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Episode 259 - Glutton for Punishment (w/ Rep. Ro Khanna) (Patreon)

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2023-03-13 09:30:38
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On this week's premium episode, Briahna presses Representative Ro Khanna about his vote condemning socialism, whether legislation proposed to address the crisis in East Palestine goes far enough, whether his endorsement of Biden's 2024 campaign is premature in light of more progressive-aligned entrants into the race, his thoughts on Sy Hersh's reporting that the US was behind the Nord Stream pipeline sabotage, whether the US should support an independent UN investigation into the sabotage, and more.

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Produced by Armand Aviram.

Theme by Nick Thorburn (@nickfromislands).

Comments

Anonymous

I completely reject Ro's premise that Biden has been at least good on climate and loan forgiveness. Biden just approved the Willow project to expand drilling against his own promises and activists demands. Dems end up being WORSE on drilling. Remember when Obama bragged "That whole, suddenly the US is the biggest oil producer and gas... THAT WAS ME PEOPLE"?

Cory

Not b to be one of those drama queens but I'm counting down how many times I can hear Marianne Williamson before I give up. (Edit I think this is a less than useful and possible harmful use of your time. )

Anonymous

Just started listening but came here to say GET HIS ASS!

Adam Brosnan

There are diminishing returns to having Ro on.

Adam Brosnan
>>103985908

Trump and Biden have different rhetorical styles, but the policies, specifically regarding immigration, are indistinguishable.

Adam Brosnan
>>103985908

Ro is a good politician, as in, dodging questions, but it is insufferable to listen to his evasiveness regarding Palestine.

Adam Brosnan
>>103985908

Fuck me. ‘I don’t think the US military should be subject to an outside investigation’ This guy isn’t providing anything other than Dem/Establishment talking points.

Cclear

Brie: I really appreciate you in so many ways, but talking about how great it is to vote for Biden in the democratic primary and supporting and defending Marianne Williamson (and talking about the media/democrat DNC mistreatment of her) are not the only two options. There's also placing demands on either of them for our vote, promoting third party candidates, discussing the idea of abstaining from the democrat primary and why that might be useful if it comes with a political campaign of some sort and more. I know the RBN guys can go a bit overboard at times, but I think they're right on this issue. Time spent defending Marianne is time not spent discussing other issues. It's your show so it's definitely your choice but I think as long as you spend time portraying MW positively, a not small segment of your audience will disagree with that.

Fahim Everyone's Dream

While I appreciate Ro coming on to talk with Brie repeatedly, I wonder how much of him coming on the show is out of a genuine concern to understand the pains of the working class. There is a huge part of me, that says Ro coming on is simply his way of saying “hey, I did my tour of duty”. In other words, he provided lip service to the left. I’m sorry, but for a “Public Servant” with an estimated net worth over $45 million (without counting his wife’s net worth of $25 million) pussyfooting on issues like calling on an investigation on Nord Stream, signing on to Bravo Sierra stuff like “Horrors of Socialism”, and defending Biden, it’s criminal. Ro could quit his position or be in his position and hold the feet of the Biden administration to fire, but he refuses to do that. He could genuinely rally the masses on serious issues like M4A, student loan, US Imperialism and militarism but he refuses to do that or has feckless critiques. What does he have to fear? He, his offsprings, and their offsprings can all live affluent lives just on his current portfolio. So, I go back to my initial question, is this all a show?

Anonymous

Great interview, every time I kept screaming "don't let him off the hook for this!" and Bri ALWAYS gave the push back i wanted.

Cory

So I was going to apologize for posting argumentative comments when I'm drunk. The relevant comment thread has been deleted, probably by me. (Alcohol use disorder is a medical condition and arguably a disability) (/s #kiddingnotkidding etc) But I take issue that there is a dichotomy between supporting Biden in 2024 and some lame progressive. There are more options. And I know Marianne is always framed as "okay but what should we do about the primary?", which is logically valid. But I think in that context focusing on her would be counterproductive. And I feel like the attention she's got so far is already counterproductive. (Had to respond since I'm aghast at waking up to these notifications)

Jesse

Brie, your time, and your audience’s time, is too valuable for you to continue to have Ro on the show. If we didn’t get it the first time we got it the second or third. We all know he’s a fraud and a phony. You dont have to do this.

Anonymous

I am always impressed by the lack of a coherent, consistent argument in support of the war in Ukraine. Brie's lawyering skills really shine a light on that here.

Adam Gregus
>>103991728

The first paragraph were exactly my thoughts in the beginning. It is all a show and the word "progressive" is merely branding for ghouls like this. At least Briahna is not as deferential and bubbly around Khanna like Krystal Ball tends to be on Breaking Points, that is truly depressing to watch. I am also still waiting for someone (anyone!) to ask him about his and his wife's stock portfolio, which is the real elephant in the room whenever he is discussing foreign policy.