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In this week's The Reason Roundtable, editors Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Peter Suderman evaluate President Joe Biden's visit to Israel in the wake of the Hamas attacks and highlight particularly bad U.S. responses to the war in the Middle East.

0:24: President Biden visits Israel

16:24: Bad U.S. domestic responses to the war in Gaza

26:52: Weekly Listener Question

42:13: House Republicans' enduring embarrassment

48:23: This week's cultural recommendations

Mentioned in this podcast:

"Unimaginable Force," by Liz Wolfe

"U.S. Faces Risks in Spreading Israel-Hamas Conflict," by J.D. Tuccille

"Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis Argue Who Is More Hostile to Refugees from Gaza," by Joe Lancaster

"Trita Parsi: Is De-escalation Feasible in the Middle East?" by Zach Weissmueller and Liz Wolfe

"Who Is—and Isn't—Ready To Change Their Minds About the Gaza Hospital Blast?" by Matt Welch

"Disinformation Reporter Ben Collins Failed To Correct the Gaza Hospital Story," by Robby Soave

"What Happens Next in the Israel-Hamas War?" by Zach Weissmueller and Liz Wolfe

"Biden's Foreign Policy Is Adrift," by Bonnie Kristian

"I find such unrestrained xenophobia particularly disgusting," writes Nick Gillespie on X.

"I urge @Heritage to delete this utterly disgusting, xenophobic post," writes Justin Amash on X.

"Why America Shouldn't Resettle Palestinians," by Lora Ries

"The Case Against Government-Provided Paid Parental Leave," by Veronique de Rugy

"This Law Will Kill Opportunities for Pregnant Workers," by John Stossel

"Jim Jordan Is Trying To Buy the Speakership With Tax Breaks for Wealthy Residents of Blue States," by Eric Boehm

"Jim Jordan: The Perfect Speaker for a Policy-Free GOP," by Eric Boehm

"In Killers of the Flower Moon, Martin Scorsese Plumbs the Depths of American Depravity," by Peter Suderman

"Martin Scorsese Is a Grumpy Old Fart—and Wrong About the State of 'Cinema,'" by Nick Gillespie

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In this week's The Reason Roundtable, editors Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Peter Suderman continue to survey the Israel-Hamas war a little over a week after the conflict began. They also discuss the array of U.S. reactions to the clash.

2:19: Israel-Hamas conflict continues apace

28:06: U.S. response to the conflict

37:25: Weekly Listener Question

44:58: The search for the next speaker of the House continues.

49:09: This week's cultural recommendations

Mentioned in this podcast:

"Blaming Hamas Shouldn't Mean Ignoring the Palestinians' Plight," by Bonnie Kristian

"Ice Cream Truck Morgues," by Liz Wolfe

"Max Abrahms: Historic Escalation in the Israel-Hamas War," by Zach Weissmueller and Liz Wolfe

"Israel Eases Guns Restrictions Amidst Security Failures," by J.D. Tuccille

"Another Hostage Crisis Bedevils an American President," by Matt Welch

"Memo to Speaker Boehner: If You Won a Congessional Majority Because You Pledged to Cut Spending and You Can't Think of a Single Program to Cut Now, Please Go Home," by Nick Gillespie

"9/11's Lesson: War Doesn't Work," by Nick Gillespie with Stephen Wertheim

"Biden's ATF Can't Stop Cody Wilson's Ghost Guns," by Zach Wiessmueller and Nick Gillespie

"3D Guns Advocate Cody Wilson is About More Than Weapons and That's What Most Frightens People About Him," by Brian Doherty

"5 Other Fake Indians Besides Elizabeth Warren," by Nick Gillespie

"A Radical Takes the Stand," by Katherine Mangu-Ward

"Baby Boomers Are America's Sith Lords," by Nick Gillespie

"American Confetti," Mad magazine's original 1974 parody of American Graffiti

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In this week's The Reason Roundtable, editors Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Peter Suderman bemoan the atrocities committed by the militant group Hamas over the weekend in Israel and discuss the removal of Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R–Calif.) from his role as speaker of the House.

