Podcast appearances and mentions of Maureen Dowd

Tara Palmeri sits down with Maureen Dowd to talk about her latest release, Notorious. Their conversation covers everything from Elon Musk and Donald Trump to the shifting dynamics of American politics. Dowd reflects on her decades in journalism, offering a look at Washington's current challenges and the media's complicated relationship with figures like Trump. She also touches on her writing process, Gretchen Whitmer's photo misstep, and the growing demand for political leaders who balance authenticity with a touch of showmanship. Host: Tara Palmeri Guest: Maureen Dowd Producer: Devon Renaldo Production Supervision: Conor Nevins Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode of 92NY Talks, join Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd as she discusses a captivating assortment of her most compelling style features and profiles from new book Notorious, a sly and chatty collection of some of her most notorious celebrity profile. The conversation was recorded on March 10th, 2025, at The 92nd Street Y, New York.

MSNBC's Ari Melber hosts "The Beat" on Wednesday, April 9, and reports on President Trump's 90-day tariff pause and market uncertainty. Maureen Dowd, Geraldo Rivera, and Steve Liesman join.

The Rich Zeoli Show- Hour 2: 4:05pm- Former University of Pennsylvania swimmer Lia Thomas vowed to fight for trans athletes and challenge the Trump Administration's policies preventing biological males from competing in women's sports. Thomas, a biological male, made headlines after winning NCAA races in 2022 while competing in the women's category. 4:15pm- While speaking with New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd, Bill Maher said he fears that despite recent election losses, the Democrat Party has not closed the door on “woke” politics. 4:30pm- Bill D'Agostino—Senior Research Analyst at Media Research Center—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to break down some of the best (and worst) clips from the Sunday shows. Plus, D'Agostino recaps NPR and PBS executives testifying before a DOGE House subcommittee on whether the federal government should continue to fund the two organizations.

The Rich Zeoli Show- Full Episode (03/31/2025): 3:05pm- The far-left continues to vandalize Tesla electric vehicles out of disdain for CEO Elon Musk and his close affiliation with the Trump Administration. In Bucks County, Pennsylvania a man's Tesla had a swastika carved into it while the vehicle sat in a Planet Fitness parking lot. Meanwhile, in Flagstaff, Arizona, a 61-year-old Tesla driver was cut off and ultimately assaulted by a motorist. 3:15pm- While speaking in Wisconsin, Elon Musk called out the “violence and hatred that is coming from the left”—exclaiming that progressive Democrats have “gone psycho.” 3:30pm- The left continually claims that the U.S. is heading towards a second Civil War—but don't believe them. Rich notes the country may be divided philosophically, but the vast majority of Americans aren't as angry as corporate media is making it seem. While the Civil War divided the country by geography, what would the line of delineation even be in modern America? 3:45pm- A man in Texas has been charged with ramming his ATV into a Tesla Cybertruck causing thousands of dollars in damage. Rich plays the video and can't help but notice the man is quite rotund…Matt reveals that the gentleman is 5'2” and weighs 449 pounds, according to reports! Is it any surprise that the incident took place outside of a buffet? 4:05pm- Former University of Pennsylvania swimmer Lia Thomas vowed to fight for trans athletes and challenge the Trump Administration's policies preventing biological males from competing in women's sports. Thomas, a biological male, made headlines after winning NCAA races in 2022 while competing in the women's category. 4:15pm- While speaking with New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd, Bill Maher said he fears that despite recent election losses, the Democrat Party has not closed the door on “woke” politics. 4:30pm- Bill D'Agostino—Senior Research Analyst at Media Research Center—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to break down some of the best (and worst) clips from the Sunday shows. Plus, D'Agostino recaps NPR and PBS executives testifying before a DOGE House subcommittee on whether the federal government should continue to fund the two organizations. 5:00pm- While speaking with Meet the Press host Kristen Welker, President Donald Trump was asked if he will run for a third term—Trump did not explicitly dismiss the possibility which has led corporate media to scream “dictator!” During the same conversation, Trump revealed that he is “pissed off” with Russian President Vladimir Putin over his seeming unwillingness to negotiate a peace agreement with Ukraine. Trump vowed to place onerous sanctions on Russian oil if progress isn't being made soon. 5:20pm- White Lotus Season 3 aired its second to last episode last night…is it time to declare this season is a bust? Matt says he's holding out hope it'll have a great finale. But why is anyone taking television advice from him? Plus, Americans are staying away from movie theaters—is it because of increased competition from streaming platforms or is Hollywood simply creating a subpar product? 5:40pm- According to the transcript of Donald Trump's phone conversation with NBC News, the president said of foreign auto manufacturers having to raise their prices as a result of his tariffs: “I couldn't care less.” He explained: “I hope they raise their prices, because if they do, people are gonna buy American-made cars. We have plenty.” 6:00pm- From the Oval Office, President Donald Trump signed an executive order preventing “exploitive ticket scalping” as Kid Rock stood next to him. While answering questions from the press, Trump said has been allowing White House staff to use the Tesla he bought earlier this month. He was also asked about a potential third term—and whether he could win a hypothetical election against Barack Obama. Trump said he would love to run against Obama but seemed to dismiss the idea of challenging the 22nd Amendment. He also revealed that he ...

Lefty gadfly, Bill Maher got painfully close while interviewing NYT columnist, Maureen Dowd. Hilarity did not ensue! Bill's not Ready for Rain... yet. Are you? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWD-x3GIUFA

On this episode, Bill sits down with New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd for a wide-ranging, personal chat about her new book “Notorious"—a collection of her incisive profiles of major cultural and political figures—and why she once went viral for a botched edible experience in Denver. The two swap stories about growing up in Washington, D.C. (her father was a detective), how “woke” culture may have dampened the fun on the left, and what still draws voters to Donald Trump's brash humor. Maureen recalls the times she's gone toe-to-toe with politicians across the aisle, and she and Bill debate whether Democrats need a showman of their own. Throughout it all, they reflect on the challenges of bridging America's political divide, the strange alliances they've formed in the process, and how a good dinner party could be the real key to bringing people back together. Upgrade your wardrobe and save on @trueclassic at trueclassic.com/RANDOM ! #trueclassicpod #ad Go to https://www.ffrf.us/freedom or text "CLUB" to 511511 and become a member today Follow Club Random on IG: @ClubRandomPodcast Follow Bill on IG: @BillMaher Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast for free wherever you're listening or by using this link: https://bit.ly/ClubRandom Watch Club Random on YouTube: https://bit.ly/ClubRandomYouTube Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Maureen Dowd, author and Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times Op-ed columnist, joins John to discuss her new book, “Notorious: Portraits of Stars from Hollywood, Culture, Fashion, and Tech.” Maureen talks about being in Chicago for the DNC, how she picked the columns to include in the book, the challenge of writing about notable figures such […]

Maureen Dowd, author and Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times Op-ed columnist, joins John to discuss her new book, “Notorious: Portraits of Stars from Hollywood, Culture, Fashion, and Tech.” Maureen talks about being in Chicago for the DNC, how she picked the columns to include in the book, the challenge of writing about notable figures such […]

Maureen Dowd, author and Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times Op-ed columnist, joins John to discuss her new book, “Notorious: Portraits of Stars from Hollywood, Culture, Fashion, and Tech.” Maureen talks about being in Chicago for the DNC, how she picked the columns to include in the book, the challenge of writing about notable figures such […]

