About this episode

Jim and Greg discuss the defense of capitalism, recent political events, and Hunter Biden's latest confession.

Join Jim and Greg for the Wednesday 3 Martini Lunch as they consider a terrific defense of capitalism in the face of CNN lefties trying to tie it to white supremacy, Rick Caruso's odd re-emergence in the LA mayor's race, Sen. Ed Markey easily winning his primary and immediately calling for Trump's impeachment, and Hunter Biden's latest weird confession. First, they applaud CNN panelist Kmele Foster for his robust defense of capitalism and how it is absurd for the left to try to link it to white supremacy as James Talarico and others have tried to do. Jim also explains that the frustrations many people think they have with capitalism is really the result of government regulation. Next, they roll their eyes as Rick Caruso, who lost the 2022 Los Angeles mayoral race to Karen Bass, suddenly reappears and seems shocked that the Democratic Socialists of America are a factor in this year's campaign. Jim and Greg discuss how Caruso's stock has fallen considerably over the past couple of years. Then, they dig into Sen. Markey's big win over Rep. Seth Moulton in the Democratic U.S. Senate primary in Massachusetts. And while some top Democrats are pretending otherwise, Markey immediately…

People in this episode

Hosts: Jim Geraghty, Greg Corombos

Topics covered

• capitalism
• political commentary
• elections
• impeachment
• government regulation
• Hunter Biden

Keywords

• capitalism
• CNN
• Rick Caruso
• Sen. Ed Markey
• impeachment
• Hunter Biden
• government regulation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CNN, Democratic Socialists of America

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