Podcast appearances and mentions of David Weigel

One of the nation’s most prominent conservative activists is dead after he was shot during an event. Charlie Kirk, the head of the conservative youth organization Turning Point USA, was killed while speaking at Utah Valley University. Lisa Desjardins reports and Geoff Bennett discusses Kirk's influence with David Weigel. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

One of the nation’s most prominent conservative activists is dead after he was shot during an event. Charlie Kirk, the head of the conservative youth organization Turning Point USA, was killed while speaking at Utah Valley University. Lisa Desjardins reports and Geoff Bennett discusses Kirk's influence with David Weigel. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

Freddy Gray speaks to Semafor journalist David Weigel about the Democrat's summer meeting in Minnesota which was cut short following the tragic shooting at a school today. They discuss what we know about the shooting so far, how the Democrats can reset their stance on law and order, and whether they can unify their stance on Gaza. Become a Spectator subscriber today to access this podcast without adverts. Go to spectator.co.uk/adfree to find out more.For more Spectator podcasts, go to spectator.co.uk/podcasts. Contact us: podcast@spectator.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

There will be a planetary parade in the early morning sky tomorrow. We'll explain how you can see it yourself and have fun talking stars and space with David Weigel, astrophysicist and Planetarium Director for the U.S. Space & Rocket Center

It's Casual Friday on the Majority Report: On today's show: DC residents are fed up with the federal occupation and the resistance in the streets is growing nightly. David Weigel from Semafor joins us to discuss the last week's the DC occupation, Netroots conference, right wing media, and the failures of the Democratic party. In the Fun Half: The white house posts a propaganda video showing 20+ federal troops arresting a man in his apartment showing a dramatic waste of resources and personnel just for a fascist TikTok clip. Zohran Mamdani continues to put Andrew Cuomo not that it is very difficult. Hakeem Jeffries still refuses to endorse Zohran Mamdani. All that and more plus calls and IMs The Congress switchboard number is (202) 224-3121. You can use this number to connect with either the U.S. Senate or the House of Representatives. Become a member at JoinTheMajorityReport.com: https://fans.fm/majority/join Follow us on TikTok here: https://www.tiktok.com/@majorityreportfm Check us out on Twitch here: https://www.twitch.tv/themajorityreport Find our Rumble stream here: https://rumble.com/user/majorityreport Check out our alt YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/majorityreportlive Gift a Majority Report subscription here: https://fans.fm/majority/gift Subscribe to the ESVN YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/esvnshow Subscribe to the AMQuickie newsletter here: https://am-quickie.ghost.io/ Join the Majority Report Discord! https://majoritydiscord.com/ Get all your MR merch at our store: https://shop.majorityreportradio.com/ Get the free Majority Report App!: https://majority.fm/app Go to https://JustCoffee.coop and use coupon code majority to get 10% off your purchase Check out today's sponsors TUSHY: Get 10% off TUSHY with the code TMR at https://hellotushy.com/TMR FAST GROWING TREES: Get 15% off your first purchase.  FastGrowingTrees.com/majority SUNSET LAKE: Head on over to Sunset LakeCBD.com and remember to use code BIRTHDAY for 25% off sitewide. This sale ends at midnight on August 17th. Follow the Majority Report crew on Twitter: @SamSeder @EmmaVigeland @MattLech Check out Matt's show, Left Reckoning, on YouTube, and subscribe on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/leftreckoning Check out Matt Binder's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/mattbinder Subscribe to Brandon's show The Discourse on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/ExpandTheDiscourse Check out Ava Raiza's music here! https://avaraiza.bandcamp.com/ The Majority Report with Sam Seder – https://majorityreportradio.com

