Hal Ginsberg, the host of the YouTube videocast, Halitics, and I (on my weekly guest appearance) share the frustration of making sense of what is going on in the political world.

The Trump Administration doesn’t seem to have a clue about how to make government work, and the Democrats haven’t figured out a way to regain the trust and respect they’ve squandered away in recent years. Hal blames both major parties and despite the long odds, would like to see an independent or third party progressive candidate run against the GOP. I would like to see AOC or another younger progressive candidate fire up Democratic voters as a more realistic scenario.

In foreign policy, we talk about Nicholas Kristoff of The NY Times documenting the loss of life as the result GOP cutbacks to foreign assistance, while Marco Rubio claims “No children are dying on my watch.” We note the Gaza war crimes against civilians by Israelis, while our country looks the other way.