I have no love for Trump or Biden. But it's true that Biden has has been involved in two wars! Can't deny that. While Trump has been involved in zero. Gaza is on Biden. He keeps supplying weapons to aid a Genocide. That's 100% Genocide Joe.
I listened to all of the UN 🇺🇳 Hearing… and imho, the U.S.’s abstention is mainly political, domestically. No bite to it. Only hope that those here at home, extremely concerned about our involvement in supporting Israel in this war, will be appeased. I posit this will NOT work. Bibi is heinous. Voters remain angry & see both candidates as having nothing to offer but rhetoric. I’d really like to test cutting off our massive aid to Israel. Give as awful as we’re getting…
Oh how I wish you are president Bernie. The world would be a better place. And critics can’t say anything about your age because your mind is still amazing and sharp as ever
I can hear how it went then: "You want me to move my Embassy to Jerusalem? Then someday, I will come to you, and I will expect you to return that favor". Seaside Trump condos on expropriated land on the Gaza strip coming right up...
So true! Remember NK? What did trump look at? Oh Kim, Perfect opportunities for money making real estate workings. Every damn meeting with other countries leadership, led with something financially beneficial for trump . He'd sell America out in a minute, if it meant some real estate deal for him.
His son in law has already made a trip to Israel to make the statement that this incredible, very valuable ocean front property needs to plowed over and rebuilt into valuable condos, hotels, etc.
I grew up in West Hempstead on Long Island. Most of my friends were reform Jews, and they were the finest people I knew. How the hell does Israel get such a conservative leader? Are they all Hasidic conservatives in that country?
They both were apologetic to do so up until late Feb. / March... Every episode Tommy said to the listeners " I know you are disappointed but we wanted to let you know about this thing". Finally, both of them are not apologizing for truth-telling.
Fundamentally rethinking foreign policy in terms of nations cooperating towards a better future for everyone would be a good thing for all governments and if America sets a good example, many will follow.
Love Bernie. If only the military complex didn't exist. And Bernie's foreign policy did. World would be a better place. Bernie should be President not Biden.
Bernie showing plenty of clarity and vigor at 82yrs of age. Thank you, Bernie for your leadership, and for speaking out against the massive forces aligned against progress.
Amen! So, make Your views known to Your Congress Rep. & Senators and tell them to CUT OFF AID TO ISRAEL NOW - to stop the massacres! Make it count! ------------- Psalm 23.
Love Bernie Sanders. He's one of the few people in Congress who is willing to address the monster that's been with us since WWII - the military industrial complex. Eisenhower addressed it before he left office. It's a corrupt system. It's why I get so enraged whenever someone from the Republican Party complains about Social Security costs getting out of control. When Congress addresses the $900 billion elephant in the room, then I'll listen to their ideas on Social Security.
I think it's also important to recognize and appreciate that the overwhelming superiority of the American military is what stopped the rise of other military powers (USSR being an obvious example). While the military industrial complex may be costly and inefficient it's impossible to know how a counterfactual world without it would have developed. Power vacuums don't stay empty, sometimes to secure peace is to prepare for war. Call me crazy, I'm glad China or Russia don't have the strongest military.
Glad to see that Ben is encountering what the Danish would call "hygge" - 'good things with good people', rough translation. I feel it when I watch the Pod!
Good show, except the remark, "Netanyahu doesn't care for the children in Gaza dying of hunger," a sorry euphemism for a openly declared policy of genocide the Zionist regime communicated through it's defence minister Galant who, on October 8, stated that, "there'll be no food, no water and no electricity for Gaza," and borne out by the fact that all life sustaining infrastructures such as hospitals, schools and all universities and cultural sites including museums and archives in Gaza have been flattened and hundreds of university teachers, journalists and writers and poets have been victims of targeted killings. Didn't the Israeli PM invoke the Amalek story in the Bible to incite mass killings of Palestinians, which reverberates among the IOF(IDF is a misnomer) troops' display of triumphalism in Gaza and the ugly bloodlust voiced, as latest polls show that very large sections of the Israeli society want their military to be even more forceful to annihilate the "enemy." In order to fulfill its mission to kill as many as possible, Israel has been blocking the entry of trucks carrying humanitarian aids while Palestinians children are starving to death, clearly in order to deprive the besieged population of any means for survival. By textbook definitions and as per international law articulated by the genocide convention, Israel has been committing genocide and war crimes in Gaza since October 7th, 2023.
Pod Save will never criticize the Democrats except in the lightest possible terms, usually PR or messaging stuff. The fact that Biden is backing a genocide doesn’t matter to them, they will play along anyway.
The rapper Lowkey has a very very interesting breakdown on Ben Shapiro and his strong ties to Isreal. Really worth the watch to see who his financial backers are. Let's just say he's not as popular as he makes himself out to be and he's an important " insert" for Isreal
Agree that Bernie is the best and that we missed an incredible opportunity to move America in a more humane and equitable direction. Strongly disagree that Biden 'has turned out worse than Trump in further tarnishing America's standing worldwide.' Biden has begun to repair the damage that Trump caused both in foreign and domestic affairs. That Trump damage to NATO, Ukraine, EU, global warming, women's rights, etc. will take decades to repair if the breaches of trust can ever be fully repaired.