Paid parental leave is close to being an option for state employees in Alabama and Mississippi. Bills to make this law are working their way through both state legislatures, and comes as a trend as more states, including Louisiana, are providing paid parental leave to their employees. The Gulf States Newsroom's Stephan Bisaha tells us why the push for paid parental leave has champions on both sides of the political aisle.The New Orleans Ballet Association presents the return of the iconic Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre. The dance company, which celebrates Black American cultural experiences and dance traditions, will perform two completely different performances. Choreographer Ronald K. Brown tells us about his piece, “Grace”, and Alvin Ailey's iconic “Revelations,” and how you can see the shows. The fourth annual Tulane Book Festival is coming to New Orleans at the end of March. The event brings together over 180 authors and journalists for panel discussions, book signings and family-friendly activities. Some of this year's guests include Connie Chung, Maureen Dowd, John Grisham and Bob Woodward. Festival co-chair Cheryl Landrieu tells us what to expect at the three-day event. __Today's episode of Louisiana Considered was hosted by Diane Mack. Our managing producer is Alana Schreiber and our assistant producer is Aubry Procell. Our engineer is Garrett Pittman.You can listen to Louisiana Considered Monday through Friday at noon and 7 p.m. It's available on Spotify, the NPR app, and wherever you get your podcasts. Louisiana Considered wants to hear from you! Please fill out our pitch line to let us know what kinds of story ideas you have for our show. And while you're at it, fill out our listener survey! We want to keep bringing you the kinds of conversations you'd like to listen to.Louisiana Considered is made possible with support from our listeners. Thank you!

Are men necessary? We're not asking the question, merely repeating the title of the 2005 book by the renowned New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd. In this 2005 interview Dowd explains what she meant,,, Get your copy of Are Men Necessary? by Maureen Dowd As an Amazon Associate, Now I've Heard Everything earns from qualifying purchases.You may also enjoy my interviews with Karen Salmansohn and Shere Hite For more vintage interviews with celebrities, leaders, and influencers, subscribe to Now I've Heard Everything on Spotify, Apple Podcasts. and now on YouTube Photo by Artwi #men #relationships #genders #humor

We get into a new profile of Alex Karp, CEO of Palantir, which is written by Maureen Dowd, one of the NYT's most credulous opinion writers, and thus the perfect person to coax Karp into being as weird as he wants to be. This piece reveals a lot of core lore about Karp and shines light on a man who is riddled with contradictions and has turned that affliction of the soul into a superpower. ••• Alex Karp Has Money and Power. So What Does He Want? https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/17/style/alex-karp-palantir.html Subscribe to hear more analysis and commentary in our premium episodes every week! https://www.patreon.com/thismachinekills Hosted by Jathan Sadowski (www.x.com/jathansadowski) and Edward Ongweso Jr. (www.x.com/bigblackjacobin). Production / Music by Jereme Brown (www.x.com/braunestahl)

SERIES 3 EPISODE 13: COUNTDOWN WITH KEITH OLBERMANN A-Block (1:44) SPECIAL COMMENT: Did you HEAR Trump yesterday? Did you HEAR HIM TALK? He's in Howell, Michigan, where it might as well be Alabama in the year 1855, where they marched chanting “We Love Hitler, We Love Trump” a MONTH ago, and he came out at the County Sheriff's Office, and behind him with the cops as the props and if he had had ten times the energy and ten times the focus you would have said: what's wrong with Trump? Is he DYING or something? I mean I don't THINK he's dying, I think there are intermediate stages between having every single thing in a presidential campaign turn against you in a matter of two weeks and actually dying, but look if this mumble thing continues, at this rate they're going to have start putting live captions over him. Trump responded to the overture from the RFK Junior camp about dropping out if Trump would give him a role in his cabinet. “I didn't know he was thinking about getting out, but if he is thinking about getting out, certainly I'd be open to it.” RFK's running mate Nicole Shanahan appears to be doing the bargaining. Even she has figured it out: "We run the risk of a Kamala Harris and Walz presidency, as we draw votes from Trump. We draw, somehow, more votes from Trump. Or we walk away, right now, and join forces with Donald Trump…” Translation: bribe us and we'll go away. Looks like what they want is Secretary of Health and Human Services. THE SELF-DEFENESTRATION OF THE POLITICAL MEDIA: The Times really did it yesterday, with no sense of irony, no meta self-reflection: “Kamala Harris's tan suit was a surprising choice, our fashion critic writes.” The Post, meantime, did a DNC factcheck and got half a dozen things wrong: the Post insisted that there was no evidence that Trump ever sent love letters to dictators with Kessler writing “we do not know what Trump wrote to Kim Jong Un,” Media Matters went appropriately nuts. Of course we know. Trump showed them to… Bob Woodward of the Post. The factcheck now has its own factcheck. I recommend to you and will quote extensively from a masterpiece on this topic in The New Republic. Meredith Shiner writes: "after years of watching Morning Joe and searching for their birthdays in the Politico Playbook, they do not see their role as speaking to us, but rather speaking to themselves." Ex-effing-actly. B-Block (26:47) THE WORST PERSONS IN THE WORLD: Jesse Watters has rebirthed birtherism. He's sending "Johnny" to Hawaii to get the real story about Barack Obama's birth certificate because Harris. Amy Kremer, a GOP Committeewoman from Georgia, is the sucker born every minute. A liberal trolls the idiot Jack Posobiec by saying she'll have an abortion and a vasectomy onstage at the DNC and Kremer believes her. And Stephen L. Miller - the "other" Stephen Miller - uses the c-word about Mallory McMorrow with no self-awareness that it's used about him. C-Block (37:10) THINGS I PROMISED NOT TO TELL: It was a lovely day in Fun City yesterday so I was out all day and I walked right past it: the bar out of which George Steinbrenner stepped one night in 1981 after I had spent the day trying to find... George Steinbrenner.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Happy 13th Wedding Anniversary to us!  We celebrated by enjoying Night One of The Democratic National Convention, and attending a dear friend's funeral.  We are reminded again this week that the Mainstream Media feeds respectable and legitimized propaganda to right-wing outlets because "even" the New York Times covers BenghaziBenghaziBenghazi, Solyndra, Fast and Furious, Uranium One, tan suit, Seth Rich, baby parts, Pizzagate, 'her emails,' death panels, Dominion, and the tarmac.  More at proleftpod.com. You can help us pay for DG's eye doctor expenses athttps://www.gofundme.com/f/help-ease-dgs-medical-financial-burdenBlue Gal's knitting podcast!  https://www.youtube.com/@flangumOur podcast YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/@ProfessionalLeftSupport the show:PayPal |  https://paypal.me/proleftpodcastPatreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpodSupport the Show.

