Islamist Terrorists Strike Michigan & Virginia, Local Dem Blames Guns
3 Martini Lunch – Political Humor & Commentary
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🗓️ 13 March 2026
⏱️ 27 minutes
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First, they walk through the terrorist attacks targeting Temple Israel synagogue in West Bloomfield, Michigan, and an ROTC class at Old Dominion University in Virginia. Both incidents appear to be clear cases of Islamist terrorism, bringing the total to at least four similar attacks in less than two weeks. The Virginia suspect previously served prison time for providing material support to ISIS but was released early and allowed to remain in the United States.
Next, they rip Norfolk, Virginia, prosecutor Ramin Fatehi, who has jurisdiction over the Old Dominion case, for blaming the “cult of gun absolutism” rather than the extremist ideology the shooter openly expressed before the attack. Jim hammers Fatehi for attempting to shift the narrative and explains how the terrorist violated multiple existing laws at every step leading up to the shooting.
Finally, they examine extreme rhetoric in American politics as Beto O’Rourke claims the upcoming midterm elections are the last barrier between freedom and endless authoritarian rule. Jim and Greg excoriate O’Rourke for using the kind of reckless political language that has motivated violence in the past.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the three martini lunch. |
| 0:05.0 | Grab a stole next to Greg Corumbus of Radio America and Jim Garrity of National Review. |
| 0:10.6 | Three martini's coming up. |
| 0:13.1 | Really glad you're with us for the Friday edition of the Three Martini Lunch. |
| 0:16.6 | If you paid attention to the news at all on Thursday, you probably had a pretty good idea. |
| 0:20.3 | This is going to be a pretty intense episode of the three martini lunch. |
| 0:23.9 | And we're going to dive right into it talking about both terrorist attacks, Michigan, Virginia yesterday, some of the crazy responses to it, as well as other crazy rhetoric. |
| 0:33.9 | That's not directly related to this. |
| 0:35.5 | So let's dive right in. |
| 0:36.5 | Let's start with the attack on the synagogue in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, one of the larger |
| 0:41.2 | Reformed Jewish synagogues in the country. It's known as Temple Israel. The attack was |
| 0:47.1 | carried out by a vehicular assault with a car apparently filled with explosives. This guy was a |
| 0:53.1 | naturalized American citizen originally from |
| 0:55.8 | Lebanon. Iman Muhammad Ghazali is his name. Got into a shootout with the very well armed and very |
| 1:01.8 | well trained security, thankfully, at this temple, which had just undergone some FBI training a while |
| 1:07.2 | ago, a few weeks ago. And there's conspiracy theories now that this is all a false flag |
| 1:12.5 | because there had been that training with the FBI, which is utterly insane. Sheriff Mike Bouchard, |
| 1:18.8 | Oakland County, Michigan, been there a long time. I actually ran for Senate against Debbie Stabenow |
| 1:22.6 | a couple of decades ago handling this investigation, saying what a good job the Temple did to make sure |
| 1:28.3 | that the kids in this preschool, the staff were not injured. One security member was injured, |
| 1:34.3 | and I do believe there was a fire there at the temple as a result of the explosives in the |
| 1:38.2 | vehicle, but it could have been a lot, lot worse. Here's Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer earlier |
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