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D.C. Delays COVID Mandate, Hochul’s Horrible Performance, Hotels for the Homeless?

August 29, 2022 by GregC

Listen to “D.C. Delays COVID Mandate, Hochul’s Horrible Performance, Hotels for the Homeless?” on Spreaker.

Join Jim and Greg as they welcome Washington, D.C. postponing a COVID vaccine mandate for students 12 years and older after the Daily Signal repeatedly pointed out that the requirement would keep 40 percent of black students in that age range out of school. They also chronicle just how bad New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is – from telling political opponents they don’t belong in the state to falsely indicating that she was against closing schools over COVID. And they walk through the the effort in Los Angeles to force hotels to house the homeless in any vacant rooms they have.

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Filed Under: COVID-19, Education, Elections, History, Humor, Journalism, News & Politics, Regulations, Sports, Vaccine Mandates Tagged With: 3MartiniLunch, COVID, homeless, hotels. referendum, Kathy Hochul, Los Angeles, schools, Vaccine Mandate, Washington

Kennedy Gets Crushed, Pelosi’s Privilege, Left vs. the Founders

September 2, 2020 by GregC

Listen to “Kennedy Gets Crushed, Pelosi’s Privilege, Left vs. the Founders” on Spreaker.

Join Jim and Greg as they welcome Massachusetts voters rejecting the Senate bid of Rep. Joe Kennedy III, who didn’t have a reason to run other than being a Kennedy, and helping dismantle the stupid notion that America has a royal family. They also unload on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for flouting COVID restrictions while constantly lecturing everyone else. And they hammer local D.C. political figures for wanting to “remove, relocate, or contextualize” the Jefferson Memorial and Washington Monument among other sites – and call out the Washington Post for pretending there was never a call to remove or relocate them.

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Filed Under: Economy, Elections, Health Care, History, Journalism, News & Politics, Podcasts, Social Media Tagged With: Bowser, COVID, Jefferson, Kennedy, Markey, Massachusetts, monuments, National Review, Pelosi, remove, Senate, Three Martini Lunch, Warren, Washington, Washington Post

Politics of Portland, Another COVID Shutdown? Washington No-Names

July 24, 2020 by GregC

Listen to “Politics of Portland, Another COVID Shutdown? Washington No-Names” on Spreaker.

Chad Benson is in for Jim Geraghty. Today, Chad and Greg discuss the political insanity playing out in Portland, as the media and the mayor paint the violent mob as the victims now that federal forces are there to protect government property. However, Chad wonders whether Portland should be left to suffer the results of its own radicalism. They also dig into the congressional fight over unemployment benefits and wonder if another widespread COVID shutdown is on the way. And they have fun with the news that the “Washington Football Team” will not have a mascot for the 2020 NFL season.

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Filed Under: congress, Constitution, Crime, Economy, History, Journalism, News & Politics, Police, Sports Tagged With: COVID, Economy, feds, National Review, NFL, police, Portland, Redskins, riots, Three Martini Lunch, unemployment, Washington

Hospitals Getting Ready, DC’s COVID Peak in July? Absurd Social Distancing

April 3, 2020 by GregC

Listen to “Hospitals Getting Ready, DC’s COVID Peak in July? Absurd Social Distancing” on Spreaker.

Hey, we made it to Friday!  Join Jim and Greg as they applaud cities and states for gearing up for the worst of coronavirus before it hits.  They also cringe as Washington, D.C., officials claim the COVID-19 peak may not come there until late June or early July. And they call for a common sense review as sheriff’s officials in southern California arrest a man for defying state orders by paddle boarding in the ocean by himself.

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Filed Under: Economy, Health Care, law, News & Politics Tagged With: California, coronavirus, COVID-19, hospitals, National Review, ocean, peak, police, Three Martini Lunch, Washington

Would A GOP House Actually Repeal Obamacare?

October 3, 2019 by GregC

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Congress is currently engulfed in impeachment hearings, subpoenas, and talking points. But House Republicans say if they regain the majority in 2020, they will reduce the debt and repeal Obamacare.

Should they be believed this time?

Republicans made Obamacare repeal the centerpiece of their campaign messaging from 2010-2016.  After winning the House, the Senate, and the White House, Republicans tried to move on Obamacare.  Ultimately, GOP leaders did not push a straight repeal.  Instead they looked to repeal key mandates and make other reforms.  The legislation passed the House but died in the Senate.

The individual mandate was ultimately neutered in tax cut legislation, when the Republicans voted to fine people zero dollars for refusing to purchase health insurance.

However, costs are still rising and Americans are deeply frustrated with their coverage.  So would Republicans actually move to repeal Obamacare?  What other provisions ought to be part of any plan to remove Obamacare but still cover pre-existing conditions, bring down costs, and address other major concerns?