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In the aftermath of the U.S. bombing of Iranian nuclear facilities, we welcome back Theodore Postol, Professor of Science, Technology and National Security Policy Emeritus at MIT to give his expert technical assessment on where that assault leaves the Iranian nuclear program. Then, Trita Parsi, executive vice president of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, gives us his analysis of the political side of the issue.Theodore Postol is Professor of Science, Technology and National Security Policy Emeritus in the Program in Science, Technology, and Society at MIT. His expertise is in nuclear weapon systems, including submarine warfare, applications of nuclear weapons, ballistic missile defense, and ballistic missiles more generally.No one at that point after the attack could have known whether or not there was success of any kind, even if there was success. And I doubt there was any success.Theodore PostolThe Israelis have done everything in their power to create an internal argument among the political leadership in Iran to proceed to build a nuclear weapon so that this kind of thing won't happen again. So the Israeli grand strategy, if you want to call it that, shows no intelligence or thought of any kind.Theodore PostolTrita Parsi is the executive vice president of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, and the co-founder and former President of the National Iranian American Council. He is an expert on US-Iranian relations, Iranian foreign policy, and the geopolitics of the Middle East. He has authored three books on US foreign policy in the Middle East, with a particular focus on Iran and Israel— Treacherous Alliance: The Secret Dealings of Iran, Israel and the United States, A Single Roll of the Dice – Obama's Diplomacy with Iran, and Losing an Enemy: Obama, Iran and the Triumph of Diplomacy.Israel is not enhancing American power in the Middle East. Israel is consuming it.Trita Parsi, Executive VP of the Quincy Institute for Responsible StatecraftIf the (Iranian regime) were to collapse it would most likely be because there would be an internal coup. And the next regime would be coming from the very same regime. It would just be a much more aggressive and hardline.Trita Parsi20 Worst Recent Trump Headlines1. Trump Administration Abruptly Cuts Billions From State Health Services (Apoorva Mandavilli, Margot Sanger-Katz and Jan Hoffman, New York Times, March 26, 2025)2. The EPA is canceling almost 800 environmental justice grants, court filing reveals (Maxine Joselow and Amudalat Ajasa, Washington Post, April 29, 2025)3. Trump's attack on federal unions a ‘test case' for broader assault, warn lawyers (Michael Sainato, The Guardian, 5/1/25)4. Trump fires all 3 Democrats on the Consumer Product Safety Commission (Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 5/9/25)5. Federal employee unions fight for survival as Trump tries to eviscerate them (Andrea Hsu, NPR, 5/11/25)6. Trump's DOJ agrees to let Boeing escape guilty plea. It was a deal victims' families didn't want. (Alexis Keenan, Yahoo Finance, 5/23/25)7. Trump made a promise not to touch Medicare. His megabill just broke it. (Alan L. Cohen, NBC, 5/23/25)8. Trump's safety research cuts heighten workplace risks, federal workers warn (Michael Sainato, The Guardian, 5/27/25)9. Provision in GOP budget bill puts millions at risk of losing SNAP benefits (Lisa Desjardins and Jackson Hudgins, PBS, 5/29/25)10. White House proposes shutting down chemical safety agency (Maxine Joselow Washington Post, 6/3/25)11. Trump tax bill would add $550 billion in interest payments to national debt (Jacob Bogage, Washington Post, 6/5/25)12. RFK Jr. boots all members of the CDC's vaccine advisory committee (Will Stone, NPR, 6/9/25)13. Vance, Rubio peddle fiction that 88 percent of foreign aid doesn't go overseas (Glenn Kessler, Washington Post, 6/11/25)14. Trump's EPA plans to repeal climate pollution limits on fossil fuel power plants (Jeff Brady, NPR, 6/11/25)15. How Trump's assault on science is blinding America to climate change (Scott Waldman, E&E News, 6/16/2025)16. ‘Censorship:' See the National Park visitor responses after Trump requested help deleting ‘negative' signage (Government Executive Magazine, 6/18/25)17. Government drops cases against ‘predatory' financial firms (Peter Whoriskey, Washington Post, 6/20/25)18. 'Hell no, insane': A proposal for millions of acres of land under Trump's 'big, beautiful' bill sparks outrage (No Byline, Economic Times, 6/23/25)19. Under Trump's ‘Big, Beautiful Bill' child poverty will rise again (Arturo Baiocchi, Sacramento Bee, 6/23/25)20. Trump loves saying 'You're fired.' Now he's making it easier to fire federal workers (Andrea Hsu, NPR, 6/23/25)News 6/27/251. After a brutal initial barrage by the United States, followed by tit-for-tat exchanges between Israel and Iran, the U.S. is seeking to broker a ceasefire between the two states. On Truth Social, Trump posted “ISRAEL is not going to attack Iran. All planes will turn around and head home, while doing a friendly ‘Plane Wave' to Iran. Nobody will be hurt, the Ceasefire is in effect!” Just hours after this however, Israel did in fact bomb targets in Tehran, per Reuters. Israel also claims to have intercepted missiles fired from Iran following the ceasefire agreement. In the wake of the initial attacks, journalist Séamus Malekafzali reported that the “Iranian communist party Tudeh and the Communist Party of Israel [Hadash] release[d] a joint statement condemning the Israeli war on Iran, saying Israel's intent is to make the region ‘bow down to [US] imperialism' and that the only solution is full nuclear disarmament in the Middle East.” Israel's nuclear capabilities are an open secret in Washington, with estimates that the country possess between 90 and 400 nuclear warheads.2. In Congress, Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia has put forth a War Powers resolution in an attempt to check Trump's unilateral escalation in Iran. According to Newsweek, he expects to get Republican votes in the Senate. In the House, the effort is led by Reps. Ro Khanna and maverick Republican Thomas Massie, whom Trump has become so enraged with that he recently launched a PAC to oust him from his seat, per Axios. Meanwhile, AOC issued a statement reading, “The President's disastrous decision to bomb Iran without authorization is a grave violation of the Constitution and Congressional War Powers. He has impulsively risked launching a war that may ensnare us for generations. It is absolutely and clearly grounds for impeachment.” Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi, asked about AOC's impeachment comments, replied “No, no, that's a big threshold to cross,” per David Weigel.3. The escalation in Iran has exposed fissures in Trump's orbit. PBS reports major MAGA figures like Steve Bannon, Tucker Carlson and Marjorie Taylor-Greene are openly opposed, while Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has reportedly drawn Trump's ire for a string of comments out of step with the administration's messaging, starting with a video earlier this month in which she accused “political elites and warmongers [of] carelessly fomenting fear and tension between nuclear powers,” per the Independent. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has been iced out completely, according to the Washington Post.4. In more news concerning the administration, the Project on Government Oversight (POGO) has published a new report, finding that “Stephen Miller…Trump's powerful deputy chief of staff and homeland security advisor…has a personal financial stake…[of] up to a quarter million dollars of stock in Palantir.” POGO describes Palantir, the shadowy tech company founded by rightwing tech oligarch Peter Thiel, as “woven into the operations of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and used by other federal agencies such as the Pentagon.” POGO and other experts see this as a glaring potential conflict of interest. In an almost darkly comedic twist, “Democratic lawmakers have recently sought information from Palantir, [but] they are in the minority and cannot compel the company to produce records. A person who could is Representative James Comer (R-KY), the chairman of the [House] oversight committee...However, Comer bought…Palantir stock the day after Trump's inauguration…his only stock trade that day.” Palantir is the second-best-performing S&P 500 stock in 2025, with shares up 74% year-to-date, per Business Insider.5. In a rare case of corruption actually being prosecuted, the New York Times reports former New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez reported for his eleven-year prison sentence on June 17th. “After a nine-week trial in Manhattan, Mr. Menendez…became the only U.S. senator ever to be convicted of acting as an agent of a foreign government,” after taking part in a “yearslong bribery conspiracy” that included payoffs in the form of “kilo bars of gold, a Mercedes-Benz convertible and more than $480,000 in cash.” Menendez is now incarcerated at the Federal Correctional Institution, Schuylkill, a medium-security federal prison in Minersville, Pennsylvania. He has been assigned the prisoner number 67277-050.6. In other news, POLITICO reports, “FICO plans to launch a suite of credit scores later this year that incorporate [Buy Now Pay Later or BNPL] data, providing lenders a window into…consumers' repayment behavior on these increasingly popular installment loans.” As BNPL data has not been included in credit reporting before, this has become known as “phantom debt…a gigantic black box…[and] largely unregulated.” This story notes that the Trump administration CFPB has “dropped planned enforcement of a Biden administration rule that would have treated BNPL providers like credit card companies,” subjecting this industry to daylight and financial regulation. The administration's abandonment of this rule mirrors their declassification of cryptocurrency as securities in order to skirt SEC oversight. Many questions remain over how exactly BNPL data will factor into consumers' credit scores, but many are bracing for this data to reveal a growing chasm of consumer debt underpinning the already shaky economic picture.7. Meanwhile Mahmoud Khalil, the Columbia University student and activist abducted by ICE on the eve of his son's birth – despite being a legal permanent resident – has finally been freed. Khalil was held in federal immigration detention in Louisiana for 104 days, per AP. Following his release, Khalil said “Justice prevailed, but it's very long overdue.” Khalil's legal battle will continue. Khalil stated in an interview with NPR, “My release is just the first step. The legal fight is still very, very long. The administration appealed the decision about my release, but we will prove our case – that what happened…was textbook retaliation against the First Amendment, that I was targeted because of speech the government did not like, and that there was nothing wrong with the speech I was engaged in. I want to make sure that everyone who contributed to my arrest will be held accountable.”8. Backlash to Trump's immigration policies is not confined to the political and legal realms either. Newsweek reports that the new Pope, Leo XIV, has “called for priests, deacons and parish leaders to accompany migrants to court and stand in solidarity with them.” This is an encouraging sign for those who hoped Leo would follow in the footsteps of Pope Francis. It also puts the new Pope at odds with more conservative American Catholics, such as Vice-President JD Vance who converted in adulthood. In May, Leo's brother John Prevost told New York Times that the new Pope, “has great, great desire to help the downtrodden and the disenfranchised, the people who are ignored.”9. In another immigration flashpoint, “A gang of masked federal agents swarmed, manhandled, and detained New York City Comptroller Brad Lander…as he sought to assist a defendant out of immigration court,” according to the American Prospect. The Prospect notes this arrest is “the latest instance of political violence against opposition party members, which has included the arrests of Newark Mayor Ras Baraka and New Jersey Rep. LaMonica McIver…the arrest of Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan…and the brief detention of Sen. Alex Padilla.” Lander was released several hours after he was detained, when New York Governor Kathy Hochul showed up in person to demand his release. She called his arrest “b******t.” Later, in an interview with Joe Gallina, Lander said, “Courts tell undocumented immigrants their cases are ‘dismissed.' But what they really dismiss… is their asylum status. Then ICE grabs them. No lawyer. No warning.”10. Finally, 33-year-old democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani trounced disgraced former Governor Andrew Cuomo in the New York City Democratic mayoral primary on Tuesday, winning by a completely unforeseen seven-point landslide. Polls up to election day showed Cuomo winning, some by as much as 24 points. Mamdani, a state legislator since 2021, ran on a platform of affordability, including making city buses free, establishing city-owned grocery stores and freezing the rent for all stabilized tenants. This platform – paired with cogent messaging, an extraordinary grassroots organizing campaign and shrewd alliances with other progressive candidates like Brad Lander – won the day for Zohran. However, an air of uncertainty about November remains. Incumbent Mayor Eric Adams still plans to run for reelection as an independent and Cuomo hasn't ruled out doing the same, per the Hill. While many who endorsed or donated to Cuomo in the primary – some now openly admitting they merely did so out of fear of reprisal – have switched their allegiance to Mamdani, some are maintaining a hostile posture towards the presumptive Democratic nominee. There is no doubt this story will proceed in dramatic fashion.This has been Francesco DeSantis, with In Case You Haven't Heard. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe

