Yet again, Joe and Tim record an episode before the biggest news of the weekend strikes. There's no discussion of the fallout from Biden's big decision this time, but they do cover:

1. The assassination attempt and reactions

2. The role of political rhetoric and state of the two parties (19:00)

3. Trump's ear gauze (1:01:00)

4. Gershkovich Trial outcome (1:02:20)

5. Elon Musk's endorsement (1:06:00)

6. Victims of the assassination attempt (1:07:00)

7. Trump's Classified Document case (1:09:00)

8. The Crowdstrike outage (1:14:10)

This episode was recorded Saturday morning, before the attempted assassination of former President Trump. We will hold a discussion on that event this week sometime, or at our normal recording next weekend. With more time, it allows the facts to unfold.

This week, we talked about:

1. The continued spotlight on Biden

2. Clooney's letter & others putting on pressure (9:00)

3. Sidetrack on Threads v. X/Twitter (13:30)

4. Some Democrats turn on Biden cont'd (16:30)

5. RNC/Republican VP options (19:30)

6. Republican ticket 2028 (23:45)

7. Voices of the minority opinions in a democracy (31:00)

8. Eminem & culture today (48:45)

9. Biden making it to another debate? (55:50)

10. French elections (1:07:20)

11. Inflation & population numbers (1:11:25)

Joe and Tim recap the past week including:

1. The debate fallout at this point

2. Change of leadership in Britain (34:30)

3. Supreme Court rules on Presidential Immunity (40:30)