189: Trump’s military complex

Ben and guest co-host Ayman Mohyeldin break down the news out of the Munich Security Conference, including Marco Rubio’s condescending speech, why all eyes were on Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the grim outlook for Ukraine, and Ben’s sense of the mood on the ground the ...  Show more

Tommy and Ben discuss the growing calls for British Prime Minister Keir Starmer to resign over Labour’s ties to Jeffrey Epstein, and the comparative lack of political accountability here in the US. They also talk about new details surrounding the whistleblower complaint that was ...  Show more

House Democrats use rioters words to argue that Trump “lit the fuse” of insurrection. GOP senators praise impeachment managers; no minds appear to be changed. President Biden says the US has secured an additional 200 million doses of Covid vaccine. Sources say Trump’s lawyers exp ...  Show more

President Donald Trump is meeting with lawmakers to push election fraud claims. Some people in the White House fear Trump's final days as president as Trump also turns to conspiracists. "It's scary" says a source about outside advisers influencing Trump. A source also says that T ...  Show more

President Trump’s legal problems are mounting as a Georgia prosecutor zeroes in on the President, investigating his pressure on the state's top election official to overturn the election. As well, the January 6th select committee is asking Ivanka Trump to sit down for an intervie ...  Show more

As the US sends more troops to Eastern Europe, Christiane speaks with Vladimir Chizhov, Russia’s ambassador to the EU … Journalist George Packer reviews his gut-wrenching reporting on America’s chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan … Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman tells Miche ...  Show more