Before Gaza the world would have agreed with you about Biden being better at foreign policy. Not any more. Biden part of 2 wars in 3 years. Trump 0. Disturbing but true
Bernie is on point! We do need to give props to Biden for making Bill Burns, a career diplomat, the CIA director. Military Budget is Congress's job but it would be nice to see Biden order them to start building affordable housing or something after the election if Biden wins. It does sometimes seem like we are sleepily continuing the status quo.
I got a text from Rashida Tahlib thanking Biden for the USA UN Security Council vote. That’s a relief to me that this divisive issue over human rights in Gaza is being addressed. Personally I want human rights respected in both Ukraine and Gaza so more people Progressive Representatives will sign Discharge Petition No 9 HR 1016 to free the aid to Ukraine without creating a moral quandary.
About the terror attack in Russia: do we even know that those guys are the actual perpetrators of the attack? Or are we literally just taking Putin's word for it.
I believe ISIS released photos and a video they recorded prior to the attack so I think there’s credibility to that aspect of it. What’s less clear is why Russia dismissed US warnings, waited an hour and a half to respond to the attack, then allowed the men to escape and nearly reach the Belarusian border before apprehending them. And their agenda to blame Ukraine certainly questions Kremlin motives about whether they intentionally let it happen for ulterior motives regarding the war. Wouldn’t be the first time Putin used this playbook even if ISIS was responsible.
the other thing about the torture of those suspects is that they are SUSPECTS. we have been kind of vaguely aware that there is a significant amount of torture in Russian prisons and more acutely aware of war crimes their mercenary groups commit in other countries-mercenary groups that tend to employ convicts who are promised clemency for fighting for these mercenary groups and may have witnessed, been subject to or have participated in violence within the prison system. so it’s not a surprise that they would do this. but the question is: are these legitimate suspects or just four brown guys they took off the streets and tortured for the sake of a quick result? I find it hard to believe they would take no action in response to the warnings received and yet had enough intel to immediately identify suspects.
The FY 2024 budget also conditions aid to the PA on the PA: 1) Not bringing suit against Israel for crimes against Palestinian to the ICC 2) The PA not obtaining a seat at the UN w/o first getting Israel's go-ahead
Why wouldn’t ISIS have social media channels? Hamas has their own News Channel Al Jazeera. And that is acceptable and “credible” for everyone in the world 🤷🏻♀️
They literally use telegram, mastodon, discord etc…It’s the same was Hamas has a HUGE PR department. These people are not blind to late stage capitalism just because they are religious extremists. (I’m pro Palestine but the videos on instagram with the dramatic music and drone shots over rubble make me rolls my eyes so hard at Hamas. Genocide is horrible, don’t make it cringe)
43:00 Lethal Weapon 2, imho the best LW movie. I can still hear that over-enunciated line by Joss Ackland, "Diplomatic Immunity!" This was also the film that introduced Joe Pesci as Leo Getz. "Whatever you need, Leeeoooo gets!"
Bernie is *the best*!!! Too bad the DNC stopped him in 2016 (putting disastrous Hillary forward instead); and again in 2020, putting Biden forward instead - who has turned out worse than Trump in further tarnishing America's standing worldwide. And here we are...if Bernie was POTUS in 2016 & 2020, the world would be in a much better place today, alas...
Biden has done fine representing us on the world stage. Our prolonged and in no way novel relationship with Israel is currently an anchor on our reputation
oh yes indeed this commie socialist guy bernie boy would sure would had made the world a much better place huh ? with the thinking you have you commie socialist lover i can only think of how this country would had been like right now ? WORSE THEN WHAT SLEEPY JOE BIDEN HAS DONE TO IT AS OF NOW !
Agree that Bernie is the best. Strongly disagree with your opinions on Biden ' has turned out worse than Trump in further tarnishing America's standing worldwide.' Biden has repaired much of the damage Trump did to America's standing in the rest of the world, especially with NATO, the EU, the UN, Ukraine, etc. It will take decades of good government to repair the damage that Trump has done both in foreign and domestic affairs and values.
Agree that Bernie is the best and that we missed an incredible opportunity to move America in a more humane and equitable direction. Strongly disagree that Biden 'who has turned out worse than Trump in further tarnishing America's standing worldwide.' Biden has begun to repair the damage that Trump caused both in foreign and domestic affairs. That Trump damage to NATO, Ukraine, EU, global warming, women's rights, etc. will take decades to repair if the breaches of trust can ever be fully repaired.
Agree that Bernie is the best and that we missed an incredible opportunity to move America in a more humane and equitable direction. Strongly disagree that Biden 'who has turned out worse than Trump in further tarnishing America's standing worldwide.' Biden has begun to repair the damage that Trump caused both in foreign and domestic affairs. That Trump damage to NATO, Ukraine, EU, global warming, women's rights, etc. will take decades to repair if the breaches of trust can ever be fully repaired.
