This Isn’t a Confirmation Hearing for Cruz—It’s a Clout Check

This Isn’t a Confirmation Hearing for Cruz—It’s a Clout Check

It’s the 200th episode of The New Abnormal, starting with a wild “flashback” to the very “first” episode in the summer of 1998, when co-host Molly Jong-Fast foresaw a future of “racist babies,” with Molly wishing “if only there was a senator with a ridiculous mustache” to being the issue to light. Jump ahead to 2022, and co-host Andy Levy says Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson “really missed a chance there” when that senator with the ‘stache, Ted Cruz, asked her to define what a woman is. Jackson could have said, joked Levy: “Yes, senator, I define a woman as someone you marry and then defend them when someone else calls them ugly,” like Trump did to Cruz’s wife—who didn’t think that, or Trump saying his dad had killed JFK, was reason enough to stop sucking up to The Donald. Later in the episode, the Beast’s Matthew Fuller joins the party to break down the fuckery of the Jackson hearing and its “straight racism, just the full-flavored version." Plus, Buzzfeed’s Christopher Miller, who’s been reporting from the Ukraine for years, considers the first month of the Russian invasion—“When Putin announced his invasion, I was in the Eastern city of Kramatorsk, near the front lines of the longer simmering war in Eastern Ukraine and (was) awoken by an airstrike on an airfield that was about 2000 feet away from me, which is definitely 2000 feet too close—and the history that led to this moment. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jaksot(1116)

What the Hell Is John Bolton?

What the Hell Is John Bolton?

Molly Jong-Fast, like the rest of us, is rather confused. On the latest episode of The New Abnormal, Rick Wilson and Molly try to puzzle through the mystery of Donald Trump’s mustachioed menace. Plus!...

19 Kesä 202049min

Can You Force Fox News To Be Less Racist?

Can You Force Fox News To Be Less Racist?

There’s so much packed into the latest edition of The New Abnormal, it’s hard to know where to start. Let’s see… Molly Jong-Fast heralds the return of Matt “Hot Tub Crime Machine” Whittaker, the one-t...

16 Kesä 20201h 2min

BONUS - Rep. Katie Porter on How Working Moms Are Wiping Congress' Ass

BONUS - Rep. Katie Porter on How Working Moms Are Wiping Congress' Ass

Surprise! As a bonus for our listeners, we have released an interview with Congresswoman Katie Porter who represents California’s 45th District. She tells us about how single mothers are changing cong...

14 Kesä 202026min

Will Bill Barr Go to Jail When This Is All Done?

Will Bill Barr Go to Jail When This Is All Done?

Attorney General Bill Barr was in on Trump’s scheme to bribe and lean on Ukraine’s president. He let his boss’ criminal cronies off the hook. But the worst part, former DOJ prosecutor Glenn Kirschner ...

12 Kesä 202056min

DC Mayor: We Had to ‘Defend Our Borders’ from Trump’s Troops

DC Mayor: We Had to ‘Defend Our Borders’ from Trump’s Troops

Trump sent in goons from the Bureau of Prisons, and National Guardsmen from as far away from Utah to take over her town. On the 15th episode of The New Abnormal, Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser te...

9 Kesä 202031min

Are We All Trapped in Tom Cotton’s Authoritarian Wet Dream?

Are We All Trapped in Tom Cotton’s Authoritarian Wet Dream?

Lindsey Graham’s new, Trumpy bouffant. Bill Barr’s little authoritarians’ playbook. Tom Cotton’s statist masturbation.They’re all featured on a very not-safe-for-Democracy edition of The New Abnormal....

5 Kesä 202045min

Justice Is Not White Folks’ Possession to Give

Justice Is Not White Folks’ Possession to Give

You might look at the way some of these cops are going after nonviolent protesters, and think it’s a one-of-a-kind horror. Princeton Prof. Eddie Glaude has a different perspective. “I was looking at t...

2 Kesä 202035min

How To Screw Up a Vice Presidential Pick

How To Screw Up a Vice Presidential Pick

Steve Schmidt and Philippe Reines worked on the McCain/Palin and Clinton/Kaine campaigns. So they know a little something about sub-stellar Veep picks. On the latest edition of THE NEW ABNORMAL, Schmi...

29 Touko 202050min

Suosittua kategoriassa Politiikka ja uutiset

uutiscast
aikalisa
ootsa-kuullut-tasta-2
politiikan-puskaradio
rss-ootsa-kuullut-tasta
tervo-halme
rss-pinnalla
rss-podme-livebox
otetaan-yhdet
aihe
rss-asiastudio
the-ulkopolitist
rss-ulkopoditiikkaa
et-sa-noin-voi-sanoo-esittaa
rss-raha-talous-ja-politiikka
radio-antro
lotta-paakkunainen
rss-kaikki-uusiksi
rss-merja-mahkan-rahat
rss-girls-finish-f1rst