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Talking Feds

Ceasefire and Crossfire

Talking Feds

Harry Litman

News, Politics, Government

4.8 • 4.5K Ratings

🗓️ 13 October 2025

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Three top-notch journalists—Emily Bazelon, Susan Glasser, and Kristen Holmes—join Harry to analyze the stunning news of a ceasefire in Gaza, the indictment of New York Attorney General Letitia James, and Trump’s latest attempts to put troops on city streets. Will Trump have the attention span to ensure his deal endures, and why did he lash out at Kristen for asking about it? Are judges finally starting to wake up to the administration’s far-fetched declarations of emergencies? And what revelation about the James indictment shocked Harry most?  Mentioned in this episode: Emily’s reporting: https://www.nytimes.com/by/emily-bazelon   Susan’s latest column:  https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-trumps-washington/trump-the-self-styled-president-of-peace-abroad-makes-war-at-home Kristen’s reporting:  https://www.cnn.com/profiles/kristen-holmes-bio CNN’s story about Lindsey Halligan not coordinating the James indictment with DOJ brass:  https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/10/politics/lindsey-halligan-no-coordinate-letitia-james-indictment-doj Judge Karin Immergut's ruling: https://www.portland.gov/federal/documents/10-4-2025-state-city-v-trump-temporary-restraining-order-granted/download Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Claire worked in the marketing department for an up-and-coming artisan bakery.

0:05.0

Unfortunately, the artisan bakery in question was so up-and-coming.

0:10.0

Nobody actually knew it existed.

0:13.0

But then she had the really good idea to use Canva to create a business plan.

0:18.0

It looked good, really, really good. Their investors thought so too.

0:23.6

And now their hot cakes are selling like, well, exactly.

0:27.6

Thanks, Canber.

0:33.6

Welcome to Talking Feds, a roundtable that brings together prominent former federal officials and special guests

0:43.3

for a dynamic discussion of the most important political and legal topics of the day.

0:48.8

I'm Harry Littman. Could it really have been the same Donald Trump, corruptor of the Constitution and ransacker of the rule of law,

0:58.8

who forged a tentative ceasefire between Israel and Hamas?

1:03.1

Trump seemingly saw an opening to change the leverage dynamic in the wake of Israel's missile attack in Qatar

1:10.5

and used it to maneuver Benjamin Netanyahu

1:13.6

to sign on to a deal. As momentous as it is, the deal is partial and only a first step.

1:20.6

Nobody can say for certain that the ceasefire will hold, and there are plenty of questions about how to ensure that Hamas not

1:29.3

re-militarize and make war on Israel once again. Back in the States, Trump returned to his

1:36.6

pattern of sending a strike force of federal agents and National Guard members to blue cities

1:42.4

and having his orders overturned in the courts.

1:45.8

Although not all the decisions went against the administration, the courts seemed to be coming

1:50.7

around to an understanding that Trump's assertions of rebellions in the various cities were,

1:56.9

quote, untethered to the facts, i.e. lies, that judges need not and should not rubber stamp.

2:05.2

And the Trump retribution tour secured a second enemy scalp when novice U.S. Attorney Lindsey

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