Federalism for Me, Nationalism for Thee
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A.B. Stoddard is a refreshing presence on today’s podcast as she and Jonah delve into starkly rank punditry and a discussion of the eerie intentionality behind Trump’s coronavirus response. In fact, A.B.’s wise words—on Fauci, on Trump’s fantasies, on panicked Texans—leave only a singular major question remaining: will Jonah end up rocking a man bun?
Show Notes:
-Steve’s piece on the canceling of Liz Cheney
-Jonah’s recent appearance on the Chuck Toddcast
-Trump’s weirdly made-up invitation to throw the first pitch for the Yankees?
-Jonah on NPR at the crack of dawn on July 28
-A.B.’s Bulwark piece on how the Republican Party can’t be reformed from within
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Sometimes I feel like the fellow in the movie Office Space, yelling at the two Bobs "why can't you guys see what's going, on I'm a people person!!!!" Jonah is driving me crazy not seeing how important keeping the Senate is going to be in the next few years, Manchin is not going to save us, the formal strictures of the filibuster will be treated with more contempt than Sotomayor treats the Constitution. If right of center non-Trumpers do not organize a "no blank check" campaign soon I'm going to spend the next four years bellowing I told you so.
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Regarding the Democratic Left's attitude to Biden:
"But again, all they want is November 3rd, so he's safe, for n o w."
-Stoddard, min ~22.20
Always enjoy Stoddard's wide-ranging analysis, but what I really like is how amidst all the punditry about down ballot races in multiple states - which most of us don't follow - she throws out these succinct, BS-free truths about the moment we're in.
I note how she also appreciates how "tricky" Biden is, and how his team is clearly operating with some kind of strategy. She falls for no one's caricatures. Just describes how people operate and how people seem to respond.
Great to hear her think out loud.
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