On today's podcast we talk about the prospect of a retaliatory military strike against Iran, who is for and against it and why, and why it matters. We also get into the infighting in the Democratic Party and how it's fueled by the identity politics liberals have been pushing on everyone else for the past few years. Then we interview Republican National Committee spokeswoman Liz Harrington about the upcoming election, the Democratic field, and the prospects of retaking the House.

Will the U.S. retaliate against Iran for shooting down a drone and recent attacks on tankers? Should we? There are a lot of opinions on both sides of those questions. We dig through them all to make sense of the mess.

Democratic candidates are still piling on former Vice President Joe Biden over his latest gaffe of bragging about how he was able to work with racist Democrats when he first entered the Senate. MSNBC's Stephanie Ruhle did her best to defend Biden from criticism from Bernie Sanders in a hilarious bit of Democrat-on-Democrat griping everyone should hear.

Cory Booker not only doesn't want to be Biden's running mate, he doesn't think any man should be. In the spirit of "diversity," Booker wants a woman on the ticket. Whatever happened to the idea of picking whoever was most qualified for the job? Democrats killed that idea, now everything is about checking irrelevant boxes in the "Woke Olympics."

Politico has a piece on how LGBTQ Hollywood is giving Mayor Pete Buttigieg campaign money, but they're not giving exclusively to him. The tone is typical liberal identity politics — ideas don't matter as much as irrelevant characteristics like sexual orientation. We get into all of it and how it's simmering just below the surface and could cause all kinds of problems for Democrats going forward.

Get your popcorn ready

On the podcast today we cover the trouble former Vice President Joe Biden is facing in his bid to win the Democratic Party's nomination and how all his problems are self-inflicted and an indication that the 76-year-old not only doesn't understand the new "woke" party, but he might not even know what "woke" means. And Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez continues to be thin-skinned when it comes to any criticism, no matter how correct, even when it comes in a watered down form from a friendly media source like Chuck Todd.

Joe Biden is the frontrunner for the Democratic nomination, but his opponents are sensing there is some blood in the water and are circling to damage his campaign. At a fundraiser in New York, he told attendees how he was able to work with segregationist Democrats when he first arrived in Washington; how he was able to have a "civil" relationship with racists. Saying anything remotely positive about racists doesn't fly in the modern Democratic Party, even if they were Democrats themselves.

His opponents, happy to have an opening to make him look out of touch, pounced. The floodgates opened and calls for an apology flowed. Biden refused to apologize. Moreover, he didn't seem to understand why anyone was upset. What should have been a non-story became a day-long cable news feast that exposed that while the former vice president is as liberal as anyone else running, he may not be "woke" enough to make it to the finish line. We have all the audio and analysis.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez does not handle criticism well, even when she's wrong, but she's not used to it from members of the liberal media. Chuck Todd took issue with her calling detention facilities "concentration camps" and delivered a monologue saying as much on his show Wednesday. Ocasio-Cortez was furious, and her sycophantic followers on Twitter were soon calling for Todd to be fired. But he wasn't wrong, she was. We play the clips and make the case.

On the podcast today we cover the trouble former Vice President Joe Biden is facing in his bid to win the Democratic Party's nomination and how all his problems are self-inflicted and an indication that the 76-year-old not only doesn't understand the new "woke" party, but he might not even know what "woke" means. And Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez continues to be thin-skinned when it comes to any criticism, no matter how correct, even when it comes in a watered down form from a friendly media source like Chuck Todd.

Joe Biden is the frontrunner for the Democratic nomination, but his opponents are sensing there is some blood in the water and are circling to damage his campaign. At a fundraiser in New York, he told attendees how he was able to work with segregationist Democrats when he first arrived in Washington; how he was able to have a "civil" relationship with racists. Saying anything remotely positive about racists doesn't fly in the modern Democratic Party, even if they were Democrats themselves.

