Navigating Domestic and Foreign Policy Challenges in America

As Congress devolves into high school drama, Sarah, Jonah, and Mike discuss the fight over aid to Ukraine and Israel and the resulting threats to oust Speaker Mike Johnson.

The Agenda:

—Internal drama and blocks to getting foreign aid passed

—Polling shows Trump losing his lead in swing states

—Trump’s bodega campaign tactics

—Latinos’ affinity for Trump: real or media illusion?

—The need for messianic figures in politics

—Assessing the Biden administration’s public-facing stance on Israel

—Does spanking children reveal a cultural divide between the elites and working-class people?

Show Notes:

—Mike Johnson’s interview with Jake Tapper

—National polling

—Nick Catoggio’s Boiling Frogs on Mike Johnson

—This week’s Collision

—The Commentary Magazine podcast

—Jonah’s G-File on the messianic temptation

—The Remnant with Eli Lake

—Matthew Yglesias on “the spanking gap”

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