Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Thursday called for new Israeli elections to oust Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Schumer, the highest-ranking Jewish elected official in the U.S., called Netanyahu an “obstacle to peace.” Ben Rhodes, co-host of Crooked’s ‘Pod Save The World’ and former deputy national security advisor to President Barack Obama, explains what Schumer’s comments could signal about Democrats’ shifting attitudes toward Israel over the war in Gaza.
And in headlines: Vice President Kamala Harris made history by visiting an abortion provider in Minnesota, the Manhattan District Attorney’s office asked to delay its hush money case against former President Donald Trump by 30 days, and Pornhub blocked Texas users from using the site amid an ongoing legal battle over the state’s age verification law.
Show Notes:
Congress Passes Antisemitism Legislation In Attempt To Quell University Protests
Biden Administration Moves To Lessen Restrictions On Marijuana
MTG, Mike Johnson, And The Depths Of GOP Chaos
Biden Reiterates “Clear Position” Against Rafah Invasion In Latest Call With Netanyahu
How Unions Won The South
Supreme Court Weighs Immunity In Trump's Jan 6 Case
SCOTUS Hears Trump Immunity Case
Gaza Campus Protests Through the Eyes Of Student Journalists
Inside Trump's Criminal Hush Money Trial
How SCOTUS Could Allow Cities To Criminalize Homelessness
Why Tesla is Spiraling Out of Control
The Challenges Of Jury Selection
An Anticlimactic End to Mayorkas Impeachment
Speaker Johnson VS. House Far-Right GOP
Supreme Court Could Help Trump In Jan 6 Obstruction Case
Middle East Tensions At A High After Iran Attacks Israel
The Real Origins of the Student Debt Crisis
DOJ Closes 'The Gun Show Loophole'
House Republicans Deal Speaker Another Blow With FISA Bill
Arizona Abortion Access Now Hinges On A Referendum
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