Tragedy Over the Potomac, Trump Boosts School Choice, Detroit Mayor Finds the Right Enemies

3 Martini Lunch

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🗓️ 30 January 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Hillsdale College Radio General Manager and Radio Free Hillsdale Hour Host Scot Bertram fills in for Jim in this episode of the 3 Martini Lunch. Join Scot and Greg as they discuss the tragic midair collision between an airliner and a military helicopter over the Potomac River, President Trump’s new executive order on school choice, and how the far left's attacks on Detroit's mayor might end up helping him get elected governor.

First, they discuss the deadly crash between a U.S. Army Blackhawk helicopter and a commercial airliner near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. Tragically, all 64 passengers and crew aboard the plane, as well as all three soldiers on the helicopter, lost their lives. Scot and Greg explore the details of the disaster, try to resist jumping to conclusions, and reflect on the bravery of the first responders who worked tirelessly in search of survivors.

Next, they dive into President Trump’s newly signed executive order aimed at expanding school choice across the nation. This executive order directs various cabinet departments to provide grants to states, empowering parents with the financial means to send their children to schools of their choice. Scot and Greg discuss how this order increases educational freedom for families but also whether this movement might come with some unintended consequences.

Finally, Scot and Greg consider Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan’s response to attacks from far-left groups over his use of the term "illegal immigrants." Duggan, who says he welcomes immigrants while cooperating with federal authorities on illegal immigration enforcement, is defending his words and actions. Duggan is also running as an independent for Governor of Michigan in 2026, and Scot says this absurd criticism can only help Duggan's campaign.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the three martini lunch.
0:04.9	Grab a stool next to Greg Carumbus of Radio America and Jim Garrity of National Review.
0:10.6	Three martini's coming up.
0:13.2	Very glad to have you with us for the Thursday edition of the Three Martini Lunch.
0:17.5	As mentioned at the end of yesterday's edition. Jim Garrity is not here today,
0:21.5	but in his place, Scott Bertram, the general manager of WRFH, Radio Free Hillsdale-101.7 FM on the campus
0:28.4	of Hillsdale College, where he's also a lecturer in journalism. He directs the Hillsdale College
0:33.6	podcast network. He is host of the Radio Free Hillsdale Hour. He is the co-host of
0:39.3	Political Beats. He is the co-host of Wasn't That Special, 50 years of Saturday Night Live,
0:45.0	which you can find more at Wasn't That Special.com and subscribe. Scott will be getting to
0:50.5	more political news in the second and third martinis, the president's executive
0:54.9	order on school choice and also some interesting political developments in Michigan beyond
1:00.7	what Jim and I talked about earlier in the week with the announced retirement of Senator Peters.
1:06.2	But what everybody's talking about today, unfortunately, is the shocking and horrific collision,
1:11.6	mid-air collision, just a fraction of a mile away from Washington Reagan National Airport
1:17.4	along the Potomac River last night. It happened, I think, about 848, a little before 9 o'clock
1:22.7	Eastern time. Everything seemed to be normal, according to briefings that we heard last night and then early
1:28.7	this morning there was a Sikorsky Blackhawk helicopter the plane was coming up from the south
1:34.5	what's called the Mount Vernon route and was obviously very much locked into the path of landing
1:39.9	at National Airport and then we still don't know exactly what happened. And investigation will take
1:46.9	place. But here is what the air traffic control sounded like, this is edited together a little bit.
1:53.0	American 472 by bathtub or individual. American 472 Washington, Washington, Washington,
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