20250508 New Pope Thursday with Howie Klein on the Nicole Sandler Show

It's Thursday, so we'll talk politics with Howie Klein of DownWithTyranny.com and the Blue America Pac today... Lots of action, perhaps, in Congress where we can't help but hope the Republican caucus starts coming apart to derail some of this insanity that the orange one is unleashing on the world.

Dump did announce a trade deal this morning with the UK. But is it a deal if it's not a deal? Only Congress can authorize a trade deal. But then again, only Congress can authorize tariffs. Who's going to tell him?

And there's a new pope and, for the first time in history, it's an American. The man formerly known at Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, appears to be one of the good guys. He's even criticized JD Vance on Xitter!