More Democrats Call for a Ceasefire
The President says a deal is close that would free hostages in Gaza, while more Democrats in Congress call for a ceasefire or conditions on military aid to Israel. Meanwhile, Biden celebrates his 81st birthday with more bad polling and anxious Democrats. Trump continues his run of bonkers campaign stops in Iowa and Fox News kicks off the holiday season with a meltdown over “woke” Christmas. Then, ProPublica and NPR reporter Andrea Bernstein joins the show to talk about the newly announced Supreme Court ethics code and her podcast about right-wing judicial activist Leonard Leo, “We Don’t Talk About Leonard”. Finally, we kick off a new Thanksgiving tradition and pardon our favorite political turkeys of 2023. For a closed-captioned version of this episode, click here. For a transcript of this episode, please email [email protected] and include the name of the podcast.
- Duration
- 1h 14m
- Broadcast on
- 21 Nov 2023
- Audio Format
- other
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(upbeat music) - Welcome to Pad Save America, I'm John Fabro. - I'm Pardon Turkey, John, love it. - I'm Tommy Beattor. - That's pretty bad. - Leave it in. (laughing) - On today's show, President Biden celebrates his birthday with more bad polling. (laughing) - It's such a dickish way to say it. - Sorry. - No, it's what, actually, that's how he feels about it. - That's how he, I know, I'm just telling the truth. Trump tries to wrap up the primary in Iowa, and Fox News kicks off the holiday season with a war on woke Christmas. Then, ProPublica's Andrea Bernstein joins to talk about Supreme Court ethics in her new podcast on right-wing judicial activist Leonard Leo. And later, we inaugurate a new Thanksgiving tradition. We're gonna pardon some of our own turkeys. - Yeah, that's right. - Yeah, all right. But first, President Biden said Monday, a deal that would release hostages held by Hamas is close. And this comes as the number of House Democrats calling for a ceasefire has grown to 37, a group that now includes three Jewish Democrats, Becca Ballant, Sarah Jacobs, and Jamie Raskin. Over in the Senate, Jeff Merkley became the second senator to call for a ceasefire. And Bernie Sanders released a statement saying that, quote, "Not one penny should go to Israel "until they stop the bombardment, "allow displace Gazans to return home, "and pledge not to pursue a long-term blockade "or reoccupation of Gaza." Other Senate Democrats, like John Ossoff, who's also Jewish and Chris Van Hollen, have also started to talk about putting conditions on the $14 billion in aid that Biden has requested for Israel. Let's listen. President, I fervently want Israel to succeed, both in defeating the threat posed by Hamas and as a historic effort to secure a safe homeland for Jews. But I do not accept that the total deprivation of millions of innocent civilians is necessary for Israel to secure its objectives
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The President says a deal is close that would free hostages in Gaza, while more Democrats in Congress call for a ceasefire or conditions on military aid to Israel. Meanwhile, Biden celebrates his 81st birthday with more bad polling and anxious Democrats. Trump continues his run of bonkers campaign stops in Iowa and Fox News kicks off the holiday season with a meltdown over “woke” Christmas. Then, ProPublica and NPR reporter Andrea Bernstein joins the show to talk about the newly announced Supreme Court ethics code and her podcast about right-wing judicial activist Leonard Leo, “We Don’t Talk About Leonard”. Finally, we kick off a new Thanksgiving tradition and pardon our favorite political turkeys of 2023. For a closed-captioned version of this episode, click here. For a transcript of this episode, please email [email protected] and include the name of the podcast.