Pod Save America Taxing Cory Booker's Patience
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Apr 5, 2026 
Cory Booker, U.S. senator from New Jersey and former Newark mayor, drops in for a lively talk on his sweeping tax plan. He and Jon Lovett spar over whether both parties are drifting anti-tax. They also dig into Trump and Iran, the fallout from Pam Bondi’s firing, AIPAC and big money in politics, Gaza and Israel, and why Congress keeps ducking the hardest fights.
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Booker Says DOJ Has Become A Political Weapon
- Cory Booker says Trump's Justice Department now acts like a personal political weapon instead of an independent law-enforcement institution.
- He cites probes of the Fed chair and lawmakers, merger approvals, FBI reassignments, and pardons benefiting Trump allies and donors.
Booker Warns Trump's Iran War Sets A New Standard
- Booker argues Trump's Iran war created a dangerous precedent by letting any president spend tens of billions and wage war without real congressional approval.
- He says Senate Democrats should force repeated War Powers votes because Republicans refuse hearings, oversight, or accountability.
Booker Frames Peace As Security And Justice Together
- Booker says lasting peace requires pairing Palestinian justice and independence with Israeli security instead of treating them as opposing goals.
- He calls Benjamin Netanyahu horrible, says Israeli voters should remove him, and highlights settler atrocities in the West Bank.
