemated war in the Persian Gulf that could last well past Memorial Day and punish working Americans even more as oil prices are likely to rise to $200 a barrel with reserves drying up as 20% of global supply is bottled up by Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz. Joining us is Jeff Colgan, the Richard Holbrooke Professor of Political Science and Director of the Climate Solutions Lab at the Watson Institute For Public and International Affairs at Brown University where his research focuses on international order, especially as related to energy and the environment. He is the author of Petro-Aggression: When Oil Causes War and Partial Hegemony: Oil Politics and International Order and he has an article at The New York Times we discuss, “Trump’s War Is Punishing the Poor, Starting at the Gas Pump.”
The Flimsy DNC Autopsy on the 2024 Loss Fails to Mention Gaza
Then we look into today’s release of the DNC autopsy on the Democrat’s 2024 defeat that has been held back by DNC Chair Ken Martin who released a typo-riddled draft which he disavowed that failed to mention any reason why Democrats might not have shown up to vote for Kamala Harris, like Gaza for example. Joining us is Ryan Cooper, a Senior Editor at The American Prospect and the Cohost of the Left Anchor podcast as well as the author of, How are You Going to Pay for That? Smart Answers to the Dumbest Question in Politics. His latest articles at The American Prospect include “Trump Is Wrecking the U.S. Military” and “Trump Has Created a Climate Opportunity.”
The Trump Family Are So Good at Being Bad as the Democrats and the Press Get Distracted by the $1.8 Billion Slush Fund When the Real Scam is Barring the IRS From Investigating the Family’s Monetization of the Presidency
Then finally we investigate how Democrats and the press are being played by Trump as they pile on his distraction of the $1.8 billion slush fund without focussing on the real scam which is the deal to have the United States “FOREVER BARRED AND PRECLUDED” from having the IRS investigate the Trump family’s monetization of the presidency. Meanwhile Jared and the sons are pocketing billions from Gulf potentates in crypto scams etc. while leading negotiations with Putin and other kleptocrats who might show their gratitude under the table for Trump’s presidential decision to take sanctions off Russian oil for example. Joining us to discuss the grift of the Trump family who are so good at being bad is Edward McCaffery, the Robert C. Packard trustee chair in law and a professor of law, economics and political science at the University of Southern California. He is the author of Fair Not Flat: How to Make the Tax System Better and Simpler and the founder of the People’s Tax Page.