3 Martini Lunch – Political Humor & Commentary

Join Jim and Greg as they bring you two good martinis along with a crazy one that's also pretty good. First, they applaud the House GOP and National Republican Congressional Committee for being on offense during the debt ceiling fight and having more effective messaging on this issues than any time in recent memory. They also take note of the long list of legislative victories that Gov. Ron DeSant...

Join Jim and Greg as they offer two good martinis and one that's so bad it might be considered crazy. First, they welcome the public's accurate, "brutal" assessment of Biden's job performance in a new ABC News/Washington Post poll. Not only is Biden looking at some of his lowest approval numbers, but a huge majority sees him as mentally unfit and his own party overwhelmingly does not want him to r...

Join Jim and Greg as they wrap up the week. After Jim's choice comments on tomorrow's coronation of King Charles III, they welcome the news that the seven most vulnerable Senate seats in 2024 are all held by Democrats. They also unload on former Clinton campaign figure Brian Fallon for hyperventilating that Justice Clarence Thomas needs to be removed from the Supreme Court and that the entire cons...

Join Jim and Greg as they present two "good-ish" martinis and a crazy one. After a brief discussion on the declining quality of Star Wars shows and movies, they note how little lawmakers and President Biden plan to be in Washington this month. Jim suspects that schedule shows they are actually quite confident they'll be able to reach a debt ceiling deal. They also welcome the news that we may soon...

Join Jim and Greg as they serve up two good martinis and a crazy one. First, they find some optimism in the ongoing debt ceiling fight as Republicans find a few Democratic allies on issues ranging from energy permitting to fighting Biden's student debt redistribution plan. Then they applaud the U.S. Supreme Court after all nine justice sign a letter rejecting Senate Democrats for demanding new rec...

Join Jim and Greg as they serve up three good martinis, but you may need to squint a bit to see them. First, they welcome the admission from the green energy industry that it is thoroughly dependent upon cheap Chinese products to make solar panels and that renewed tariffs on China would hurt the industry badly. So reality smacks the green agenda in the face yet again. They also cheer the impending...

Join Jim and Greg as they welcome decisions from the newly right-leaning North Carolina Supreme Court restoring Voter ID requirements in the state and restoring the congressional map that the former left-leaning court tossed out for political reasons. They also fume as an illegal immigrant kills five people and wounds others in Texas, especially after learning the killer was deported five times fr...

Join Jim and Greg as they serve up three good martinis to close out the week! First, they cheer CNN contributor Scott Jennings for calmly but firmly confronting American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten over her absurd lies that she was pushing harder than anyone to reopen schools in the midst of the pandemic when she was loudly persistent in keeping them closed. They also welcome...

It's Chad Benson's last day sitting in for Greg, and he and Jim are pleasantly surprised that the House GOP held together on a debt ceiling bill, and there are some rumblings that Kevin McCarthy might be better at being speaker than anybody expected. Today also brings a pretty lousy U.S. GDP number, raising questions of just how the U.S. economy is performing. Finally, while it's not unusual for f...

It's another good, bad, and crazy day, as Chad Benson sits in for Greg Corombos again. Chad and Jim Geraghty find it hilarious that the city of San Francisco concluded that after six years, their boycott of red states has had no impact whatsoever on those states, has significantly increased costs and red tape for the city, and repealed the boycott. Meanwhile, it's good that an ISIS mastermind who...

With Greg out, Chad Benson steps in and chats with Jim Geraghty, and they declare good riddance to former CNN anh Don Lemon; lament that Joe Biden is running for another term and war a very bad idea for an 80-year-old man to be a possibility for a second term and ending his presidency at age 86; and urge Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to either indict, or don't indict, but don't annou...

Join Jim and Greg for four martinis today, as they begin with the breaking news that Tucker Carlson and Fox News Channel are going their separate ways effective immediately. Then it's on to the regularly scheduled martinis, starting with both the Wall Street Journal and New York Times raising the alarm about Biden running for a second term at his age and mental state. The Journal says Biden is in...

