16 May 2022
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An “Ultra-MAGA” spoiler in PA
Robert Wright and Mickey Kaus discuss how Kathy Barnette’s surging poll numbers are complicating the Pennsylvania GOP senate primary.
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- The baby formula conundrum
- Mickey: Chuck Schumer has put Dems in a bad position for the midterms
- Is the Ukraine military aid bill excessive?
- How neoconish think tanks influence Western coverage of Ukraine
- Mickey asks: Would a new cold war be so bad? Bob answers.
- Kathy Barnette’s surprising surge in the Pennsylvania GOP senate primary
- If a Trumpist Trump hasn’t endorsed wins a race, is it a win for Trump?
- Is Tesla’s stock price threatening Elon Musk’s Twitter purchase?
- Musk backpedals on his free speech position
- Video of Israeli soldiers beating mourners at the funeral of journalist Shireen Abu Akleh goes viral
- Mickey: It’s much more plausible that the Roe v. Wade opinion leaker was a left-winger
- Parrot Room preview: Steve Schmidt’s meltdown, Dinesh D’Souza is at it again, the creepy views of a Disinformation Governance Board member, IQ differences in a pair of South Korean twins, J.D. Vance, the child tax credit, Station Eleven, the etymology of “black hole” and its connection to Bob, drinking spinal fluid for brain rejuvenation, Tucker Carlson, and the shifting Latino vote
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