Happy Wednesday from the soon to be Sharia Anarcho Communist Caliphate of New York City. ZOHRAN MAMDANI HAS WON THE NYC PRIMARY! BYE CUOMO! The show kicks off by spending some time appreciating Zohran's masterful campaign and its potential impact on the national scale. David Weigel from Semafor joins us to recount his coverage of the NYC primary and the differences in strategy between Cuomo and Mamdani. Check out David's Newsletter. Chase Strangio, plaintiffs attorney in United States vs. Skrmetti joins us to discuss the courts tragic ruling and it's immediate and potential impact on gender affirming care. Here's a link to Chase's most recent article on Trans Rights In the fun half Sam offers Chuck Schumer the chance to extend an olive branch to him. Then we check in how the “business community” feels about Zohran's Victory, as well as the right wing pundits. All that and more, folks. Become a member at JoinTheMajorityReport.com: https://fans.fm/majority/join Follow us on TikTok here!: https://www.tiktok.com/@majorityreportfm Check us out on Twitch here!: https://www.twitch.tv/themajorityreport Find our Rumble stream here!: https://rumble.com/user/majorityreport Check out our alt YouTube channel here!: https://www.youtube.com/majorityreportlive Gift a Majority Report subscription here: https://fans.fm/majority/gift Subscribe to the ESVN YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/esvnshow Subscribe to the AMQuickie newsletter here: https://am-quickie.ghost.io/ Join the Majority Report Discord! https://majoritydiscord.com/ Get all your MR merch at our store: https://shop.majorityreportradio.com/ Get the free Majority Report App!: https://majority.fm/app Go to https://JustCoffee.coop and use coupon code majority to get 10% off your purchase! Check out today's sponsors: DELETEME: Text MAJORITY to 64000 for 20% off your DeleteMe subscription BLUELAND: Get 15% off your first order by going to Blueland.com/majority SUNSET LAKE: Use the code LEFTISBEST to save 20% at SunsetLakeCBD.com  on all their farm fresh CBD products for people and pets. Follow the Majority Report crew on Twitter: @SamSeder @EmmaVigeland @MattLech Check out Matt's show, Left Reckoning, on Youtube, and subscribe on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/leftreckoning Check out Matt Binder's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/mattbinder Subscribe to Brandon's show The Discourse on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/ExpandTheDiscourse Check out Ava Raiza's music here! https://avaraiza.bandcamp.com/ The Majority Report with Sam Seder – https://majorityreportradio.com/    

Krystal and Emily discuss Trump signing a Ukraine minerals deal, Trump tells kids they'll only get two dolls for Christmas, Tesla searches for new CEO, Rubio plots global gulags, Pritzker rebukes do nothing Dems, tech CEO says AI will replace all jobs except his, Alex Jones turns on Trump. David Weigel: https://x.com/daveweigel To become a Breaking Points Premium Member and watch/listen to the show AD FREE, uncut and 1 hour early visit: www.breakingpoints.com Merch Store: https://shop.breakingpoints.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On today’s show: David Weigel of Semafor joins to talk about the various responses to the Trump administration from Democrats and those forming an early opposition to his moves. Plus, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer changes his position and backs the GOP’s funding bill, Trump’s effort to ban birthright citizenship makes it to the Supreme Court, and Donatella Versace steps down. Today’s episode was hosted by Shumita Basu.

On today’s show: Reuters reports that the world is on the brink of a trade war. USA Today explains what it all means for our wallets. Is flying less safe right now? Zach Wichter with USA Today answers the key questions. Semafor’s David Weigel unpacks what the selection of a new Democratic National Committee chair means for the future of the party. Plus, Elon Musk now has access to a crucial Treasury Department payment system, the NBA trade that shocked the entire league, and the Grammy Awards’ biggest winners. Today’s episode was hosted by Gideon Resnick.

