Political Playlist Happy Hour

Tragically, the year is not beginning how anyone in Los Angeles would like, as Michael, Anna, and Anthony process the still ongoing fires ravaging their own backyards in the Palisades at an unprecedented level. The gang then turn their attention to all the other things making everyone else's start to the year a bit prickly, like Meta announcing they're no longer fact checking, or how funding for 9/11 first responders and victims has lapsed thanks to Donald and Elon. Or how US Steel may be going under after a merger was recently blocked. It's not the start to the year we wanted, but that doesn't me we can allow ourselves to tune out the news.

Yes, we talk about the drones over Jersey...we just couldn't help ourselves. But we also talk about the quiet but steady work of one GOP Congresswoman to combat China's bad trade practices, the annual year end pardon petitioning to the President, and the future of AOC in Democratic leadership. And finally, to conclude the Year's End Happy Hour, we bid adieu to the departing members on account of age--and spoiler, some of our favs are growing up!

On this episode of the Happy Hour, Michael, Anna and Anthony break down all the things happening in Syria with the fall of the Assad Regime and discuss what this means for the US and the broader region. The gang then discuss what the young Congress is saying about this, as well as other important issues like maternal death rates in the US and some new tiktok trends a few Congresswomen are getting involved in.

On this Happy Hour, Michael regales the gang with his recent golf hole in one which lead to none other than Mitch McConnell receiving a free drink! We also discuss a number of relevant news items this week like the Pete Hegseth nomination, new democratic leadership contests, immigration and the economy, and of course, the Hunter Biden pardon.