After watching Raiders of the Lost Ark, we unpack God's presence in the Old Testament with the Ark of the Covenant and Mary as the new ark holding the true presence of Jesus. How can we bring the presence of God to all those we encounter? Communion to the Homebound: To request the Eucharist to be brought to the homebound please contact: Maureen Dowd at mdowd@st-gabriel.orgSt. Gabriel Parish Office - 440-352-8282Prayer Button: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScITT9R9QIk1LatKwIgD9EhqGWZMlase1dEZdQrSj6szB6DFg/viewform

SERIES 2 EPISODE 209: COUNTDOWN WITH KEITH OLBERMANN A-Block (1:44) SPECIAL COMMENT: The dam was supposed to break yesterday, against President Biden. It didn't. Meetings were delayed and stances were softened. And if we are really going to do this, I finally have some actual advice for the president. If you want to change the topic, REALLY change the topic: Arrest the Trump terrorists. This Federalist Society president who again yesterday vowed revolution against the government of the United States and implied he was ready to make it bloody and violent? Arrest him. The North Carolina Republican candidate for governor? Who called for mass killings of the people he doesn't like? Arrest him. The Supreme Court - corrupt, insane, amoral - was also ultimately unimaginative. It tried to give Trump absolute immunity from prosecution for official acts. It didn't even think it was giving Biden the same tools. Use them, Mr. President. Arrest Kevin Roberts for calling for the violent overthrow of the government. Arrested Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson for terroristic threats. Arrest Trump's gang. If need be, invoke the Insurrection Act as Trump intends to - and arrest him. If you really want to change the topic, CHANGE THE TOPIC. Change it from words, to action. Save the nation. Now. B-Block (25:30) THE WORST PERSONS IN THE WORLD: Maureen Dowd finally writes a column about Maureen Dowd writing a column and misquoting Biden in it. Marjorie Taylor Let's Compare Biden's Acuity To Hers Greene lists a dozen signers of the Declaration of Independence, there are only eight names on it, and six didn't sign it. And of all times, NOW the Biden Campaign is posting online ads looking for... a Rapid Response Director? C-Block (36:20) THINGS I PROMISED NOT TO TELL: Perfect time to retell it, forgive me if you've heard it before. 17 years ago I was taken to lunch by a senator looking to stop sounding crazy when he was angry, and instead sounding more like my righteous indignation. His name was Joe BidenSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Rich Zeoli Show- Hour 4: 6:05pm- During a chaotic White House press briefing, reporters grilled Press Secretary Karine Jean Pierre over a report that a Parkinson's disease specialist has visited the White House multiple times. 6:20pm- On Friday, President Joe Biden sat down for a longform interview with ABC News “journalist” George Stephanopoulos in hopes of halting fears that he is suffering from any sort of cognitive decline. However, during the conversation, Biden refused to undergo an independent medical evaluation assessing his neurological functioning. 6:30pm- Chief Legal Correspondent for CBS News Jan Crawford criticized the harsh language used by Supreme Court Justice Sonya Sotomayor in her dissent in the presidential immunity case. Crawford said the rhetoric amounted to “residual, anger and resentment about the court's decision to overturn Roe vs Wade.” 6:50pm- According to New York Times opinion columnist Maureen Dowd, a Biden campaign spokesperson attempted to pressure her into changing the transcript of one of President Joe Biden's verbal gaffes. During his interview with ABC News' George Stephanopoulos, Biden used the term “goodest”—which is, obviously, not a word.

The Rich Zeoli Show- Full Episode (07/08/2024): 3:05pm- Following Joe Biden's disastrous CNN debate performance last month, several prominent Democrats have expressed doubt as to whether it's in the party's best interest to keep Biden as their presidential nominee. According to reports from a recent House Democrat meeting, Congressmen Jerry Nadler (D-NY), Jim Himes, (D-CT), Adam Smith (D-WA), and Mark Takano (D-CA) all voiced frustrations with Biden's candidacy—suggesting he should ultimately withdraw from the race. 3:20pm- Susan Ferrechio of The Washington Times reports: “A neurologist and Parkinson's disease specialist has made nearly a dozen visits to the White House Medical Unit, visitor logs show, raising new questions about President Biden's fitness for office as he battles efforts to push him off the 2024 ballot. Dr. Kevin R. Cannard, a Bethesda neurologist and movement disorder specialist affiliated with Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, visited the office of the White House Medical Unit ten times dating back to November 2022, the visitor logs show. The logs, last updated on July 1, show Dr. Cannard visited the White House most recently on March 28.” You can read the full article here: https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jul/8/parkinsons-doctor-made-10-white-house-visits-logs-/ 3:30pm- The Economic Times writes: “Next Generation PAC, a group of major Democrat donors has vowed to raise $100 million in support of Biden's replacement nominee.” You can read more here: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/us/what-will-happen-to-millions-of-dollars-of-democrat-campaign-funds-if-joe-biden-withdraws-will-it-be-refunded-to-donors-details-here/articleshow/111522627.cms?from=mdr# 3:40pm- Tommy Pigott— Strategic Communications Director for the Republican National Committee—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss President Joe Biden's recent campaign appearance in Pennsylvania. Hilariously, CBS News spoke to a Biden campaign volunteer who said he just hopes the president is able to stay awake for the duration of the event. Pigott also reacts to reports that a Parkinson's disease specialist has visited the White House as many as ten times. Pigott explains the White House is “covering-up the greatest political scandal in American history” regarding Biden's health. 3:55pm- During a chaotic White House press briefing, reporters grilled Press Secretary Karine Jean Pierre over a report that a Parkinson's disease specialist has visited the White House multiple times. 4:05pm- Aliss Higham of Newsweek writes that “nearly half of all Americans interested in taking a summer vacation this year are not doing so because of rising air travel costs.” Rich wonders: will voters hold President Joe Biden accountable for inflation? You can read the full article here: https://www.newsweek.com/americans-no-longer-afford-fly-1921099 4:30pm- It's a miracle! Matt actually returns from a break with decent music. 4:35pm- While speaking with CNN, Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) claimed that President Joe Biden was “perfect” and completely “engaged” while campaigning with him over the weekend in Pennsylvania. 4:45pm- Over the weekend, California Governor Gavin Newsom visited Bucks County, Pennsylvania to campaign on behalf of President Joe Biden. While speaking with the press, Gov. Newsom responded awkwardly when asked if he would support Vice President Kamala Harris as president if Biden were to withdraw. 4:50pm- According to Real Clear Politics polling averages, Donald Trump currently leads in nearly every key swing state: Arizona (+5), Nevada (+5), Wisconsin (+2), Michigan (+1), Pennsylvania (+5), and Georgia (+4). Biden currently leads in Virginia (+2) and Minnesota (+3)—though, the most recent polls suggest VA and MN are now tied. 5:05pm- According to a report from ABC News' Martha Raddatz, First Lady Jill Biden is “lashing out” against Democrat elites who have expressed skepticism of Joe Biden's ability to remain in the race for president. 5:15pm- On The View, host Whoopi Goldberg said even if President Joe Biden “pooped his pants,” she would still vote for him in November. 5:20pm- The Economic Times writes: “Next Generation PAC, a group of major Democrat donors has vowed to raise $100 million in support of Biden's replacement nominee.” You can read more here: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/us/what-will-happen-to-millions-of-dollars-of-democrat-campaign-funds-if-joe-biden-withdraws-will-it-be-refunded-to-donors-details-here/articleshow/111522627.cms?from=mdr# 5:25pm- Susan Ferrechio of The Washington Times reports: “A neurologist and Parkinson's disease specialist has made nearly a dozen visits to the White House Medical Unit, visitor logs show, raising new questions about President Biden's fitness for office as he battles efforts to push him off the 2024 ballot. Dr. Kevin R. Cannard, a Bethesda neurologist and movement disorder specialist affiliated with Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, visited the office of the White House Medical Unit ten times dating back to November 2022, the visitor logs show. The logs, last updated on July 1, show Dr. Cannard visited the White House most recently on March 28.” You can read the full article here: https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jul/8/parkinsons-doctor-made-10-white-house-visits-logs-/ 5:30pm- CNN aired a brutal montage of Joe Biden's diminishing debate performances. Former Special Assistant to President Biden Meghan Hays said of Biden's most recent presidential debate against Donald Trump: “I did not know the [Biden] that showed up for the debate on Thursday.” 5:40pm- Follow the Yellow Brick Road…well, follow the red carpet. Alex Thompson of Axios writes: “For his events, President Biden's staffers prepare a short document with large print and photos that include his precise path to a podium, according to an event template the White House sends to staffers.” You can read the full article here: https://www.axios.com/2024/07/07/biden-staff-events-prepare 5:45pm- Summer Safety Tips with Rich: Don't take seashells from the Jersey Shore—or Gov. Phil Murphy will yell at you! And don't drink chlorine water—it's poisonous! 6:05pm- During a chaotic White House press briefing, reporters grilled Press Secretary Karine Jean Pierre over a report that a Parkinson's disease specialist has visited the White House multiple times. 6:20pm- On Friday, President Joe Biden sat down for a longform interview with ABC News “journalist” George Stephanopoulos in hopes of halting fears that he is suffering from any sort of cognitive decline. However, during the conversation, Biden refused to undergo an independent medical evaluation assessing his neurological functioning. 6:30pm- Chief Legal Correspondent for CBS News Jan Crawford criticized the harsh language used by Supreme Court Justice Sonya Sotomayor in her dissent in the presidential immunity case. Crawford said the rhetoric amounted to “residual, anger and resentment about the court's decision to overturn Roe vs Wade.” 6:50pm- According to New York Times opinion columnist Maureen Dowd, a Biden campaign spokesperson attempted to pressure her into changing the transcript of one of President Joe Biden's verbal gaffes. During his interview with ABC News' George Stephanopoulos, Biden used the term “goodest”—which is, obviously, not a word.

