Ben analyzes South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem's career after she admitted to killing her 14-month-old dog in her new book, and notes that when it comes to politics, Americans aren't sending their best. 

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As anti-Semitic protests take over college campuses across the nation, most Democratic leaders have remained silent and not offered staunch reports to the state of Israel.  

Ben offers a sharp takedown of the lack of intellectual capacity of the protestors and puts harsh blame on academic and political institutions for allowing nonsensical behavior to continue.

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Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) faces a motion to vacate from Congresswoman Majorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) and is currently attempting to pass Ukraine funding with a razor-thin Republican majority. Opposing forces within his own party believe he has sacrificed any potential deal on border security that could have given Republicans momentum heading into the election. 

Ben ponders what lessons can be learned from the GOP's governing majority failures and how it could eventually lead to a 'Trump-Reagan' fusion on foreign policy.

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As spring and baseball season are fully underway, Ben revisits a conversation with one of the most influential people in the history of baseball, writer and statistician, Bill James. 

Bill weighs in on which reforms the MLB can implement to improve gameplay and fan engagement. They also explore the intersection of politics and culture in professional sports.

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As Name, Image, and Likeness laws continue to drastically alter the landscape of college sports, Ben revisits a conversation with former Head Auburn Football Coach, Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AB).

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As the 2024 Presidential Election passes from the Primary to the General Election, former President Donald Trump released a statement detailing his official position on the issue of abortion. Despite being the President responsible for appointing the Supreme Court Justices who overturned Roe v. Wade, the former president has received criticism from former Vice President Mike Pence and other Republicans for having too moderate of a stance. 

Ben gives his analysis of former President Trump's policy position both on its merits, and how it will affect his and other Republican's electoral chances in November.

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On today's episode, Ben commemorates the life of the recently passed Senator Jospeh Lieberman (D-CT) by revisiting a conversation he had with the 2000 Democratic Vice-Presidential nominee and close of companion of the recently parted Senator John McCain (R-AZ).

Senator Lieberman examines the only way true legislative progress can be made is if both parties can reject extremism and embrace constructive compromise in the center and how the solutions to the nation's most pressing issue lie in working together with those you disagree with. 

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Several MSNBC hosts and contributors publicly shared harsh backlash to the hiring of former RNC Chairwoman Ronna Romney McDaniel.  Ben delivers a strong critique over some of the delivered rhetoric and explains why it outs supposedly neutral arbiters as bleeding blue liberals. 

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After a bill forcing the sale of Tik Tok by the Chinese-operated Byte Dance in the next 6 months passed in the House of Representatives with a 362-55 bipartisan vote, Ben analyzes why former President Trump seems to have moved on the issue and why 200 Republicans ignored his wished.  

Plus, Ben pontificates on why opinion on the issue by major lawmakers has changed so rapidly. He mentions the donor influences, and why former President Trump's heart may not be in it on this particular issue. 

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With President Trump and President Biden well on their way to becoming the presumptive nominees of their parties, Ben analyzes the General Election strategy of both candidates. 

For President Trump, Ben notes the lack of an endorsement from former Republican Presidential Candidate Nikki Haley and what that might say about the former President's ability to grow a coalition beyond his base.

And as for President Biden, Ben lambasts a partisan State of the Union Address and predicts President Biden will run a campaign that appeals more to the base of the Left than as the centrist candidate he professed to be in 2020.

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