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The Politics Guys

Biden's State of the Union, Post-Bruen Gun Regulations, Pennsylvania Special Elections, Spy Balloon Part 2

The Politics Guys

Michael Baranowski

Politics, News

4.4 • 783 Ratings

🗓️ 10 February 2023

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Trey & Ken open the episode with a discussion of Biden's State of the Union Address. Following that they move to recent federal gun law cases in the wake of the Bruen decision from the U.S. Supreme Court. Following that they consider the importance of the recent Pennsylvania special election putting Democrats in control of the House for the first time in 10 years. They conclude the episode with a revisiting of the Chinese spy balloon in wake of Thursday's hearings and the U.S.'s decision to shoot it down. Trey’s Recommendation Shrinking (AppleTV+) Ken’s Recommendation Austin City Limits (PBS) The Politics Guys on Facebook | Twitter 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. Interested in starting your own podcast? Check out RedCircle, home of The Politics Guys. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-politics-guys/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Atheists, agnostics, long-haired, weirdos, short-haired weirdos, vand-role, buligoths.

0:06.0

I'm the government, hug the government, love, the government, hug the government, love, the government.

0:12.0

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

0:18.0

I'm Trey Orndorf, a political scientist at Oklahoma Christian University,

0:22.0

and I'm joined, as always, by the professor of law at Chase Law School, Ken Katkin.

0:27.6

Ken, it's a ton of fun to be the one who is back doing the show with you again.

0:33.8

I am so pleased that you are back, Trey. I have missed you. I have fun with Michael, but I really feel like this show hits its stride when you and me are here.

0:42.3

See, I feel the same way.

0:43.7

I mean, I know that Jay and Mike, they're the past, right?

0:46.5

And we're the future of the show.

0:49.3

Yeah, they're the old Europe, and we're the New Europe.

0:52.2

Exactly.

0:52.7

Yes, exactly.

0:57.1

I mean, there's nothing wrong with Russia as long as they're in the out. Anyway.

0:59.2

But no, I do want to say something truly to listeners.

1:03.0

Thank you guys so much for what you all did in December and for me.

1:08.5

It has been, I've been talking with Ken before the show began. It was a rough.

1:15.7

You know, the end of November and December were some of my absolute most difficult times. And I

1:21.1

really appreciated some of you guys sent me notes. You did all kinds of things for me. And I just

1:26.4

can't thank you all enough for that.

1:29.1

I was very happy to not be doing the show. You know, when you're in and out of the hospital and

1:34.0

you're doing all that kind of stuff, you know, it's hard to think about anything else when you're

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