0:19: A massacre in Israel

23:29: Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy ousted

37:22: Weekly Listener Question

50:23: This week's cultural recommendations

Mentioned in this podcast:

"Death Toll Passes 1,100," by Liz Wolfe

"Does America Need To Be Involved in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict?" by Matthew Petti

"Biden's Foreign Policy Is Adrift," by Bonnie Kristian

"Bitcoin: A Weapon for Peace in the Israel-Palestine Conflict," by Noor Greene

"A Surly Showdown for Speaker," by Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, Peter Suderman, and Matt Welch

"Why Justin Amash Should Be the Next Speaker of the House," by Matt Welch

"CPAC Confidential: Because Small-Government Conservatives Think the Gov't Should Be Big Enough To Hate on the Gays," by Nick Gillespie

"Steve Scalise's Legislative Record Is a Bigger Problem Than His Past Speaking Gigs," by Nick Gillespie

Kevin McCarthy as Comet Kohoutek, tweet by Nick Gillespie

A Postcard from Earth and Sphere robots, by Sarah Rose Siskind

"Love Is All Around…," by Nick Gillespie

"TV's Dysfunctional Family Affair," by Charles Oliver

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In this week's The Reason Roundtable, editors Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Peter Suderman sprint through a buffet of topics including government shutdowns, Mexican fentanyl, the second GOP presidential debate, and the death of Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D–Calif.).

1:04: The government didn't shut down.

10:03: Fentanyl and the border with Mexico

25:05: Reactions to the second GOP debate

38:18: Weekly Listener Question

42:52: Death of Sen. Dianne Feinstein

Mentioned in this podcast:

"Congressional Clown Show," by Liz Wolfe

"The Government Won't Shut Down," by Eric Boehm

"The GOP Can Always Get Worse—And It Will (Midterm Election Copout Edition)," by Nick Gillespie

"Josh Barro: A Republican Presidential Debate Detached From Reality," by Zach Weissmueller and Liz Wolfe

"Despite Debunking, Rainbow Fentanyl Myths Continue," by Emma Camp

"The Truth About Ron DeSantis' Fentanyl Horror Story," by Joe Lancaster

"Ban Teenagers From Social Media, Vivek Ramaswamy Says, Because Fentanyl," by Jacob Sullum

Ronald Reagan vs. 2024 Republicans on immigration, by Bess Byers

"The 5 Best Arguments Against Immigration—and Why They're WRONG" by Nick Gillespie and Todd Krainin

"Vivek Ramaswamy Is Wrong About the National Debt," by Nick Gillespie

"Vivek Ramaswamy: Why He's Running for President—and Against 'Woke Capitalism,'" by Zach Weissmueller and Nick Gillespie

"Vivek Ramaswamy Proposes a (Probably) Illegal Plan To End Birthright Citizenship," by Fiona Harrigan

"Ron DeSantis and Chris Christie Call Out Trump for Adding to Federal Debt," by Eric Boehm

"DeSantis Says He Would Use Justice Department To Bring Civil Rights Cases Against 'Soros-Funded Prosecutors,'" by C.J. Ciaramella

"On Guns, Drugs, and National Security, Dianne Feinstein Was Consistently Authoritarian," by Jacob Sullum

"Social Security, Snoopy Snoopy Poop Pants, & Alan Simpson: Ultimate Enema Man Remix," by Austin Bragg and Nick Gillespie

"The Noid," Domino's pizza 1986 ad

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In this week's The Reason Roundtable, editors Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Peter Suderman break down the politics of a potential government shutdown on the horizon and assess the United Auto Workers strike ahead of the next Republican presidential primary debate.

0:29: Another looming government shutdown

20:02: United Auto Workers strike

27:46: Weekly Listener Question

34:24: The next GOP debate is this week.

