Matt Yglesias and Tyler Austin Harper: Popularism v Populism
The origins of the Democratic party's current malaise include ineffective messaging on climate and economic policy, too rigid a tent on cultural issues, and Dem politicians just too scared to speak th...
12 Des 20241h 8min
Adam Kinzinger and Pat Ryan: Bring It On
Team Trump is trying to intimidate the opposition. Stop showing them your fear. Plus, Gaetz moves from AG nominee to low-rent MAGA cable channel host, and RT's girlfriend, Tulsi, could have access to ...
11 Des 20241h
Susan Glasser: A Lame Lame Duck
A sense of Biden's irrelevance has descended on Washington, with Trump flying off to Paris and meeting world leaders, and also openly conducting his own foreign policy—often at odds with the current U...
10 Des 202449min
Bill Kristol and Michael Weiss: Catastrophic Success
Trump is threatening members of Congress with jail and Republican senators may be circling the wagons around his nominees, but we still need to protect ourselves from a nihilistic mindset. Plus, cauti...
9 Des 202457min
Jamelle Bouie: Bad at Being President
Trump may have authoritarian aspirations, but he's very bad at governing and managing—four weeks into the transition, he's had two major Ls. Meanwhile, Democrats have to rebuild their connection to vo...
6 Des 202447min
David French: We Are in the Bad Multiverse
Kash Patel is making legal threats to try to silence his critics, and Tulsi Gabbard wouldn't even be able to get a security clearance in the regular job market: The parade of incompetence is so bad th...
5 Des 20241h 2min
Rep. Mikie Sherrill: Who Will Be In Charge of Our National Security?
We're going back to a president who can't be bothered to read his briefing books. So who will be getting in the ear of the man who had the judgment to choose Pete Hegseth in the first place? Plus, blu...
4 Des 202447min
Michael Weiss and Thomas Zimmer: Competent and Radical
Russ Vought, Trump's nominee to run the Office of Management and Budget—and a Project 2025 author—believes we are living in a post-constitutional America and that any check on Trump's power would be i...
3 Des 20241h 4min
