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Counter to type Eric welcomes Eliot back from his travels with a discussion of the positive things going on in the world. They discuss the strong response of the European allies to the Russian aggression against Ukraine, including the German Zeitenwende and the increase in German defense spending, they discuss the Franco-American relationship and the fact that France has emerged over the past twenty years as a much stronger and capable ally, the discuss the Ukrainian naval performance in the Black Sea and the return of grain exports to almost pre-war levels, they talk about Tucker Carlson beclowning himself in his interview with Putin and that latter's unconcealed contempt for his interviewer, they talk about the PRC's muted reaction to President Lai's election in Taiwan and the seeming slight and perhaps transitory improvement in US-China relations, as well as the good work of the Biden Administration in strengthening the links among U.S. allies in the Indo-Pacific. They discuss the indictment of Jair Bolsonaro and the success of Ecuador's President in fighting drug cartels and gangs. Eric also apologizes to Foreign Affairs editor Daniel Kurtz-Phelan for misattributing an article to his journal that actually appeared on the Council of Foreign Relations website.
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Where does the 2024 presidential race stand? What are the strengths and weaknesses of the candidates, and how might such an unpopular rematch play out? What could happen if it's not Biden and Trump?
To discuss these questions, we are joined again by veteran political strategist Doug Sosnik, former political director in the Clinton White House and author of this week’s important New York Timesop-ed,“Biden Can’t Count on Trump’s Unpopularity Anymore.” According to Sosnik, a Biden campaign strategy of aiming to “disqualify" Trump in the minds of voters is insufficient: Biden also must make an affirmative case for a second term while overcoming doubts about his age and health. Because the polarization in the country remains so intense, another Biden v. Trump race would be a world of “high floors and low ceilings.” According to Sosnik, Trump—now slightly ahead in the polls—is "bumping up to the high end of his ceiling,” while “Biden is bumping up to the bottom of his floor.” Kristol and Sosnik also consider the possible effects of a third-party challenge in a polarized environment, and how the race might take shape if either Trump or Biden is not renominated. -
Did Trump and his team ever really believe the 2020 election was stolen? That’s the wrong question to ask, Talking Points Memo reporter Josh Kovensky says on The New Abnormal. Plus, an interview with Dell Cameron, an investigative reporter for Wired magazine, about the recent Congressional wrangling over proposed changes to Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.
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A year ago, a chatbot tried to break up Kevin Roose’s marriage. Ever since, chatbots haven’t been the same. We’ll tell you how. Then, we’ll talk through the latest ways the world is adapting to artificial intelligence. And finally, Aravind Srinivas, the chief executive of Perplexity, will discuss his company’s “answer engine,” a challenger to Google’s search engine that could reshape the web as we know it.
Today’s guest:
Aravind Srinivas, chief executive of PerplexityAdditional Reading:
The Year Chatbots Were TamedOpenAI Gives ChatGPT a Better ‘Memory’Google Releases Gemini, an A.I.-Driven Chatbot and Voice AssistantSam Altman Seeks Trillions of Dollars to Reshape Business of Chips and AILawmakers propose anti-nonconsensual AI porn bill after Taylor Swift controversySarah Silverman’s lawsuit against OpenAI partially dismissedCan This A.I.-Powered Search Engine Replace Google? It Has for Me.We want to hear from you. Email us at [email protected].
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* The Fani Willis train wreck
* Daddy and the sacks of cash
* $9,999
* Russian McDonalds is so good that Tucker doesn’t care about freedom of the press
* The political pilgrim
* The murder of Alexei Navalny
* A wave of whataboutism
* Are your 19 year old daughters about to be drafted to fight in Gaza?
* Time to retreat from the world?
* OpenAI videos are sort of terrifying
* Free Rachel Dolezal Kwame Nkrumah
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Last week, a Department of Justice special counsel report concluded that Joe Biden should not be charged for his mishandling of classified documents, but the allegations about Biden’s memory have taken center stage.
