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:
Indictments Come In Threes
Crimea River
Flamin' Hot Climate
Opill Goes OTC
Two Strikes, We're Out
Swedening The Deal
A Breath Of Fresh Mondaire
Clarence The Big Red Flag
Common Threads
SCOTUS Strikes Down POTUS
Live, Laugh, Local News
The Tea In Tennessee
Missing In Affirmative Action
Betting On Bidenomics
ISL Takes The L
Wagner The Dog
Russian To Conclusions
Titan's Final Salute
Big Alito Lies
The Paris Olympics Are Burning
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