Oh, the Homanity!

The Commentary Magazine Podcast

Commentary Magazine

News, Politics, News Commentary

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🗓️ 5 February 2026

⏱️ 52 minutes

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A major shift, it seems, in the Trump administration's approach to illegal aliens is taking place; what does this mean for Stephen Miller's hyper-aggressive approach and the White House's efforts to find a way to forestall a blue wave in November? Also, what is the purpose of these Iran negotiations? Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	All right, we've got Simon on the line. Simon, young people, they're just all a bit, a bit lazy, aren't they?
0:09.0	What are you for?
0:10.0	Welcome to McDonald's.
0:11.0	Have you get the six minutes, please?
0:12.0	Some say young people are work shy, but at McDonald's, we hired 47,000 of them last year.
0:19.0	How's your night?
0:20.0	Like George here, who keeps things running during a Friday rush.
0:25.1	Resilience, making it happen at McDonald's.
0:28.2	Oh, for the best.
0:39.0	Expect the worst.
0:41.0	Some drink champagne.
0:43.0	Some die of thirst.
0:45.1	The way of knowing which way it's going.
0:49.1	Hope for the best.
0:50.6	Expect the worst.
0:52.3	Hope for the best. Welcome to the Commentary Magazine Daily Podcast. Today is Thursday, February 5th, 2026. I am John Pud Hord. It's the editor of Commentary Magazine with me as always. Executive editor, Abe Greenwald. Hi, Abe. Hi, John. Senior editor Seth Bandell. Hi, Seth.
1:09.8	Hi, John. And Washington Free Beacon editor, Eliana Johnson. Hi, John. Senior editor Seth Mandel. Hi, Seth. Hi, John. And Washington Free Beacon editor Eliana Johnson.
1:13.8	Hi, Eliana.
1:14.9	Hi, John.
1:16.2	Tom Holman and Donald Trump both gave press, well, one gave a press conference, one gave an interview, press conference to a group of reporters, Trump an interview to Tom Yamas, the anchor of NBC's
1:32.4	nightly news, and apparently the balance of the interview will appear on the Super Bowl on Sunday.
1:39.0	But news in the ongoing Minneapolis fight, Homan announced the redeployment of 700 out of the 2000 border patrol officers in
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