42:05: Bob Menendez, senator of sleaze

Mentioned in this podcast:

"It's Government Shutdown Theater, Again," by J.D. Tuccille

"5 Dissenters in the House," by Liz Wolfe

"Congress Is Still Using 'Emergency Spending' on Non-Emergencies," by John Stossel

"Don't Let the Government-Shutdown Charade Distract You From the Debt Crisis," by Romina Boccia

"Shutdown Highlights Basic Fact: Most of Government is 'Non-Essential,'" by Nick Gillespie

"Final Countdown to Government Shutdown," by Meredith Bragg and Nick Gillespie

"Government Shutdown: Planet of the Apes Remix," by Meredith Bragg and Nick Gillespie

"The Government Is Going to Shut Down Again (and That's Bad)," by Andrew Heaton and Sarah Rose Siskind

"5 Sequester Facts To Know Before Committing Suicide," by Meredith Bragg and Nick Gillespie

"Tim Scott Invokes Ronald Reagan and Says UAW Strikers Should Be Fired," by C.J. Ciaramella

"Biden, the 'Most Pro-Union President,' Reaps What He Sows," by J.D. Tuccille

"Strikers Demand 4-Day Workweek," by Liz Wolfe

"Baby Boomers Screwing Younger Workers, Private Sector Edition," by Nick Gillespie

"How to Make Unions More Powerful, the Libertarian Way," by Brian Doherty

"Are We Really Doing a Trump vs. Biden Rematch?" by Steven Greenhut

"Zelenskyy Goes To Washington," by Liz Wolfe

"Gen Xers are most worried with 86% saying they are worried about the future of Medicare and Social Security," according to Allianz Life insurance.

"The Real Class Warfare Is Baby Boomers vs. Younger Americans," by Nick Gillespie

"Generational Swindle: How D.C. Is Screwing Over Millennials," by Nick Gillespie

The Trump campaign's "Whoop a man's ass" commercial

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In this week's The Reason Roundtable, editors Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Peter Suderman pore over last week's indictment of Hunter Biden on federal gun charges and weigh in on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's upcoming meeting with President Joe Biden.

1:00: Hunter Biden indicted on federal gun charges

23:39: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to meet with President Biden next week

32:56: Weekly Listener Question

46:40: Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s environmental plan

Mentioned in this podcast:

"There's Plenty of Evidence of Corruption Around Biden," by J.D. Tuccille

"Without a Diversion Agreement, Hunter Biden Could Go to Prison Under an Arbitrary Gun Law His Dad Supports," by Jacob Sullum

"How Hunter Biden's Plea Deal Fell Apart," by Jacob Sullum

"All Drug Offenders Should Be Treated Like Hunter Biden: Leniently," by Nick Gillespie

"Hunter Biden's Prison-Free Plea Should Be Available to Everybody," by J.D. Tuccille

"Squirtle's seen some shit, man," by Nick Gillespie

"Kevin McCarthy's Impeachment Inquiry Provokes Predictably Polarized Reactions," by Christian Britschgi

"Is a Government Shutdown Better Than More Reckless Borrowing?" by Eric Boehm

"Don't Let the Government-Shutdown Charade Distract You From the Debt Crisis," by Romina Boccia

"Ukraine Changes the Face of War Forever," by Nick Gillespie and Regan Taylor

"Should America keep funding Ukraine? Live with Emma Ashford, Nick Gillespie, and Zach Weissmueller"

"Ukraine Crisis: U.S. Must Use Restraint," by Nick Gillespie with Will Ruger

"Debate: The U.S. Should Increase Funding for the Defense of Ukraine," by Cathy Young and Will Ruger

"RFK Jr.: The Reason Interview," by Nick Gillespie and Zach Weissmueller

"RFK Jr. wanted to prosecute 'climate deniers.' Has he changed?" by Nick Gillespie and Zach Weissmueller

"RFK Jr.'s long con," by Liz Wolfe

"The Very Strange New Respect for Authoritarian Democrat Robert F. Kennedy Jr.," by Matt Welch

"The Top 5 Lies About Fracking," by Ronald Bailey

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In this week's The Reason Roundtable, Matt Welch and Katherine Mangu-Ward welcome back Nick Gillespie and Peter Suderman to the show. The editors examine the unfolding migrant crisis in New York City before denouncing the city's new law cracking down on Airbnb and other short-term rentals.

