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3 Martini Lunch

Trump Targets the Houthis, Sinema Showcases Dem Hypocrisy, Can Trump Reverse Biden Pardons?

3 Martini Lunch

Radio America

Politics, Daily News, News Commentary, News

4.6 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 17 March 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Join Jim and Greg for 3 Martini Lunch as they analyze President Trump’s decision to strike Iran-backed Houthi terrorists in Yemen, former Sen. Kyrsten Sinema exposing the Democrats' hypocrisy on the filibuster, and Trump’s claim that President Biden’s pardons are invalid. They also pay tribute to two influential figures on the right who recently passed away.

First, they support Trump’s move to target Houthi militants for their ongoing attacks on U.S. and allied ships in the Red Sea. Jim explains why the strikes are justified and responds to concerns about escalating conflict and whether Trump has congressional authorization.

Next, they enjoy watching former Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema call out the Democrats’ blatant filibuster hypocrisy. Sinema became a pariah in her own party for refusing to kill the legislative filibuster. Now she's gleefully highlighting the same Democrats for demanding that Senate Democrats filibuster the government spending bill last week.

Then, they consider Trump’s assertion that Biden’s pardons are invalid because they were signed with an autopen and possibly without Biden’s awareness. They cite past evidence of Biden’s confusion over executive orders but doubt Trump could legally overturn the pardons—a precedent he might later appreciate. They also offer some ingenious ideas for speeding up the resolution of all the legal challenges to Trump's policies.

Finally, they pay tribute to two important figures on the right who died last week. First, they remember former Wyoming Sen. Alan Simpson. Then they reflect upon the life of longtime Reagan speechwriter Tony Dolan, who had a significant impact on Jim's career.

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0:00.0

Welcome to the three martini lunch.

0:04.9

Grab a stole next to Greg Corumbus of Radio America and Jim Garrity of National Review.

0:10.3

Three martini's coming up.

0:12.8

Happy St. Patrick's Day.

0:15.7

Jim has not tapped his first Guinness yet, so, well, at least as far as I know.

0:20.4

Oh, Greg, when you assume you make a you know what out of you and me.

0:26.1

No, no, no, no AML for me yet so far.

0:29.3

We're counting the minutes till the end of this podcast.

0:31.5

But we really have five different things we're going to be talking about today.

0:34.5

We've got our two good martinis, actually.

0:36.6

One is related to a foreign

0:38.7

policy, national security decision the president made over the weekend. Another is related to,

0:43.9

I don't know, gloating, I guess is a good way to put it. But it's a very fun one, and it's all on the

0:48.9

left. And we'll also be taking a look at something else Trump did over the weekend, which

0:53.5

probably isn't going to fly. And then we actually have two different toasts towards the end of And we'll also be taking a look at something else Trump did over the weekend, which probably

0:54.3

isn't going to fly. And then we actually have two different toasts towards the end of our podcast

0:58.8

today. So make sure you stick around for all of that. I know you'll want to. So Jim, let's start

1:04.0

with Good Martini number one. And you described this on Twitter or X over the weekend as

1:10.6

Good Trump reappears.

1:12.8

And it was on this past weekend where Caroline Levitt announced, and Donald Trump himself, announced on Truth Social.

1:20.0

Today I've ordered the United States military to launch decisive and powerful military action against the Houthi terrorists in Yemen.

1:26.4

They have waged an unrelenting campaign of

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