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Tim Miller and guests discuss the latest political news for the flagship podcast of the Never Trump movement and the reality-based community. Every weekday we provide insightful analysis, political hot-takes, an unabashed defense of liberal democracy and long-form interviews that cut through the "both-sides" BS. Plus a few laughs to help you wash down the crazy.

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Tim Miller and guests discuss the latest political news for the flagship podcast of the Never Trump movement and the reality-based community. Every weekday we provide insightful analysis, political hot-takes, an unabashed defense of liberal democracy and long-form interviews that cut through the "both-sides" BS. Plus a few laughs to help you wash down the crazy.

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Published 2024-07-24

Rick Perlstein: The Alternative Is Apocalyptic

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The modern conservative movement has a built-in ratcheting-up mechanism, so that even when Republicans win, they act like they're losing and the country is on the verge of collapse.
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The modern conservative movement has a built-in ratcheting-up mechanism, so that even when Republicans win, they act like they're losing and the country is on the verge of collapse.
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Published 2024-07-23

Sam Stein and Ron Brownstein: Now We're Talking

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We may have been conditioned to just accept candidates who share their meandering thoughts or end sentences with 'anyway.'
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We may have been conditioned to just accept candidates who share their meandering thoughts or end sentences with 'anyway.'
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Published 2024-07-22

James Carville: Kamala-Gras

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It's now the Kamala Harris parade, and James Carville has grabbed his whistle and baton for the march.
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It's now the Kamala Harris parade, and James Carville has grabbed his whistle and baton for the march.
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Published 2024-07-21

Bill Kristol: Biden Drops Out of Race

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After banging the drum for quite a while, Bill Kristol and Tim Miller got their wish, and the political world is scrambling for the 106-day sprint to the election— with Trump now officially the oldest presidential nominee in history.
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After banging the drum for quite a while, Bill Kristol and Tim Miller got their wish, and the political world is scrambling for the 106-day sprint to the election— with Trump now officially the oldest presidential nominee in history.
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Published 2024-07-19

S.E. Cupp: Grieving the Insanity

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Republicans wanted a 'do no harm' convention, but it was too corporate and lacked any joie de vivre. And then they ended the affair with grievance, fasci Tucker, and 96 minutes of weird incoherence from Trump.
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Republicans wanted a 'do no harm' convention, but it was too corporate and lacked any joie de vivre. And then they ended the affair with grievance, fasci Tucker, and 96 minutes of weird incoherence from Trump.
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Published 2024-07-18

Adam Kinzinger: Everything Is on the Line

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Republicans are tamping down the crazy and the weird at the convention—like no election fraud, no abortion ban talk, and no vaccines—to present their dangerous agenda in a non-threatening way.
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Republicans are tamping down the crazy and the weird at the convention—like no election fraud, no abortion ban talk, and no vaccines—to present their dangerous agenda in a non-threatening way.
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Published 2024-07-17

Jeff Sharlet and Joe Perticone: The Confidence of a Bully

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Trump's shark/electrocution anecdote was not a sign of deterioration. Trump is actually getting better at communicating a solid message in a carnivalesque atmosphere.
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Trump's shark/electrocution anecdote was not a sign of deterioration. Trump is actually getting better at communicating a solid message in a carnivalesque atmosphere.
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Published 2024-07-15

Bill Kristol: Not Resigned to a Trump Presidency

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We begin with a rejection of the fatalist rhetoric from the left. It may be an uphill battle, but the pro-democracy forces have to keep our morale up and be creative.
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We begin with a rejection of the fatalist rhetoric from the left. It may be an uphill battle, but the pro-democracy forces have to keep our morale up and be creative.
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Published 2024-07-14

Sam Stein: Violence Is Not the Answer

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In this bonus episode following the assassination attempt on Trump, The Bulwark's managing editor Sam Stein joins Tim Miller to discuss the precarious moment we are in, how to dial back the temperature, and how both parties should respond to the violence.
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In this bonus episode following the assassination attempt on Trump, The Bulwark's managing editor Sam Stein joins Tim Miller to discuss the precarious moment we are in, how to dial back the temperature, and how both parties should respond to the violence.
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Published 2024-07-12