About the Orban, Bolsonaro, Duterte nexus, have you looked into Stephen Harper's role with the "International Democratic Union", and the position of Pierre Poillievere as Canada's potential next Prime Minister?
I know you guys are moderates, but its shocking that it took this long to get Bernie on here. He has been the only US politician making sense about the conflict from the start.
They're not really moderates and they've been praising Bernie and criticizing Biden about Gaza from the get-go. "that it took this long to get Bernie on here", it's not like their other guests were centrists defending Israel plus Bernie is an active senator, I'm sure he's busy, he can't just come on whenever Ben and Tommy want. I don't know how far left you are that you would consider these two guys moderates. I think the main difference between them and a lot of lefty online people is that these two have actually worked in government and know how it works (or often doesn't) so in that way, they may be more cautious about criticizing people in the Biden government because they know it's often not as easy as a lot of online lefties seem to think it is. But they're still pretty clear about their policy disagreements in this matter and always have been.
They absolutely have not been criticizing Biden from the get-go. Its only been in the past couple months that they have come around to the progressive side's approach. October through January their stance was that "Israel has every right to defend themselves"
Just because they don't yell a lot and do laugh a lot, doesn't make them moderates. Favs may be the closest to a generalist and moderate. Tommy's the closest to internationalist except for Ben. Dan is most experienced. And Lovett may well be the best analyst & biggest goofball on the team. They're really all lefties. They were all ready to salute Biden until Bibi, a right wing nut case, ignored Biden on the Who is the superpower? level.
@@nolanwoods4173100%. Pod Save insulted everyone with legit concerns of our dying democracy for years, and still complain about “mentally ill Bernie bros” emailing them after the Super Tuesday betrayal in 2020. They were full of shit then and full of shit now because Biden could end this with a phone call but doesn’t. They used to call it “Green Lantern” politics when ppl ask Dems to do anything, and now one man doing one thing could end a genocide and save our republic and they fidget nervously on the deck of this sinking ship. It’s pathetic and I hate these losers.
@@nolanwoods4173 it's not true that they have only criticized Israel since January. it HAS been pretty much since October, maybe November. i know this because as a bernista i had always checked into Pod-x with a side-eye as they (to varying degrees) tended to get nasty when Sanders came up. so i was quite surprised when they were having the absolutely correct HUMAN takes regarding what was starting to go into motion in mid/late October '23. better, at least outwardly, than Bernie at that time. so credit to the Pods on this most elevated issue.
Hey Folks: make Yourself, a national treasure and speak up about this injustice to the Palestinians - speak TRUTH to Power! Protest Now! ---------- Psalm 27.
Capitalism isn't necessarily the problem ( if you have real competition- trend: monopolies and social democracies with working wages,trend: less free education, housing too expensive etc), the problem is neoliberalism
Ben - there IS no traditional left/right divide on foreign policy. No substantially. Mostly just on how it gets talked about. When push comes to shove the US always acts to boost its Military-Industrial complex. Frankly, that’s been the foundation of US wealth and power since at least WWII. Bernie’s question about whether the US really believes in democracy is absurd. Of course it doesn’t. Not only has it never hesitated to crush fledgling foreign democracies which don’t give the US enough financial benefits, it has fallen well behind the rest of the Western World in achieving a democratic system of government. Trump is only one of many elected officials who've progressed from adopting corrupt behavior once elected to seeking re-election purely for the purpose of "representing" the highest bidder instead of those who elected him. And it's legal.
Tommy did so well with the Taoiseach pronunciation but failed with Fine Gael. "Fin-eh". Varadkar was one of the most conservative Taoiseachs we've ever had. Prior to the 8th amendment referendum, he, a physician, didn't believe in a woman's right to choose. Just because he's gay and the son of an immigrant, doesn't make him "of the people". He grew up privileged, as the affluent son of a doctor in Castleknock. He hates poor people, despises the homeless
I disagree with most of what Bernie has to say, and some of it is just plain incorrect. The idea that Israel is accepting tens of billions of dollars from the US while still telling the US what Israel itself is going to do is not at all absurd IMHO. It’s much like my nephew who continued hitting his brother no matter how many times his parents kept telling him to stop. Why stop when there are no consequences? And in the case of Israel, the US hasn’t even TOLD it to stop. And in the case of my nephew, at least his parents didn't hand him a stick. Or a bomb. Bernie is also wrong that it is illegal for Israeli to block American humanitarian aid to Gaza while receiving financial aid from the US. Yes, that is contrary to a US law. However that law applies to the US, not to Israel. It is the US that is breaking its own law by continuing to GIVE the financial support. It is not against the law for Israel to continue RECEIVING it - US law has no standing in Israel. Frankly I find it quite worrying that a US senator believes that US law applies to the rest of the world. We don’t have One World Government … yet. (I do however agree with Bernie that blocking humanitarian aid is obscene.) I ALSO disagree with Bernie that the immediate concern in Gaza is to feed starving people. At least, not while they’re still being bombed. It’s entirely analogous to advice about what to do after being snake bit - first and foremost avoid further snakebite. Then treat it. Stop bombing the Gazans.