His opponents, happy to have an opening to make him look out of touch, pounced. The floodgates opened and calls for an apology flowed. Biden refused to apologize. Moreover, he didn't seem to understand why anyone was upset. What should have been a non-story became a day-long cable news feast that exposed that while the former vice president is as liberal as anyone else running, he may not be "woke" enough to make it to the finish line. We have all the audio and analysis.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez does not handle criticism well, even when she's wrong, but she's not used to it from members of the liberal media. Chuck Todd took issue with her calling detention facilities "concentration camps" and delivered a monologue saying as much on his show Wednesday. Ocasio-Cortez was furious, and her sycophantic followers on Twitter were soon calling for Todd to be fired. But he wasn't wrong, she was. We play the clips and make the case.

This is not your grandfather's Democratic Party anymore

On today's podcast we get into President Donald Trump's reelection kickoff speech and how he hit the perfect tone in one section that could be used by Republicans across the country to paint Democrats in a negative light. We also talk about Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez invoking the Holocaust to describe securing the southern border and how one phrase she used completely undercut her denials that she did it. And we have an MSNBC host claiming the president might start a war to stay in office. We cover a lot of insanity.

President Trump made it official last night, announcing his reelection bid in Orlando, Florida, to a massive crowd. One passage in his speech perfectly set the tone for the case against Democrats and could be echoed by Republicans running for any office to define liberals as anti-freedom extremists.

Trump said Democrats have "been afflicted with an ideological sectors that protects foreign borders, but refuses to protect our borders that promotes jobs overseas, but allows our factories to close that promotes democracy abroad, but shreds our Constitution at home."

He continued: "That declares support for free speech and free thought, but relentlessly suppresses them both and that conceivably savages the heroes of American law enforcement. We don't want that. We don't want them, no matter what label they use. A vote for any Democrat in 2020 is a vote for the rise of radical socialism and the destruction of the American dream."

We dissect this segment of the speech and explain why it was so powerful and how it could be used to set the tone across all age groups, and why that matters.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez claimed the government has "concentration camps" for illegal aliens on the southern border, then claimed she wasn't making a Holocaust comparison because concentration camps existed before the Nazis. But she also used the phrase "never again," which is unmistakably a reference to the Holocaust. CNN contributor Angela Rye took the insanity a step further by saying the country not only has concentration camps, but they're likely to turn into death camps. If liberals believe half of the horrible things they say about the country, why aren't they at the border trying to turn illegal aliens away from this racist, sexist country that is on the path of executing them? The answer is obvious, and we make the case.

Finally, MSNBC's Donny Deutsch, host of one of the lowest rated shows in cable news, thinks Trump might start a war in an attempt to stay in office. We have the audio and give it the "respect" it deserves.

On today's podcast we get into President Donald Trump's reelection kickoff speech and how he hit the perfect tone in one section that could be used by Republicans across the country to paint Democrats in a negative light. We also talk about Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez invoking the Holocaust to describe securing the southern border and how one phrase she used completely undercut her denials that she did it. And we have an MSNBC host claiming the president might start a war to stay in office. We cover a lot of insanity.

President Trump made it official last night, announcing his reelection bid in Orlando, Florida, to a massive crowd. One passage in his speech perfectly set the tone for the case against Democrats and could be echoed by Republicans running for any office to define liberals as anti-freedom extremists.

Trump said Democrats have "been afflicted with an ideological sectors that protects foreign borders, but refuses to protect our borders that promotes jobs overseas, but allows our factories to close that promotes democracy abroad, but shreds our Constitution at home."

He continued: "That declares support for free speech and free thought, but relentlessly suppresses them both and that conceivably savages the heroes of American law enforcement. We don't want that. We don't want them, no matter what label they use. A vote for any Democrat in 2020 is a vote for the rise of radical socialism and the destruction of the American dream."

We dissect this segment of the speech and explain why it was so powerful and how it could be used to set the tone across all age groups, and why that matters.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez claimed the government has "concentration camps" for illegal aliens on the southern border, then claimed she wasn't making a Holocaust comparison because concentration camps existed before the Nazis. But she also used the phrase "never again," which is unmistakably a reference to the Holocaust. CNN contributor Angela Rye took the insanity a step further by saying the country not only has concentration camps, but they're likely to turn into death camps. If liberals believe half of the horrible things they say about the country, why aren't they at the border trying to turn illegal aliens away from this racist, sexist country that is on the path of executing them? The answer is obvious, and we make the case.

