This week on The Necessary Conversation, the Kultgen family unpacks another chaotic week in American politics.

Topics include:

• The Catholic Church makes history with the first American pope – but is Pope Leo XIV too woke for the GOP?
• FBI Director Kash Patel can’t make it to his own meetings — or to a deadline. Is this how law enforcement should run?
• RFK Jr. cuts off healthcare for 9/11 first responders. Is this the party that “backs the blue”?
• Trump gets $2B through a crypto deal — and just so happens to ease chip export rules for the UAE. Coincidence?
• A Trump-brokered ceasefire between India and Pakistan falls apart in hours. Is diplomacy dead?
• The administration floats suspending habeas corpus for migrants. Do rights still apply in America?
• A New Jersey ICE facility arrests a mayor and accuses Congress members of “body-slamming” guards. Seriously.
• Trump kills rural broadband programs — stripping internet access from red states that voted for him.

Plus: we take a breather to celebrate Mother’s Day with favorite memories from both moms and their kids.

🎧 Watch, argue, and prepare to simmer down.

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