Musing on Jimmy Carter, quotes from Greg Palasts essay echoing Russ Baker – on the puzzling alignment of liberals and the MAGA crowd on the war Ukraine

Chat with investigative journalist Russ Baker over his essays pondering the view of some progressives that Putins war in Ukraine is somehow justified, GB&U

Chatbots go loopy, railroad safety, nordstream pipeline sabotage – done by USA says Sy Hersch, Dealey Plaza remdel

GB&U, saga of St Augustine, getting spied on, getting covid again, Obits: Gina Lollobrigida, Richard Belzer, Bert Bacharach

Author and adjunct professor of law Steven J Harper returns to discuss the GOPs efforts to play debt ceiling politics