Finally, MSNBC's Donny Deutsch, host of one of the lowest rated shows in cable news, thinks Trump might start a war in an attempt to stay in office. We have the audio and give it the "respect" it deserves.

Democrats will have a hard time countering this message

On today's show we discuss how "cough-gate" became a CNN obsession Monday and how President Donald Trump should not grant unfettered access to liberal media outlets. Also, former Vice President Joe Biden tosses an epic 'word salad' while promising to raise taxes, former Rep. Beto O'Rourke can't give a straight answer, and O.J. Simpson gets "stabby" on Twitter.

ABC News was granted unprecedented access to the president when they were allowed 30 hours with him and the White House. Of course, in editing, they chose to use scenes that would have been left on the cutting room floor if the subject were anyone but Trump.

CNN took one of those moments — when the president reset the interview because his answer was interrupted by a cough off-camera — and turned it into a thing. They did at least 4 segments Monday on how the president is a control-freak and/or germaphobe because of it. We have the audio and make the case that the president should do more interviews, but they should be interviews and not camera crews following him around because the media can't be trusted.

At an event in Washington D.C., Joe Biden promised to raise taxes as soon as he's elected. He was basically channeling the spirit of Walter Mondale, another former vice president who ran against an incumbent president with a booming economy who promised to raise taxes. Biden also gave a long, rambling answer to a basic question about working with Republicans. He seemed to think throwing everything at the wall was a substitute for a substantive answer. We play the audio.

Beto O'Rourke has been relegated to also-ran status in the polls. The reasons for that were abundantly clear in an answer he tried to give in an interview with Jake Tapper when asked a basic question about immigration. It took 3 bites at the apple for Tapper to get an actual answer. We play the tape and take it all apart.

O.J. Simpson allegedly sent knife emojis to a critic on Twitter. While "on brand," it's was a little too "on the nose." And The Washington Post thinks "white Americans" having a problem with O.J. is indicative of, you guessed it, racism. The insanity never ends.

On today's show we discuss how "cough-gate" became a CNN obsession Monday and how President Donald Trump should not grant unfettered access to liberal media outlets. Also, former Vice President Joe Biden tosses an epic 'word salad' while promising to raise taxes, former Rep. Beto O'Rourke can't give a straight answer, and O.J. Simpson gets "stabby" on Twitter.

ABC News was granted unprecedented access to the president when they were allowed 30 hours with him and the White House. Of course, in editing, they chose to use scenes that would have been left on the cutting room floor if the subject were anyone but Trump.

CNN took one of those moments — when the president reset the interview because his answer was interrupted by a cough off-camera — and turned it into a thing. They did at least 4 segments Monday on how the president is a control-freak and/or germaphobe because of it. We have the audio and make the case that the president should do more interviews, but they should be interviews and not camera crews following him around because the media can't be trusted.

At an event in Washington D.C., Joe Biden promised to raise taxes as soon as he's elected. He was basically channeling the spirit of Walter Mondale, another former vice president who ran against an incumbent president with a booming economy who promised to raise taxes. Biden also gave a long, rambling answer to a basic question about working with Republicans. He seemed to think throwing everything at the wall was a substitute for a substantive answer. We play the audio.

Beto O'Rourke has been relegated to also-ran status in the polls. The reasons for that were abundantly clear in an answer he tried to give in an interview with Jake Tapper when asked a basic question about immigration. It took 3 bites at the apple for Tapper to get an actual answer. We play the tape and take it all apart.

O.J. Simpson allegedly sent knife emojis to a critic on Twitter. While "on brand," it's was a little too "on the nose." And The Washington Post thinks "white Americans" having a problem with O.J. is indicative of, you guessed it, racism. The insanity never ends.