Welcome to the Bullwork Podcast. I'm Charlie Sykes. So, how's your day going?

What else can you expect from a Trump-hating, Clinton-appointed judge who went out of his

way to make sure that the result of this trial was as negative as it could possibly be?

Speaking to it in control of a jury from an anti-Trump area, which is probably the worst

place in the United States for me to get a fair trial. We'll be appealing this decision.

It's a disgrace. I don't even know who this woman is.

So he's not taking it well. It is May 10, 2023, and as you know, the pattern is full. So,

we're going to be doing something a little bit different today later in the show. I'm going

to be talking to a remarkable reporter who just arrived back in Ukraine. Tim Mac is a former

NPR correspondent who was one of the staffers who was laid off when NPR cut its staff. But he

was so passionate about reporting on what's happening in Ukraine that he's gone back on his own.

And he's launched a new sub-stack newsletter called The Counter Offensive, and I'm going

to be talking with Tim in just a few minutes. But obviously, we just start with some of

the days rather remarkable news. Tucker Carlson says he's back on Twitter. Be a little

skeptical about all this. George Santos indicted on 13 counts charged with fraud, money laundering,

theft of public funds, and false statements. Who would have imagined that? Federal authorities

say that Santos lied to his donors, the House of Representatives, state unemployment officials,

and others, resulting in just telling this up here. Seven counts of wire fraud, three counts

of money laundering, one count of theft of public funds, and two counts of lying to the House

of Representatives on financial forms. The weird twist, of course, is that Republicans only

have a four-vote margin in the House. So Kevin McCarthy needs George Santos's vote. So,

yeah, what could possibly go wrong? And of course, then there's Trump. It almost smells

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