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The Politics Guys

Anti-Anticorruption?, Constitutional Crisis, Confirmation Votes

The Politics Guys

Michael Baranowski

Politics, News

4.5772 Ratings

🗓️ 15 February 2025

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Mike and Jay open with a look at the various efforts by the Trump administration to pull back on political prosecutions or political figures, including the very controversial decision to not pursue charges (for now) against New York City Mayor Eric Adams. Neither Mike nor Jay agree with the Adams decision, but Jay is more willing to consider a political motive by the Biden DOJ for bringing the charges in the first place. They also discuss the wider implications of Trump’s actions. Mike’s main concern is that it will result in more public corruption, though he agrees with Jay that there’s something to be said for not unduly constraining American businesses in international competition. Then they turn to the issue of constitutional crises – what the term means, if we’re in (or near) one, and the last time we’ve seen an unquestionable constitutional crisis. They close with a discussion of the latest Trump cabinet confirmations: Tulsi Gabbard as Director of National Intelligence, and RFK Jr. as Secretary of Health and Human Services. Mike’s New (free) Substack: What Fresh Hell is This? The Politics Guys on Facebook | X Listener support helps make The Politics Guys possible. You can support us or change your level of support at patreon.com/politicsguys or politicsguys.com/support. On Venmo we’re @PoliticsGuys. The Politics Guys is part of The Democracy Group, a network of podcasts that examines what's broken in our democracy and how we can work together to fix it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:52.6

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0:57.2

Welcome to the politics, guys, a place for bipartisan, rational, and civil debate on American politics and policy.

1:03.9

I'm Northern Kentucky University political scientist Michael Baranowski.

1:07.7

I'm joined today by my conservative counterpart, Cleveland area attorney and defender of

1:12.3

freedom, Jay Carson. Hey, good morning, Mike. Hey, Jay. How are you doing this morning? Well, I think like

1:19.7

the, like the groundhog, I saw my shadows, so I'm still going to be doing the show for another

1:25.5

couple weeks at least. Well, at least six more weeks.

1:28.4

That's good.

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