We watched every move our President made this week. Democrats were on eggshells, but what should Republicans be rooting for? Anthony looks at the state of play in a race that hasn’t changed much in years – the country wishes both candidates were better. Also, SCOTUS plays with fire. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Anthony was like a lot of Democrats on Thursday watching the debate through the cracks of his fingers. So, after a couple of days of chicken-with-heads-cut-off freak outs, has the race really changed? In related news, can we take a moment to look at the transcript of that debate? What was up with the other old guy on stage? He was saying some crazy things. And, Anthony is a foster dad…of a dog. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Just days before the earliest presidential debate in our lifetimes, Anthony has some thoughts on the rules of the battle and how they may protect Trump from being Trump. But what do we do about all the stuff he says? Just let him ramble? Stop and make corrections? Its complicated. On the other side is Joe Biden. He may have a tougher job. It’s a preview show. Also this week, Jordan is off to camp and we have a classic Stanley Cup to talk about. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.f...
With the first presidential debate just 12 days away, Anthony has some advice for Team Biden: just give all the speaking time to Trump. It will be hilarious. This week we listened with jaws slacked as the former President and current convicted felon, wandered all over the rhetorical reservation and finally fell off the other side. Sinking boats and hungry sharks were the least of it. In more serious matters, MAGA tries to get its arms around how to react to the Hunter Biden conviction. If you th...
After all the drama and false starts, the earth shattering October Surprise that spawned a thousand wafer thin conspiracy theories and even more breathless Congressional Hearings, it all comes down to this : Hunter Biden faces the music for…wait for it…being a drug addict who filled out a gun purchase application wrong and was late on his taxes…maybe. Anthony takes a wistful look at this sad story and wonders what we can learn. In news that almost brings our host to tears, four Israeli hostages ...
Anthony paraphrases Winston Churchill this week declaring our system of criminal justice is the worst – except for all the others that have been tried. No victory lap, instead a sober look at the totally normal, nothing unusual, very common trial of a fellow that used to live in New York. We have had a few days to dispense with all the hot takes, so perhaps we need a few cooler ones from someone with first-hand experience with being on the wrong side of law. Learn more about your ad choices. Vis...
It was a silly week in America. Donald Trump took the Bronx (not really). Joe Biden put a kill order out on his opponent (definitely not really). And Nikki Haley did the exact thing she said she wouldn’t ever do (yes, really). But on the other side of the pond they geared up for an election in a very different way. Elections were called in the United Kingdom for July 4th. Putting aside how disrespectful choosing that date is (really kidding), it gives us a reason to explore how elections are don...
Well that was easy! No months of speculation necessary. In a crazy few hours this week, Biden and Trump not only agreed to debate but also decided when and where. Too good to be true? Anthony thinks maybe it is. Nonetheless it is great fodder for Saturday afternoon political radio. We get the candidates started with some ideas for what we want them to say to each other and to the country. Also, Trump will plead the 5th next week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
If you thought the show was going to be wall-to-wall Stormy this week, you mostly dodged a bullet. Anthony was more interested in the impossibly bad situation that Joe Biden has put himself in with his latest joust with Bibi. We start out with the quiet electoral strength of a person who isn’t even running for President anymore. A shotgun marriage for Donald Trump and…Nikki Haley? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Doesn’t anyone around here understand this whole Free Speech thing?! We are a radio station for (expletive deleted) sake!! Anthony is no First Amendment scholar or anything, but he tries to at least explain the basic mistakes being made by both the right and left this week. Want to protest on campus? Knock yourself out. Want to complain about your day in court? Have at it. But we have rules around these things and the “experts” know this. But lying on the radio is also a right…up to a point. Lea...
“In the spring a young man’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love”. Ok, maybe Tennyson hadn’t met the young people on who have made a home on the lawns of colleges all over the country and most notably at Columbia in upper Manhattan. Those folks seem bent on protest. Anthony considers how we should look at these demonstrations and makes some distinctions that seem to be getting lost. Former Congressman Steve Israel who spends a lot of time on college campuses nowadays has some tough questions...
No doubt about it, this was a week like few others in American history. A really famous guy goes on trial and totally normal court stuff happens. Congress has important things to do so they ignore the crazies and just do them. And the neighborhood bully in the Middle East is shown to be impotent by a coalition of just about everybody. Anthony takes some time to appreciate these historic but actually pretty good developments in our American civic life and on the global stage. Oh, its also 4/20. L...
Donald Trump keeps digging himself deeper on abortion. He’s proud he “broke” Roe but begs Arizona to be a pro choice state for him. For his next act he promises not to sign a national abortion ban…well, “promise” is a strong word. It’s chaos. In the meantime, Joe Biden keeps chipping away at a signature issue : debt forgiveness. Republicans are shocked, shocked! You mean Middle Class Joe is delivering for the Middle Class? Anthony defends the plan against some pretty upset callers. Learn more ab...
Freaking out about immigration and the “less than human” humans coming in to our country, is looking more and more like a desperate gambit by Trump and his minions in Congress and in the media. It got overshadowed by real news this week. Anthony looks at yet another sizzling jobs report and snickers at the rhetorical gymnastics necessary to not acknowledge how well we are doing. And, in another edition of “ways Trump screwed Republicans” Florida’s highest court paved the way for voters in the Or...
Anthony joins in memorializing fallen NYPD officer Jonathan Diller who did a dangerous job with valor and now leaves a 1-year-old son and a grieving family. As inevitable as it was that it would become an opportunity for opportunists, it was still pretty jarring to see it in action this week. Trump showed up for the wake and addressed the media while not addressing his spotty record on defending law enforcement and laws for that matter. Also this week, was the hiring and firing of the former hea...
