This week, Eliana and Chris talk about a family member jumping into the political spotlight and no, its not Mike Johnson. We’re looking at the latest narratives to come from the Israel-Hamas conflict, 2024, a celebrity’s attempted cancellation and our hosts have a healthy debate around the Speaker’s developing strategy.

Time Stamps: 

3:38 Front Page

50:32 Obsessions 

56:45 Reader Mail 

58:29 Favorite Items 

Show Notes:

Wapo: Biden’s dismissal of the reported Palestinian death toll 

National Review: New York Times: Will Iran Ever Get Around to Killing the Jews Like They Say They Will? 

NYT: Penn Donors Are Revolting Over Israel-Hamas, DEI, Trans Rights and Other Issues

The Atlantic: The Decolonization Narrative Is Dangerous and False 

Power Line: My cousin Dean

WaPo: Opinion | Dean Phillips, who’s challenging Biden, answers our top 5 questions 

NYT: Trump’s Verbal Slips Could Weaken His Attacks on Biden’s Age

WSJ: Why Trump’s Drastic Plan to Slash the Government Could Succeed

Politico: ‘He Seems to Be Saying His Commitment Is to Minority Rule’

Politico: Speaker Johnson taps veteran GOP operative as chief spokesperson 

Free Beacon: How New Speaker Mike Johnson Can Silence Liberal Critics and Win Back the Mainstream Media 

WaPo: Years into a climate disaster, these people are eating the unthinkable

WSJ: ‘Sorry’ for Being So Blunt 

WFB: Big Yikes, Fam: Taylor Lorenz's New Influencer Book Is Mid. It's Giving Cringe, Does Not Slap, on God.

Obsessions:

Free Beacon: I Said Hamas Raped and Beheaded. The Yale Daily News Issued a Correction.

The Dispatch: Pence Runs Away From the Circus - Chris Stirewalt

Favorite Item: 

Tablet: The George Kennan Who Wasn’t

WSJ: The Astrophysicist Who Has a Better Way to Board Airplanes