Can Trump End the War? MSNBC Rebrands to MS NOW, The Left Hates the Constitution
3 Martini Lunch
Radio America
4.6 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 18 August 2025
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Before the martinis, they react to Republican Pennsylvania State Treasurer Stacy Garrity announcing her run for governor in 2026. The name may be spelled differently, but Jim Geraghty is hilariously bracing to hear his name a lot over the coming year.
In the first martini, Jim breaks down the Trump-Putin summit in Alaska, weighing both the positive and negative results. They also examine what today’s Washington meeting between Trump, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and European leaders could mean for future peace negotiations.
Next, they react to MSNBC rebranding to MS NOW. Jim suspects NBC News will be glad to no longer be synonymous with the rage fest on the cable channel once this process is complete. Greg and Jim are both severely underwhelmed by the new name.
Finally, they shake their heads as New York Times columnist Ross Douthat interviews Osita Nwanevu, a columnist for The New Republic, who basically wants to scrap the Constitution and start over because we're not enough of a democracy. The guest is especially infuriated over the existence of the U.S. Senate and the Electoral College and wants to pack the U.S. Supreme Court and add a several new states...you know...to save democracy.
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| 1:02.6 | Welcome to the three-martini lunch. |
| 1:04.9 | Grab a stool next to Greg Carumbus of Radio America |
| 1:07.4 | and Jim Garrity of National Review. |
| 1:10.5 | Three martini's coming up. |
| 1:13.0 | So glad you're with us for the Monday edition of the Three Martini Lunch. |
| 1:17.8 | There's more talk of Russia today. |
| 1:20.5 | The summit was over on Friday. |
| 1:22.6 | We'll get into that, the first martini. |
| 1:24.5 | We'll also be talking quite a bit about MSNBC no longer being MSNBC |
| 1:30.5 | and what that rebrand kind of looks like, both in comical and potentially productive ways. |
| 1:36.2 | And then we'll also look at kind of the insane conversation that played out on a New York Times |
| 1:41.0 | podcast with the columnist, the sane columnist, Ross don't that, but his guest |
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