Month: April 2017

More Perfect, After Dark: European Politics (Ep. 95)

In this episode of “The More Perfect Union” podcast, the gang takes a look at politics across the pond, including the effects of terrorism on European elections, the upcoming runoff in France between Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen, and British PM Theresa May’s call for an early general election in her country.

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First 100 Days (Ep. 94)

Episode 94 of The More Perfect Union podcast talks about Trump’s first 100 days in office, Bill O’Reilly’s last day at FOX News, Melania Trump’s glory days as a nude model, Utah Rep. Jason Chaffetz’s waning days in Congress, and Julian Assange’s precarious days as a free man. Plus, Greg and Helena confess to having been “a bigly child.”

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More Perfect, After Dark: Death Penalty (Ep. 93)

In this “after dark” episode of The More Perfect Union podcast, the hosts discuss the death penalty and share their pet peeves of the week.

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Mother Of All Bombs (Ep. 92)

Episode 92 of The More Perfect Union podcast looks at Trump’s potential plays in Syria, Korea, and the Fed. (And which one he’s likely to nuke first.) Then the gang has some laughs over Sean Spicer’s most recent verbal gaffes and shares their thoughts on the airline industry in light of the United Airlines passenger ejection assault.

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“Winning is Easy…” (Ep 91)

Taking a cue from VP Mike Pence’s love of theatre, the gang discusses the difficulties of actually running a government, the recent developments in Syria, and Neil Gorsuch’s new promotion.

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Only Republicans “Forced” The Nuclear Option

by Kevin Kelton

In the days since Senate Republicans voted to overturn the Democrat’s filibuster and confirm SCOTUS nominee Neil Gorsuch on a mostly party-line 54-44 vote, I’ve seen many respected journalists and not-so-respected bloggers describe the event as the Democrats “forcing” the GOP to invoke the nuclear option.

The Democrats did nothing of the kind.

What did happen is, the GOP voluntarily and willfully broke the long-standing rules of the senate by arbitrarily rewriting them. Read More

Pence: Table for Two? (Ep. 90)

This “More Perfect Union” podcast covers the reasons why Congress may be hesitant to give Michael Flynn immunity (and rumors of his tryst with a sexy Russian translator named Svetlana), Mike Pence’s reluctance to dining with sexy American women other than his wife, D.J.’s attraction to a not-so-sexy carbon emissions tax, and whether or not the Trump campaign incited violence at its rallies. Then Rebekah reveals the one thing that will ultimately bring Donald Trump down.

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