Jeff commends Maureen Dowd for her column... so I guess Hell has officially froze over. 

Jeff begins by giving praise to the New York Times' writer Maureen Dowd for being the goodest reporter... for once. 

JAMES CARVILLE NAILED IT  James told Maureen Dowd of the New York Times that he believes Joe Biden's low poll numbers might be a result of “too many preach females” and that the message is “too feminine.” James is right.     Victoria Taft with analysis of a new Red Flag Resource Center sneakily funded by the latest omnibus bill that will provide what amounts to a federal gun registry.    Linda A. Kerns, an election law attorney from Philadelphia on how to prevent the Democrats from stealing votes in 2024See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Slew of new polls show Trump leading Biden. 75% of America feels Biden is too old. Morning Joe spins for Biden, says he just has a stutter. SNL hits Biden on age. Maureen Dowd calls for Biden not to run. Will the border crisis make Greg Abbott Trump's VP? Clay predicts Trump will choose Tim Scott. Katie Britt VP chatter. C&B take calls.Follow Clay & Buck on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/clayandbuckSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In response to Ash Wednesday & Valentine's Day, we reflect on what is means to love in each of our vocations. We remember that we are called to love one another as Christ loves us. Welcome Maureen Dowd, our Pastoral Associate to the podcast! 

SERIES 2 EPISODE 122: COUNTDOWN WITH KEITH OLBERMANN A-Block (1:44) BREAKING: The Democrats have flipped the Kitara Ravache Memorial Special Congressional Election in the New York 3rd. It's not a bellwether. It won't even be the same district a year from now. But Tom Suozzi not only took back the seat lost to "George Santos," he completely overshadowed the WhoreHouse Republicans' performance art impeachment last night of Secretary Mayorkas. (3:47) SPECIAL COMMENT: For once Politico aptly describes it: "The Biden Age Plot." Disgraced Special Counsel Robert Hur and House Republicans aren't just looking to have Hur testify on a topic about which he has no expertise, but they intend to have "Biden's Age" be the 2024 version of Benghazi: hearings, controversy, press conferences, witnesses, transcripts, subpoenas for weeks or even months.  It's enraging but it reveals the GOP's terror: it is willing to risk bringing up Trump's age, Trump's bad mental health, and especially Trump's stolen documents - the actually stolen ones for which he will stand trial eventually. There are two possible Democratic responses. The first is for Attorney General Garland to squelch testimony and leave the Republicans with only one note rather than a hatful of phony storylines. The second is for the Democrats to hoist the GOP on its own petard, and to conduct a Senate investigation to whether Hur and the House Republicans conspired for him to write his editorialization about Biden before he submitted his report. There is a sidebar to the entire "Biden's Age" crap. When you hear 77-year old Chris Wallace or 72-year old Maureen Dowd or even 61-year old Jon Stewart say "he's too old" there is a second half to that sentence that they never say aloud. "HE'S too old, and that proves I'M not." The personal fear and memento mori are a huge component.  And there IS a response and, happily, the Biden Campaign seems to have just figured it out this week. B-BLOCK (22:11) THE WORST PERSONS IN THE WORLD: Sean Hannity averaged 1.25 Hunter Biden stories per show last year and now the House has dropped the Hunter Biden performance art. A New York Times reporter explains the internal rationalization for bothsidesism: Biden Hasn't Done A Q&A With Us Recently. And gone but not forgotten: Chris Cillizza and the RFK Jr Super Bowl Commercial. C-BLOCK (29:20) EVERY DOG HAS ITS DAY: My friend Andrew Blauner needs your help to get his 2-1/2 year old Bernese Mountain Dog Smiles treatment for lymphoma. (31:00) THINGS I PROMISED NOT TO TELL: It's 44 years ago TODAY when my nascent broadcasting career nearly ended atop a mountain at the 1980 Winter Olympics, all because my bosses had decided to teach me the night before how to drink.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