This week’s panel:
Ron Steslow
Matt Bennett (Founder & Executive Vice President for Public Affairs at Third Way)
Lucy Caldwell (Board Advisor to the Renew Democracy Initiative and advisor to the Forward Party)
Liz Gilbert Cohen (President of the 2020 Democratic National Convention)
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(03:04) Special Counsel’s report
(24:40) NY-3 Special Election
(44:12) Russia wants to put a nuke in space + the invasive and controversial surveillance program set to expire soon
[Politicology+] No Labels’ dubious presidential ticket and their recent letter asking the Justice Department to investigate their critics
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Related reading:
Segment 1:
Axios - Special counsel report questions Biden's memory
ABC News - Overwhelming majority of Americans think Biden is too old for another term: POLL - ABC News
Fox - Biden's upcoming physical exam will not include a cognitive test, White House says
Politico - Biden v. Trump: The battle over who’s too old, too forgetful or too confused - POLITICO
Segment 2:
NYT - In New York Win, Democrats Sense a Pivot on Immigration and Border Politics
CNBC - Democrats see New York special election win as blueprint for defeating Trump in November
NBC News - Pennsylvania Democrats pad narrow state House advantage with special election win
Segment 3:
ABC News - GOP warning of 'national security threat' is about Russia wanting nuclear weapon in space: Sources - ABC News
CNN - House Intel Chairman announces ‘serious national security threat,’ sources say it is related to Russia | CNN Politics
Washington Post - Officials sound alarm about new Russian “space threat” - The Washington Post
Roll Call - House delays plans on surveillance program reauthorization vote - Roll Call
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Barb McQuade hosts #SistersInLaw to review the Fani Willis hearing, describe the effect it will have on the RICO prosecution, and weigh the potential for her disqualification. Then the #Sisters discuss the $350+ million civil fraud judgment against Trump, the damages caused by his fraud and tax evasion, the restrictions on his family’s business activities, and how the payment process works. They also cover the scheduling of his New York hush money trial in late March, the progress of his immunity claim and its impact on the DC trial, and the necessity of a speedy trial.
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This week on The Enemies List, Rick is joined by journalists Michael Isikoff and Daniel Klaidman, authors of the new book "Find Me the Votes," to explore the Georgia investigation led by Fani Willis into efforts to overturn the 2020 election results. The conversation highlights the case's breadth and complexity, from pressure campaigns on state officials, intimidation tactics against election workers, and the strategic use of RICO charges. The episode also details the challenges facing Willis, Trump's reactions, and the case's implications for future elections and American democracy.
Michael and Daniel's new book, "Find Me the Votes" available now.
Timestamps:
[00:01:44] The pressure campaign
[00:05:25] How the criminality came together
[00:11:59] Fani Willis
[00:18:11] Brian Kemp's position
[00:20:40] Flipping the witnesses
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Trump appears to be in the driver's seat to return to the White House. We could really use more two-time Trump voters who don't want to vote for him again. Fortunately, we found a group just like that! Jonathan V. Last joins Sarah to listen to two-time Trump voters who think "life's too short" for the anger of the Trump years, and to break down what else they do...and do not...think about the threat of Trump.
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Robert and Prop discuss Robert E. Lee's career in the army, and his horrific violence towards the enslaved workers on his father-in-laws plantation.
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Jill Wine-Banks hosts #SistersInLaw to cover the judicial decisions affecting Trump’s prosecutions, including the SCOTUS ruling in Trump’s Colorado ballot case, the DC Circuit's denial of presidential immunity, and Alan Weisselbberg’s potential perjury in the NY fraud case. Then, the #Sisters share their take on Special Counsel Robert Hur’s report on the decision not to prosecute President Biden for mishandling classified documents and why the report is problematic. They also discuss the jury verdict defending Michael Mann’s climate change data from defamatory attacks and explore what it means for science.
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We're bringing you an update on the Republicans in Congress. We taped this BEFORE Republicans failed to impeach DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, failed to pass aid to Israel, and before the Senate's compromise on the border and foreign aid was blown up. Still, this show gives you a good window into what Republican voters expect from congressional leadership these days, and who is and is not measuring up. The Bulwark's eyes and ears on Capitol Hill, Joe Perticone joins Sarah to hear from Republican voters.
