Ep. 169 - Supreme Court Unanimously Sides With Trump, Mitch McConnell Will Step Down, Biden Sends Aid To Gaza, And More!

Politicana

English - March 06, 2024 18:07 - 1 hour - 90.3 MB
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00:00 - Supreme Court Rules In Trump's Favor

In the most recent decision on Monday this week, the Supreme Court ruled that states can't block presidential candidates for allegedly inciting the January 6th insurrection. This will overthrow the Colorado, Maine, and Illinois ruling that would have barred the former president from being on their state ballots.

12:15 - Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell Will Step Down

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell from the Republican Party decided to step down from his leadership role in November. McConnell, who recently turned 82, has been a Senator since 1985 from Kentucky, and assumed a leadership role in 2003 as the Majority Whip. He has since been the leader of the Senate Republican Conference since 2007, being in and out of a majority/minority leader role of the Republican Party.

25:15 - Biden Sends Aid To Gaza

President Joe Biden on Friday said the U.S. will provide airdrops of humanitarian aid into Gaza, telling Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni that the North Gaza bombings are a "tragic and alarming event.”

33:30 - Trump Gaffes And Calls Biden Obama

34:40 - Super Tuesday!

40:05 - MLK on Steroids

At a rally in Greensboro NC, Trump compared the Republican NC Lt. Gov. and candidate for governor Mark Robinson to “Martin Luther King on steroids.”

48:45 - Sweden Joining NATO

54:25 - Exxon vs Climate Activists

ExxonMobil's CEO Darren Woods blames consumers for the climate crisis, citing the high cost of clean energy transition.

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