SEASON 2, EPISODE 110: COUNTDOWN WITH KEITH OLBERMANN A-Block (1:44) SPECIAL COMMENT: THIS IS TUESDAY JANUARY 23rd, THE EIGHTH DAY OF TRUMP'S DEMENTIA CRISIS: While Trump and his defenders quadruple-down on the Orwellian lie that he MEANT to conflate Nikki Haley and Nancy Pelosi and January 6th, Trump adds a new reason for serious concern about his mental stability. In an interview in New Hampshire for the primary, Trump is asked about Haley's insistence he is not competent and in one answer invokes Dr. Ronny Jackson, can't remember his name, recalls it, moves to a different topic, and then brings up Ronny Jackson again - as if for the first time. There's a reason Ron DeSantis did NOT end his campaign, but, like Ramaswamy, only suspended it. Like Haley, they both know that something above-and-beyond all previous problems has hit Trump and they will stay quietly and obediently in the background until it - or something else - comes and gets him. There is little to report from New Hampshire, though the networks and newspapers will report it anyway. They will also tell you that Trump did better in Iowa than he will in the Granite State even though the reverse is true - because math may be hard but bucking the conventional wisdom is harder. Trump got 51% of the voters (and 7% of all Republicans) in Iowa. He may get 57% in N.H. That would be MORE. B-Block (20:23) POSTSCRIPTS TO THE NEWS: It's time for The New York Times to stop publishing the same column Maureen Dowd has rewritten every week since 1997; how NOT to suppress the news in Colorado (28:25) THE WORST PERSONS IN THE WORLD: The DeSantis War Room loses the battle of South CAROLINIA. When not to sue because the ladies trashed you on Facebook. And when they invite you to sing at Dolly Parton's birthday and you start swearing and The Grand Old Opry has to apologize for - your career is over. C-Block (33:05) THINGS I PROMISED NOT TO TELL: A friend gave me some winter clothing bearing her company's logo and I flashed back to this time in 1980 when United Press International gave me my official Lake Placid Winter Olympics parka and...the lining wasn't fur or down or foam but CONSTRUCTION PAPER.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Rich Zeoli Show- Full Episode (11/20/2023): 3:05pm- Earlier this month, in a social media post, Democratic political strategist David Axelrod expressed doubt that President Joe Biden could win reelection without strategic changes to his campaign and alterations to how the public perceives him—explaining that Biden needs to decide “whether it's in his best interest or the country's” to run again. According to reports, in response to the post, President Biden dismissed the critiques and referred to Axelrod as a “prick.” Now, Axelrod is reaffirming his prognostication. In an interview with Maureen Dowd of The New York Times, Axelrod said that he believes President Biden has a less than “50-50 shot” of winning reelection against presumed Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. You can read more here: https://www.mediaite.com/politics/david-axelrod-goes-even-harder-at-biden-giving-him-50-50-shot-at-2024-win-he-thinks-he-can-cheat-nature/ 3:20pm- According to a newly released NBC News poll, presumed Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump would beat President Joe Biden in a hypothetical 2024 presidential race—46% to 44%. It's the first time Trump has ever led Biden in an NBC general election poll. You can read more here: https://www.nationalreview.com/news/latest-nbc-poll-shows-trump-defeating-biden-in-2024-matchup/ 3:30pm- While appearing on Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan, Rep. Michael Turner (R-OH) explained why President Joe Biden should face consequences for unlawfully possessing classified documents at his home in Delaware as well as his University of Pennsylvania office. 3:45pm- Geoffrey Dickens of NewsBusters writes: “House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer's Nov. 8 subpoena of Hunter and James Biden and Special Counsel David Weiss's Nov. 7 congressional testimony actually forced the networks to—very briefly—break out of their rut of refusing to report on Biden family scandals. On November 8, all three network (ABC, CBS, NBC) evening news programs relayed the bombshell development but only spent 100 seconds total on it, and dutifully repeated the debunked White House line of there's “no evidence” directly linking to the President. It was whisked away by the next day, as none of the network morning shows touched the story.” You can read the full article here: https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/geoffrey-dickens/2023/11/14/eight-new-biden-family-scandals-abc-cbs-nbc-are-hiding 4:05pm- Alex Nester—Investigative Fellow for Parents Defending Education—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss a new investigation into “Gender & Sexualities Alliance” and “Rainbow” clubs rising in prevalence in grade schools across the county. Parents Defending Education writes: “Genders & Sexualities Alliance clubs, or GSAs, are ‘student-run organizations that unite LGBTQ+ and allied youth to build community and organize around issues impacting them in their schools and communities.' However, GSAs have ‘evolved beyond their traditional role' and ‘have emerged as vehicles for deep social change related to racial, gender, and educational justice.' Starting as early as pre-school, GSA clubs serve as a place for students to ‘meet and connect with other trans and queer students on campus,' ‘create safe spaces and talk about various issues they face,' and engage in activism.” You can read the full report here: https://defendinged.org/investigations/pride-and-prejudices/ 4:25pm- French film critics have written negative reviews of director Ridley Scott's newest film “Napoleon”—alleging that it is not historically accurate and is “very anti-French and very pro-British.” In response to the criticisms, Scott said to “shut the f*** up.” You can read more here: https://www.dailywire.com/news/ridley-scott-responds-to-french-critics-slamming-napoleon-shut-the-f-up 4:45pm- The executive branch continues to expand its power via an unchecked bureaucracy—and with each expansion comes a subsequent encroachment upon individual rights. When will there be accountability? 5:05pm- The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board writes: “Did the Biden Administration learn anything from the massive fraud in pandemic spending programs? Apparently not judging from a new Government Accountability Office report that found the Education Department failed to implement basic checks to prevent fraud in its student loan forgiveness plan. Under the President's original plan, borrowers who earned less than $125,000 ($250,000 for couples) were eligible for $10,000 to $20,000 in forgiveness. But the Education Department let borrowers ‘self-attest' that their incomes fell below these thresholds. In other words, trust, but don't verify. When the department ‘ceased work on the program in response to court orders and prior to relieving any loan debt, more than 26 million borrowers had applied for or were deemed automatically eligible for relief,' GAO notes.” You can read the full editorial here: https://www.wsj.com/articles/education-department-student-loans-fraud-gao-report-dd867b5f?mod=opinion_lead_pos4 5:15pm- While appearing on Joe Rogan's podcast, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson joked that while he has some friends that are loyal to the Democrat party, none of them are supporters of President Joe Biden. 5:20pm- Earlier this month, in a social media post, Democratic political strategist David Axelrod expressed doubt that President Joe Biden could win reelection without strategic changes to his campaign and alterations to how the public perceives him—explaining that Biden needs to decide “whether it's in his best interest or the country's” to run again. According to reports, in response to the post, President Biden dismissed the critiques and referred to Axelrod as a “prick.” Now, Axelrod is reaffirming his prognostication. In an interview with Maureen Dowd of The New York Times, Axelrod said that he believes President Biden has a less than “50-50 shot” of winning reelection against presumed Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. You can read more here: https://www.mediaite.com/politics/david-axelrod-goes-even-harder-at-biden-giving-him-50-50-shot-at-2024-win-he-thinks-he-can-cheat-nature/ 5:30pm- Put the Ukraine funding in the basket! Treasury Secretary Janet “Buffalo Bill” Yellen appeared on CNBC earlier today calling for Congress to send tens-of-billions of dollars more in aid to Ukraine. 5:40pm- According to a report from Oxfam International, the richest 1% of global society emits as much carbon as the bottom two-thirds. Aren't many of these one-percenters the same people admonishing the rest of society for contributing to global warming? Rich notes that the push for legislation restricting carbon emissions is disingenuous and is actually a thinly veiled attempt to upend capitalism. You can read more here: https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2023/11/20/jet-powered-hypocrisy-richest-1-of-global-elites-emit-as-much-carbon-as-bottom-two-thirds/ 6:05pm- According to a newly released NBC News poll, presumed Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump would beat President Joe Biden in a hypothetical 2024 presidential race—46% to 44%. It's the first time Trump has ever led Biden in an NBC general election poll. You can read more here: https://www.nationalreview.com/news/latest-nbc-poll-shows-trump-defeating-biden-in-2024-matchup/ 6:10pm- In a newly released advertisement from the Ron DeSantis presidential campaign, Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley can be heard explaining that she was motivated to run for office for the first time after attending a Hillary Clinton speech. 6:15pm- In a video posted to social media, rapper Cardi B called out New York City Mayor Eric Adams over budget cuts to city schools and police departments in order to pay for housing migrants that entered the country unlawfully. 6:20pm- During her Monday press briefing, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre refused to directly address Democratic political strategist David Axelrod's criticisms of President Joe Biden. 6:40pm- New Jersey's First Lady Tammy Murphy formally announced her intention to run for U.S. Senate—challenging Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ) for his seat. Menendez has been charged with acting as a foreign agent for Egypt and with accepting bribes in exchange for influence.