Amanda Carpenter: A Life or Death Bet

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Not having dementia is not enough to change the dynamic. Biden needs a proactive message against Trump.
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Not having dementia is not enough to change the dynamic. Biden needs a proactive message against Trump.
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Published 2024-07-10

Ezra Klein: A Path to Defeat

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Top Democrats say they don't see a way for Biden to win, and some are resigning themselves to being the resistance against Trump.
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Top Democrats say they don't see a way for Biden to win, and some are resigning themselves to being the resistance against Trump.
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Published 2024-07-08

Bill Kristol: The Joe Biden Survival Plan

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Biden is still is not providing a forward-looking message or explaining why he's the one to beat Trump. Meanwhile, Kamala is showing what an aggressive, proactive campaign looks like.
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Biden is still is not providing a forward-looking message or explaining why he's the one to beat Trump. Meanwhile, Kamala is showing what an aggressive, proactive campaign looks like.
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Published 2024-07-05

Annie Lowrey: The Worst Best Economy

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Housing prices, the cost of insurance, and sticker shock at the supermarket are still stressing Americans out even while the economy is booming.
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Housing prices, the cost of insurance, and sticker shock at the supermarket are still stressing Americans out even while the economy is booming.
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Published 2024-07-04

Clint Smith: A Reckoning with History

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Author, poet, and native New Orleanian Clint Smith set out to write the type of book he should have had in high school.
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Author, poet, and native New Orleanian Clint Smith set out to write the type of book he should have had in high school.
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Published 2024-07-03

Jon Lovett: Unprecedented Times

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The quiet coming from the White House sure suggests that the people around the president don't think Joe at his best can overcome Joe at his worst.
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The quiet coming from the White House sure suggests that the people around the president don't think Joe at his best can overcome Joe at his worst.
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Published 2024-07-02

Ben Wittes and Steven Shepard: He Is Still a Criminal

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No matter how much the Supreme Court pretends that the words 'high crimes and misdemeanors' are not explicitly in the Constitution, Donald Trump is still a disqualified law-breaker and is exactly the kind of guy the Founding Fathers warned us about.
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No matter how much the Supreme Court pretends that the words 'high crimes and misdemeanors' are not explicitly in the Constitution, Donald Trump is still a disqualified law-breaker and is exactly the kind of guy the Founding Fathers warned us about.
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Published 2024-07-01

Tom Nichols: Political Malpractice

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All Americans who love this country and hate Donald Trump deserve answers about Thursday's abysmal performance—and how we are going to move forward.
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All Americans who love this country and hate Donald Trump deserve answers about Thursday's abysmal performance—and how we are going to move forward.
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Published 2024-06-28

Sarah Longwell, Jonathan V. Last, and Jonathan Martin: A Disaster

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The Secret Pod makes an emergency appearance to work through last night's terrible performance by Biden and to urge the Democratic Party to do the responsible thing in this moment.
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The Secret Pod makes an emergency appearance to work through last night's terrible performance by Biden and to urge the Democratic Party to do the responsible thing in this moment.
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Published 2024-06-27

Kate Bedingfield and Marc Caputo: Debate Day

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Former White House comms director Kate Bedingfield serves up some keen insights into Poppa Joe—he is a night person, he regularly seeks out Jill's opinion, and he is a calming influence.
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Former White House comms director Kate Bedingfield serves up some keen insights into Poppa Joe—he is a night person, he regularly seeks out Jill's opinion, and he is a calming influence.
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Published 2024-06-26

Stuart Stevens: I think Joe Biden Has Been A Great President

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So many of the people who worked around POTUS 44 think no one will ever be as good as Obama, but Stuart Stevens argues that Democrats need to make the case that Joe Biden is a great president.
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So many of the people who worked around POTUS 44 think no one will ever be as good as Obama, but Stuart Stevens argues that Democrats need to make the case that Joe Biden is a great president.
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Published 2024-06-25

Symone Sanders-Townsend: Don't Say We Didn't Warn You

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Project 2025 sounds mundane, but it would institutionalize Trumpism, eliminate the Department of Education, mass deport 11 million people, and turn the Department of Health and Human Services into the Department of "Life."
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Project 2025 sounds mundane, but it would institutionalize Trumpism, eliminate the Department of Education, mass deport 11 million people, and turn the Department of Health and Human Services into the Department of "Life."
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Published 2024-06-24

