#1644 State of Play: The RNC Cultish Clown Show, Continued Calls for Violence, and Biden Bows Out
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Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 26 July 2024
⏱️ 149 minutes
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Summary
Air Date 7/26/2024
It's clear where the vast majority of violent rhetoric is coming from in the country and it's clear which party is a cult of personality and which puts country before personal power. This is the state of play in our politics.
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KEY POINTS
KP 2: Who Really is Stoking Violence in America? - The Hartmann Report - Air Date 7-15-24
KP 3: The Long Simmer of Political Violence in America - The Atlantic - Air Date 7-15-24
KP 5: Jon Stewart on Biden 2024: It Is What It Is? - The Weekly Show With Jon Stewart - Air Date 7-11-24
KP 6: You did it, Joe - Today, Explained - Air Date 7-22-24
(51:48) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
On why it's OK to have a bit of hope even if it's uncomfortable
DEEPER DIVES
(57:02) SECTION A: BIDEN STEPS DOWN
A2: Fox News MELTS DOWN Over Kamala Harris - The Rational National - Air Date 7-22-24
(1:12:23) SECTION B: VIOLENCE AND VIOLENT RHETORIC
(1:21:33) SECTION C: THE RNC
(1:57:29) SECTION D: CONSPIRACY
SHOW IMAGE:
Description: Composite image: In background, a photo from the RNC with image of Trump making a fist after the assassination attempt on every screen. In the foreground, Biden's letter telling America he is not running for reelection. Beside it, a photo of a smiling Vice President Kamala Harris.
Credit: Composite design by A. Hoffman. Photo: "Kamala Harris" by Gage Skidmore, Wikimedia Commons | License: CC BY-SA 2.0 | Changes: Cropped around subject
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| 0:18.6 | Welcome to this episode of the award-winning Best of Left |
| 0:21.5 | podcast. It's clear where the vast majority of violent. award-winning Best of Left Podcast. |
| 0:22.6 | It's clear where the vast majority of violent rhetoric |
| 0:25.6 | is coming from this country, |
| 0:27.1 | and it's clear which party is a cult of personality |
| 0:30.2 | and which puts country before personal power. |
| 0:33.2 | This is the state of play in our politics. |
| 0:37.1 | Sources providing our top takes in under an hour today include Democracy Now, |
| 0:41.6 | the Tom Hartman program, The Atlantic, the Weekly Show with |
| 0:45.2 | John Stewart, and Today Explained. Then in the additional deeper dive half of the show, |
| 0:50.6 | there will be more on Biden stepping down, violence and |
| 0:54.7 | violent rhetoric, the RNC in all its glory, and conspiracy for good measure. You posted on social media, calling Trump a threat to democracy is in no way violent rhetoric. |
| 1:16.6 | Can you take it from there? |
| 1:19.5 | I mean, you have this situation |
| 1:21.5 | where Trump was injured, his right ear grazed. |
| 1:25.6 | He'll be speaking at the Republican Convention tonight. |
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