The Rich Zeoli Show- Hour 3: The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board writes: “Did the Biden Administration learn anything from the massive fraud in pandemic spending programs? Apparently not judging from a new Government Accountability Office report that found the Education Department failed to implement basic checks to prevent fraud in its student loan forgiveness plan. Under the President's original plan, borrowers who earned less than $125,000 ($250,000 for couples) were eligible for $10,000 to $20,000 in forgiveness. But the Education Department let borrowers ‘self-attest' that their incomes fell below these thresholds. In other words, trust, but don't verify. When the department ‘ceased work on the program in response to court orders and prior to relieving any loan debt, more than 26 million borrowers had applied for or were deemed automatically eligible for relief,' GAO notes.” You can read the full editorial here: https://www.wsj.com/articles/education-department-student-loans-fraud-gao-report-dd867b5f?mod=opinion_lead_pos4 While appearing on Joe Rogan's podcast, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson joked that while he has some friends that are loyal to the Democrat party, none of them are supporters of President Joe Biden. Earlier this month, in a social media post, Democratic political strategist David Axelrod expressed doubt that President Joe Biden could win reelection without strategic changes to his campaign and alterations to how the public perceives him—explaining that Biden needs to decide “whether it's in his best interest or the country's” to run again. According to reports, in response to the post, President Biden dismissed the critiques and referred to Axelrod as a “prick.” Now, Axelrod is reaffirming his prognostication. In an interview with Maureen Dowd of The New York Times, Axelrod said that he believes President Biden has a less than “50-50 shot” of winning reelection against presumed Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. You can read more here: https://www.mediaite.com/politics/david-axelrod-goes-even-harder-at-biden-giving-him-50-50-shot-at-2024-win-he-thinks-he-can-cheat-nature/ Put the Ukraine funding in the basket! Treasury Secretary Janet “Buffalo Bill” Yellen appeared on CNBC earlier today calling for Congress to send tens-of-billions of dollars more in aid to Ukraine. According to a report from Oxfam International, the richest 1% of global society emits as much carbon as the bottom two-thirds. Aren't many of these one-percenters the same people admonishing the rest of society for contributing to global warming? Rich notes that the push for legislation restricting carbon emissions is disingenuous and is actually a thinly veiled attempt to upend capitalism. You can read more here: https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2023/11/20/jet-powered-hypocrisy-richest-1-of-global-elites-emit-as-much-carbon-as-bottom-two-thirds/

The Rich Zeoli Show- Hour 1: Earlier this month, in a social media post, Democratic political strategist David Axelrod expressed doubt that President Joe Biden could win reelection without strategic changes to his campaign and alterations to how the public perceives him—explaining that Biden needs to decide “whether it's in his best interest or the country's” to run again. According to reports, in response to the post, President Biden dismissed the critiques and referred to Axelrod as a “prick.” Now, Axelrod is reaffirming his prognostication. In an interview with Maureen Dowd of The New York Times, Axelrod said that he believes President Biden has a less than “50-50 shot” of winning reelection against presumed Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. You can read more here: https://www.mediaite.com/politics/david-axelrod-goes-even-harder-at-biden-giving-him-50-50-shot-at-2024-win-he-thinks-he-can-cheat-nature/ According to a newly released NBC News poll, presumed Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump would beat President Joe Biden in a hypothetical 2024 presidential race—46% to 44%. It's the first time Trump has ever led Biden in an NBC general election poll. You can read more here: https://www.nationalreview.com/news/latest-nbc-poll-shows-trump-defeating-biden-in-2024-matchup/ While appearing on Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan, Rep. Michael Turner (R-OH) explained why President Joe Biden should face consequences for unlawfully possessing classified documents at his home in Delaware as well as his University of Pennsylvania office. Geoffrey Dickens of NewsBusters writes: “House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer's Nov. 8 subpoena of Hunter and James Biden and Special Counsel David Weiss's Nov. 7 congressional testimony actually forced the networks to—very briefly—break out of their rut of refusing to report on Biden family scandals. On November 8, all three network (ABC, CBS, NBC) evening news programs relayed the bombshell development but only spent 100 seconds total on it, and dutifully repeated the debunked White House line of there's “no evidence” directly linking to the President. It was whisked away by the next day, as none of the network morning shows touched the story.” You can read the full article here: https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/geoffrey-dickens/2023/11/14/eight-new-biden-family-scandals-abc-cbs-nbc-are-hiding

Author of Upstairs Delicatessen:  On Eating, Reading, Reading About Eating, and Eating While Reading  Photo by Richard Bowditch YouTube video of the interview Links “Inside the NYT Book Review: Pamela Paul & Dwight Garner” (YouTube) Garner's Quotations: A Modern Miscellany by Dwight Garner (2020) Dwight Garner's book reviews in The New York Times To the Finland Station: A Study in the Acting and Writing of History (FSG) Classics by Edmund Wilson “A Book Critic as Wild for Food as He Is for Literature” by Jennifer Reese at The New York Times Book Review - October 24, 2023 Film reviews in The New Yorker by Anthony Lane Politics columns by Maureen Dowd in The New York Times Books by Cree LeFavour at Amazon.com “Jayne Anne Phillips Finds Anguish and Asylum in Civil War America” by Dwight Garner at The New York Times - September 23, 2023 Machine Dreams by Jayne Anne Phillips (Buy This Book!) Joni Mitchell - Blue (Full Album) at YouTube Joni Mitchell Court and Spark album Part 1 and Part 2 (YouTube) Books at Amazon.com by Sheila Heti, Otessa Moshfegh and Catherine Lacey “Review: ‘Martial Bliss,' a Loving Memoir About a Bookstore for Military Buffs” by Dwight Garner at The New York Times - July 30, 2015 Martial Bliss: The Story of The Military Bookman by Margaretta Barton Colt (not available on Kindle) Columns by William F. Buckley Jr. published in National Review Kindle Scribe Books at Amazon.com by the poets Kay Ryan, August Kleinzahler, Louise Glück, and James Fenton “Hunger games: A New York critic's gluttony for books and food” by Adam Begley at the Times Literary Supplement (TLS) - November 3, 2023 If you'd like brief updates on technology, books, marriage, and puppies, you can follow along with my Morning Journal flash briefing. From your Echo device, just say, “Alexa, enable Morning Journal.” Then each morning say, “Alexa, flash briefing?” I post a five-minute audio journal each weekday except usually by 10 a.m. Eastern Time.  Right-click here and then click "Save Link As..." to download the audio to your computer, phone, or MP3 player.  

RealClearPolitics co-founder and president Tom Bevan and Washington bureau chief Carl Cannon discuss Trump's position on abortion rights and whether the elite press is now pushing President Biden to not run again in 2024.

