The Middle with Anthony Weiner

Episode 100 – Weiner’s Stil at It   A cake? Celebrity cameos? Nope. Just the normal stuff : Trump committing fraud; Joe Biden’s accusers committing perjury, and; prosecutors in Georgia committing…uh, hanky panky.  100 episodes later and whoever thought this was a good idea might have just been right. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you were hoping that suddenly the Republicans would become competent; Trump would become immune from prosecution or that Biden would defeat father time, you and Anthony both had a disappointing week.  A bit of groundhog day with failure of the immigration bill and more talk about how old our next president will be. The Supreme Court did hint at something novel – consensus.  Learn more about you...

The Senate finally has a bipartisan deal to improve the situation at the border. And there was much rejoicing! Or was there? Anthony resists the urge to say “I told you so” but he really did.  A lot of Republicans show their hands by choosing politics over problem solving. In the meantime, lots of polls show Trump is winning and lots of polls show Biden is winning. But if the economy - the most im...

Not exactly the art of the deal. This week Donald Trump turned a $5 million judgement and into $83 million.  Anthony looks at the former President’s expensive temper tantrums.  Far from going slowly into the night after her non-winning performances in Iowa and New Hampshire, Nikki Haley is doing everything she can to get under Donald’s skin.  Also, this week, in the life and death debate in Congre...

The votes are finally being cast and the dislike for the guy with 91 indictment counts is not popular with Republicans. Who would have guessed that?! Anthony bids DeSantis goodbye and wonders when Nikki Haley will wake up and try to win. The Vice President auditions are in full bloom, but didn’t Trump try to have his last VP actually and literally and for real…murdered? In other news, Uvalde was e...

Its fair to say that this was a head scratching week in Washington. Hunter Biden shows up on Capitol Hill and Donald Trump shows up at United States District Court. Anthony explains why this was a case of the sublime and the ridiculous. Speaking of ridiculous, can someone please explain how a Shia terror group firing at a Swedish ship on the way to Japan is good for the Palestinians? But, there wa...

It's one of those dates that become shorthand. January 6th was a day we said we would never forget. Three years later and we know what has happened. Or do we? Anthony looks at the national reckoning and sees two different ways to interpret the aftermath. A helluva lot of accountability has been doled out but are the lessons learned? Also, this week, Anthony has his first on-air feud. He took some...

In the last show of 2023, Anthony takes stock. Crime is down and the economy is way up. Can you believe it? Well, actually a lot of listeners are saying no, they don’t believe it. Could the problem possibly be that whole alternative facts thing? Also this week, Anthony goes to the tape and reviews his predictions for the year. How did he do? Not terrible. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit me...

Wait, you mean we have to follow all of the Constitution around here? Donald Trump – and many Americans – are learning anew about Reconstruction and the 14th Amendment this week. Anthony breaks down the epic decision from the Colorado Supreme Court that once again reminded us that its not every day that someone who tried to overturn democracy runs for President. Also this week, 2023 was the year o...

Their work here is done. Sure, arms for Ukraine, help for Israel and a fix for the border haven’t been done, but at least they remembered to sort of impeach President Biden. Anthony looks at what must have been the worst Congress in history.  The way things have gone this year, you wonder why the Republicans even wanted to be in charge of the House of Representatives. Also this week, SCOTUS gets i...

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George Santos is out, Elon Musk is coming apart and DeSantis gears up for…2028. Anthony has thoughts and prayers this week. He recaps a busy week in the legal cases of Donald Trump and Hunter Biden. Also this week, saying goodbye to Henry Kissinger and…KISS.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On a Thanksgiving weekend, Anthony looks at how we are doing today and finds we have a lot to be grateful for. The economy is looking better. Really! But if we want to fix a lot of what ails our nation, perhaps we should return to our roots. What made America great was some stuff we used to do very well but have gone away from. Also this week a look at the investigation(s) surrounding Mayor Adams...

A lot of feelings were hurt this week. Anthony looks at the rise of Bin Laden on social media as Musk keeps being antisemitic there. Republicans are at each other’s throats…still.   Maybe all this negative energy is why so many Members of Congress are announcing they want out. At least we have George Santos to agree upon…for now.  Also this week, the economy is sort of, kind of, very good. Learn m...

The fog of war lifted just a little this week. The videos of Palestinians begging Hamas to just leave and other showing Hamas firing on civilians trying to flee are jarring and tragic but don’t seem to be having an impact on the protesters here. Anthony looks at what may come next in the Israel war against Hamas and why the American idea of putting the Palestinian Authority in charge of Gaza may n...

Anthony has a word or two about the words being used by the anti-Israel activists on the left nowadays. Call it a vocabulary lesson. Also, why can't Republicans just say yes to Biden on immigration?   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With the war entering a new phase, Anthony looks at the complicated decisions Israel has to make and the many fronts it has to fight. In domestic news, a new Speaker nobody knows, a new candidate for President nobody knows and a mass shooting story we all know too well.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Situations like this demand a strong unambiguous voice and President Biden found it again this week. Everyone with an account seems to have a take on the war in the Middle East, fortunately the adults don’t care who has entered the chat. World leaders – outside the Arab world – have been steadfast and Anthony is grateful that it is not the other guy in the White House right now.   Speaking of the...

A week after the terrorist attack on Israel and the full extent of the horror is now clear. Despite the best efforts of our nation’s fringes, our nation is pulling together to support our ally.  Anthony has little patience this week for the naivety of the left and the blind hatred of Biden on the right.  This is a moment for the vast middle in our country.  Anthony looks at some of the motivations...

News of the most tragic sort moves the show into more sober territory this week. Anthony tries to keep up with the breaking news and talking a bit about the history of Israel's ongoing battle to exist.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

They had one job and the House Republicans needed Democratic help to do it. Crisis averted!  But the impeachment hearings were a flaming dumpster fire of a clown show. Too much? Anthony looks at a lousy week for Republicans. A cringe worthy presidential debate; almost laughable Impeachment hearings and Donald Trump is still doing fraud.  Also, RFK, Jr. finally admits he is not a Democrat. Learn mo...

Unions are popular in America and more of them are resorting to strikes to get their fair shake. Anthony looks at the latest one, the United Auto Workers, and sees Biden with a winning issue. Also this week, that politicized and weaponized Department of Justice is at it again, targeting…checks notes…a Democrat. Is it enough to bust the biggest false narrative of 2023? We doubt it. Learn more about...

The House of Representatives is gearing up to maybe, possibly, perhaps impeach President Biden. Or so announced our Speaker in Name Only.  Anthony sort of saw this one coming and reminds us of that a few too many times with week. He goes allegation by allegation for the uninitiated and finds a tissue paper thin rationale. But that doesn’t mean he is opposed to the investigation or at least the one...

Mayor Adams let loose this week about the many migrants coming to New York. His vision was, uh, dystopian. It was a Moonstruck moment for Anthony. Apparently our Mayor thinks that people coming to our city is on par with 9/11, Superstorm Sandy and Covid. Jeez pal, snap out of it.  Also, the Jan6 defendants got what they had coming to them. But something doesn’t seem right about the process. What h...

Do you know who supports Medicare negotiating for lower prices from the drug companies? Damn near everybody! But as Anthony explains this week, taking on Big Pharma is not easy.  In a giant victory for #Bidenomics, this common sense policy that even Donald Trump supported (before he folded like a cheap suit) is finally law and it will bring a lot of savings to seniors of all parties and taxpayers...