3 Martini Lunch – Political Humor & Commentary

Join Jim and Greg as they welcome retired U.S. Navy officer and 2022 Virginia congressional candidate Hung Cao joining the race to challenge Sen. Tim Kaine. They also condemn House Progressive Caucus Chair Rep. Pramila Jayapal calling Israel "a racist state" while trying to quiet pro-Palestinian protesters and Rep. Rashida Tlaib (among others) for boycotting Israeli President Isaac Herzog's speech...

Join Jim and Greg as they examine the Ohio U.S. Senate race now that the GOP field has three prominent candidates fighting to take on three-term Democrat Sherrod Brown. Is Brown beatable now that Ohio is trending more to the right and what or who will it take to beat him? They also cringe at two polls showing far too many young people are willing to surrender critical constitutional freedoms. Acco...

Jim and Greg end the week with all crazy martinis. First, they look into allegations that China-related donations to the University of Pennsylvania soared immediately after Joe Biden established the Biden Center there following his time as vice president. They also don't buy the U.S. Secret Service concluding that it will never be able to determine who is responsible for the cocaine found at the W...

Join Jim and Greg as they detail why many people are getting more stressed about prices for essential items even though the overall inflation numbers are cooling. They highlight a piece from National Review's Noah Rothman explaining how "center store" inflation is still a big problem. They also wince at the news China successfully hacked the Commerce Department, including the emails of Sec. Gina R...

Hillsdale College Radio General Manager and Radio Free Hillsdale Hour Host Scot Bertram is in for Jim today. After a quick discussion of ethics concerns over the Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor's staff working to push her book sales, they applaud the independence of the American consumer for buying the vehicles that work best for them - and that means not many of them are buying electric veh...

Greg is back! Join Jim and Greg as they discuss National Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman Steve Daines publicly endorsing his preferred candidates in Montana and Nevada in an effort to avoid missed opportunities like the GOP suffered in 2022. They also roll their eyes as Wired magazine denounces Ring doorbell cameras as being too easy to use to help police solve crimes. Finally, they raise...

Chad Benson from The Chad Benson Show fills in for Greg today as he joins Jim with good, bad, and crazy martinis. First they discuss the recent boycotts against companies pushing leftist messages, exposing corporations poorly perceiving public opinion on important issues. They then react to the confusion regarding US policy towards Ukraine, pointing out some confusing decisions from the current ad...

Chad Benson from The Chad Benson Show fills in for Greg today as he joins Jim with good, bad, and crazy martinis. GOOD: Ron DeSantis commits to the first GOP debate, with or without Trump. BAD: There's always been a contradiction between Musk's rhetoric on free speech and playing footsie with China, but Tesla pledging to enhance "core socialist values" is taking it to a new level. CRAZY: I really...

Chad Benson from The Chad Benson Show fills in for Greg today as he joins Jim with good, bad, and crazy martinis. They first discuss the "shadow campaigns" run by Democrats such as Gavin Newsom and the Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's possible 2028 run, and how the party has to play around Biden's run for re-election. They then react to the DOJ appealing a lower court's ban on the Biden administra...

Jim and Greg are back to answer more of your insightful questions. Today, they tackle the greatness of Thomas Sowell and discuss who the leading conservative thinkers are today. Then they share what messages they would stress if they were ever invited to deliver a commencement address. Finally, they offer insights into what political figures do that immediately raise red flags in their minds. Time...

As the United States marks 247 years of independence, it's time to celebrate what we love about this country. While many people in this country prefer to focus on what they think is wrong with the U.S. or contend that it has been flawed from the beginning, Jim and Greg take time to express some of the different things they love about being Americans. From the revolutionary ideas that led to our fo...

Some of our favorite episodes are the ones where you ask Jim and Greg questions and they offer their takes on politics, sports, pop culture or whatever else is on your mind. Today, they analyze why people with no chance of being elected president decide to run for the office anyway and respond to a listener who wants the people to have a say on who Jim and Greg label as the poster child for generi...

Election Day 2024 is more than 16 months away, but the first Republican debate is less than two months away and voters in the first primary and caucus states will be casting their ballots in just a few months. Today, Jim and Greg examine the state of the campaign in three different ways. First, they look at the Democratic primary. While President Biden has a commanding lead over Robert F. Kennedy,...

