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Love the salty tears

I wish David would be more descriptive about the race issue and his daughter. Who, when, what was said?

beardo: when trump said "they found 16 economists to say" he was referencing a report that came out a week before the debate "written"/endorsed by 16 nobel laureates that said trumps economic plan would lead to massive inflation

beard guy: "rubio needs to explain the evolution on character to serve w trump" ME: *stares in kamala harris calling joe a racist, that litle girl on the bus was me joe*

French is such a drama queen 😂

Good stuff

That is a lie that Joe Biden is prosecuting Trump, Trump is being prosecuted because he's a criminal in State and Federal crimes.

Do you not see the glaring contradiction?! You all rant that Trump will CLING TO POWER, that he won’t let go. What the hell has Biden & Co done for at least 2 (prob 3) years now? They have CLUNG to power despite Biden’s cognitive decline. They have not only perpetrated a sickening deception but have risked our national security in doing so. Average informed voters know this. They also know how the media has participated in this deception. This will not be overlooked or forgotten. The damage is too great.

Blaming the boomers for the loss of trust in our institutions is right on, but that was mostly a result of Vietnam, a legacy of their parents, the so-called “greatest generation”. As was Watergate, the original ‘gate’ that once and for all broke trust with the government.

Did I really just hear Sarah Isgur call Chief Justice Roberts the most brilliant legal mind on the planet? She's on a wild one.

"We can't win campaigns by saying get rid of the police" What about the safety and well-being of the PEOPLE? Tells you all you need to know...

I must apologize for following this publication. I had assumed good faith arguments until Maga permission structures were disseminated. There is no abuse of power trying to hold a criminal under the law. Fascism comes to power and “The Dispatch” rejoices.

That's the problem with this guy and all Israel supporters. They think they are entitled and special. Once someone gets stuck in the infinite loop of this thought process, they are separated from the reality. Israel is saying we are not committing genocide. When someone shows the proof then they say well US has done it too or it's one isolated incident, you are antisemite, or Hammas is hiding in residential building. Even if people are antisemite and racist for making those comments, it's clear from any reasonable observer that Israel has been bombing indiscriminately Gazans. So, any reasonable person would say let's see what we are doing is wrong. For example, instead of dropping 2000-pound bombs send in the ground troops. If another country was brutal in their execution of the war and used illegal means it does not mean other country can use that as a justification. Furthermore, Israel needs to face the reality. It cannot force Gazan's to Egypt or Jordan or fly them to Africa by making suffer the brutality. Because of Oct. 7th, millions of people in US and Europe are aware of the nonces of the conflict. Israel will face extreme prejudice in coming years especially as US influence around world begins to decline. This problem was created by colonial powers and Israel has been complicit in this occupation and all the violence resulting from occupation. The Dispatch guy was very cavalier in his attitude and closed minded. His tone, eyes, and general facial expression when he asked his questions were not for learning but to proof his point of view which indicated his mind was stuck in the infinite loop. He was showing signs of complete ignorance and completely confusing facts, reality, and history. As if trouble stated on Oct 7th. It did not. In my opinion if leaders are not able to resolve conflict peacefully and this include ability to anticipate any problem brewing to handle the situation before it becomes a problem especially if these issues result in loss of life, then these leaders should be fired immediately, removed from power. They cannot be trusted, allowed to address their own citizens let alone communicate with other nations, and allowed to make life and death decisions. Ultimately Israel has the responsibility to protect occupied people. It cannot bomb them, starve them, blame them for being occupied, use extreme force and torture to shut them up.

Say it all together now children, “Democracy is on the ballot” dementia cannot run.

Roberts is not even close to as intelligent as you think he is. Education is not wisdom or intelligence.

And i thought Dave Rubin was dumb.

Don't indict him, but he could be reelected to commit an offical act which is ok.

The conversation should be how effective bribing SCOTUS justices has been! The court is no longer legitimate. Acting like it is is corruption in itself.

SCOTUS is coordinating with the right wing to propell project 2025. The project to reverse the 20th Century.

This guy doesn’t even know how to lie. Who hired this dumb? Mate take on some two year old on who should get the lollipop. Not Mahdi Hasan!

Really good thoughts! Appreciated!

This is embarrassingly asinine analysis. You would defend a conservative majority opinion even if it "corrected" the constitution to put the legislative branch members under direct appointment by the president. Embarrassing!

Jonah, Steve, what happened to you guys?

Amazing how Mehdi avoided answering the very first question yet spoke for 2 minutes

This is only the second time I’ve watched vs listening as a podcast. I have not seen Steven since mid 2000’s. I’m admitting that I have a man crush on how well he’s aged. The white hair and beard look awesome. Jonah should stop dyeing his hair

12:30 If John Robert's thought Trump was a one-off and truly "hates the SOB", I have absolutely no clue why SCOTUS would take the case in the first place. Was it honestly that important to correct the Second Circuit even if they got this egregiously wrong? SCOTUS often doesn't take cases until there is a circuit split or the controversy has been percolating in the judicial system for a while. IF Trump is a one off MAYBE there won't be Presidents routinely being prosecuted for minor crimes, and Trump will just be prosecuted or go away and the republic will be fine having never had to answer the "absolute immunity" question. Instead, he butted in, thinking he was going to protect the institution of the presidency and his "rule for the ages" has introduced confusion about whether or not presidents can murder people during one of the most polarized periods in modern American history. I just can't see how he thought this was going to be a good idea. The stakes for every election are going to be even higher for both sides... I can't wait for conservatives to start arguing that we can't elect Kamala Harris because she's going to march troops into the homes of good Christian parents to queer their kids now that she has absolute immunity.

