Don’t Overlook How Bad This Lesser-Known Trump Nominee Is

Don’t Overlook How Bad This Lesser-Known Trump Nominee Is

A look at Brendan Carr, Trump’s pick for chair of the Federal Communications Commission, and the way he has incorrectly been pitched as a “free speech advocate.” Then, Lucy Dean Stockton, an editor and reporter at The Lever, joins the program to discuss the very specific way Trump could erase many of President Joe Biden’s recent regulatory wins. Plus! a conversation with Jared Holt, a senior research analyst at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue, about the growing threats of hate, extremism and misinformation online.


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Why Biden Is Likely to Bridge Polling Gap Against Trump

Why Biden Is Likely to Bridge Polling Gap Against Trump

The Daily Beast’s senior political reporter Roger Sollenberger tells The New Abnormal why Trump’s lead in the polls compared with Biden is set to narrow as the election nears. Plus! Danielle Moodie ta...

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The Far Right Will Only Get Louder and More Powerful in 2024

The Far Right Will Only Get Louder and More Powerful in 2024

The coming year is set to be a trying time for America, at least according to Bruce Hoffman and Jacob Ware, whose new book God, Guns and Sedition: Far-Right Terrorism in America traces the history of ...

2 Jan 202441min

Student’s Epic Takedown of Bridget Ziegler Is Perfection

Student’s Epic Takedown of Bridget Ziegler Is Perfection

Zander Moricz confronted the Moms for Liberty co-founder at a Sarasota town meeting who he said had once retweeted a hate article about him when he was a high school student. Plus! Foreign Affairs mag...

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The Absolute Dumbest Conservative Controversies of 2023

The Absolute Dumbest Conservative Controversies of 2023

Media Matters’ Rapid Response Director Andrew Lawrence joins The New Abnormal to rank the most brain-dead right-wing “controversies” of the year. Then, filmmaker Anike Tourse stops by to discuss her l...

29 Des 202342min

Trump’s ‘Aspirational Fascism’ Casts a Shadow Over 2024

Trump’s ‘Aspirational Fascism’ Casts a Shadow Over 2024

In this week's episode host Danielle Moodie talks to Patrick Gaspard, the CEO of the Center for American Progress Action Fund, discusses the challenges and threats facing democracy, highlighting the r...

26 Des 202341min

Nick Fuentes’ ‘Death Penalty’ Call Is Beyond Extreme

Nick Fuentes’ ‘Death Penalty’ Call Is Beyond Extreme

The New Abnormal team says comments by white supremacist Nick Fuentes that Jewish people need to be given the death penalty is another good reason to vote in the 2024 election. Plus! ! Rashad Robinson...

24 Des 202328min

How ‘The Daily Show’ Host Search Became Such a Disaster

How ‘The Daily Show’ Host Search Became Such a Disaster

In this week’s crossover episode between The New Abnormal and The Last Laugh, we break down how Hasan Minhaj’s “emotional truths” upended The Daily Show’s seemingly eternal search for a new host (or h...

22 Des 202341min

Moms for Liberty Wants to Usher in an American Caste System

Moms for Liberty Wants to Usher in an American Caste System

Moms for Liberty may have lost a few battles, but they’re still winning the culture war, Tamara Gilkes Borr, a U.S. policy correspondent at The Economist, says on this week’s episode of The New Abnorm...

19 Des 202357min

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