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)

In this episode, Joe and Tim spend 90 minutes talking about their debate impressions, current events, and speaking truthfully. If only we had two candidates that could do that...

1. Debate analysis (pretty much the whole episode)

2. More Supreme Court decisions released this week (1:14:00)

Joe & Tim start this week with an exciting in depth discussion on taxes... but also discuss more news of the week:

1. SCOTUS on Taxes, the Deficit, etc.

2. SCOTUS on Domestic Abusers (40:00)

3. LA & the Ten Commandments (42:30)

4. Biden's Executive Order on Immigration (51:30)

5. Debate Preview (56:00)

6. Campaign Fundraising (1:08:00)

7. Nvidia (1:10:55)

Joe & Tim mostly argue over the reason(s) why our leaders have been getting older in this episode. There were a few current events that were cut from the discussion due to an issue with the audio such as Hunter Biden found guilty, SCOTUS cases on abortion pills/bump stocks, & IVF bills blocked in Congress. What survived the audio cut were:

1. Concerns over Trump & Biden's age

2. Status of Western Democratic leaders & others around the World (4:00)

3. Generational rift - just in government or in all of society? (8:30)

4. Inflation report (35:30)

5. Biden's Executive Action on Immigration (36:20)

This week Joe & Tim go down other rabbit holes after starting with the next trial underway:

1. Hunter Biden Jury

2. Drugs & Society (6:45)

3. Driving & Cell Phones (10:10)

4. Economic updates (33:10)

5. Class Action Suit against the NFL (40:30)

6. SCOTUS disclosures (58:45)

7. D-Day (1:05:00)

In a busy week, Joe & Tim spend a lot of time discussing the major story of the week and their opinion on the current state of the 2024 election.

1. Trump convicted

2. Mexico's election (6:00)

3. An Elon Musk/Trump Link? (9:15)

4. More Trump's Conviction (10:25)

5. Feeling on the state of the election (13:30)

6. Trump woes and then insults Libertarians (43:45)

7. Inflation/Interest Rates (49:00)

8. US Birthrates (49:45)

9. North Korean Balloons (55:55)