Trump on the Ballot, Conflict Abroad, and the Need for Congressional Leadership
Pantsuit Politics
Sarah & Beth
4.6 • 4.8K Ratings
🗓️ 5 January 2024
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
Inevitably, when we're off for a break, news abounds. Today, Sarah and Beth are catching up on the news from over the winter holiday break including Trump's potential disqualification from state ballots, the ongoing wars in Ukraine and Gaza, and why Congress really ought to step up and do its job.
TOPICS DISCUSSED
- Upcoming Presidential Election: Should Trump Be Disqualified from the Ballot?
- Wars in Ukraine and Gaza
- The Need for Congressional Leadership
- Outside of Politics: Intentions for the New Year
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| 0:00.0 | This is Seth Silver's. |
| 0:02.0 | Thank you for joining us for pant suit politics. |
| 0:09.0 | This is Sarah Stewart Holland. |
| 0:11.0 | And this is Beth Silver's. |
| 0:12.0 | Thank you for joining us for Pantsuit Politics. Stuart Holland. And this is Beth Silver's. |
| 0:12.6 | Thank you for joining us for Pantsuit Politics. Hello. Hello, we're so glad to be back for new episodes following our annual winter break. |
| 0:40.0 | And there's plenty for us to catch up on. |
| 0:42.0 | Today we're going to focus on three categories of stories |
| 0:45.2 | that we think will continue to be major focus areas for 2024. |
| 0:48.9 | The upcoming presidential election, |
| 0:50.7 | the wars in Ukraine and Israel, and how the United States Congress is functioning in light of these events. |
| 0:57.0 | Before we get started, we do want to share an ask as we go into this year and an offer. |
| 1:03.4 | If resetting your relationship with the news and finding a healthy balance as we go into, |
| 1:08.4 | the heat of a presidential election season is one of your goals for 2024, |
| 1:12.1 | we would love to help with that on our premium |
| 1:14.7 | channel we produce two shows to help you stay informed and process the news in a |
| 1:19.0 | healthier way and we wanted to spend just a second telling you about those shows and about membership in our premium channel and how it makes our work here possible. |
| 1:28.6 | Yeah, so every morning Monday through Thursday, I do a news brief. now we call it a news brief because I am |
| 1:36.9 | Mostly summarizing the top headlines of the day, but I like to think I bring a little bit extra. I'm not just you know |
| 1:45.3 | reading you bullet points and telling you what happened. I try to think about it like you're |
| 1:49.3 | sitting down for coffee with your best and funniest friend. |
| 1:53.8 | Don't mind saying that. |
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