It's Casual Friday! Sam speaks with Heather Digby Parton, contributing writer at Salon.com and proprietor of the blog Hullabaloo, to round up the week in news. Then, the MR Crew is joined by Francesca Fiorentini, host of the Bitchuation Room! First, Emma runs through updates on a major prisoner swap with Russia, the Harris campaign’s hot start, questions on Harris’ Israel stance, slowing job growth, the slaughter of medical workers in Gaza, Bob Good, Nigeria’s mass protests, and the passing of James Baldwin, also parsing through the particular role Kamala Harris played in the recent prisoner swap with Russia, and what that tells us about Biden’s presidency. Sam and Digby then parse through the major pivots in the US presidential race from the last months, including Trump and the GOP completely botching the potential bump from the failed assassination attempt with the devastatingly bad choice of JD Vance for VP, Biden’s choice to drop out AFTER the Republican Convention, and Kamala Harris likely nomination. They also tackle the GOP’s embarrassing inability to stay away from overt bigotry when discussing Harris’ candidacy, before wrapping up the interview with a brief assessment of Harris’ likely choices for VP and her administration, and whether or not her platform will pivot back to Obama-era neoliberalism. Francesca Fiorentini and Emma then reminisce on the comedy of our (their) youth, watch some highlights from the JD Vance creep compilation, and tackle the devastating relationship between motherhood and poverty. They also unpack the West’s relationship with Israel, Elon Musk’s recent AI Harris campaign ad, and Harris’ concerning pivot right on immigration.

And in the Fun Half: Emma discusses land back politics in the US and tackles the absurd controversy around boxer Imane Khelif’s victory in the Olympics, with right-wing leaders like JD Vance and Jesse Watters calling on Kamala Harris for a response, plus, your IMs!

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