Jared Polis and Bill Kristol: Live from Denver

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Gov. Jared Polis says Biden should focus on what he'll do for the American people in his campaign, rather than getting caught up in the crazy of Trump.
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Gov. Jared Polis says Biden should focus on what he'll do for the American people in his campaign, rather than getting caught up in the crazy of Trump.
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Published 2024-06-21

Jane Coaston: He's So Not a Badass

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Trump is not drawing support from black voters because of his criminality—that's just MAGA's bigotry of low expectations.
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Trump is not drawing support from black voters because of his criminality—that's just MAGA's bigotry of low expectations.
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Published 2024-06-20

Adam Kinzinger: Bat**** Crazy

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Felon 45 didn't even like being president and no one is taking his ludicrous tariff plan seriously—but Republicans can't stop tripping over each other to show him their fealty.
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Felon 45 didn't even like being president and no one is taking his ludicrous tariff plan seriously—but Republicans can't stop tripping over each other to show him their fealty.
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Published 2024-06-19

George Packer: Phoenix, the Most American City

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Phoenix is a microcosm of the big issues in the election and the country generally, including political extremism, climate change, and the border.
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Phoenix is a microcosm of the big issues in the election and the country generally, including political extremism, climate change, and the border.
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Published 2024-06-18

Lauren Windsor and Ben Wittes: A Deep Rot

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Justice Alito and his wife seem to have some pretty deep and dark feelings about the people they dislike.
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Justice Alito and his wife seem to have some pretty deep and dark feelings about the people they dislike.
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Published 2024-06-17

Will Saletan: Nonstop Shamelessness

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Trump visited an African American church in Detroit and the pews were filled with white people; Republicans keep flooding social media with cropped videos to smear Biden; and foreign policy hawks, like Tom Cotton, now say we should be standing up to our allies, not Putin.
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Trump visited an African American church in Detroit and the pews were filled with white people; Republicans keep flooding social media with cropped videos to smear Biden; and foreign policy hawks, like Tom Cotton, now say we should be standing up to our allies, not Putin.
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Published 2024-06-13

Jonathan V. Last and Ben Raderstorf: Retribution Agenda

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Republicans had a tête-à-tête with Trump to remind him how, if he wins, he should extend the tax cuts before he gets tied up with punishing all his enemies.
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Republicans had a tête-à-tête with Trump to remind him how, if he wins, he should extend the tax cuts before he gets tied up with punishing all his enemies.
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Published 2024-06-12

Elizabeth Dias and Lisa Lerer: The Inside Story of the Fall of Roe

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A coalition of Christian lawyers, activists, and politicians methodically and secretly took down Roe, and in the process, outsmarted Democrats who believed they had permanently won on the issue of abortion.
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Published 2024-06-11

Jennifer Senior: Secrets and Lies

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Pulitzer-Prize winning Jen Senior joins Tim Miller for a free-form conversation about jail-bound, faux martyr Steve Bannon, the debilitating reality of living with long Covid, unearthing a family trauma, and how Americans with differing political persuasions can find their way to back to each other.
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Pulitzer-Prize winning Jen Senior joins Tim Miller for a free-form conversation about jail-bound, faux martyr Steve Bannon, the debilitating reality of living with long Covid, unearthing a family trauma, and how Americans with differing political persuasions can find their way to back to each other.
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Published 2024-06-10

Bill Kristol: Tuberville's Policy Is the Same as Trump's

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Tommy Tuberville's know-nothing appeasement of Putin lines up exactly with where the ex-POTUS is—Biden should be making Trumpworld squirm over that fact.
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Tommy Tuberville's know-nothing appeasement of Putin lines up exactly with where the ex-POTUS is—Biden should be making Trumpworld squirm over that fact.
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Published 2024-06-07

Mike Madrid: The Latino Century

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Young Latinos are a giant emerging voter bloc with populist leanings—who also favor tougher border security.
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Published 2024-06-06

Adam Kinzinger: The New Axis Power Alliance

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This D-Day is a good reminder that the growing nationalist movement across the globe aims to undermine the alliance between free and democratic countries.
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This D-Day is a good reminder that the growing nationalist movement across the globe aims to undermine the alliance between free and democratic countries.
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Published 2024-06-05