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Gen Z's Expensive Taste; Young Adults Say They Need $600K ANNUALLY (00:00) Democratic Party in SHAMBLES After Massive Trump Win; Progressives to WORK with GOP? David Weigel (09:07) Babies YANKED From Moms After Being Inadvertently DRUGGED By Hospitals (26:12) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

[SEGMENT 2-1] Common Sense Governing 1 [X] SB – Stephen Miller on cartels Pt 1   [X] SB – Stephen Miller on cartels Pt 2 EO sealing the border Cartels ICE empowered fully seal the border. Find the threats inside America   Righteous wave of justice.     Democrats: Waking Up at Last? In the aftermath of the 2024 election, there's a glimmer of hope that Democrats are finally smelling the coffee. Representative Elissa Slotkin, in a rare moment of clarity, admitted:"Identity politics needs to end… people don't want to be told who they are based on their gender, ethnicity, or orientation."   https://www.dailywire.com/news/dem-elissa-slotkin-tells-her-party-identity-politics-needs-to-end Democrat Senator-elect Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) told her party that “identity politics” needs to end if they want to have a chance to win back voters after losing the White House in 2024 to President-elect Donald Trump. During a Democrat Senatorial Campaign Committee briefing with Dem candidates who won their election, the soon-to-be senator from Michigan didn't mince words when talking about why the party lost the White House. “I personally think that identity politics needs to go the way of the dodo,” Slotkin said, per David Weigel in a post on X. She also said that the party should take language “not from the faculty lounge, but the assembly line.”  [SEGMENT 2-2] Common Sense Governing 2 [X] SB – Liberal Democrat realizes that only Republicans help her The comments were similar to ones the incoming senator made during her appearance on MSNBC when asked about the party's recent defeat. “Any party — and I can only represent the Democratic Party — needs to focus on the things that keep people up at night. That's their pocketbooks and their kids,” Slotkin said. “There are a lot of issues out there. But you've got to start with what keeps people awake, and that is kitchen-table issues, economics.” “We gotta stay away … we don't need to obsess about identity politics,” she added. “And by the way, this last election demonstrated very clearly that they don't stand up.”   But Slotkin didn't always feel this way…   Despite Slotkin's comments about “identity politics,” she voted multiple times against keeping men out of women's restrooms and locker rooms, the Detroit News noted. In May 2019, during her first term in Congress, Slotkin voted for the Equality Act, which would, among other things, “prohibits an individual from being denied access to a shared facility, including a restroom, a locker room, and a dressing room, that is in accordance with the individual's gender identity.” It was stopped by Republicans in the Senate, then passed again in 2021, with Slotkin voting for it, the outlet noted. In April 2023, Slotkin also voted against the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act, which “prohibits school athletic programs from allowing individuals whose biological sex at birth was male to participate in programs that are for women or girls.” Slotkin realizes now that Americans aren't interested in endless lectures about pronouns. Nor do we want to be indoctrinated on the 57 varieties of gender. We're tired of being told we're bad people if we question the latest woke fad. What do they want? A return to normalcy. A focus on issues that matter—like jobs, safety, and education—not on whether today's buzzword is “Latinx” or “cisgender.” Democrats built a house of cards on identity politics, and MAGA came in with a leaf blower. For years, Leftists overplayed their hand, weaponizing labels and promoting division under the guise of inclusion. Now, even their own party members are admitting that the strategy has run its course. Still there remain the old guard. [X] SB – WaPo's Jen Rubin Pithy Republicans want to kill your kids. Oppose vaccinations. Breakthrough medical research   The real lesson of 2024? Americans are fed up. They don't want bureaucrats with rainbow lanyards; they want a government that works. And if Democrats can't figure that out, they'll keep losing. But hey, at least they'll have their pronouns.        [SEGMENT 2-3] The “Resist” movement v107   Since the re-election of Donald Trump, the Left have soul-searched. But not how most people perform the introspection. The Left aren't necessarily looking for reasons why their message didn't resonate with the majority of the populace, and restore sanity to the country Instead, they plot chaos. In what many consider open treason, many on the Left have declared that they will disobey the rule of law and thwart newly re-elected President Trump in his efforts to fix problems created by Joe Biden and others. Finally, sane policy coming from our government. Policies that protect citizens, while allowing illegals to enter America the right way. Despite Trump's clearly legal policy directives, governors and some mayors have vowed not to honor the law. Actually, I'm glad they are fighting back. Because this fight is long overdue, and it's one they will not win. Overwhelmingly Americans want illegal immigration addressed. And President Trump has the wind in his sails for multiple reasons, the first already given. But aside from overwhelming support from the public, Trump knows how to up the ante, and he's vowed to stop the cartels. And this is no idle threat, as Trump already announced that he will use Tier 1 operators, i.e. Delta Force, and other spec ops. No longer will the NSA and CIA be deployed to spy on American citizens, but instead be used to do the job it was intended to do: keep Americans safe from the real bad guys. This will backfire for the “resistance”. As Trump racks up victories, those fighting hi will lose even more face…             [SEGMENT 2-4] Media triage   [X] SB – Nikki Haley on Charlamagne re: Morning Joe I'd hate to be the media now, and headed into the future. This is one of the reasons I always tell people, I'm not media, I'm OPINION. I don't care what happens in the news, since I will always have an opinion. AI can't reproduce MY SPECIFIC opinion. Since 2016, the media has rightfully been under fire. Trump may not have invented the term “fake news”, but he certainly made it mainstream and believable. I remember the assault on Trump by the media, once he branded them. They hope they could get the term to go away. But a full 8 years later, we use the term more now than we did in the past. Trump used the Left's own tactics against them, as he was relentless in calling the media “fakes”. And they happily participated by lying unapologetically.. MSNBC's Morning Joe show brought in a panel of media types to discuss their demise.   [X] SB – MSNBC Morning Joe panel laments their loss of audience 1 in 5 adults get their news from social media.   They recognize that they are Model Ts in a Tesla world. Dinosaurs waiting on the next ELE meteor to hit Earth. When asked what the solution is, most of the panelists offered none. Writer for the Miami Herald (?), Eugene Robinson suggested that they meet the audience “on their turf”. He's referring to X, Instagram, and others. Ironically, former Twitter, X is dominating in the news business. I predicted this would happen, as Musk got his sea legs in media. As Musk grows, the lamestream fake news media takes no notes. The reason for the success of X is simple: they allow all points of view. But X has on other advantage over traditional media: it allows for millions of voices. Sure, one can follow the “influencers”. But there are many people with small followings who say the most insightful things. Once you find that person, you bookmark them. Now you have added another small voice to your information-gathering network. The problem with traditional media is the egos of the hosts. Almost all are high-paid regurgitators of the narrative set by somebody else. Rarely do they present anything fresh, lest they run the risk of being fired. Their opinions are one and the same. X differs dramatically. Follow an X thread and you will witness creativity beyond belief. Moreover, you will see trends, and a host of other things that help you build your worldview. Traditional media can't respond quickly enough. And it hasn't the sense to deliver something so awesome that people will come even if they know the actual story.   NBA ratings continue to tank. Down 28% on @espn to all time lows so far this season. Maybe LeBron, Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-kevin-jackson-show--2896352/support.