Join Jim and Greg for good, bad, and crazy martinis. First they applaud the Supreme Court's decision to deem Affirmative Action unconstitutional in college admissions. They then blast the FAA, the airlines, and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg for air travel turning into a miserable experience this summer. Finally, they discuss the recent Biden administration decision to provide a "safety n...

Join Jim and Greg for good, bad, and crazy martinis. First they react to IRS whistleblower Gary Shapley's allegations of interference by the DOJ regarding the Hunter Biden investigation, and being blocked entirely from investigating Joe Biden. They then discuss the recent report from Ford Motor Company that it expects to lose $3 billion in operating profit on electric vehicles. Finally, they laugh...

Join Jim and Greg for a full course of good, bad, and crazy martinis. First they react to a new Rasmussen Reports poll revealing that most Americans support Taiwan's independence, and discuss how it clashes with the recently soft stances of the Biden Administration towards the Chinese Communist Party. They then critique a new bill in Michigan that would jail people for up to five years if their sp...

Jim Geraghty is back! After a brief discussion about the confusing Russian coup, Jim and Greg dive into three domestic issues today. First, they're happy to see the White House press corps - even some of the usually compliant members - demanding answers about President Biden's apparent involvement in Hunter Biden's business deals after Biden repeatedly insisted he knew nothing about them. They als...

Ricochet.com Editor-in-Chief Jon Gabriel is in for Jim, who will be back on Monday. Join Jon and Greg as they applaud the rapid reopening of Interstate 95 in Philadelphia and note how quickly some projects get done when there is strong political incentive to get it done. They also fume as IRS whistleblowers tell Congress that the Justice Department repeatedly meddled in the Hunter Biden investigat...

Ricochet.com Editor-in-Chief Jon Gabriel is in for Jim today. Join Jon and Greg as they break down Senate hearings on whether biological men who identify as women should be permitted to participate in women's sports - and the absurd notion from the left that there really is no difference between them when it comes to athletics. They also roll their eyes as a group of House Democrats asks the Biden...

Ricochet Editor-in-Chief Jon Gabriel is in for Jim today. Join Jon and Greg as they welcome Special Counsel John Durham's congressional testimony about the FBI's deeply flawed Crossfire Hurricane investigation and how the Bureau used information it knew was false to obtain FISA warrants on Trump campaign figures. They also appreciate Durham saying that a few cosmetic policy changes at the FBI won'...

Hillsdale College Radio General Manager and Radio Free Hillsdale Hour Host Scot Bertram is in for Jim today. Join Scot and Greg as they give you four martinis for the price of three. First, they react to Hunter Biden's plea deal on gun and tax charges. They then get a good laugh as the left criticizes Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for appointing conservative judges to the Florida Supreme Court. They l...

Hillsdale College Radio General Manager and Radio Free Hillsdale Hour Host Scot Bertram is in for Jim today. Join Scot and Greg for one bad and two crazy martinis. After Scott shares his story of an All-American weekend, they are frustrated and unsurprised at the $403 billion in taxpayer-funded COVID relief that was lost to fraud and government waste. They then react to the mixed messages on gas s...

Hillsdale College Radio General Manager and Radio Free Hillsdale Hour Host Scot Bertram is in for Jim today. Join Scot and Greg as they cheer statistics showing abortions are down in the U.S. since the Dobbs decision at the Supreme Court and way down in states that have enacted stronger pro-life laws. They're also horrified as a three-star general in the U.S. Space Force warns that people who are...

Join Jim and Greg as they serve up three lousy martinis. First, they dissect a new Quinnipiac poll showing Americans strongly dislike the best known presidential candidates, while huge majorities have no clue who many of the other hopefuls are. They're also sadly unsurprised at a Free Beacon report showing that 99.5 percent of all political donations from professional "fact checkers" went to Democ...

Join Jim and Greg as they applaud Toyota shareholders for rejecting the pressure of environmental activists to phase out the internal combustion engine and go all in on electric vehicles. They also sigh as President Biden once again offers up completely false or badly outdated talking points - including his new favorite factoid that Africa will soon have one billion people, a level it reached in 2...