Bondi, Bombs, and Birthright

Talking Feds

Harry Litman

News, Government, Politics

4.8 • 4.5K Ratings

🗓️ 6 April 2026

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Attorney General Pam Bondi is out. Harry talks with all-star journalists Aaron Blake, Liz Landers, and Scott MacFarlane to break down why Trump rewarded Bondi's obsessive loyalty with an abrupt and humiliating firing. Next, the panel tries to make sense of Trump's primetime address about his increasingly opaque goals in the month-old war with Iran. Finally, the group analyzes the arguments in the birthright citizenship case and considers whether Trump has already notched a partial victory, regardless of the final verdict. Mentioned in this episode: Harry's Substack about Bondi's firing: https://harrylitman.substack.com/p/out-of-touch-out-of-trust-out-of Harry's Substack about the birthright citizenship case: https://harrylitman.substack.com/p/the-birthright-citizenship-order Aaron's analysis: https://www.cnn.com/profiles/aaron-blake Liz's reporting: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/author/liz-landers Scott's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ScottMacFarlaneNews Scott's Substack: https://macfarlanenews.substack.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:04.5	Welcome to Talking Fed's, a roundtable that brings together prominent former federal officials and special guests for a dynamic discussion of the most important political and legal topics of the day.
1:19.7	I'm Harry Littman.
1:21.5	There were few tears shed in Washington over Pam Bondi's abrupt firing.
1:27.3	Bondi had secured a position as the worst attorney
1:30.7	general in DOJ memory, having slavishly sacrificed the law, department norms, civility, and the
1:39.6	truth in favor of absolute loyalty to Donald Trump.
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1:48.4	Earlier in the week,
1:51.0	Trump gave a primetime speech on Iran that only contributed to the growing sense
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