I share Bernie Sanders' ideals. I wish I shared his faith as well. I tend to tear up when I hear him speak about higher goals and hopes for Americans and humanity as a whole... both because his purity moves me and because I'm saddened by the fact that I don't believe the world will ever even come close to looking like the beautiful picture he paints.
You guys talking about Kate Middleton has been a million times better than any episode of "Pod save the UK"...how you guys green lit that show with those 2 idiot hosts is beyond me
I just saw that an international woman’s rights group was going to hold their annual meeting this year being hosted in and by Saudi Arabia who have the “worst” women’s rights anywhere!
Ben: As Americans, I think we don't have to figure out "what the Royal Family is". That's for the Brits to decide. We left that behind us 250 years ago. The most recent YouGov polling (17 March, before Catherine's cancer video) reveals 51% of adults in the UK think the monarchy is good for Britain; 25% neither good nor bad; 16% bad; 5% don't know. There were no big fluctuations in those numbers over the past few years. I expect there will be an uptick in support the next time the bi-annual polling is done, out of sympathy for Charles and Catherine, but also because of the new transparency being instituted by the King in several areas. I appreciate your comments and agree with some. However, I think we need to step back and let the British monarchy do their thing in ways not many people outside their shores really understand. I've been a British royal watcher for 45 years and I still don't get all the ins and outs of it. Thanks for the forum. Loved this episode, especially the Bernie interview.
Western Interest should not supersede sovereign interest of another country ,we would not allow it here and we should not allow it anywhere ,and we should not take part in it.
Bernie Sanders is such a real one. I love that man. Thanks to him for holding the line and keeping it real.
I love Bernie Sanders! He's one of the good ones. ❤
Thank you Senator Sanders. As one of your constituents, I am always proud of what you stand for.
Does the U.S. take instructions from the Israeli lobby?
😂 Hell yes!!!!
I interpret Trump as saying, “finish your genocide before I have to take office. I want this laid on Biden.”
I have no love for Trump or Biden. But it's true that Biden has has been involved in two wars! Can't deny that. While Trump has been involved in zero. Gaza is on Biden. He keeps supplying weapons to aid a Genocide. That's 100% Genocide Joe.
LOL - The Best Comment today ....
Bernie is truly a national treasure
God but I love Bernie Sanders. Long may he serve the people of America and the world.
Thank you guys for speaking up! Your nuanced takes around Gaza are so important
It does not help that there are Zionists in the White House and state department.
BERNIE!! The world needs him. Our sanity needs him. Big love!
Love Bernie ❤
Why are we obligated to pay Israel so much money each month? Why do they think they can tell us what to do? Does Israel somehow own us?
Yep! It's called AIPAC
Because they own Congress , The executive branch,and possibly the Judicial branch.
If you are looking for who owns America, it's called OPEC
Great show guys. Absolutely zero support for Israel now. Feck bebe.
I listened to all of the UN 🇺🇳 Hearing… and imho, the U.S.’s abstention is mainly political, domestically. No bite to it. Only hope that those here at home, extremely concerned about our involvement in supporting Israel in this war, will be appeased. I posit this will NOT work. Bibi is heinous. Voters remain angry & see both candidates as having nothing to offer but rhetoric.
I’d really like to test cutting off our massive aid to Israel. Give as awful as we’re getting…
it's actually crazy how much leadership charisma Bernie has without even raising his voice...
I got to say, even Golda Meir was racist against the Palestinians. She’s the one with the famous quote saying that there was no nation of Palestine.
Not true. Golda during an interview said “I carried a Palestinian passport because I did not live in Israel, I lived in the country called Palestine”
Oh how I wish you are president Bernie. The world would be a better place. And critics can’t say anything about your age because your mind is still amazing and sharp as ever
Perhaps the dnc shouldn’t have sabotaged him twice
@@roofie2xAgree. One of the biggest travesty in US politics. I think Neo cons in DNC did that
I can hear how it went then: "You want me to move my Embassy to Jerusalem? Then someday, I will come to you, and I will expect you to return that favor". Seaside Trump condos on expropriated land on the Gaza strip coming right up...
Trump Golf Gaza for sure.
So true! Remember NK? What did trump look at? Oh Kim, Perfect opportunities for money making real estate workings.
Every damn meeting with other countries leadership, led with something financially beneficial for trump . He'd sell America out in a minute, if it meant some real estate deal for him.
totally plausible
@@jeffschecter4543 yep.
His son in law has already made a trip to Israel to make the statement that this incredible, very valuable ocean front property needs to plowed over and rebuilt into valuable condos, hotels, etc.
Ben and Tommy speak the truth about Netanyahu and his far right mean spirited policies. Thank you 🙏🏾
I grew up in West Hempstead on Long Island. Most of my friends were reform Jews, and they were the finest people I knew. How the hell does Israel get such a conservative leader? Are they all Hasidic conservatives in that country?
