Mega-MAGA Moonshot—The Weekly Roundup
Politicology10 Jan 2025

Mega-MAGA Moonshot—The Weekly Roundup

To unlock Politicology+ visit politicology.com/plus This week, we discuss President-elect Trump’s push to get “one, big, beautiful bill” to get his campaign promises through congress. Then, we talk about the proposals for a strategic Bitcoin reserve and the shifts in how legislators are thinking about crypto. Finally, we head to Politicology+ where we discuss how we can and should talk about the January 6th attack after Trump’s re-election and as American attitudes about the attack have softened. Joining host Ron Steslow on this week’s panel: Susan Del Percio (MSNBC political analyst and crisis communications expert) Stef Kight (Politics Reporter at Axios) Segments this week: (02:17) Trump’s Mega-MAGA Moonshot (32:14) Strategic Bitcoin reserve and shifting crypto politics Watch “What’s The Problem?” (non-technical): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtFOxNbmD38 More on Bitcoin and the environment: https://x.com/DSBatten/status/1872879512620548308 Not yet a Politicology+ member? Don’t miss all the extra episodes on the private, ad-free version of this podcast. Upgrade now at politicology.com/plus. Send your questions and thoughts to podcast@politicology.com or leave a voicemail at ‪(202) 455-4558‬ Follow this week’s panel on X (formerly Twitter): https://twitter.com/RonSteslow https://x.com/DelPercioS https://x.com/StefWKight Related reading: Segment 1: Axios-Trump's mega-MAGA moonshot Axios - Scoop: Trump plans to invite entire GOP Senate to Mar-a-Lago bash NBC - Speaker Johnson's push to pass Trump's agenda in one massive bill faces big hurdles Segment 2: Crypto.news - Bitcoin Reserve Executive Order out after Trump meets crypto.com CEO Marszalek Axios - 🦡 The BITCOIN bill Axios - What will happen if Trump commits the U.S. to bitcoin like gold Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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