1:56: Migrant crisis in major cities

24:16: NYC kneecaps Airbnb

34:27: Weekly Listener Question

48:55: Memorable moments from the political gerontocracy

Mentioned in this podcast:

"New York's Migrant Crisis is Caused by a Combination of Federal Work Restrictions and Local Zoning Policy," by Ilya Somin

"Down 136,000 Students in Just Four Years, New York City's Public Schools Manage To Spend Billions More," by Matt Welch

"Let Asylum-Seeking Migrants Work," by Ilya Somin

"A Costless and Humane Fix to the Border Crisis," by Shikha Dalmia

"How Immigrants Make America Great Again (and Again and Again)," by Nick Gillespie, with Alex Nowrasteh and Benjamin Powell

"Don't Blame Airbnb For New York City's High Rents," by Allie Howell and Jared Meyer

"Airbnb and Its Enemies: Who's Afraid of a $10-a-Night Sofa?" by Jim Epstein

"The Government Is a Hit Man: Uber, Tesla and Airbnb Are in Its Crosshairs," by Nick Gillespie

"Libertarians Have Won the Culture Wars, Even Though Universities Are 'Constipated, Stultified,'" by Nick Gillespie

"Santa Monica Evicts Airbnb: The War on Homesharing," by Zach Weissmueller

"Did NYC Just Kneecap Airbnb?" by Liz Wolfe

"County Where It Took 50 Years To Approve New Subdivision Bans New Airbnbs," by Christian Britschgi

"Silk Road Trial: Read Ross Ulbricht's Haunting Sentencing Letter to Judge," by Nick Gillespie

"Robert Lipsyte on ESPN, Muhammad Ali, and Billie Jean King," by Nick Gillespie

"Chobani and GoFundMe Wipe Lunch Debts in School District That Planned To 'Lunch Shame' Students," by Billy Binion

"Some Critics of the Ruling Against Biden's Censorship by Proxy Have a Beef With the 1st Amendment Itself," by Jacob Sullum

"Elite Journalists Love Big Brother," by J.D. Tuccille

"Journalists Outraged That a Judge Would Dare Limit Biden's Censorship Powers," by Robby Soave

"Social Security, Snoopy Snoopy Poop Dog, & Alan Simpson: Ultimate Enema Man Remix," by Nick Gillespie and Austin Bragg

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In this week's The Reason Roundtable, editors Matt Welch and Katherine Mangu-Ward welcome special guests C.J. Ciaramella and Joe Lancaster to consider the particularly long prison sentences handed out to Proud Boys leaders for their roles in the January 6 Capitol riot and discuss President Joe Biden's use of email aliases.

2:19: Proud Boys leaders sentenced for their roles in the January 6 Capitol riot

20:24: President Joe Biden's email aliases

30:44: Weekly Listener Question

48:38: The aftermath of Hurricane Idalia

Mentioned in this podcast:

"Proud Boys Leader Sentenced to 17 Years in Prison Over January 6 Riot," by Robby Soave

"Punishing Rioters Is Wise. Bogus 'Seditious Conspiracy' Charges Are Not." by J.D. Tuccille

"Do These Seditious Conspiracy Convictions Prove the Capitol Riot 'Was Not Spontaneous'?" by Jacob Sullum

"Fani Willis Is Abusing Georgia's Terrible RICO Law," by Joe Lancaster

"Joe Biden's Email Aliases Are a Potentially Serious Transparency Problem," by C.J. Ciaramella

"Protecting Kids on Social Media Act Cloaks Attack on Privacy Behind Concern for Children," by J.D. Tuccille

"In Scathing Rulings, Federal Courts Block Arkansas and Texas Age Verification Laws," by Elizabeth Nolan Brown

"Federal Prison Guards Confessed to Rape and Got Away With It," by C.J. Ciaramella

"Subsidized Flood Insurance Makes Storm Damage Worse," by Joe Lancaster

"Immigrants Welcome Here: Puzzle #5," by Stella Zawistowski

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In this week's The Reason Roundtable, editors Matt Welch and Katherine Mangu-Ward welcome special guests Eric Boehm and Zach Weissmueller for a post-mortem examination of the first Republican presidential primary debate last week and to discuss reactions to former President Donald Trump's mug shot.