They both were apologetic to do so up until late Feb. / March... Every episode Tommy said to the listeners " I know you are disappointed but we wanted to let you know about this thing". Finally, both of them are not apologizing for truth-telling.
Bernie just gets it. And I love the way he unapologetically called it like it is: AIPAC IS THE PROBLEM.
Great show as always. Really enjoyed the Bernie Sanders interview.
Fundamentally rethinking foreign policy in terms of nations cooperating towards a better future for everyone would be a good thing for all governments and if America sets a good example, many will follow.
Here here
It's perhaps the worst shame that we slept on electing Bernie as President.
Do you not remember 2016? Many in DNC worked to kneecap his campaign and smear him.
And DNC had their part too
@@user36112 Yeah, that time but all the other times were on us.
Thanks for having Bernie. Get Van Hollen next.
Bernie is just the best
Love Bernie. If only the military complex didn't exist. And Bernie's foreign policy did. World would be a better place. Bernie should be President not Biden.
Bernie showing plenty of clarity and vigor at 82yrs of age. Thank you, Bernie for your leadership, and for speaking out against the massive forces aligned against progress.
The more I hear about Israel's side of this relationship, the more it looks like we're the chumps and have been for a couple decades.
Pretty Much.
Amen! So, make Your views known to Your Congress Rep. & Senators and tell them to CUT OFF AID TO ISRAEL NOW - to stop the massacres! Make it count!
------------- Psalm 23.
This exactly. Israel isn’t an ally, it’s a foreign state that used religious politics to hijack our government
Don’t believe everything that you hear
Really appreciate Ben's deep expertise and Tommy's level-headedness.
Bernie is amazing
Love Bernie Sanders. He's one of the few people in Congress who is willing to address the monster that's been with us since WWII - the military industrial complex. Eisenhower addressed it before he left office. It's a corrupt system. It's why I get so enraged whenever someone from the Republican Party complains about Social Security costs getting out of control. When Congress addresses the $900 billion elephant in the room, then I'll listen to their ideas on Social Security.
Nobody ever even approaches a conversation about the military budget- neither Republicans not Democrats. So disappointing. 😑
I think it's also important to recognize and appreciate that the overwhelming superiority of the American military is what stopped the rise of other military powers (USSR being an obvious example).
While the military industrial complex may be costly and inefficient it's impossible to know how a counterfactual world without it would have developed.
Power vacuums don't stay empty, sometimes to secure peace is to prepare for war.
Call me crazy, I'm glad China or Russia don't have the strongest military.
Dennmarks immigration policy isn't ideal.
Glad to see that Ben is encountering what the Danish would call "hygge" - 'good things with good people', rough translation. I feel it when I watch the Pod!
So true! Just figured out why I'm so obsessed with crooked media!
Good show, except the remark, "Netanyahu doesn't care for the children in Gaza dying of hunger," a sorry euphemism for a openly declared policy of genocide the Zionist regime communicated through it's defence minister Galant who, on October 8, stated that, "there'll be no food, no water and no electricity for Gaza," and borne out by the fact that all life sustaining infrastructures such as hospitals, schools and all universities and cultural sites including museums and archives in Gaza have been flattened and hundreds of university teachers, journalists and writers and poets have been victims of targeted killings. Didn't the Israeli PM invoke the Amalek story in the Bible to incite mass killings of Palestinians, which reverberates among the IOF(IDF is a misnomer) troops' display of triumphalism in Gaza and the ugly bloodlust voiced, as latest polls show that very large sections of the Israeli society want their military to be even more forceful to annihilate the "enemy." In order to fulfill its mission to kill as many as possible, Israel has been blocking the entry of trucks carrying humanitarian aids while Palestinians children are starving to death, clearly in order to deprive the besieged population of any means for survival. By textbook definitions and as per international law articulated by the genocide convention, Israel has been committing genocide and war crimes in Gaza since October 7th, 2023.
Thank you
Pod Save will never criticize the Democrats except in the lightest possible terms, usually PR or messaging stuff. The fact that Biden is backing a genocide doesn’t matter to them, they will play along anyway.
yes. enough being Good Americans.
there HAS to be a 25x stronger word than "gaslighting"
Old enough to remember when 10,000 Palestinians wasn’t enough for Bernie Sanders to demand a ceasefire and said ceasefire only benefit hamas 😅
When was that? Honest question, I'm not American and I don't know
Most Israelis support what their government is doing. It is a crazy selfish country.
The rapper Lowkey has a very very interesting breakdown on Ben Shapiro and his strong ties to Isreal. Really worth the watch to see who his financial backers are. Let's just say he's not as popular as he makes himself out to be and he's an important " insert" for Isreal
Yah he didnt say it from day one
We don't know what is said behind closed doors. He has to play politics to a point. When that is not possible anymore, you get vocal.
Bernie!
