This week on Just ask the Press; Is "The Machine" the greatest comedy movie of all time? President Biden signs the debt ceiling act while the Grand Jury is scheduled to reconvene this week in the Trump classified document case.

Meanwhile Chris Christie and Mike Pence jump into the GOP presidential race and we answer your letters.

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Former Ohio Democratic Party Chairman David Pepper has authored a new book "Saving Democracy" on the heels of recent "Laboratories of Autocracy". Meant as a practical guide to saving our democracy, his latest book outlines things the average voter can do on a daily basis to make sure the despots do not take over. It's an essential read. It's David's first time on Just Ask the Question, and he's going to answer the ultimate question - how can we save democracy?

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This week on Just ask The Question: The Deal of a Century - or not over the debt ceiling. Ron DeSantis crashes on Twitter, the MAGA Republicans eat their own in Texas and we answer your letters . . .

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This week on Just Ask the Press - House Speaker Kevin McCarthy begs for daddy to come home and fix the debt ceiling. Vice President Kamala Harris blows a chance to school up the Republicans, Ron DeSantis plays the stalking horse and we take listeners' questions.

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Hal Sparks is a comedian, musician, actor known for his breakout role in "Dude, Where's My Car" as Zoltan, the cult leader - and for his role as Michael Novotny on Queer as Folk.

Raised outside of Frankfort Kentucky, he is the host of Ultimate Jam night at the Whiskey a Go Go in Los Angeles and every fourth Wednesday of the month he sponsors an improv standup comedy show at Flappers in Burbank.

He joins us on "Just Ask the Question" to talk about comedy, free speech, why complaining comics aren't funny and why Donald Trump and bath salts are a match made in heaven.

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This week in Just Ask the Press, we go over the backlash of the Trump Town Hall, George Santos 13 count indictment, the (shudder) Debt Ceiling AND much more!

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Joel Rubin is a former State department official under the Obama administration and a former Democratic candidate for Congress.

He joins us on Just Ask the Question with this news: Iran may be just weeks away from being able to develop an atomic bomb - because of Donald Trump.

He also picks apart Trump's disastrous foreign policy as president, dissects Trump's performance in a CNN town hall and tells us why Ringo Starr is his favorite Beatle.

This and much more in this episode of Just Ask the Question.

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The Debt Ceiling, the 14th amendment, Donald Trump has more lives than a cat, Biden trails him in the polls and one listener tells us their ideas on book banning and drag queens.

All of this and more this week on Just Ask the Question...

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Pence testifies, Biden gets a cheat sheet, Donald gets rolled in court and much more in this week's edition of Just Ask the Press week in review .

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"Envy is a knife you hold to your own throat," says art critic Jerry Saltz.

Jerry joins us on "Just ask the Question" to talk about banning books, NFTs, and the problems in today's politics.

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