"It's easier, as Lincoln said, to be critical than to be correct."

One year out from the 2024 presidential election, Joe Biden is battling personal unpopularity in the polls as well as dissatisfaction with cost of living and his handling of Gaza. Meanwhile, his presumptive Republican opponent, Donald Trump, has done a disastrous job of testifying in his own defense at his New York civil fraud trial but that doesn't seem to be doing his own popularity any harm. This week also looking at some decisive wins for Democrats in state elections, Russia's withdrawal from a Cold War-era security pact, and Australia walking a delicate line between the US and China.

"It's easier, as Lincoln said, to be critical than to be correct."
One year out from the 2024 presidential election, Joe Biden is battling personal unpopularity in the polls as well as dissatisfaction with cost of living and his handling of Gaza. Meanwhile, his presumptive Republican opponent, Donald Trump, has done a disastrous job of testifying in his own defense at his New York civil fraud trial but that doesn't seem to be doing his own popularity any harm. This week also looking at some decisive wins for Democrats in state elections, Russia's withdrawal from a Cold War-era security pact, and Australia walking a delicate line between the US and China.

Ed Blakely has served in different capacities under a succession of presidential administrations, has guided government policy on urban planning and is a widely cited academic. My name is Sean Britten, and each week, Ed and I have a chat about what's the latest news out of the United States, talking everything politics, planning and policy from sea to shining sea.
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US of Ed on Guns in America: Part Two: https://player.whooshkaa.com/episode?id=285341
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