Jen the Libertarian

Getting back to the weekly roundup schedule (until another huge story ruins everything) to discuss the Poway synagogue shooting, Warren's dumb free college plan, and Biden's official entrance into the 2020 race

Yes this is about the dumb stupid awful USA Today op-ed about *gasp* Kamala Harris owning a handgun for personal protection. 

Seeing as this is prime Some Idiot Wrote This content I thought it deserved it's very own episode.

Link to said stupid dumb awful op-ed - https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/04/26/kamala-harris-owns-handgun-unacceptable-2020-democratic-race-column/3567371002/

So we're not quite a week into our post-Mueller Report world and as promised I've got some expanded thoughts on the media reaction, the obstruction charges, and the impeachment murmurs

Link to Scott Shackford's Reason piece I use for reference - https://reason.com/2019/04/18/mueller-wont-say-obstruction/

So the Mueller Report officially dropped today and I normally don't do this but here are my somewhat immediate thoughts on the report. 

I thought that in the spirit of recording one's thoughts in the moment I'd do this and see how well it holds up later. Of course I'm sure I'll be proven 100% right.

Slightly abbreviated episode but I did want to give my thoughts on the Assange arrest / possible extradition and on the absolute cluster going on over at DHS

Well you know we were going to have to address Biden's creeperness eventually and here we are. Also Gillibrand floated the "let's abolish the Electoral College!" idea so let's talk about that.

So I said I would read this and I did and while I do think it's worthwhile to read things you don't agree with that didn't stop me from voicing my disagreements 

So last week....yeah there was a lot going on. I touch on the newest Mueller report news (such as it is) before talking about the Smollett case (such as it is) and the Green New Deal vote (such as it was). 

Had to do a breakdown of Slate's ridiculous piece on Buttigieg and his gayness and how he doesn't gay correctly and how he really needs to gay in public more 

Link to said ridiculous piece - https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/03/pete-buttigieg-gay-diversity-white-male-candidate.html

Link to Mayor Pete's coming out essay - https://www.southbendtribune.com/news/local/south-bend-mayor-why-coming-out-matters/article_4dce0d12-1415-11e5-83c0-739eebd623ee.html 

Now that we've had a few days to see how the fallout from the Barr letter on the Mueller report I've got some more thoughts on the situation.

The Taibbi piece that I (and everyone else) is talking about - https://taibbi.substack.com/p/russiagate-is-wmd-times-a-million