Matching Menendez Convictions, China Helping Houthis Target U.S. Ships, Will DOJ Charge Cuomo?

3 Martini Lunch

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Politics, Daily News, News Commentary, News

4.6 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Join Jim and Greg for the 3 Martini Lunch as they dig into Nadine Menendez’s conviction in the same egregious corruption scandal that will soon send her husband, former New Jersey Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez, to prison. They also cover new reports of a Chinese-linked company aiding the Houthis in targeting U.S. ships, and House Republicans pressing the Justice Department to prosecute former Gov. Andrew Cuomo for lying to Congress about his COVID-era nursing home cover-up.

First, they're pleased to see Nadine Menendez found guilty on all 15 counts tied to a bribery scheme involving her husband, the Egyptian government, and over $100,000 in gold bars, cash, and other luxury gifts. Now Mr. and Mrs. Menendez have matching bracelets. Jim blasts the media for largely ignoring the case—arguing that if Bob Menendez were a Republican, this scandal would dominate headlines daily. They also wonder whether Bob Menendez's begging for a pardon will actually convince President Trump to give him one.

Next, they react to alarming reports that a Chinese government-linked company is assisting the Iran-backed Houthis in targeting U.S. warships and other American vessels in the Red Sea. Jim calls it another front in a proxy war with China and was forced to find foreign press accounts to evaluate the effectiveness of recent U.S. airstrikes.

Finally, they look at House Republicans urging Attorney General Pam Bondi to charge Andrew Cuomo with lying under oath. Despite this and a $450,000 taxpayer-funded settlement to a sexual harassment victim, Cuomo continues to lead the NYC mayoral race by a wide margin.

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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, so glad you're with us for the Tuesday edition of the three martini lunch.
0:17.3	A lot to talk about today.
0:18.9	I'm sure you have huge Earth Day plans. Jim, I know you do
0:22.2	every year. Happy Lennon's, I mean, Earth Day to everyone. It's just a total coincidence that Earth
0:28.1	Day and Lennon's birthday are the same day, but nonetheless, I'm sure you'll be planting a tree or
0:34.2	composting or getting rid of your aerosol cans or something today, right?
0:41.2	Remember to truly honor the founder of Earth Day, compost your wife.
0:44.8	That's one of the other aspects of this. I don't really think of it as Earth Day, Greg.
0:50.8	I think of the week, you know, in the April 19th, 20th, 21st, around there as stuff blowing up a week because of the anniversaries of Oklahoma City, the Boston Marathon, Waco, and everything else.
0:56.0	So have a safe and hopefully uneventful stuff blowing up week.
1:01.3	When this week passes, I always feel a little bit calmer.
1:03.7	If you're not familiar with what Jim referenced there, look up Ira Einhorn, one of the co-founders of Earth Day, who did in fact murder his girlfriend,
1:12.2	fled the country for decades, and finally was extradited back.
1:15.6	I think he's dead now, but he died in an American prison.
1:18.1	So the good guys ultimately were there.
1:20.1	Great, great.
1:20.6	He ceased her carbon dioxide emissions.
1:23.5	That's what he was, you know, the really way of, appropriate way of phrasing it.
1:27.4	Some environmentalism designed to preserve life on this planet is a genuinely anti-life philosophy.
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