206: Dana Milbank on The Nutcase Republican House

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🗓️ 12 January 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Dana Milbank, Washington Post Opinion columnist joins us this week! His latest book, "Fools on the Hill: The Hooligans, Saboteurs, Conspiracy Theories and Dunces who Burned Down the House", chronicles the ineffectiveness of the members of the U.S House. He makes the case that the MAGA members in the House have turned it into a dysfunctional nightmare with no interest in making policy. From Lauren Boebert to Marjorie Taylor Greene, they have turned the "conservative" party into a party that exists solely to carry out the wishes of Donald Trump.

We also discuss the latest Trump press conference in which he floats the idea of changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to The Gulf of America and doesn't rule out military force to acquire Greenland. Anyone ready for another 4 years of this??

Read Dana's column in the Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/dana-milbank/

Check out Dana's book Fools on the Hill: The Hooligans, Saboteurs, Conspiracy Theories and Dunces who Burned Down the House: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/dana-milbank/fools-on-the-hill/9780316570923/?lens=little-brown

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1:10.0	Hey, everybody, we got a great one today. You know, for a change, Dana Milbank of the Washington Post is my guest,
1:13.4	and we discuss his book, Fools on the Hill,
1:17.0	about the nutcase Republicans in the House of Representatives.
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