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The Politics Guys

Israel, Johnson's Foreign Aid, Uri Berliner, the 1st Amendment

The Politics Guys

Michael Baranowski

Politics, News

4.5 • 772 Ratings

🗓️ 19 April 2024

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Trey and Ken open with breaking news on Israel’s attack on Iran and Syria. They discuss the appropriateness of the response, the likely message behind the response, and the political implications for U.S. politics. They also briefly consider the timing of the U.S.’s blocking of Palestinian United Nations membership in the Security Council. Next, they move to Congress and the ongoing debate inside the Republican Party over foreign aid. Trey believes Speaker Johnson has a deal already struck with Democrats, which also allows some Democrats to vote no on Israeli aid, while Ken thinks if there is a deal it is more comprehensive for Democrats.  After that, they discuss the suspension and ultimate resignation of Uri Berliner from his role at NPR. Here the hosts take very different views. Ken views Uri as striking a Trumpian tone and is rightfully criticized and ousted. Trey disagrees, arguing that divergent viewpoints help media be thoughtful in the ways that frame, prime, and agenda setting. Objectivity is not impossible, but it doesn’t mean that viewpoint diversity is a bad thing.  They close with a look at the newest Supreme Court decision in the case of Mckesson v Doe, the case determining if the organizer of an event can be held liable for activity he did not directly cause or promote. The Politics Guys on Facebook | X  Mike and Kimberly's new show splanetpod.com Listener support helps make The Politics Guys possible. You can support us or change your level of support at patreon.com/politicsguys or politicsguys.com/support. On Venmo we’re @PoliticsGuys. The Politics Guys is part of The Democracy Group, a network of podcasts that examines what's broken in our democracy and how we can work together to fix it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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The government.

0:42.4

Welcome to the politics, guys, a place for bipartisan, rational and civil debate on American politics and policy.

0:47.9

I'm Trey Orndorf, a political scientist at Oklahoma Christian University.

0:51.6

And I am joined with by Ken Katkin, a professor of law, at Chase Law School.

0:56.9

And today, we are the politics guys. Ken, welcome. Hey, Trey, it's great to be back.

1:03.1

Yes, it is. And, Ken, before we get to the, I mean, the breaking story that we're going to be

1:08.7

dealing with, which is Israel's response to

1:11.3

Iran.

1:12.3

I just wanted to take two seconds to really say, thank you so much to longtime listener Estevan,

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who just donated a substantial amount to us via Vintmo.

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So Estevan, thank you so much. Every week when I prep, I take a look at

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