0:42: First Republican presidential primary debate

23:08: Donald Trump's interview with Tucker Carlson

32:17: Weekly Listener Question

55:34: Persistent back-to-school COVID measures

Mentioned in this podcast:

"There Were No Anti-Interventionist Candidates at the GOP Debate," by Christian Britschgi

"Nikki Haley Burned Trump and Her Fellow Republicans for Blowing Up the Debt. She's Right." by Eric Boehm

"A GOP Consensus Emerges: Militarize the Border," by Fiona Harrigan

"Nikki Haley Slams Biden's 'Green Subsidies,'" by Joe Lancaster

"Vivek Ramaswamy: 'The Only War I Will Declare…Is on the Administrative State,'" by Robby Soave

"Vivek Ramaswamy's Popular Incoherence," by Matt Welch

"Candidates Spar Over National Abortion Ban in First Republican Debate," by Elizabeth Nolan Brown

"Tucker Carlson's Sycophantic Interview With Trump Illustrates the Advantages of Skipping the Debates," by Jacob Sullum

"Stop Publishing Mug Shots—Even Donald Trump's," by Billy Binion

"Baltimore Orioles Owners Demand Even More Unnecessary Taxpayer Money," by Jason Russell

"The Oakland Athletics Just Showed Why They Don't Need Taxpayers To Buy Their New Stadium," by Eric Boehm

"Voters Put Arizona Coyotes' Arena Project on Ice," by Eric Boehm

"Stadium Subsidy Stupidity Hits New Record," by Jason Russell

"The Expensive, Seductive Nostalgia of Field of Dreams," by Matt Welch

"Dozens of Colleges Still Require COVID Vaccines for Students," by Emma Camp

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In this week's The Reason Roundtable, editors Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Peter Suderman consider libertarian responses to natural disasters in the wake of the recent wildfires in Hawaii and examine the outsider candidacy of Javier Milei, a self-described anarcho-capitalist, in his bid for the Argentinian presidency.

0:26: Maui wildfires

23:13: Javier Milei wins Argentina's presidential primary

37:03: Weekly Listener Question

50:34: This week's cultural recommendations

Mentioned in this podcast:

"California Regulations Prevent Insurers From Accurately Pricing Wildfire Risk, so Now They're Fleeing the State," by Ronald Bailey

"When the Government Makes Wildfires Worse," by Tate Watkins

"Dozens Died in California Wildfires. Why Is the State Forcing Insurance Companies To Ignore Risks?" by Scott Shackford

"Can Fire Insurance Manage Wildfire Risks in California?" by Ronald Bailey

"Why Are People 'Outraged' That Private Firefighters Saved Kim and Kanye's Home?" by Joe Setyon

"Rant: Burn the Rich," by Matt Welch

"UnFAIR," by Matt Welch

Annual number of deaths from disasters, 1900-2020, by Our World in Data

"HECO Kept The Power Flowing In Lahaina Even As Poles Toppled," by Marcel Honore

"Confessions of a Welfare Queen," by John Stossel

"Eric Boehm: How Protectionist Trade Policies Screw Us All," a Q&A by Nick Gillespie

"The Jones Act Is Driving Up Prices and Making Crises Worse," by John Stossel

"A Self-Described Anarcho-Capitalist Won a Plurality in Argentina's Presidential Primary," by Marcos Falcone

"Don't Confuse Javier Milei With Jair Bolsonaro," by Daniel Raisbeck

"This Politician Just Won Argentina's Primary. His Hair Is Baffling the World," by Jacob Gallagher

"'Private Tyranny' Is Less Private Than You Think," by Stephanie Slade

"Domination Fantasies," by Ben Compaine

"Mergers and Disquisitions," by Nick Gillespie

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