They’ve been openly and obviously covering for Biden for YEARS.

Sarah looking at her phone for the first 10 minutes is kinda weird.

Fuck you Jonah. Your wing of the Republican Party is over. Fuck War. Fuck Billionaires paying no taxes. You can have your little circle jerks with your millionaire buddies, but the Party has been permanently changed.

Lot of jokes here that don’t land I think because people were still in shock from the debate.

Who is running the country right now? Clearly, the guy who cant do a press conference or a townhall is not.

It’s clear the host either doesn’t know a lot of the facts or is simply denying them. How can he say the National Security Minister of Israel doesn’t control policy? National Security is the topic of discussion.

People who dont wanna see the truth it's not worth taking to them at all.

This whole debacle just plays into the hands of Trump. Amazing how bad the Dems screwed up.

Yes they definitely covered up for him. This didn’t start with this debate.

“It’s an order, it’s to be done. Anything that flies on anything that moves. You got that?” - Henry Kissinger to US General Alexander Haig on the unlawful bombing neutral non-communist Cambodia on behalf of then US President Richard Nixon. nsarchive2.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB123/3%20%20Kissinger%20telcon%20with%20Haig.pdf

Mehdi, why do you waste your time ...with this guy

I didnt know they gave autistic people podcasts these days 🤔😗

This guy just doesn't get it. Yes, Trump is awful, that's why the Dems must have a candidate who can beat him. Further complaining about Trump is not going to insure Biden's victory. Does he really think Democrats haven't criticized Trump enough? That's all they ever do. He doesn't seem to understand why people are criticizing Biden. It's not out of pettiness or spite, it's because they suddenly see he is not likely to win.

These days journalists speak and you think they’re pretending to be morons only to find out that they are really morons, eventually. Mehdi has so much patience. I wouldn’t be able to.

A few observations: 1. Remember that Isgur is married to a lawyer who works for Conservatism Inc and regularly argues before SCOTUS and the Circuit Courts. Isgur's mortgage is thus dependent on not pissing off those groups too much. 2. Trump vs US was an epically horrible decision (on par with Plessy and Dred Scott). The majority made it up out of whole cloth notwithstanding references in the Constitution acknowledging the possibility of prosecution of former presidents. It's total BS. Accordingly we are currently in a constitutional crises. It's so bad that it's entirely possible that Biden could order a replay of the Night of the Long Knives through the military (core presidential power - CNC), pardon all those involved (core presidential power - pardon) and no one would be prosecuted under this ruling. Biden wouldn't do this, but Trump (or someone like Trump who get's elected in ~20 years) will push this decision to it's absolute limit and beyond. Here's a hypothetical for Biden to fix this issue. Biden gives the Trump vs US majority a week to resign or he will use his newly "found" powers to fix the issue. Those that don't resign are eliminated and pardons for those involved are issued. By the ruling in Trump vs. US, there is no liability as long as Biden uses his core presidential powers to effectuate this plan. Biden is not impeached and appoints 6 new judges who promptly take a Jack Smith appeal and over-rule Trump vs US but note that under the then existing rules Biden is not subject to criminal liability because of the decision. Would Isgur and French be vociferously ranting about these set of events? Almost certainly. Would they be correct? Yes, but why are they not ranting now? The immunity from the above is contained in the Trump vs US decision. Do they simply lack the imagination to imagine a POTUS doing such things, do they naively believe that a POTUS would not engage in such action, or do they somehow think that a prosecution is worse than having your head drilled in the middle of the night by HK416? 3. The fact that French and Isgur are focused on the fact that "maybe we shouldn't prosecute former presidents" in light of the wholesale restructuring of the rule of law and the Constitution that resulted from Trump vs US is breathtaking in itself (perhaps not for Isgur - see 1 above). I find French and Isgur's discussion on this point entirely unserious like Trump vs. US was some decision clarifying a minor point in the Slaughter House Cases. 4. The entire Dispatch is more and more sounding like they are moving to the Anti-Anti position.

Anyone who believes Biden's reign has been better for the Republic than was Trump's, and that Trump is an "existential threat" to our system, needs psychological therapy. You can't be taken seriously.

I'm glad to see this. From my perspective, it has seemed that the Dispatch crew were trying too hard to avoid saying what to me is the obvious truth--that a second term for Donald Trump would be the worst-possible outcome of the 2024 election. And it has seemed to me that if Sarah Isgur were trying to promote herself as a candidate to be Trump's AG, she wouldn't be doing anything different from what she has been doing. This seems much better.

Door # 4 is the only option .

Great commentary

There is no argument for ineptitude here, they were actively demonizing anyone who brought this up, so they were aware of the argument.

Blah blah blah. Exit door for this show

Sarah like crochety and whiney... that tracks.

The fact that you had to call eachother back to discuss the extremely obvious problem that our textualist SCOTUS divined content where there was none, and ignored relevant text where there was, tells me exactly what kind of people you are, and who’s side you’re on.

To disagree with French is seen as malicious. He is a pathetic and angry victim constantly.