The incoming Trump administration has started announcing some of the picks for the incoming Cabinet. Somehow, they're worse than you could have imagined. We break down some of the unsavory characters who might be making policy in Trump's second term with political reporter for Semafor, David Weigel. Weigel also explains how the right wing media ecosystem has moved away from TV and onto the internet. Right wing and right wing-adjacent programming is dominating YouTube and podcasts. How did they build such a network? And how do Democrats counterprogram those voices?Read Weigel's latest for Semafor: https://www.semafor.com/author/david-weigelSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Hello, media consumers. Bryan closes a busy week on 'The Press Box' with Semafor's David Weigel. They begin the show by reacting to the many reasons Donald Trump won the election (0:52). Then they discuss how Twitter is a pro-Trump app (16:22), the value of podcast appearances (19:59), whether or not this race was winnable for Kamala Harris (33:49), and more. Host: Bryan Curtis Guest: David Weigel Producer: Brian H. Waters Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In a noisy election cycle it's hard to find signals — even of the mixed variety. Today, Ben and Nayeema sit down with reporters David Weigel and Max Tani to parse what you're not seeing, from the “insane” tv ads at a Pittsburgh Steelers game and the print ads in an Arizona nail salon, to an unpublished Washington Post endorsement that was quashed by Jeff Bezos. One of these things may decide the election, and another could shape the blamegame that follows. If you have a tip or a comment, please email us mixedsignals@semafor.com Find us on X: @semaforben, @nayeema @maxwelltani or on Instagram @nayeemaraza  Sign up for Semafor Media's Sunday newsletter: https://www.semafor.com/newsletters/media 

Tuesday's debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump brought fierce exchanges over immigration, abortion and foreign policy, and showed that America's global role matters in this election. Bronwen Maddox is joined by David Weigel from Semafor and Clare Malone from the New Yorker to discuss what we learned and what to watch in the rest of the race. With them is Heather Hurlburt, associate fellow of our US and Americas programme. Read our latest: The Harris–Trump debate showed US foreign policy matters in this election The US election will take place in a polluted information space US dollar dominance is both a cause and a consequence of US power Presented by Bronwen Maddox. Produced by John Pollock. Read the latest issue of The World Today

Veteran national politics reporter for Semafor David Weigel returns to the show for a discussion of the new conservative political biopic Reagan, starring Dennis Quaid as The Great Communicator, or as he was known in Russia, The Crusader, for the film is told from the perspective of a former KGB agent (Jon Voight) who identified him early on as the man who would someday defeat the Soviet Union with facts and logic. There's a lot to unpack with Reagan, filmed in 2020 during the pandemic and only being released now. This film represents how much the Conservative movement has changed in the Trump era and since this film was shot, which leads us into a discussion about how Reagan has been somewhat diminished in the modern Republican Party, and how this political hagiography is somewhat out of step with the times. Why is a film about such a significant historical figure such a low-budget, clumsy affair populated with “stars” like Kevin Sorbo and Robert Davi (as Leonid Brezhnev!) and told from the perspective of defeated Soviet spies, with a new Bob Dylan recording in the end credits? Follow Dave Weigel on Twitter and Bluesky, and subscribe to his twice-weekly newsletter “Americana” on Semafor. Trailer for Reagan (Sean McNamara, 2024)

Greg (@GregBradyTO) speaks with David Weigel (@daveweigel) - Covering politics for @semafor. About the big, but not surprising decision for President Joe Biden to officially not seek re-election. Also, David Clement (@ClementLiberty) NA Affairs Manager Consumer Choice Center (@consumerchoicec) joined us to talk about the LCBO strike coming to an end. The workers won a wage hike but lost in the end due to a union boss picking a personal, political fight with Doug Ford. Lastly, Anthony Furey (@anthonyfurey) , columnist, 640 Toronto Contributor, former mayoral candidate was in studio to announce that he is running in the by-election for Ward 15 Don Valley West. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bakari Sellers is joined by Semafor's David Weigel, who is in Milwaukee for the Republican National Convention. They start with the reports that Barack Obama is pushing Joe Biden to reconsider his 2024 presidential bid. Then they discuss other story lines from the RNC, including what to expect from Donald Trump, JD Vance, and much more (7:13). Host: Bakari Sellers Guest: David Weigel Producer: Isaiah Blakely Executive Producer: Jarrod Loadholt Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance is a one-time critic of former President Trump who has turned into a fierce defender. Geoff Bennett discussed Vance's views and how they've shifted with David Weigel, a national political reporter for Semafor who's covered JD Vance for years. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance is a one-time critic of former President Trump who has turned into a fierce defender. Geoff Bennett discussed Vance's views and how they've shifted with David Weigel, a national political reporter for Semafor who's covered JD Vance for years. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

Dana and the gang are at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, where Donald Trump was given a hero's welcome by his most ardent supporters just two days after surviving an assassination attempt. While the atmosphere in the hall was electric, the former president appeared subdued and even emotional as he stood with his new running mate, Ohio Senator J.D. Vance. Joining Dana are CNN's Audie Cornish and Kristen Holmes, Semafor's David Weigel, and Astead Herndon of the New York Times.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Glenn reacts to all the violent anti-Israel protests happening at various college campuses across the country and acknowledges that this behavior isn't new, even in America. Semafor national political reporter David Weigel joins to ponder why protesters wear masks: Is it for COVID or fear of being identified? Glenn tells the story of an elderly woman whom the Biden administration is jailing for protesting abortion. Glenn plays a clip from his latest Wednesday Night Special, showcasing how an alleged vulnerability within electronic voting systems could be accessed. Attorney John Graves joins to share how you can help make our elections more secure. Rabbi Yitzchok Adlerstein joins to dive into the deep roots of anti-Semitism on college campuses as similar protests plague colleges throughout the country. Glenn and Rabbi Yitzchok also discuss what can be done to help stop the surge of anti-Semitism in America.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Politicians and conservative news outlets say there's an epidemic of people moving into a stranger's house and refusing to leave. Curbed's Bridget Read and Semafor's David Weigel explain what's actually happening. This episode was produced by Avishay Artsy, edited by Matt Collette and Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by David Herman, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained Support Today, Explained by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Get access to this entire episode as well as all of our premium episodes and bonus content by becoming a Hit Factory Patron for just $5/month.Political reporter David Weigel joins to discuss the work of director Hal Hartley and his 1997 feature, 'Henry Fool'. The film, written and directed by one of the great undersung auteurs of American indie cinema during its heyday, blends a sense of sweeping literary scope with the understatedness of an indie comedy to tell a story about creativity, imperfect people, and the commercial forces that antagonize true outsider artistry. Henry Fool would become the first in a trilogy of films by Hartley, continuing with the 2006 riff on espionage thrillers, 'Fay Grim' and concluding in 2014 with the final installment 'Ned Rifle'.We begin with an examination of Hal Hartley, the unique alchemy of his work, and his debt to the films and filmmakers of the French New Wave. Then, we discuss 'Henry Fool' as a singular work of daring, frequently flying in the face of good taste, probing its audience's sense of morality, and asking us to find connection with a host of broken individuals who don't act in accordance with our own judgements. Finally, we look into the future and discuss Hartley's most recent (successful) attempts to get a new film off the ground and how a 2020's audience might receive a filmmaker who has always bucked commercial trends and swings for populist appeal.Follow David Weigel on Twitter.Subscribe to Semafor Newsletters....Our theme song is "Mirror" by Chris Fish