Greg Corombos asks Chris Jacobs, a longtime health policy expert and the author of “The Case Against Single-Payer.”

As Democratic presidential hopefuls argue about whether to pursue single-payer or keep private insurance but add a government-run public option, Jacobs explains why he believes those candidates are debating distinctions without a difference.  He reveals why a pubic option would also eventually lead us to government-run care.

Listen to the full podcast here.

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Filed Under: News & Politics, Podcasts Tagged With: 2020, congress, debt, deficits, health, history, liberals, news, Republicans, Washington

Erasing Ideas: ‘War on History,’ Part 1

October 1, 2019 by GregC

Listen to “Erasing Ideas: ‘War on History,’ Part 1” on Spreaker.

For more than a generation now, Americans are increasingly told by some of our own citizens that America really isn’t all that great and never was.  George Washington and Thomas Jefferson can’t be heroes for their roles in founding the freest society in history because they owned slaves.  Christopher Columbus shouldn’t be commended for his daring and courage, and neither should the pilgrims because of their supposed mistreatment of the natives they encountered.

In his new book, “War on History: The Conspiracy to Rewrite America’s Past,” Daily Signal columnist Jarrett Stepman walks readers through every era of American history from Columbus up to modern times and how liberal activists and academics are trying to re-imagine American society by convincing us there’s no good reason to remain moored to the people and ideals that got us here.

Listen to the first of our two-part interview with Stepman to hear how this effort to erase American history began, how it went from the radical fringe to conventional wisdom, and what we lose by failing to set the record straight.

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Filed Under: News & Politics, Podcasts Tagged With: Columbus, history, liberals, news, pilgrims, Washington

The Real Climate Agenda: Crippling Capitalism

September 23, 2019 by GregC

Listen to “The Real Climate Agenda: Crippling Capitalism” on Spreaker.

On Monday, the morning commute in Washington, D.C., was snarled by climate demonstrators taking over high profile streets and intersections to demand residents focus on the allegedly urgent need need to confront and reverse climate change.  But what the activists actually revealed is an anti-capitalist agenda.

Competitive Enterprise Institute Senior Fellow Christopher C. Horner reacts to the Shut Down D.C. movement and what it actually accomplished – not greater awareness of their cause but fierce anger from motorists and the demonstrators admitting their goal is to crush capitalism.

Horner explains this is nothing new for climate activists.  They’ve actually been open about it for a long time, but the mainstream media stubbornly refuse to take the demonstrators at their word.

Also on Monday, progressive teen sensation Greta Thunberg delivered an angry rebuke to political leaders for not acting on climate change a long time ago.  Thunberg accused the leaders of destroying her childhood and her future.

In response, Horner passionately criticizes the adults in the green movement for exploiting Thunberg and explains how the climate movement was planning years ago to use children to build emotional support for their cause.

Listen to the full podcast to hear Horner address these issues and where he thinks this fight is headed next.

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Filed Under: News & Politics, Podcasts Tagged With: climate, commute, Greta Thunberg, protests, Washington

Booker on the Brink, House GOP Exodus, ‘Shut Down DC’ Stupidity

September 23, 2019 by GregC

Listen to “Booker on the Brink, House GOP Exodus, ‘Shut Down DC’ Stupidity” on Spreaker.

Join Jim Geraghty of National Review and Greg Corombos of Radio America as they serve up some strong martinis to start the week.  First, they find an odd appreciation for Sen. Cory Booker’s campaign admitting it needs to raise $1.7 million by the end of the month to have any chance at being competitive for the Democratic nomination – and it makes Jim wonder why several other weak candidates haven’t already closed up shop.  They also shake their heads as a lot of House Republicans don’t want to be there anymore.  Many of them understandably hate being in the minority but Jim offers another, more serious reason for why a lot of conservatives want out of Washington.  And they have no patience for the Shut Down DC climate protesters who snarled traffic in Washington this morning by demonstrating on several critical roads and intersections.

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Filed Under: News & Politics, Podcasts Tagged With: 2020, climate, Cory Booker, house, National Review, protesters, Republicans, Three Martini Lunch, Washington

Mueller Might Not Testify, No Answers on Northam Photo, Washington Welcomes Human Composting

May 22, 2019 by GregC

Listen to “Mueller Might Not Testify, No Answers on Northam Photo, Washington Welcomes Human Composting” on Spreaker.

Jim Geraghty of National Review and Greg Corombos of Radio America discuss former special counsel Robert Mueller reportedly hesitating at testifying before the Democratic-controlled House Judiciary Committee. They also break down a recently released investigation into the blackface/KKK photograph found in the medical school yearbook of Virginia Governor Ralph Northam. And for today’s crazy martini, Jim and Greg share thoughts on Washington’s new human composting law.

