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Has Biden Become Israel's Worst Enemy?
We begin with a clip of an interview with Joe Biden in 2019 saying the idea of withholding military aid from Israel would be unthinkable to him. And we're off and running with the question of just how damaging and destructive his moves this past week have been. Plus: can you "slut-shame" a porn star? Give a listen.
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We Have to Talk About Biden
Taking the measure of Biden's decision to impose a kind of arms embargo on Israel when he sought the arms in the first place is our task today. Our answers are not complimentary. Give a listen.
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Biden Withholds
The news that the Biden administration has deliberately chosen to withhold certain armaments from Israel despite the passage of the aid bill last month is a landmark moment not only in the peculiar behavior of the White House toward the Jewish state since October 7 but also in the annals of American warfare. We don't try to win wars any longer; are we now committed to ensuring that other nations can't win wars either? Give a listen.
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Israel Moves on Rafah
Today we sort through conflicting accounts of the Hamas ceasefire agreement that wasn't and discuss the leverage that Israel will now gain by going into Rafah. We also reflect on the straightforward anti-American fury of pro-Hamas protests and the Kristi Noem trainwreck. Give a listen.
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It's Worse Than That
A landmark podcast episode in which we all take turns claiming the situation between America and Israel and between college campuses and the rest of the country is worse. Who's right? What is worse? And what's the TV show you should watch but shouldn't Google anything about if you want to enjoy it? Give a listen.
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The Least He Could Do?
Was Joe Biden's at-long-last three minute statement about the unrest on college campuses sufficient for the moment, or the least he could do, or not even the least he could do? We discuss this and the fact that the protestors are asking for sexual aids and pass-fail grades, and whatever happened to elementary shame. Give a listen.
Customer Reviews
Israel Undiplomatic
Listening to Israel Undiplomatic. Ruthie is GREAT!
She’s funny and she’s right.
I’m done too John
John is absolutely right about Centrist/Moderate Democrats turning against Biden since he announced withholding arms from Israel.
I live in middle America, and have voted for Democrats since 1992. Joe Biden won the Democratic nomination BECAUSE we didn’t want the crazies taking over our party. Now he has caved to them.
He has taken the side of the people who support terrorists killing, raping & kidnapping men, women & children.
I won’t vote for Trump. But I’m done with Biden.
Stunned by reasoning
On your latest episode, all the commentators are criticizing Biden and other Democrats for pandering to rabble-rousing protesters when they address the university student protests. What you don’t once mention is that Fox has wall-to-wall coverage of the protests on all of its evening shows, night after night. They’ve left the border and gone to Columbia, effectively.