i think if we had a policy which was firm, which armed ukraine with defensive and offensive weapons so they could defend themselves i think putin would make different calculations so i think oballa s policy of weakness is actually making a larger conflict more likely that was less than eight years ago, but now, desantis wants to appease putin, calling the brutal invasion of ukraine nothing more than a territorial dispute. the latest sign the party of desantis, trump, and tucker is seriously out of touch with the views of most americans. also tonight, how the failure of silicon valley bank is exposing the myths of regulation and the hypocrisy of libertarians who seem real pro government when it comes to federal assistance for them. and donald trump rolls out the melania defense with his lawyer claiming the payment made to the porn actress whom he was allegedly cheating with were made to protect melania. not to help him get elected president. but we begin the reidout
business correspondent for npr its arer been too long, my former veteran of weekend shift. let s talk about this because let me read you this the atlantic wrote this piece, and that s is about silicon valley losing in luster. they say sam altman proposed to inveers just start sending out money, no questions asked. today is a good day to offer emergency cash to start-ups. just send money. here was the head of the industry s hottest company rumored to have a $29 billion valuation soberly proposing handouts as a way to prevent further contagion. silicon valley overlords were so certainly of their independence that they rallied behind a proposal to secede from the continental united states. is the message now that we re all in it together what happened to these liber libertarians the attitude has changed.
opening a bank account at an institution that failed, and larry summers, notorious for his free market attitude, who has previously had harsh words for those advocating debt relief for student loan borrowers said when it comes to silicon valley bank, the government should step in, and that, quote, this is not the time for moral hazard lectures or for lesson administering for alarm about the political consequences of bailouts funny how quickly they switch it up when they re the ones on the losing end of wondrous capitalism let s be clear this collapse is not about the bank being woke or too focused on diversity, as some on the right are pretending to believe so they can keep entertained, it s inveers in the free market making a bad bet if you want to gamble, you have to accept the risks. now here they are waiting to be rescued by the evil federal government help me, help me, biden, help me joining me now is david girr,