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Filed Under: congress, Economy, News & Politics, Podcasts Tagged With: #MuellerReport, Composting, Inslee, Mueller Report, Nadler, National Review, Northam, photo, podcast, Three Martini Lunch, Washington, Yearbook

Coburn Details Why We Need Convention of the States

May 31, 2017 by GregC

http://dateline.radioamerica.org/podcast/5-31-coburn-problem-blog.mp3

Dr. Tom Coburn spent 16 years in Congress and quit because lawmakers refused to make tough choices to spare future generations the burden of crushing debt, and he is now calling for a Convention of the States so state and local leaders can do the work Washington politicians refuse to address.

Coburn served Oklahoma in the House of Representatives from 1995-2001.  He was elected twice to the U.S. Senate before resigning in 2015.  He is also the author of ” Smashing the DC Monopoly: Using Article V to Restore Freedom and Stop Runaway Government.”

Article V of the U.S. Constitution provides two ways for amendments to be enacted.  The more common way is for both chambers of Congress to approve an amendment by two-thirds majorities, followed by three-quarters of the states ratifying the proposal.  However, Article V also allows for two-thirds of states to convene and approve amendments which would still require approval by three-quarters of the states.

Coburn says business as usual in Washington proves politicians are not up to the task of reining in government.

“Everybody said things would change in 2010.  Then they said things would change in 2014.  Then they said things would change in 2016,” said Coburn, who contends there’s a very simple explanation for why those campaign promises are not kept.

“Most members of Congress are conflicted and the conflict is this: Do I do what’s best for the country and maybe lose my election or do I do what’s best for my political career so I can maintain my status as an elite?” said Coburn.  “The desire for power, which our founders very well knew, trumps everything else.”

Among Coburn’s biggest frustrations is how public service has become a career for so many, rather than lawmakers serving for a brief time and then returning to their private lives.

“If you didn’t have career politicians, they wouldn’t be looking for the next office.  It’s not the public service is in any way dishonorable.  It’s that motives for most of those that run today is to get and hold and advance power,” said Coburn.

As a result he says people who want to make tough choices to tackle problems like debt and spending are scorned for putting their colleagues in a difficult position.

“Their peers say, ‘Don’t do that.  We’ll have to make all these hard choices.  We’ll get beat up here.’  What they need is an excuse to do the right thing” said Coburn.

“They need an excuse to be able to come home and say, ‘I’m sorry I had to cut this program because we have to balance the budget.  It’s dishonorable to borrow against your children.  We’re going to make these hard choices and if you don’t want to re-elect me it’s fine.  I’ll be happy to go back to my real job,'” said Coburn.

“But the problem is two-thirds of the people in Washington have never had a real job,” said Coburn.

Coburn says the 1995 federal government shutdown is a perfect example of lawmakers refusing to stick to their principles and allowing government to spiral out of control.  The Republicans eventually buckled in the face of intense media and political pressure, and GOP leaders have been very reluctant to even threaten such a move ever since.

Coburn was a House freshman at the time and says Republicans snatched defeat from the jaws of victory.

“What we saw post-collapse of the Republican leadership was that the president was getting ready to cede the spending cuts that we wanted to make.  Had we had those spending cuts, you wouldn’t be running half-trillion and trillion dollar deficits,” said Coburn.

“Leadership can either go on the basis of courage or on the basis of fear, and what you’re seeing in Washington from the career politicians is fear.” he said.

“If you’re going to shut the government down, don’t open it up until you’ve won everything you need to win.  Take the heat and lose your slot.  Is it better for a politician to lose an election and the country to be better off or is it better for the politician to maintain power and the kids that come after us suffer dearly,” said Coburn.

Coburn was re-elected to the U.S. Senate in 2010, but walked away in January 2015 with two years remaining in his term.  Was it because Congress was doing nothing to honor its promises to get the nation’s fiscal house in order?

“It was 100 percent (that),” said Coburn.  “I had told the majority leader two years before I left that I was going to leave if things didn’t change, if we didn’t start addressing the real issues, if his leadership wasn’t going to address the real issues.  If he didn’t put people in position to address the real issues, there’s no reason to stay there and participate and get an ‘Atta boy’ because you’re a senator but you’re not actually accomplishing anything for the future of our country,” said Coburn.

“Nothing happened so I went to him and said, “I told you I was leaving.  I’m leaving.’  I did and it was a good decision because now I’m working on the solution big enough to solve the problem,and that’s the Article V amendments convention,” said Coburn.

He says this is America’s best chance to get the ship headed in the right direction.

“The real question for you and the average American family, whether you’re liberal or conservative, is who gets to decide.  Is it an un-elected bureaucrat in Washington or is it you as a free citizen in this country,” said Coburn.

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Filed Under: News & Politics, Podcasts Tagged With: career, Coburn, convention, news, politicians, states, Washington

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