Sen.🎉 Bernie Sanders should be running for President, if he has a better plan for the people of the world. May God Almighty help HIS people❤, AMEN
Agree that Bernie is the best and that we missed an incredible opportunity to move America in a more humane and equitable direction. Strongly disagree that Biden 'has turned out worse than Trump in further tarnishing America's standing worldwide.' Biden has begun to repair the damage that Trump caused both in foreign and domestic affairs. That Trump damage to NATO, Ukraine, EU, global warming, women's rights, etc. will take decades to repair if the breaches of trust can ever be fully repaired.
and how is that repair going?
i haven't been on Instagram at all the past six months..
Before Gaza the world would have agreed with you about Biden being better at foreign policy. Not any more. Biden part of 2 wars in 3 years. Trump 0. Disturbing but true
Great discussions today. Thank you! ❤
Bernie is on point! We do need to give props to Biden for making Bill Burns, a career diplomat, the CIA director. Military Budget is Congress's job but it would be nice to see Biden order them to start building affordable housing or something after the election if Biden wins. It does sometimes seem like we are sleepily continuing the status quo.
I love Bernie. I wish he was our president.❤🙏
I wish that if you articulated a vision for foreign policy you would be required to provide specifics instead of saying it's hard
I'm a proud Bernie Bro 💙
me too from Ireland
Ben, Harry and Meghan made it a reality show. Royal family is head of state. They have their issues like any family.
There shouldn’t be a royal family.
Biden has done himself no favours in the way that he has handled this..and yes, Trump would have been worse.
Trump calling Biden 'a dumb person' !! Pot and kettle.
I got a text from Rashida Tahlib thanking Biden for the USA UN Security Council vote. That’s a relief to me that this divisive issue over human rights in Gaza is being addressed. Personally I want human rights respected in both Ukraine and Gaza so more people Progressive Representatives will sign Discharge Petition No 9 HR 1016 to free the aid to Ukraine without creating a moral quandary.
Yeah, it never happened.
When you hear "internet sleuths", if it's not followed by "Bellingcat", don't believe it.
About the terror attack in Russia: do we even know that those guys are the actual perpetrators of the attack? Or are we literally just taking Putin's word for it.
I believe ISIS released photos and a video they recorded prior to the attack so I think there’s credibility to that aspect of it. What’s less clear is why Russia dismissed US warnings, waited an hour and a half to respond to the attack, then allowed the men to escape and nearly reach the Belarusian border before apprehending them. And their agenda to blame Ukraine certainly questions Kremlin motives about whether they intentionally let it happen for ulterior motives regarding the war. Wouldn’t be the first time Putin used this playbook even if ISIS was responsible.
“What are our values? How do they manifest in our foreign policy?” The perfect question for all politicians to try and answer.
the other thing about the torture of those suspects is that they are SUSPECTS. we have been kind of vaguely aware that there is a significant amount of torture in Russian prisons and more acutely aware of war crimes their mercenary groups commit in other countries-mercenary groups that tend to employ convicts who are promised clemency for fighting for these mercenary groups and may have witnessed, been subject to or have participated in violence within the prison system. so it’s not a surprise that they would do this. but the question is: are these legitimate suspects or just four brown guys they took off the streets and tortured for the sake of a quick result? I find it hard to believe they would take no action in response to the warnings received and yet had enough intel to immediately identify suspects.
Thank you. I've been thinking exactly that since the first pics were circulated... "Four brown guys" 🥺
Thanks!
Can you guys please cover what is going on with Venezuela and their election...things are getting more hopeless there
The FY 2024 budget also conditions aid to the PA on the PA:
1) Not bringing suit against Israel for crimes against Palestinian to the ICC
2) The PA not obtaining a seat at the UN w/o first getting Israel's go-ahead
Serious question, why in the world does ISIS have social media channels? What social media platforms are still holding a space for this??
Why wouldn’t ISIS have social media channels? Hamas has their own News Channel Al Jazeera. And that is acceptable and “credible” for everyone in the world 🤷🏻♀️
They literally use telegram, mastodon, discord etc…It’s the same was Hamas has a HUGE PR department. These people are not blind to late stage capitalism just because they are religious extremists. (I’m pro Palestine but the videos on instagram with the dramatic music and drone shots over rubble make me rolls my eyes so hard at Hamas. Genocide is horrible, don’t make it cringe)
43:00 Lethal Weapon 2, imho the best LW movie. I can still hear that over-enunciated line by Joss Ackland, "Diplomatic Immunity!" This was also the film that introduced Joe Pesci as Leo Getz. "Whatever you need, Leeeoooo gets!"
What the IIDF have been doing for 75 yrs isnt sick? Double standards. Shameful
It is binding. Biden is wrong about that
Bernie is *the best*!!! Too bad the DNC stopped him in 2016 (putting disastrous Hillary forward instead); and again in 2020, putting Biden forward instead - who has turned out worse than Trump in further tarnishing America's standing worldwide. And here we are...if Bernie was POTUS in 2016 & 2020, the world would be in a much better place today, alas...
Biden has done fine representing us on the world stage. Our prolonged and in no way novel relationship with Israel is currently an anchor on our reputation
oh yes indeed this commie socialist guy bernie boy would sure would had made the world a much better place huh ? with the thinking you have you commie socialist lover i can only think of how this country would had been like right now ? WORSE THEN WHAT SLEEPY JOE BIDEN HAS DONE TO IT AS OF NOW !
