President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that the U.S. would not supply Israel with some weapons if it moved forward with a ground invasion of Rafah. The announcement came hours after Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin confirmed that the government had already paused a shipment of bombs to Israel over fears of an imminent offensive in the southern Gaza city where more than a million Palestinians are sheltering. Israel has been ramping up its attacks on Rafah over the last few days, all while negotiators frantically try to reach a ceasefire deal in Cairo. Ben Rhodes, former Deputy U.S. national security advisor to President Obama and co-host of Pod Save The World, talks about how much leverage Biden really has over Israel's military operations.
And in headlines: A Georgia court agreed to hear an appeal over whether the Fulton County District Attorney can continue to lead former President Donald Trump's state election interference case, Republican and Democratic House Lawmakers blocked Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene from ousting Speaker Mike Johnson, and third-party presidential hopeful Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says a parasite ate part of his brain.
Show Notes:
Like A Day Without Sunshine
Indian Child Welfare Act Upheld
Hut, Hut, No Hike
Not Guilty, Not Buying It
When It Arraigns, It Pours
Another Day, Another Indictment
Trump, Indicted (Again)
Down With Stand Your Ground
Flooding On Ukraine's Front Line
We Won't Build This City
Default Averted
Labor Rights And SCOTUS Wrongs
The Grand Old Parade of Losers
McCarthy, Come Get Your Party
Our Healthy News Diet Starts Tomorrow
Remembering the PI in AAPI
DeSantis DeSucks
One Year After Uvalde
The Kids Are Queer, Here, And Won't Disappear
Fly Like The G-7
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