How Baltimore's Murder Rate Plunged, Trump's EU Trade Deal, Blue Angels vs. Pet 'Parents'

3 Martini Lunch

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🗓️ 28 July 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Join Jim and Greg for Monday’s 3 Martini Lunch as they dig into the steep drop in violent crime in Baltimore, President Trump’s new trade deal with the European Union, and a bizarre lawsuit blaming the U.S. Navy's Blue Angels for terrorizing a cat in its final days.

First, they examine the dramatic decrease in Baltimore’s murder rate since voters ousted soft-on-crime prosecutor Marilyn Mosby in the 2022 Democratic primary. Her replacement, Ivan Bates, pledged a return to aggressive prosecutions, and the numbers show it’s working. Under Mosby, there were 334 murders in 2022. Last year, the total dropped to 202, and the city has recorded just 68 homicides so far in 2024. Jim and Greg argue it’s no mystery what’s driving the improvement.

Next, they dissect President Trump’s trade agreement with the European Union, which includes lowered tariffs and major commitments from Europe to buy U.S. energy and weapons. Jim says this deal is a significant relief given what would have happened later this week without a deal. But he's still concerned that American consumers will end up paying more for a lot of things.

Finally, they lambaste the crazy cat lady, who decided to sue the Blue Angels for disturbing the final days of her cat, as it died from heart disease. Jim is flabbergasted that anyone could blame the progression of heart disease on noise from planes. He's also greatly annoyed that the lady is referred to as that cat's "human mother" in news reports.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the three martini lunch.
0:04.9	Grab a stool next to Greg Corumbus of Radio America and Jim Garrity of National Review.
0:10.6	Three martini's coming up.
0:12.9	Hey, really glad you're with us for the Monday edition of the three martini lunch.
0:16.4	We hope you had a fantastic weekend.
0:18.3	We've got good, kind of a mixed good martini as we talk about the
0:23.6	EU-US trade deal. All the good news is improving crime rates in a couple of deep blue cities,
0:30.4	and it's not exactly a mystery as to why that's the case. And then we heard last year during the
0:35.7	campaigns, a lot of chatter about the crazy cat ladies,
0:38.2	Jim.
0:38.5	I'm not going to cast aspersions on all cat owners, but we've got one who definitely fits the bill
0:44.5	in the Pacific Northwest.
0:46.6	So I also just want to note, we talked about Colbert a couple of times last week.
0:50.4	And as is usually my pattern, I was watching golf on on CBS on yesterday afternoon and
0:56.1	they go to the breaks and like this week on the light show Liam Neeson jamie lee Curtis and
1:01.7	senator elissa slotkin and I'm like hmm two of those I'd be slightly interested in listening to
1:06.6	I know which one I'm not going to tune in for Liam Neesonon has a particular set of skills, which is being now absolutely hilarious, at least in the clips of the naked gun. So I know what he brings to the table. When you're doing Alyssa Slotkin, you're not even doing the big name Democratic senators anymore. It's kind of like, who's left in the caucus? Tina Smith, you're up. Come on, let's go.
1:29.6	Last chance for everybody to get in there.
1:32.2	By the way, like the fact that Colbert, since the announcement that the late show would be ending in May,
1:37.5	has basically chosen to turn his show into an hour-long diatribe of how much CBS executives suck. And also, even more partisan,
1:48.5	even less funny, even more this, you know, primal scream. So if you're a CBS News executive,
1:54.2	sure you want this thing until May? He's begging to get fired. Right. He's back going to get fired.
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