Agree that Bernie is the best. Strongly disagree with your opinions on Biden ' has turned out worse than Trump in further tarnishing America's standing worldwide.' Biden has repaired much of the damage Trump did to America's standing in the rest of the world, especially with NATO, the EU, the UN, Ukraine, etc. It will take decades of good government to repair the damage that Trump has done both in foreign and domestic affairs and values.
Agree that Bernie is the best and that we missed an incredible opportunity to move America in a more humane and equitable direction. Strongly disagree that Biden 'who has turned out worse than Trump in further tarnishing America's standing worldwide.' Biden has begun to repair the damage that Trump caused both in foreign and domestic affairs. That Trump damage to NATO, Ukraine, EU, global warming, women's rights, etc. will take decades to repair if the breaches of trust can ever be fully repaired.
Agree that Bernie is the best and that we missed an incredible opportunity to move America in a more humane and equitable direction. Strongly disagree that Biden 'who has turned out worse than Trump in further tarnishing America's standing worldwide.' Biden has begun to repair the damage that Trump caused both in foreign and domestic affairs. That Trump damage to NATO, Ukraine, EU, global warming, women's rights, etc. will take decades to repair if the breaches of trust can ever be fully repaired.
Thank you
LETS GOOOO BERNIE !!!!
About the Orban, Bolsonaro, Duterte nexus, have you looked into Stephen Harper's role with the "International Democratic Union", and the position of Pierre Poillievere as Canada's potential next Prime Minister?
I know you guys are moderates, but its shocking that it took this long to get Bernie on here. He has been the only US politician making sense about the conflict from the start.
They're not really moderates and they've been praising Bernie and criticizing Biden about Gaza from the get-go. "that it took this long to get Bernie on here", it's not like their other guests were centrists defending Israel plus Bernie is an active senator, I'm sure he's busy, he can't just come on whenever Ben and Tommy want. I don't know how far left you are that you would consider these two guys moderates. I think the main difference between them and a lot of lefty online people is that these two have actually worked in government and know how it works (or often doesn't) so in that way, they may be more cautious about criticizing people in the Biden government because they know it's often not as easy as a lot of online lefties seem to think it is. But they're still pretty clear about their policy disagreements in this matter and always have been.
They absolutely have not been criticizing Biden from the get-go. Its only been in the past couple months that they have come around to the progressive side's approach. October through January their stance was that "Israel has every right to defend themselves"
Just because they don't yell a lot and do laugh a lot, doesn't make them moderates. Favs may be the closest to a generalist and moderate. Tommy's the closest to internationalist except for Ben. Dan is most experienced. And Lovett may well be the best analyst & biggest goofball on the team. They're really all lefties. They were all ready to salute Biden until Bibi, a right wing nut case, ignored Biden on the Who is the superpower? level.
@@nolanwoods4173100%. Pod Save insulted everyone with legit concerns of our dying democracy for years, and still complain about “mentally ill Bernie bros” emailing them after the Super Tuesday betrayal in 2020. They were full of shit then and full of shit now because Biden could end this with a phone call but doesn’t. They used to call it “Green Lantern” politics when ppl ask Dems to do anything, and now one man doing one thing could end a genocide and save our republic and they fidget nervously on the deck of this sinking ship. It’s pathetic and I hate these losers.
@@nolanwoods4173 it's not true that they have only criticized Israel since January.
it HAS been pretty much since October, maybe November. i know this because as a bernista i had always checked into Pod-x with a side-eye as they (to varying degrees) tended to get nasty when Sanders came up.
so i was quite surprised when they were having the absolutely correct HUMAN takes regarding what was starting to go into motion in mid/late October '23.
better, at least outwardly, than Bernie at that time.
so credit to the Pods on this most elevated issue.
Hey Folks: make Yourself, a national treasure and speak up about this injustice to the Palestinians - speak TRUTH to Power! Protest Now! ---------- Psalm 27.
Everyone knows that abstaining from a vote is the same as voting in the majority-especially when you have veto power.
So ... why not vote in the majority? Answer: because it isn't the same.
Since you are not a member of the empire, understanding the role of the royals is kind of, none of our business. Just like Kate's diagnosis.
What a brilliant podcast. Tommy, Ben & Bernie... intellectual dynamite!!!!
Biden has exceeded my expectations, but damn do I wish that Bernie would have been elected president instead.
Travesty Bernie not President
Sounds like Bernie would have been an amazing president 🤔
LOL "the Elon Musk Kleptocracy." These guys have absolutely zero allegiance to truth.
Is Natanyahu a national socialist? (Sounds like 'Nazi' to me.)
Lads you heard the pronunciation of fine gael in the clip. Come on now
Bernie isn't stupid.
Hey Bernie, love ya sir, but Golda would be right there with Bibi.
Capitalism will trump democracy every time. That is the basic dilemma, the basic contradiction of our country, and now, the world.
