PG101: Trump's Travels, Fantastical Budgets, SCOTUS on Redistricting

The Politics Guys

Michael Baranowski

Politics, News

4.5 • 772 Ratings

🗓️ 28 May 2017

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

This week's show opens with Mike and Jay talking about something they *won't* be covering - the continuing drip, drip, drip of Trump scandal leaks. That doesn't mean that they aren't concerned with the serious allegations that have been raised (especially true in Mike's case) but that the leaks don't tell us much of anything. For the most part, they're going to hold off until there's substantive news on the leak investigations, as opposed to juicy tidbits leaked from anonymous sources. After that, Mike and Jay talk about what President Trump accomplished on his first foreign trip, and whether he was right to downplay human rights in Saudi Arabia and push NATO allies to pay up. They also take a look at a recent Supreme Court decision on redistricting, in which the very conservative Justice Thomas sided with the Court's liberals. There's a reason why that happened, and Mike and Jay discuss it, as well as the bigger picture of redistricting challenges over the last few years.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-politics-guys/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:37.4	What's different?
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1:17.1	I'm Michael Baranowski, a political scientist at Northern Kentucky University.
1:25.3	If you're a regular politics guys listener, you probably noticed that we've changed their introduction.
1:30.4	We thought it would be nice to freshen things up with a low-key intro that conveys the cool, calm, and collected way we try to approach politics.
1:38.5	Also, our old intro, which featured Il Papa Giraff doing Love the Government, a song I really like, resulted in a number
1:45.6	of comments from people who thought they weren't saying love, but, well, something we can't say
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