Join Jim and Greg as they once again offer bad and crazy martinis. First, they fume over upcoming changes to mortgage fees that will force homebuyers with really good credit scores to pay more so that buyers with shaky credit scores have lower costs. They also shake their heads as once again the Biden State Department is caught off guard by a civil war where it's too late to evacuate Americans - t...

Join Jim and Greg as they applaud the IRS whistleblower willing to come forward about politics interfering with the investigation of Hunter Biden. And they appreciate CBS News for actually covering the story. They also react to a bizarre string of shootings in response to simple mistakes like knocking on the wrong door, pulling into the wrong driveway, accidentally entering the wrong car, and even...

Join Jim and Greg as they appreciate Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell refusing to allow Democrats to replace Sen. Dianne Feinstein on the Judiciary Committee just so some of the most radical and unqualified Biden nominees can get confirmed. But they disagree on whether it's better for the country for Feinstein to resign or for her to stay in office but have to be away from Washington. They...

Join Jim and Greg as they mix two ominous martinis on China along with some broken political promises here at home. First, they shudder as the recently leaked national security documents confirm that China has developed hypersonic missiles that our carriers and missile defense systems are not able to stop. They also groan as China seems very confident that Germany will not defend Taiwan when Beiji...

Join Jim and Greg as they appreciate both former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin for recognizing reality and taking a pass on the 2024 presidential campaign. They think highly of both men and would not be surprised or unhappy to see either of them run another time but there was no path this time around. They also recoil as a horrific new report from multiple United...

Join Jim and Greg as they serve up two bad martinis and a crazy one. First, they react to how some on the right are characterizing the National Guardsman accused of leaking top secret documents as a hero. They also vent about the IRS imposing a far lower standard for requiring a 1099 form when you are paid for work over apps like Venmo, Zelle, or PayPal. And they scratch their heads as former Vice...

Join Jim and Greg as they break down how Bud Light and Anheuser-Busch miscalculated so spectacularly by making transgender Dylan Mulvaney the face of a new marketing campaign and they remark on how thoroughly the left now dominates the policies and actions of corporate America. They also shake their heads as perhaps the most significant intelligence leak in a decade was solved by a teenager, who g...

Join Jim and Greg as they cheer South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott for launching an exploratory committee to run for president in 2024. While Scott's chances of being the GOP nominee are slim, they explain why a Scott candidacy is good for the party and makes a lot more sense than some of the other Republican longshots. They also also fume as the Biden administration thinks its job is to remake the aut...

Join Jim and Greg as they serve up two crazy martinis along with a bad one today. They begin by scratching their heads over why the Democrats would choose to hold their 2024 national convention in the crime-ridden city of Chicago. They also dig into the bleak forecast the recently leaked intelligence documents are painting for Ukraine in the coming months. Finally, they discuss the worsening short...

Jim Geraghty is back just in time to serve up three lousy martinis to start the week! First, Jim and Greg dig into what may be the worst breach of of top secret information since the Edward Snowden episode ten years ago and discuss what the damage might be to our national security. They also roll their eyes as the left, which constantly preens about norms and institutions, has several prominent fi...

Ricochet Editor-in-Chief Jon Gabriel is in for Jim on this Good Friday edition of the podcast. Join Jon and Greg as they cheer Ron DeSantis for calling out GOP leaders over many years for making conservative promises to voters and then failing to follow through on them. They also unload on White House spokesman John Kirby for trying to blame President Trump for the Afghanistan withdrawal debacle a...

Ricochet Editor-in-Chief Jon Gabriel is in for Jim. Join Jon and Greg as they cheer House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and a bipartisan congressional delegation for meeting with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen in defiance of Chinese demands and touting the importance of a free Taiwan. They also react to new allegations that CNN's Don Lemon harassed former co-anchor Kyra Phillips back in 2008, including...

Ricochet.com Editor-in-Chief Jon Gabriel is in for Jim today. Join Jon and Greg as they welcome the news that a Democrat in the North Carolina House of Representatives is planning to switch to the GOP. The move would give Republicans a veto-proof majority in both chambers of the legislature and allow them to bypass the Democratic governor's opposition to school choice and more. They also shudder a...