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Hezbollah is a Lebanese Shia Islamist militant group and political party, established in 1985. Hezbollah has a reputation as one of the Middle East’s great agitators, having engaged Israel in conflict twice, once in the 1980s and again in 2006. Their financing by and allegiance to the Iranian ayatollah, the West’s bogeyman in the region, underpins this image.
But simply viewing Hezbollah as a regional troublemaker conceals an intriguing domestic story which is far more nuanced; in the context of Lebanon’s sectarian strife, Hezbollah has consistently gone in to bat for the country’s Shia Muslim population. For decades seen as the nation’s underdog, patronised and belittled by Christians and Sunnis, Hezbollah has made it clear that Shia interests will no longer be dismissed out of hand.
My guest today is Heiko Wimmen. Heiko is head of the Iraq-Syria-Lebanon project at the International Crisis Group, an independent organisation working to prevent wars and shape policies that will build a more peaceful world. Heiko, who is German by origin, has lived in the region, and mostly in Lebanon, since 1994, and has worked as a journalist, broadcast producer and researcher. As well as the group’s history, we discuss the precarious situation of 2024, when another war between Hezbollah and Israel appears possible. -
The Guardian Angels have been meting out vigilante justice on New York City streets since 1979. Last week the red-bereted crime fighters appeared on Fox News when their leader, Curtis Sliwa, a recent GOP mayoral candidate, was interviewed by Sean Hannity about the “migrant crisis” in New York. While the interview was in progress, the Angels violently detained a man in Times Square that Sliwa told Hannity was a migrant shoplifter. Later Levy talks to Laurie Kilmartin, a stand-up comedian who wrote for Conan O'Brien for 11 years, has written two books, and now has a new comedy special Cis Woke Grief Slut available for purchase online.
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Charles Coleman is in for Ali Velshi and is joined by Criminal Defense Attorney Danny Cevallos, Republican Political Strategist & Commentator Rina Shah, NBC News’ Julia Jester, Rep. Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), Senior Advisor with The Lincoln Project Tara Setmayer, Editor-at-Large with The 19th* Errin Haines, Fellow with the Constitutional Law Center at Stanford Law Matt Seligman, Professor of History at NYU Ruth Ben-Ghiat, NBC News’ Matt Bradley, Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA), Professor of Law at NYU Melissa Murray, former U.S. Senator from Alabama Doug Jones
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Jen Psaki delves into Donald Trump and his legal team’s continued delay tactics, as he spends his week in courtrooms across the country. Former Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. joins to analyze Trump’s presidential immunity arguments and what the timeline for the former President’s multiple legal cases may look like. Next, attorney Bob Bauer takes us inside the room where Special Counsel Robert Hur interviewed his client, President Biden. Among other things, Bauer discusses the types of questions that Hur asked of the President for over 5 hours in what should have been an open and shut case. Jen breaks down how Trump’s comments inviting Vladimir Putin to attack NATO allies undermine the work President Biden has done to reaffirm the United States’ position on the world stage. Jen is joined by Senator Tim Kaine who calls out his colleagues who once supported NATO but now are backing up the former President’s efforts to undermine the alliance. Finally, Jen explains why Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s MAGA-funded presidential campaign is an insult to the Kennedy legacy. MSNBC correspondent Vaughn Hillyard discusses the anti-vax appeal of RFK Jr. as well as Donald Trump’s endorsement of election denier Michael Whatley to lead the RNC.
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Are you wearing the Chanel boots? Yes, we are. A white-haired, powdered, starch-cuffed petty dictator who ruled over the expanding business with an iron fist, stopping every once in a while to make a misogynist or racist public comment, Karl Lagerfeld was one of the most influential figures in the fashion industry as it shifted into late capitalist hyperdrive. Come for the racist and misogynist public comments, stay for Lagerfeld's great love, Jacques de Bascher, who may more perfectly epitomize Evil Twink Energy than anyone we've discussed on our show.
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Irina Baconsky, “Jacques de Bascher: An Exhibition,” 032c, March 11, 2020, https://032c.com/magazine/jacques-de-bascher-an-exhibition
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