This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Widespread denial looms over the 2024 presidential election. Will Biden be replaced due to his age? Could a conviction halt Trump's ambitions? While enthusiasm is scarce for this exhausting rematch, it's going to happen whether we like it or not. Adam and Semafor political reporter David Weigel set aside concerns about old age and criminal trials to dissect the state of both campaigns, and what it will actually mean come November. SUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/adamconoverSEE ADAM ON TOUR: https://www.adamconover.net/tourdates/SUBSCRIBE to and RATE Factually! on:» Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/factually-with-adam-conover/id1463460577» Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0fK8WJw4ffMc2NWydBlDyJAbout Headgum: Headgum is an LA & NY-based podcast network creating premium podcasts with the funniest, most engaging voices in comedy to achieve one goal: Making our audience and ourselves laugh. Listen to our shows at https://www.headgum.com.» SUBSCRIBE to Headgum: https://www.youtube.com/c/HeadGum?sub_confirmation=1» FOLLOW us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/headgum» FOLLOW us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/headgum/» FOLLOW us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@headgum» Advertise on Factually! via Gumball.fmSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Democrats are celebrating an early election year win, after Tom Suozzi won Tuesday's special election for the House. What can each party learn from a race where immigration was a central theme? But there are still headwinds for Democrats, especially with some lingering warning signs about the economy. Steve Kornacki, Max Rose, Mark Chiusano, Sahil Kapur, Guy Adami, Ben White, Carlos Curbelo, Steve Israel, Symone Sanders-Townsend, Mark Murray, David Weigel, and Harry Siegel join.

Donald Trump has won the first in the nation primary election in New Hampshire, making it almost inevitable that we're poised for the first rematch in a general election since 1956. Despite coming in second in a two-person race, Nikki Haley celebrated at her election night event in Concord. So in our final episode of this special three-part series from New Hampshire, Jonathan Freedland speaks to Lauren Gambino and Semafor's David Weigel about whether or not Haley actually has reason to be positive. Or is she running on hope rather than reason?

The Israel-Hamas war is dividing the previously united Democrats and uniting the recently fractured Republican party. Semafor's David Weigel explains what that means going into 2024. This episode was produced by Avishay Artsy and Isabel Angell, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard with help from Siona Peterous, engineered by Patrick Boyd, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained Support Today, Explained by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week I'm joined by journalist David Weigel.David joins me to chat about how the general public's ability to process news has deteriorated, as well as why many people feel things are getting worse when economic indicators say otherwise.The 15 Minutes In Hell Theme is written and performed by Eve6.If you've enjoyed this podcast, subscribe free to Ed's newsletter Where's Your Ed At, or join us at the Where's Your Ed At Discord. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit wheresyoured.at

The circus that was the GOP debate has left Miami. David Weigel, political reporter for Semafor, and Marc Caputo, national political reporter for The Messenger, joins Billy Corben to give the postmortem on the Republican debate shenanigans. And Billy gives an update on the elections for the city of Miami's Districts 1 and 2, as well as an update on the Ball & Chain civil lawsuit. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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This week, Eric, Dan, and Dylan are joined by James M. Patterson, associate professor of politics and chair of the politics department at Ave Maria University, to discuss his essay from the Summer 2023 issue of RELIGION & LIBERTY, “Is the New Right Fascist?” What is fascism, beyond the most common Orwellian definition “that which is not desirable”? How much of the radicalism of the New Right is driven by a lot of young members who are “very online”? How seriously should we take the arguments of these people, and how much should we engage with them? Subscribe to our podcasts  Is the New Right Fascist? | James M. Patterson, Religion & Liberty Patrick Deneen's Otherworldly Regime | Jonah Goldberg, Religion & Liberty The man vs. the myth: who was John Foster Dulles? | Acton Line Ron DeSantis fires staffer who shared video with fascist imagery | David Weigel & Shelby Talcott, Semafor Why Integralism Is an Ideology of Despair | James M. Patterson, Law & Liberty After Republican Virtue | James M. Patterson, Law & Liberty Fascist Economics | Wilhelm Röpke  Ur-Fascism | Umberto Eco, The New York Review of Books What if We're the Bad Guys Here? | David Brooks, New York Times

Whenever former United States President Donald Trump faces new legal trouble, he gets more donations and support from his base.At least a dozen Republican politicians are competing to be the party's nominee in the 2024 election, but opinion polls show that Republicans prefer Trump by wide margins.Could the first Republican debate in Wisconsin on August 23 bring forth a breakout candidate who charms the public and mounts a serious challenge to Trump?The Bottom Line host Steve Clemons takes a look at the Republican field with political reporters Julia Manchester of The Hill and David Weigel of Semafor.

