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Episode265K
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Published
16mo ago
Jun 26, 2025
Length
42m
show avg 48m
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In which I try to answer your questions about modern politics.... Daily letters on Substack found here: https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/
- 0:00Welcome
- 2:53“The 12 Day War” and Trump’s made-for-TV branding
- 11:45IP3 and nuclear business history with Kushner and Flynn
- 13:28“One Big Beautiful Bill”
- 14:31Budget reconciliation + Senate filibuster workaround
- 20:00Senate parliamentarian removes illegal provisions
- 22:35Deficit vs. debt: how interest inflates the picture
- 23:32MAGA opposition grows despite Trump’s pressure
- 24:06Why Democrats are holding off on impeachment
- 28:27Zohran Mamdani
- 38:17Joy as resistance
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