Will Saletan and McKay Coppins: Fear and Loathing

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Trump and MAGA, with all their banana republic claims, are not being America First—they're being anti-American, and renouncing the country they live in.
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Trump and MAGA, with all their banana republic claims, are not being America First—they're being anti-American, and renouncing the country they live in.
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Published 2024-06-04

Ritchie Torres and Ben Smith: Pride and Priors

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Rep. Ritchie Torres joins Tim Miller to discuss how to win working-class voters, his Dickensian upbringing, and Israel under the microscope of 24-hour news.
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Rep. Ritchie Torres joins Tim Miller to discuss how to win working-class voters, his Dickensian upbringing, and Israel under the microscope of 24-hour news.
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Published 2024-06-03

Bill Kristol: Rally Around the Flag

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This is a good moment for Biden to proudly raise the flag right-side up, and share his love of America—even as his DOJ prosecutes Hunter.
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This is a good moment for Biden to proudly raise the flag right-side up, and share his love of America—even as his DOJ prosecutes Hunter.
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Published 2024-05-31

Ben Wittes and Ron Filipkowski: Guilty!

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Donald Trump collaborated with a slimy crew to break the law, and it may have swung the 2016 election.
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Donald Trump collaborated with a slimy crew to break the law, and it may have swung the 2016 election.
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Published 2024-05-30

Derek Thompson: Negativity Bias

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America is currently stuck in a negativity vibe, and it's shaping the media we consume, impacting how we look at the economy, and contributing to the anxiety of our teens.
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America is currently stuck in a negativity vibe, and it's shaping the media we consume, impacting how we look at the economy, and contributing to the anxiety of our teens.
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Published 2024-05-29

David Frum: Complete Chaos

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If Trump were to win, his plans to sabotage the Justice Department and consolidate power would plunge the country into chaos.
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If Trump were to win, his plans to sabotage the Justice Department and consolidate power would plunge the country into chaos.
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Published 2024-05-28

John Heilemann: Piss and Vinegar

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If persuadable voters are going to back an octogenarian, they are going to need to see less caution—and more piss and vinegar from Biden to combat Trump's "me strong, you weak" schtick.
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If persuadable voters are going to back an octogenarian, they are going to need to see less caution—and more piss and vinegar from Biden to combat Trump's "me strong, you weak" schtick.
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Published 2024-05-24

Sarah Longwell and A.B. Stoddard: Won't Get Fooled Again

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Nikki, you're canceled. And while Trump's flaunting his partnership with Putin and showcasing men charged with murder, the media's covering 2024 like a normal campaign.
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Nikki, you're canceled. And while Trump's flaunting his partnership with Putin and showcasing men charged with murder, the media's covering 2024 like a normal campaign.
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Published 2024-05-23

Jasmine Crockett: Nikki Haley and B6

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Rep. Jasmine Crockett joins Tim Miller to talk about the origins of "bleach blond bad built butch body," what it's like to work with a House GOP that spends most of its time on pro-Trump messaging instead of serving the public, and African American voters in 2024.
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Rep. Jasmine Crockett joins Tim Miller to talk about the origins of "bleach blond bad built butch body," what it's like to work with a House GOP that spends most of its time on pro-Trump messaging instead of serving the public, and African American voters in 2024.
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Published 2024-05-22

James Comey and Ben Wittes: A Demagogue Our Founders Feared

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Former FBI Director James Comey joins Tim Miller to discuss the choices he made in 2016, the DOJ's self-sabotaging avoidance of the media, and how to maintain your integrity and principles in the face of a lying, lawless bastard.
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Former FBI Director James Comey joins Tim Miller to discuss the choices he made in 2016, the DOJ's self-sabotaging avoidance of the media, and how to maintain your integrity and principles in the face of a lying, lawless bastard.
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Published 2024-05-21

Rick Wilson: The Reich Stuff

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The "unified Reich" reference was no accident: Trump is aiming to both fire up the base and court public controversy.
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The "unified Reich" reference was no accident: Trump is aiming to both fire up the base and court public controversy.
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Published 2024-05-17

Anne Applebaum: A New Propaganda War

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Russia, China, and their authoritarian allies are working overtime to poison the idea of democracy everywhere in the world.
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Russia, China, and their authoritarian allies are working overtime to poison the idea of democracy everywhere in the world.
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