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit andrewsullivan.substack.comDave is a political reporter. He's worked for The Washington Post, Slate, Bloomberg Politics, and he's currently at Semafor. He's also a contributing editor at Reason. In 2017 he wrote a book called The Show That Never Ends: The Rise and Fall of Prog Rock, and he's also a Daily Dish alum.For two clips of our convo — on how the MSM doesn't talk like ordinary people, and the role of Biden's age in the next election — pop over to our YouTube page. Other topics: growing up in Delaware; going to high school in England not far from my hometown; the UK vs US media when it comes to objectivity; writing about Labour and anti-Semitism; voting for Ralph Nader before turning libertarian; his “pathological” travel as a reporter; coding his own blog in the early blogosphere; not wanting to be a Helen Thomas in the press corps; his memories of covering Obama, Gretchen Whitmer, Sharice Davids, Michael Moore and others; taking Trump seriously in 2015; having a nose for what the GOP base finds compelling; the party's broken promises on immigration; Reagan's amnesty; the MSM's bias and arrogance on immigration; how Mexican-American Dems often use the term “illegals”; Jesse Singal's intrepid coverage of trans kids; “platforming is not privileging”; Dave's focus-group of normie friends from his hometown; gender reveal parties; the protest of the NYT's trans coverage “causing harm”; Hunter Biden's love-child and the White House not acknowledging her; Trump's three marriages; Kamala's dismal popularity; Rathergate; the Tom Cotton op-ed controversy; the right-wing media bubble; the unwillingness of the MSM to integrate conservative voices; January 6th; the depressing prospect of a Biden-Trump sequel; and Dave discussing prog rock and his favorite band, King Crimson.Browse the Dishcast archive for another conversation you might enjoy (the first 102 episodes are free in their entirety — subscribe to get everything else). Coming up: Jean Twenge on the key differences between the generations, Matt Lewis on ruling-class elites, and Lee Fang on how public policy is shaped by moneyed groups. Please send any guest recs and pod dissent to dish@andrewsullivan.com.

Veteran political reporter David Weigel joins Andrew to break down the debt ceiling negotiations the blame game, the GOP demands, minting the coin, and whether it even matters. Weigel shares the inside track on the '24 presidential primaries, the DNC's contingency plans, and why Republicans refuse to attack Trump. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/aLw1nu6Q4rE Follow Dave Weigel: https://twitter.com/daveweigel | https://semafor.com/author/david-weigel Follow Andrew Yang: https://forwardparty.com | https://twitter.com/andrewyang To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this week's episode of Fever Dreams, hosts Will Sommer and Kelly Weill discuss how Trump's decision to fly to New York instead of hunkering down in Mar-a-Lago to face his historic arraignment had the markings of a political scheme—one which denied stoppedDeSantis from making his own big patriotic stand against the charges. Then, national political reporter for Semafor, David Weigel, joins the podcast and weighs in on the latest Trump drama. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Republicans may have underperformed in the midterms, but the RNC chair fight is not about changing the party's direction. For the base, it's about out-suing the "cheating" Democrats. Plus, the free-for-all in Chicago's mayoral race, and the Oscar noms. Dave Weigel joins Charlie Sykes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Republicans may have underperformed in the midterms, but the RNC chair fight is not about changing the party's direction. For the base, it's about out-suing the "cheating" Democrats. Plus, the free-for-all in Chicago's mayoral race, and the Oscar noms. Dave Weigel joins Charlie Sykes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Results of Yesterday's Election Defy the Poll and Pundits and Shock the Republicans | An Update on the Races and Recriminations | We Can Expect Government Paralysis and the Trump/DeSantis War to Escalate While Questions About Biden Running Again Persist backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

We're back on our compilation business! A few years ago, Producer Mike handed us all two discs filled with vintage progressive rock, including tentpole acts like Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Genesis, and Yes, as well as more obscure outsider art like Egg, Magma and Henry Cow. The collection was titled "In Defense of Prog Rock," and since most of us agree that prog is worth defending, we're officially sharing Discord & Rhyme's first homegrown collection with you. Keep watching the skies!Co-hosts: Rich Bunnell, Mike DeFabio, Amanda RodgersTracks: Genesis - Watcher of the SkiesCamel - FreefallCaravan - Winter WineEmerson, Lake & Palmer - Knife-EdgeOther clips: Emerson, Lake & Palmer - TarkusSmash Mouth - All StarCamel - RhyaderThe Wilde Flowers - ImpotenceEmerson, Lake & Palmer - HoedownLinks: Get early access to bonus episodes on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/discordpodThe Show That Never Ends: The Rise and Fall of Prog Rock by David Weigel: https://wwnorton.com/books/The-Show-That-Never-Ends/Genesis performs "Watcher of the Skies" in 1973: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4su9Sz0n0nsD&R discusses ELP's debut: https://discordpod.com/listen/2018/9/18/007-emerson-lake-palmer-emerson-lake-palmerD&R discusses Collins-era Genesis: https://discordpod.com/listen/075-genesis-a-trick-of-the-tail-1976-and-invisible-touch-1986

Golfers quit the PGA for blood money, Deshaun Watson's response to NY Times, Mr. McConaughey goes to Washington, WaPo's inner-office Twitter fight, Bill Burr's: Friends Who Kill, Corey Feldman's NFTs, WATP Karl joins us, and listener Angie takes on Meghan Markle fans.Bill Burr Presents: Friends Who Kill is available on Netflix and it's worth a watch.Kyle Rittenhouse is going to Texas A&M, but that's news to the university.Rick Astley soundly defeated John Hinckley Jr. in our highly scientific Twitter poll.Not-a-Prince Harry and his attention seeking wife Meghan Markle tried to weasel Netflix cameras into the meeting of their daughter with the Queen. Listener Angie Bloor got POUNDED by Megxit fans for simple quoting a drop from The Office.Tom Mazawey lifted Drew's spirits today.Felicia Sonmez got her co-worker, David Weigel, suspended from the WaPo for a stupid retweet. Fun Fact: David had Felicia's back when she got heat after Kobe died.Johnny Depp has entered the TikTok game.WATP's Karl joins the show to remind us that Jameela Jamil is a whiner, update us on his new 2-show schedule, rip on Al Franken's crappy podcast (with special guest Patton Oswalt), and give us more reason to hate Paris Hilton. For more Karl angry at Paris, check out this video with KC Armstrong.Protect yourself online with our NordVPN deal. Use our code DAMS for a huge discount off your NordVPN plan plus 1 additional month for free. You'll even get a bonus gift. It's risk free with Nord's 30 day money back guarantee.Matthew McConaughey dropped by the White House to speak on gun issues following the Uvalde mass shooting.Hunter Biden is terrible gun owner as well. Tom Brady wished him a happy birthday.Kid Rock sits down with Tucker Carlson. He will not apologize and now Twitter is mad.Todd and Julie Chrisley guilty of bank fraud.Demi Lovato is coming to town. Her punk rock album is going to drop soon.Remember to buy your Corey Feldman NFTs right here.Get your CBDs at Nextevo Naturals using promo code DREW.Jack Wagner's son was found dead at the age of 27. But wait... who is this slump buster on his Who's Dated Who?Phil Mickelson is getting a TON of money from LIV Golf. Dustin Johnson is cleaning up as well. Some people are saying Tiger Woods turned down close to a BILLION dollars.The new ESPN 30 for 30 covers the 1996 Women's Basketball Team.Deshaun Watson uses the tool that led him to commit sexual assault to deny all the reports of his sexual misconduct. The New York Times has a new report with even more accusations, including the fact that the Houston Texans helped him by supplying the star QB with NDAs.Social media is dumb, but we're on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter (Drew and Mike Show, Marc Fellhauer, Trudi Daniels and BranDon).

