The Josh Lafazan Show

The Josh Lafazan Show - Episode 20

Episode Notes

Today's top stories in US news, politics, government, and world affairs:

President Donald Trump defeated Vice President Kamala Harris and will assume office in about a month. Trump has been making public his nominees for his cabinet and White House administration, which gives an indication of what his governing team will look like. However, what makes Trump different is that unlike many of his predecessors, experts believe that many of Trump’s picks will not cross the finish line - and that is because there is a wildly diverse spectrum of Trump’s nominees, from mainstream, to questionable, to downright outrageous. As Trump continues to make picks, it’s become clear which nominees will cruise through the Senate, who is questionable to pass, and whose nomination is dead on arrival.

In a very strange ending to the police manhunt for the shooter of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, authorities have taken 26-year-old Luigi Mangione into custody. Mangione was bizarrely caught when an elderly patron spotted him sitting and eating at a McDonald’s restaurant in Altoona, Pennsylvania. As I argued on this show last week, and still believe, that there can be no equivocation here - the murder of Thompson cannot be justified, no matter how much animus one holds for the healthcare industry or the insurance company. This is the United States of America. We are the world’s beacon of democracy, and in this country, you do not affect change through murder. And anybody who thinks differently is a danger to the very fabric of civilized society which sustains our nation.

President Bill Clinton was a speaker last week at the New York Times Dealbook Summit hosted by Andrew Ross Sorkin. Among the number of topics covered by the former 2-term Democratic President, Clinton was asked for his thoughts on the War in Gaza. The most important moment of his speech came when Clinton directed his remarks at young Americans, who incredulously find themselves on the side of Hamas - a literal terrorist organization - rather than our democratic ally in Israel. And Clinton says that young people are "shocked" when they learn exactly what deal then-President of the Palestinian National Authority - Yasser Arafat - walked away from in the year 2000. Almost 25 years later, Clinton's recounting of what that deal was, what he was able to negotiate in terms of concessions from Israel, and what the Palestinians said no to, is crucial in understanding the current landscape of the conflict.

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