What Trump's Tacky WH McMansion Plans Reveal: Lemon

What Trump's Tacky WH McMansion Plans Reveal: Lemon

Don Lemon joins Joanna Coles to assess how Donald Trump’s hasty East Wing tear-down, building a tacky McMansion-style ballroom while the country stalls, mixing supposed opulence with power, and blurring public duty with private ego. Lemon, a veteran reporter and anchor, brings his sharp and uncompromising voice to the conversation. Together with Coles, he examines Trump’s architecture of excess —the corporations and their leaders acting as his handmaidens —and asks: when the symbol of American democracy becomes a personal trophy house, what does that mean for the rest of us, and how long can the facade hold?

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Why GOP Won’t Stop Tuberville’s Military Nominees Tantrum

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Trump’s Recent Rhetoric Is Just as Scary as It Seems

Trump’s Recent Rhetoric Is Just as Scary as It Seems

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The Rebels Who First Fought Big Tech Were on to Something

Tech columnist Brian Merchant tells The New Abnormal the Luddites got a bad rap following the Industrial Revolution but all they were trying to do was hold big tech to account. Hosted on Acast. See ac...

12 Nov 202332min

Biden’s Meeting With Xi Could Thaw ‘Deep Freeze’ With China

Biden’s Meeting With Xi Could Thaw ‘Deep Freeze’ With China

Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi tells The New Abnormal that Joe Biden’s sit down with the Chinese President next week will be the first in almost a year and the best chance to ease increased Chinese a...

10 Nov 202359min

Team Trump Isn’t Even Trying to Keep Its Wildest Plans Secret

Team Trump Isn’t Even Trying to Keep Its Wildest Plans Secret

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7 Nov 20231h 2min

Why No One Cared About the War in Afghanistan Until We Lost

Why No One Cared About the War in Afghanistan Until We Lost

Marine combat photographer Miles Lagoze tells The New Abnormal why Americans were more concerned about the optics of exiting Afghanistan than the mission itself. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy...

5 Nov 202328min

Why Libs of TikTok Is a Ticking Time Bomb

Why Libs of TikTok Is a Ticking Time Bomb

Michael Edison Hayden tells The New Abnormal why Chaya Raichik, the woman behind Libs of TikTok, is so dangerous and why the Anti-Defamation League needs to stand up against her. Plus, The Daily Beast...

2 Nov 202355min

What If We Tried Treating Donald Trump Like Everyone Else?

What If We Tried Treating Donald Trump Like Everyone Else?

The U.S. justice system is handling former President Donald Trump with kid gloves, The New Abnormal host Danielle Moodie says. Plus! A discussion about the disconnect between an increasingly technolog...

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