Armed with a smorgasbord of booze, Jonah reunites with Rep. Mike Gallagher for another half-baked extravaganza, in which the duo's efforts to annex Greenland may finally come to fruition. Trap doors beneath escalators, dad-centric dating apps, and various bovine innovations are among the undercooked ideas proposed for your listening enjoyment, as well as a few novel solutions for the domestic crises sweeping our nation. Tune in also for excessive pop culture discussion, ruminations on the existence of extraterrestrials, and a possible new name for the Remnant. Show Notes:- Jonah and Rep. Mike's previous career-ruining encounter- Leonard E. Read's “I, Pencil”- Fully baked- Jonathan Haidt: “Facebook's Dangerous Experiment on Teen Girls”- Yuval Levin on why we're still governed by baby boomers- Jonah on capes- Don't F- with Cats: Hunting an Internet Killer- Tupac's hologram- Is Al Gore an alien?- The David Weigel suspension- Yuval Levin: “The Changing Face of Social Breakdown”- Jonah: “I Think We're Turning Japanese”- Geoffrey Household's Rogue Male

As ordinary workers across the United States watched inflation eat away at modest wage gains in 2021, many corporations—including firms contracting with the federal government—used record-shattering profits to lavish their CEOs with bigger pay packages and reward shareholders with billions of dollars in stock buybacks. Elon Musk has accused Twitter of committing a “material breach” of his $44 billion agreement to buy the company and has threatened to terminate the deal, in the clearest indication yet that the world's richest man is preparing to walk away from the takeover. The Washington Post has suspended political reporter David Weigel without pay after he retweeted a joke last week that was widely considered sexist, and divided the paper's newsroom. Legal claims have shed light on founder of faith group tied to Amy Coney Barrett. “I'm not going to help you:' Transcripts revealed a man drowned in Tempe Town Lake as police watched.Hosts: Ana Kasparian, Cenk Uygur***The largest online progressive news show in the world. Hosted by Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian. LIVE weekdays 6-8 pm ET. Help support our mission and get perks. Membership protects TYT's independence from corporate ownership and allows us to provide free live shows that speak truth to power for people around the world. See Perks: ▶ https://www.youtube.com/TheYoungTurks/joinSUBSCRIBE on YOUTUBE: ☞ http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=theyoungturksFACEBOOK: ☞ http://www.facebook.com/TheYoungTurksTWITTER: ☞ http://www.twitter.com/TheYoungTurksINSTAGRAM: ☞ http://www.instagram.com/TheYoungTurksTWITCH: ☞ http://www.twitch.com/tyt

David Gornoski starts the episode by talking about what binds us together in modern societies. Is America's civic religion on the verge of being torn apart? What new secular religions are emerging during this crisis? What did Jesus mean when he said "I come to bring peace but not as the world gives it?" Listen to the full show to find out. Plus, David expands on his observation that the media establishment, in light of the suspension of David Weigel, is overly focused on words while minimizing the flesh and blood effect of actual violence. Visit A Neighbor's Choice website at aneighborschoice.com

Journalism is having a hell of a week. At least, the Washington Post is. Nancy and Sarah launch with the curious case of tech reporter Taylor Lorenz and her much-corrected story on social media influencers in the Depp-Heard trial. Discussed: Stealth editing, Twitter blocking, when journalists become the story. Then we turn to the saga of Dave Weigel, whose dumb joke (a retweet!) got him suspended for a month. Without pay. To unpack this drama, Nancy introduces us to the complicated character of Felicia Sonmez, a WaPo national reporter who led the drumbeat against Weigel's re-tweet and has previously sued her own publication.The story whisks us back to 2017, when Sonmez had a drunken encounter with journalist Jonathan Kaiman, a mess Nancy unfolds in her essay “The Shiv in the Hand of Kindness.” Discussed: Kobe Bryant, regret sex vs. sexual assault, and appropriating the pain of others to heal a hurt that can't be touched. “How have we made things better for women?” Nancy asks, and Sarah has some ideas, but it's a good question. We end by discussing the shadow side of “happy hedonism,” why everyone's so angry, and why sex can be something sacred.Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em tastes better when you become a free or paid subscriber.Episode Notes:Taylor Lorenz on Twitter “Taylor Lorenz slams MSNBC over harassment segment: ‘You f—ed up royally'” by Thomas Barrabi (NY Post)“Who won the Depp-Heard trial? Content creators that went all-in” by Taylor Lorenz (WaPo)“Delayed Moves, Poolside Videos and Postmates Spon: The State of TikTok Collab House” by Taylor Lorenz (NYT)Legal Bytes on YouTube and InstagramThatUmbrellaGuy on Twitter and YouTube“What Are the Rules About ‘Off the Record?'” by Celeste Mitchell (MediaBistro)“‘All Rippers and No Skippers': How Taylor Lorenz Became Part of the Story” by Annie Goldsmith, story that Sarah couldn't read because paywall (The Information)About Being Blocked (Twitter instructions)“The Washington Post suspends reporter David Weigel over sexist retweet” by Oliver Darcy (CNN)Dave Weigel on Wikipedia and TwitterCam Harless on YouTube and TwitterFelicia Sonmez on Twitter “Court dismisses Washington Post reporter's lawsuit against the paper and its former top editor” by Oliver Darcy (CNN)“The Shiv in the Hand of Kindness” by Nancy Rommelmann (Arc Digital)“Get Out of My Bedroom, Andrew Cuomo!” by Nancy Rommelmann (Tablet)“I'm Radioactive” (about Jonathan Kaiman) by Emily Yoffe (Reason)The Problem with Everything: My Journey Through the New Culture Wars by Meghan Daum“Ask a Former Drunk: It's Time to Talk About Alcohol and Sex” by Sarah Hepola (Jezebel) The Ezra Klein Show (NYT)Going Solo: The Extraordinary Rise and Surprising Appeal of Living Alone, by Eric KlinenbergCarl Sagan's opening sequence of CosmosOutro: Lana Del Rey, “Love Song” Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em swears you will never regret becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit smokeempodcast.substack.com/subscribe