Donald Trump didn’t remove his cap for the national anthem at his rally this week. Maybe that’s because it was a weird cult mash up of the song. This week Anthony does that thing where he imagines the freak out if Joe Biden took a knee for our actual national hymn and instead substituted some words. And for his next round of “Top This”, Trump returns to his old standby – naked antisemitism. In less aggravating news, Biden leans into the EV debate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphon...
This week, the highest ranking Jewish American in our history, gave a clear eyed assessment of the situation that Israel faces and predictably no one liked what they heard. But Anthony looks at the whole speech and wonders if maybe Chuck Schumer was just saying out loud what so many Israel supporters have been saying quietly for months. Also, on this week’s show, another Republican quits and TikTok is on the ropes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Anthony loves him a good State of the Union address. The old, forgetful and frail Joe Biden decided to skip the event and sent instead a fella who talked fast, yelled a bit and spit facts. The Republicans are shocked – shocked! – that the speech was so political. We look closer at the night and the orange haired elephant in the room. Also, this week, the Republicans in Congress want to defund the police. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Maybe, just maybe, Americans would like to know if Donald Trump is guilty of crimes before they go to the polls. Anthony looks at this novel idea and tries to square it with the decision by the Supreme Court to hear a rather preposterous legal theory on a rather, uh, unambitious schedule. Also, this week we finally heard from Hunter Biden...sort of. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Who's the pro-life party now? With a ruling from an Alabama court that should have been obvious, red state families are suddenly not sure if invitro fertilization will be legal. Anthony looks at how the Dobbs decision that so many Republicans cheered may now have them in a box. Also this week, the Hunter case has truly jumped the shark and a look at the jumbled politics of Israel and Ukraine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode 100 – Weiner’s Stil at It A cake? Celebrity cameos? Nope. Just the normal stuff : Trump committing fraud; Joe Biden’s accusers committing perjury, and; prosecutors in Georgia committing…uh, hanky panky. 100 episodes later and whoever thought this was a good idea might have just been right. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
If you were hoping that suddenly the Republicans would become competent; Trump would become immune from prosecution or that Biden would defeat father time, you and Anthony both had a disappointing week. A bit of groundhog day with failure of the immigration bill and more talk about how old our next president will be. The Supreme Court did hint at something novel – consensus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Senate finally has a bipartisan deal to improve the situation at the border. And there was much rejoicing! Or was there? Anthony resists the urge to say “I told you so” but he really did. A lot of Republicans show their hands by choosing politics over problem solving. In the meantime, lots of polls show Trump is winning and lots of polls show Biden is winning. But if the economy - the most important issue of Election ’24 – is booming. You have to figure that is good for Joe. Learn more about...
Not exactly the art of the deal. This week Donald Trump turned a $5 million judgement and into $83 million. Anthony looks at the former President’s expensive temper tantrums. Far from going slowly into the night after her non-winning performances in Iowa and New Hampshire, Nikki Haley is doing everything she can to get under Donald’s skin. Also, this week, in the life and death debate in Congress over aid to Ukraine and Israel, lawmakers are getting close to a deal on immigration. But wait, coul...
The votes are finally being cast and the dislike for the guy with 91 indictment counts is not popular with Republicans. Who would have guessed that?! Anthony bids DeSantis goodbye and wonders when Nikki Haley will wake up and try to win. The Vice President auditions are in full bloom, but didn’t Trump try to have his last VP actually and literally and for real…murdered? In other news, Uvalde was even worse than we knew. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Its fair to say that this was a head scratching week in Washington. Hunter Biden shows up on Capitol Hill and Donald Trump shows up at United States District Court. Anthony explains why this was a case of the sublime and the ridiculous. Speaking of ridiculous, can someone please explain how a Shia terror group firing at a Swedish ship on the way to Japan is good for the Palestinians? But, there was a very serious question being raised about US action against the Houthis, who voted for this? Lear...
It's one of those dates that become shorthand. January 6th was a day we said we would never forget. Three years later and we know what has happened. Or do we? Anthony looks at the national reckoning and sees two different ways to interpret the aftermath. A helluva lot of accountability has been doled out but are the lessons learned? Also, this week, Anthony has his first on-air feud. He took some blows early, but won by TKO. We think you’ll agree. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphon...
In the last show of 2023, Anthony takes stock. Crime is down and the economy is way up. Can you believe it? Well, actually a lot of listeners are saying no, they don’t believe it. Could the problem possibly be that whole alternative facts thing? Also this week, Anthony goes to the tape and reviews his predictions for the year. How did he do? Not terrible. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Wait, you mean we have to follow all of the Constitution around here? Donald Trump – and many Americans – are learning anew about Reconstruction and the 14th Amendment this week. Anthony breaks down the epic decision from the Colorado Supreme Court that once again reminded us that its not every day that someone who tried to overturn democracy runs for President. Also this week, 2023 was the year of the nihilist Republican fringe, but “24 may be the year the left blows up Biden. Learn more about ...
Their work here is done. Sure, arms for Ukraine, help for Israel and a fix for the border haven’t been done, but at least they remembered to sort of impeach President Biden. Anthony looks at what must have been the worst Congress in history. The way things have gone this year, you wonder why the Republicans even wanted to be in charge of the House of Representatives. Also this week, SCOTUS gets into the Trump trials. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