Capitalism isn't necessarily the problem ( if you have real competition- trend: monopolies and social democracies with working wages,trend: less free education, housing too expensive etc), the problem is neoliberalism
and you boys pushed biden. yikes
Bernie should have been president.
Shame on genocide Joe. The Democratic Party has lost me as a voter. I live in Pennsylvania and even donated to fetterman 🤮
i sent money and many many a comment to Fetterman. nauseating times indeed.
Fetterman team had meetings with AIPAC. You now know why
O.9 trillion on arms is insane.
Thank you
Ben - there IS no traditional left/right divide on foreign policy. No substantially. Mostly just on how it gets talked about. When push comes to shove the US always acts to boost its Military-Industrial complex. Frankly, that’s been the foundation of US wealth and power since at least WWII.
Bernie’s question about whether the US really believes in democracy is absurd. Of course it doesn’t. Not only has it never hesitated to crush fledgling foreign democracies which don’t give the US enough financial benefits, it has fallen well behind the rest of the Western World in achieving a democratic system of government.
Trump is only one of many elected officials who've progressed from adopting corrupt behavior once elected to seeking re-election purely for the purpose of "representing" the highest bidder instead of those who elected him. And it's legal.
Tommy did so well with the Taoiseach pronunciation but failed with Fine Gael. "Fin-eh". Varadkar was one of the most conservative Taoiseachs we've ever had. Prior to the 8th amendment referendum, he, a physician, didn't believe in a woman's right to choose. Just because he's gay and the son of an immigrant, doesn't make him "of the people". He grew up privileged, as the affluent son of a doctor in Castleknock. He hates poor people, despises the homeless
I disagree with most of what Bernie has to say, and some of it is just plain incorrect.
The idea that Israel is accepting tens of billions of dollars from the US while still telling the US what Israel itself is going to do is not at all absurd IMHO. It’s much like my nephew who continued hitting his brother no matter how many times his parents kept telling him to stop. Why stop when there are no consequences? And in the case of Israel, the US hasn’t even TOLD it to stop. And in the case of my nephew, at least his parents didn't hand him a stick. Or a bomb.
Bernie is also wrong that it is illegal for Israeli to block American humanitarian aid to Gaza while receiving financial aid from the US. Yes, that is contrary to a US law. However that law applies to the US, not to Israel. It is the US that is breaking its own law by continuing to GIVE the financial support. It is not against the law for Israel to continue RECEIVING it - US law has no standing in Israel. Frankly I find it quite worrying that a US senator believes that US law applies to the rest of the world. We don’t have One World Government … yet. (I do however agree with Bernie that blocking humanitarian aid is obscene.)
I ALSO disagree with Bernie that the immediate concern in Gaza is to feed starving people. At least, not while they’re still being bombed. It’s entirely analogous to advice about what to do after being snake bit - first and foremost avoid further snakebite. Then treat it. Stop bombing the Gazans.
I share Bernie Sanders' ideals. I wish I shared his faith as well. I tend to tear up when I hear him speak about higher goals and hopes for Americans and humanity as a whole... both because his purity moves me and because I'm saddened by the fact that I don't believe the world will ever even come close to looking like the beautiful picture he paints.
It's the VOTERS!!
You guys talking about Kate Middleton has been a million times better than any episode of "Pod save the UK"...how you guys green lit that show with those 2 idiot hosts is beyond me
Any chance we could get Jim Sciutto onboard with regards to Taiwan adjacent stuff .
I just saw that an international woman’s rights group was going to hold their annual meeting this year being hosted in and by Saudi Arabia who have the “worst” women’s rights anywhere!
Prison industrial complex. Fostercare complex.
Ben: As Americans, I think we don't have to figure out "what the Royal Family is". That's for the Brits to decide. We left that behind us 250 years ago. The most recent YouGov polling (17 March, before Catherine's cancer video) reveals 51% of adults in the UK think the monarchy is good for Britain; 25% neither good nor bad; 16% bad; 5% don't know. There were no big fluctuations in those numbers over the past few years. I expect there will be an uptick in support the next time the bi-annual polling is done, out of sympathy for Charles and Catherine, but also because of the new transparency being instituted by the King in several areas. I appreciate your comments and agree with some. However, I think we need to step back and let the British monarchy do their thing in ways not many people outside their shores really understand. I've been a British royal watcher for 45 years and I still don't get all the ins and outs of it. Thanks for the forum. Loved this episode, especially the Bernie interview.
Ben... please get a decent webcam... it's 2024 ;-)
Caucasians lost😂😂😂 cannot eve see the parallels to Caucasian Settler in Western North America
Putin bibi trump think the law goes one way and it doesn't include them.
...Why does trump look tiny in that suit interview??
No one mentioning his glasses were taped. Here's to hoping the guy can get a good pair of specs.
Western Interest should not supersede sovereign interest of another country ,we would not allow it here and we should not allow it anywhere ,and we should not take part in it.
Ban AIPAC and money in politics
Who is going to replace Bernie when he is gone?
Translate trump.
Bernie For President
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Bernie ❤❤❤