Episode

2/19 Cuomo’s Corruption, Biden’s Recalcitrance & Cruz’s Walk Of Shame w/ Ana Kasparian

February 19, 2021

Ana Kasparian (@AnaKasparian) of TYT and the Jacobin Weekend Show joins Emma on this casual Friday.

On today’s show: De Blasio backs up Ron Kim’s statements about Cuomo on Morning Joe.

Ana Kasparian (@AnaKasparian) of TYT and the Jacobin Weekend Show joins Emma to discuss the big stories of the week: Ted Cruz’s leaked texts. White House Press Sec. Jen Psaki muddies the waters wrt Biden’s refusal to forgive $50k in student debt. Ted Cruz does walk of shame in Cancun airport. Ted blames his kids for Cancun trip: “I was trying to be a dad.”

On the fun half: Rep. Lauren Boebert displays guns haphazardly on bookshelf during virtual House committee hearing. UK Home Office releases corny ‘no meeting up’ video. Rudy Giuliani tells Steve Bannon a disgusting ‘joke’ about golfing with Ailes and Trump. Premier Doug Ford compares listening to Ontario NDP leader Andrea Horwath’s criticism to “nails on a chalkboard” on Wednesday, Horwath says he should apologize to Canadians. Plus, your calls and IMs!

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