Ratt's Stephen Pearcy joins us, Jamie Foxx is trolling us, Britney Spears public apology demand, Drew Crime stories, Emmy nominations, Jon Gruden v. the NFL, Detroit House of Skank follow up, and the mystery of the White House Cocaine. Britney Spears demands an apology. Pauly Shore remains the true victim. Stephen Pearcy of Ratt joins the show. He'll be at District 142 on July 29th. Jamie Foxx continues to troll. This time he's playing pickleball. Drew Crime: Michael Charles Burham is still on the run. Somebody must be helping him. The missing Detroit murder suspect was busted. The murder of 2-year-old Wynter Cole Smith. Manson Family member Leslie Van Houten officially released. Sharon Tate's sister worries she'll kill again. Buster Murdaugh is a little busy for Alex these days. Jonah Hill is having a really bad week. Seth MacFarlane gets dragged into it. Kevin Costner's ex is furious about money and unironically calls him "out of touch". The worst stepson ever, Brian Szasz, has no game and can't get laid even with his new inheritance after his dad died in the Titan sub implosion. Vice President Kamala Harris explains transportation. NBA star Ja Morant beat up a little kid in self-defense. What happened to the cocaine in the White House? What ever happened with those weather balloons we shot down? ESPN did fantastic reporting on who leaked emails leading to the resignation on Las Vegas Raiders head coach Jon Gruden. Follow up story about Detroit's House of Skank. Trudi is so excited for Barbie and some Barbi party in Campus Martius. The Hollywood Writer's Strike rolls on and on and on. 2023 Emmy Nominations were announced and the traditional networks are nowhere to be found. The View is livid at Maureen Dowd over her op-ed in The New York Times ragging Joe Biden for not acknowledging his 7th grandchild. Republicans brawl in Michigan. Melanie Griffith's arm looks funny. Sofia Vergara has great boobs and a weird looking crotch. We check out super-real video of the Titanic sub imploding. Visit Our Presenting Sponsor Hall Financial – Michigan's highest rated mortgage company If you'd like to help support the show… please consider subscribing to our YouTube Page, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter (Drew and Mike Show, Marc Fellhauer, Trudi Daniels, Jim Bentley and BranDon

Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten, who at 19 helped carry out the shocking killings of a wealthy Los Angeles couple at the direction of the manipulative cult leader, walked out of a California prison Tuesday after serving more than 50 years of a life sentence. The SF man who sprayed unhoused woman with a hose will do community service & the charges have been dropped. Joe Biden made another crucial blunder this week, proclaiming on national television that the United States is low on a certain type of artillery ammunition.  The hosts of “The View” weren't overly impressed on Monday by New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd's latest opinion calling out President Biden's treatment of grandchildren. In fact, the women largely agreed that Dowd needs to “find something else to write about.” See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten, who at 19 helped carry out the shocking killings of a wealthy Los Angeles couple at the direction of the manipulative cult leader, walked out of a California prison Tuesday after serving more than 50 years of a life sentence. The SF man who sprayed unhoused woman with a hose will do community service & the charges have been dropped. Joe Biden made another crucial blunder this week, proclaiming on national television that the United States is low on a certain type of artillery ammunition.  The hosts of “The View” weren't overly impressed on Monday by New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd's latest opinion calling out President Biden's treatment of grandchildren. In fact, the women largely agreed that Dowd needs to “find something else to write about.” See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In hour 2, Chris talks about Maureen Dowd's piece in the NY Times about President Biden's forgotten grandchild, and the media's reaction to the article. For more coverage on the issues that matter to you, download the WMAL app, visit WMAL.com or tune in love on WMAL-FM 105.9 from 9:00am-12:00pm Monday-Friday  To join the conversation, check us out on Twitter @WMAL and @ChrisPlanteShow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Joe Biden Won't run in 2024. Maureen Dowd of the NY Times wrote a column about the Bidens' unacknowledged grandchild. Even the Left is turning on the President. RFK criticizes Lindsey Graham over war with Russia. Ben & Jerry's HQ is on Indian Land. Will Ben & Jerry give the land back? Also, Mike discusses the controversy surrounding the film Sound of Freedom.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Maureen Dowd wrote a scathing column in the NY Times about President Biden refusing to acknowledge his seventh grandchild. Jason doesn't blame him, but thinks it's a missed opportunity to talk about the complications we all know families can be.

In the third hour of The Vince Coglianese Show, Maureen Dowd writes in the New York Times that Joe Biden should recognize his 7th granddaughter. Media talking heads attack Republicans for noticing that Joe Biden has abandoned his grand child. Vince speaks with Senator Ron Johnson, US Senator for the state of Wisconsin about Dr. Gal Luft saying he's on the run from law enforcement for exposing Joe Biden's Corruption. Senator Johnson reacts to breaking news that the DOJ is pressing charges against Dr. Luft for failure to register as a foreign agent.     For more coverage on the issues that matter to you visit www.WMAL.com, download the WMAL app or tune in live on WMAL-FM 105.9 from 3-6pm.     To join the conversation, check us out on social media: @WMAL @VinceCoglianese See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chad opens the show reacting to a column from Maureen Dowd about the Biden family ignoring Hunter Biden's young daughter, the seventh grandchild of Joe and Jill Biden. Later, Lou Raguse of KARE 11 joins to talk about the statement from MPD Chief Brian O'Hara about what he did and did not know regarding the history of officer Tyler Timberlake.

EPISODE 226: COUNTDOWN WITH KEITH OLBERMANN A-Block (1:42) SPECIAL COMMENT: In a normal world the criticisms were so milquetoast and so covered in caveats that they'd barely be noticed. In the context of the perpetual darkness of Donald Trump and the Coalition of Hatreds, they are bursts of sunlight. They inspired absolutely nobody, and it could all go away tomorrow as it has so many times before, but graded on degree of difficulty Nikki Haley and Tim Scott each gave The Gettysburg Address yesterday. SOMETHING has happened in the calculations of other Republicans regarding today's indictment of Donald Trump. As it ridiculous as it might be Haley and Scott are running for the Republican nomination and that there have been calls on the right for them and everybody but Trump to drop out and endorse Trump as a way to show they believe in Trump. And instead, at an event where he announced the endorsement of 140 Republicans, Tim Scott instead said “This case is a serious case with serious allegations.” And while that squeak heard round the Trump-World was reverberating, Nikki Haley went on Fox and said if the indictment is “true...President Trump was incredibly reckless with our national security. More than that, I'm a military spouse, my husband's about to deploy this weekend. This puts all of our military men and women in danger, if you talk about what our military is capable of, or how we would go about invading or doing something with one of our enemies. If that's the case, it's reckless, it's frustrating and it causes problems.” In the time of terrified subservience, as if Trump were Shtalin with hemorrhoids, Nikki Haley accused Trump of being reckless with the national security and endangering the lives of military men and women and talking about our military plans to invade – or defend against – other countries. In other words, she said everything I said on this podcast yesterday. And all the things DEMOCRATS WON'T SAY. And she said them on Fox.  Tim Scott and Nikki Haley would be the LAST two I would've expected this from, and they did it on the same day, and they did it in what was for them very high profile venues and it means that they have completely re-calculated the equations. Each had slammed the indictments, unequivocally, last week. Haley and Scott didn't grow consciences over the weekend. The scales did not fall from their eyes. Neither is smart enough to have figured this all out by themselves. They HAVE to seen internal polling, or heard dire assessments of what is behind the indictment, or gotten advice from people THEY know and people they think know, that this is the moment to turn on Trump. It could be something we don't know about or it could be something The Wall Street Journal put up at noon yesterday. Headline: “Trump Needs White Suburban Women. His Indictment Splits Them. Key swing group could help decide who takes White House in 2024.”  SOMETHING has HAPPENED. B-Block (20:43) POSTSCRIPTS TO THE NEWS: Fox sues Tucker Carlson for damages. Damages? Have you SEEN his Twitter videos? And the Saudi purchase of the PGA Tour now has to get past a Senate investigation (24:44) THE WORST PERSONS IN THE WORLD: Josh Blackman, would-be Maureen Dowd replacement; The Guardian has bad news for Harmeet Dhillon; And the guy who nearly killed The Washington Post, Fred Ryan, quits to become the boss at the Center For Civility at The Ronald Reagan Foundation (that's a job that comes with 52 weeks of vacation a year). 29:32 THINGS I PROMISED NOT TO TELL: I played a clip of him a few weeks back, from a New York radio newscast we did together in 1980. He was the most talented person I ever worked with, and in the 40 years since nobody's come close. He was also the most mean-spirited, the most screwed up, and he met a tragic end. Will Spens, remembered.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Why did we all fall for Succession? Well maybe you didn't, but Bradley did. He offers his take on why morality tales never seem to go out of fashion, what he plans to read this summer and how studying literature , as unpopular as it might be right now, pays off in the long run.[:53] Succession finale[13:50] Should we care that young people aren't majoring in English?[24:00] Bradley's summer reading list[35:40] Bradley's recommendations for best politics and tech books of all timeDiscussed on today's episode:Don't Kill 'Frankenstein' With Real Frankensteins At Large by Maureen Dowd, The New York Times (05/27/23)The End of the English Major by Nathan Heller, The New Yorker (02/27/23)Bradley's Summer Reading List:All The Sinners Bleed, S.A. CrosbyMobility, Lydia KieslingThe Guest, Emma ClineThe Terraformers, Annalee NewitzDrowning, TJ NewmanAll Night Pharmacy, Ruth Madievsky

