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Mollie and David also examine HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy's airport gym equipment idea and review It Happened One Night, Daddy's Home 2, and Love the Coopers.
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The Bulwark Podcast - Neera Tanden: America’s ‘Daddy’ Is in a Rut
Big boss Trump, who claims the power to run the whole government via executive order and pushes all our allies around, suddenly is a man with no agency when it comes to the economy. He says the high cost of living is a Democratic hoax, or in true Christmas spirit, he’s back to blaming parents for spoiling their daughters with too many dolls. And while his approval rating slips into the the 30s, voters keep rewarding Democrats at the ballot box. On the healthcare front, Republicans have been promising an alternative to Obamacare for 15 years with nothing to show for it. Plus, the corruption of Trump & Co is so pervasive, it’s hard for voters to get their minds around it, and Dems have to go all-in on winning the Senate next year—which means winning independents and non-MAGA republicans in red states.
Neera Tanden, at the Center for American Progress, joins Tim Miller.
show notes
Neera Tanden, at the Center for American Progress, joins Tim Miller.
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- The "Trump's Take" tracker at the Center for American Progress
- Tim and Andrew's 'Bulwark Take' after Trump's rally Tuesday night
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The Commentary Magazine Podcast - The Next Great Awakening?
Eli Lake joins us for a conversation that begins with Christmas music and ends with man's search for meaning. Today's COMMENTARY RECOMMENDS: The Bible. Give a listen.
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Time To Say Goodbye - Finding God Outside of Politics with Matthew Sitman
Hello!
This is a good episode of the show and about something we’ve been thinking about for a while: What is the role of organized religion going forward and will we see a return to the church as the cruelty of politics, technology, and the general malaise of modern life start to overwhelm us? Our guest, Matt Sitman, has thought a ton of about this. He’s the co-host of Know Your Enemy and on the editorial board of Dissent. He’s written and thought about religion for a long time, including a big story in the New Republic from 2021 about the religious left and a very moving plea from 2017 in Dissent.
We talked about a lot: the Catholic church and its right wing converts, the alienation of tech, Tyler’s theory about whether AI was the antichrist, the need for community, and the question of how we build a moral framework in a time when everyone’s just on their f*****g phones all the time.
Enjoy!
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Getting Hammered - Chicken Tenders & Kennedy Center
In this episode, Mary Katharine Hamm and Vic Mattis discuss a variety of topics ranging from personal updates and holiday preparations to the competitive landscape of fried chicken chains. They delve into the political implications of Jasmine Crockett's Senate run, the Minnesota fraud case, and the cultural issues surrounding it. The conversation also touches on college football playoff controversies and reflections on the Kennedy Center Honors.
10:35 - Jasmine Crockett
22:40 - Minnesota Fraud
31:00 - Kennedy Center Honors
39:43 - College Football Playoffs
The Daily - The Liberal Justices Aren’t as United as You Might Think
The Supreme Court’s liberal minority has voted, over and over again, to oppose the court’s conservative majority in what might look like a united front of resistance. But behind the scenes, there are growing tensions between those liberal justices over the best way to mitigate the rightward lurch of the court.
Jodi Kantor, who uncovered the story, explains what she found.
Guest: Jodi Kantor, a New York Times reporter whose job is to carefully uncover secrets and illuminate how power operates.
Background reading:
- Read about the debate dividing the Supreme Court’s liberal justices.
Photo: Fred Schilling/Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States, via Associated Press
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The Ezra Klein Show - The Contradictions of Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom is the 2028 Democratic front-runner. That’s what many of the polls and the Polymarket betting odds say.
It’s been widely believed that Newsom wants to run for president someday. But belief that he could be a front-runner was less common. A liberal white guy from a state that much of the country considers badly governed just didn’t seem like the profile the Democratic Party was looking for.
But as a Californian who has watched Newsom for a long time, I was surprised by him this year. After President Trump returned to the White House, Newsom started a podcast, interviewing people like Charlie Kirk, Steve Bannon and Michael Savage, which made a lot of Democrats mad. At the same time, Newsom turned himself into the leader of the resistance — trolling Trump on social media and pushing a ballot initiative to end California’s independent redistricting to counter the partisan redistricting effort in Texas.
Newsom has been willing to try things and take risks. He has shown a feel for this moment — in politics and in the way attention works now.
But it’s still true that he runs a state that the country considers badly governed. California tops the rankings of unaffordable states, at a time when affordability has become a central electoral issue.
In this conversation, I ask Newsom about all of this — what he learned this year from talking to figures on the right, how he thinks the Democratic Party can win back voters it lost, why California is so unaffordable and what he’s doing about it.
Mentioned:
Applebee’s America by Ron Fournier, Douglas B. Sosnik and Matthew J. Dowd
“And, This Is Gaming Culture & Gen-Z Nihilism With Content Creator Brandon “Atrioc” Ewing”
“Newsom Says Trump’s Attacks Are ‘Not Normal’”
“Barack Obama 2004 Democratic National Convention Keynote Speech”
Book Recommendations:
Built to Last by Jim Collins, Jerry I. Porras
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
1929 by Andrew Ross Sorkin
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Risky Business with Nate Silver and Maria Konnikova - What Movies Get Right and Wrong About Poker
Maria finally gets to reveal a project she’s been working on that’s been kept under wraps, and then it’s movie night on Risky Business! Nate and Maria talk about their favorite poker movies and explain why portrayals of poker for a movie audience often don’t get the game quite right. Plus, they share what poker movie they’d like to make and who’d play them in it.
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The Source - CPS Energy answers your questions
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