HLC-044-Trump’s Really Done It




Harvard Lunch Club Political Podcast  show

Summary: <br> Welcome to the HLCPodcast for December 8, 2015. It’s the Now Trump’s Really Done It edition with special guest Mickey Kaus.<br> Here are our topics: <br> The firestorm over Donald Trump’s comments on temporarily blocking Muslim’s from entering the country is remarkable. We talk about the politics and the policy idea.<br> The left repeats the claim that there are just a few bad apples in Islam over and over. But is it even <a href="http://www.nationalreview.com/article/428146/more-than-few-islamic-extremists" target="_blank">vaguely true</a>?<br> Self-described neo-liberal Mickey Kaus, purveyor of Kausfiles.com, joins us to discuss his proposal that the GOP ruling class forget about trying to force <a href="http://www.kausfiles.com/2015/11/30/why-doesnt-the-gop-elite-give-up-on-amnesty/" target="_blank">immigration reform</a> on the nation. @kausmickey<br> We’ll have our Shower Thoughts, and our…<br> Hidden Gem: This week in 1961 the Beach Boys first single, Surfin’ (a pretty unimpressive little song that you’ve got to hear) was released on a little unknown label and was successful enough to force the group into recording 3 more surfing songs, which were big hits. We bring you Surfin’!<br> Find us online at HarvardLunchClub.com, follow us on Twitter – @hlcpodcast. Go to iTunes and tell them how much you love us. We’re also on Facebook.<br> <br>