Winterland '71:  First Promised Land.  On either May 28th or May 30th in 1971 some distributed a barrel of spiked apple punch to the crowd at The Grateful Dead concert, resulting in many people consuming a significant amount of acid. The chaotic aftermath included arrests, emergency room visits, and general mayhem.    Larry Mishkin  reviews the show and also response to a negative cannabis New Yor Time editorial titled "Legalizing Marijuana is a Big Mistake." Produced by PodConx  Deadhead Cannabis Show - https://podconx.com/podcasts/deadhead-cannabis-showLarry Mishkin - https://podconx.com/guests/larry-mishkinJay Blakesberg - https://podconx.com/guests/jay-blakesbergRecorded on SquadcastShow Less  

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for May 9, 2023 is: unctuous • UNK-chuh-wus • adjective Unctuous is a formal word used to describe someone who speaks and behaves in a way that is meant to seem friendly and polite but that is unpleasant because it is obviously not sincere. It can also mean “fatty,” “oily,” and “smooth and greasy in texture or appearance.” // Politicians are often at their most unctuous during election years, full of empty promises made solely to win over certain voters. // Braising chicken thighs with their skins on creates a rich, unctuous sauce that can be spooned back over the finished dish. See the entry > Examples: “The fate of a sycophant is never a happy one. At first, you think that fawning over the boss is a good way to move forward. But when you are dealing with a narcissist … you can never be unctuous enough.” — Maureen Dowd, The New York Times, 18 June 2022 Did you know? Nowadays, unctuous usually has a negative connotation, but it originated as a term describing a positive act: that of healing. The word comes from the Latin verb unguere (“to anoint”), a root that also gave rise to the words unguent (“a soothing or healing salve”) and ointment. The oily nature of ointments may have led to the use of unctuous to describe things marked by an artificial gloss of sentimentality. An unctuous individual may mean well, but the person's insincere effusiveness can leave an unwelcome residue—much like that of some ointments.

Howard Kurtz on Hunter Biden seeking to reduce his child support payments, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warning that the government could run out of money by June 1st, and journalist Maureen Dowd's NY Times opinion article predicting the death of the American newsroom. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bryan is joined by NY Magazine features writer Shawn McCreesh to discuss his profile on crisis communications representative Risa Heller and to touch on his career at the magazine. They dive into how this story came about, which well-known clients Heller has represented, and her relationship with the media (1:36). Then, they talk through McCreesh's career, from working for Maureen Dowd as an editorial assistant at the Times to finding his space at New York Magazine (16:30). Host: Bryan Curtis Guest: Shawn McCreesh Producer: Erika Cervantes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This episode is going to make our ratings bigger than Watergate! Rory is taking her fashion inspiration from another 1976 movie and a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist. What is the legacy of the classic Network? What about Maureen Dowd's pumps say “come hither” (if anything)? And what do these inspirations mean for a journalism panel Rory is participating in? You know we won't stay in the dark any longer on these questions—we're as mad as hell we don't know, and we're not going to take this anymore!We Wholeheartedly Recommend: Midnights by Taylor Swift (2022), Regular Show (2010-17)Other pop culture we ref: Mommie Dearest, Sunset Blvd., George Clooney, The Godfather, Hamilton, The Hunger Games, John Oliver, Don't Look Up, Tommy Hilfiger, A Streetcar Named DesireSo it's a show? TwitterSo it's a show? TumblrSign up for our Newsletter!

In commercial cannabis, delivering a consistent experience is paramount for consumer loyalty. However, the complexities of edible production and unpredictable THC metabolization create certain challenges for edible manufacturers. Now, factor in long onset times, inconsistent formulations, and consumer inexperience, and we end up with infamous stories of overconsumption like Maureen Dowd reported and the infamous “Pot Dad” from Omaha. Day Three Labs hopes to simplify the equation using drug delivery technology developed in their pharmaceutical-grade lab in Israel. Cannabis Tech reached out to company CEO and Co-Founder Josh Rubin, based in Colorado, to discuss the ingredient technology Unlokt – a novel approach to a better consumer edible experience. Read the full article on CannabisTech --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/cannabis-tech/support

Green Party candidate Matthew Hoh joins us at the top of the show to discuss his victory in regaining ballot access for the North Carolina Senate race. Tulsi Gabbard roasted Kamala Harris' hypocritical response to the Brittany Griner imprisonment, Maureen Dowd discourages Biden from seeking re-election, Nancy Pelosi goes rogue in Taiwan, and it's Russell's birthday. support Matthew Hoh's campaign: matthewhohforsenate.org support the show: patreon.com/duedissidence join our substack: duedissidence.substack.com

Eric Adams has time to go out to dinner with journalist Maureen Dowd but doesn't have time to fix NYC. The Bodega Owners of America will meet with D.A. Alvin Bragg today and try to get him to drop murder charges against Jose Alba.

Tuesday on Political Rewind: A federal judge in Atlanta ruled a lawsuit could continue that challenges U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's spot on the 2022 ballot. Plus, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis said she will wait until after the primary to present information to a grand jury about whether Trump interfered in the 2020 elections. The Panel: Michael Thurmond — DeKalb County CEO Sam Olens — Former attorney general of Georgia Tamar Hallerman — Senior reporter, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Timestamps: 0:00 – Introduction 2:31 – Suit to knock MTG off the ballot 14:35 – Fani Willis' case against Trump 24:40 – Fundraising records set in Warnock vs. Herschel fundraising 33:45 – Primary debates in Georgia 41:30 – Rivian pushback from community 48:15 – Maureen Dowd's column on the Russian invasion of Ukraine Please be sure to download our newsletter: www.gpb.org/newsletters. And subscribe, follow and rate this show wherever podcasts are found.