A Big, Beautiful Mess (with Josh Dawsey)

Hacks On Tap

David Axelrod & Mike Murphy

News Commentary, News, Government, Politics

4.8 • 7.7K Ratings

🗓️ 8 July 2025

⏱️ 71 minutes

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This week, Axe and Murphy are joined by Wall Street Journal political reporter Josh Dawsey, co-author of 2024: How Trump Retook the White House and the Democrats Lost America, just released today. They dig into Dawsey’s reporting, the fallout from Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill”, the devastating flash floods in Texas, Biden’s cell phone, spaceships, crayons, and what all of it says about where we’re headed.

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0:00.0	Hey, pull up a chair. It's Hacks on Tap with David Axelrod and Mike Murphy.
0:14.0	So I want to present to you, Mr. President, the letter I sent to the Nobel Prize Committee.
0:26.6	It's nominated you for the Peace Prize, which is well deserved.
0:30.6	And you should get it.
0:32.6	Thank you very much. This I didn't know.
0:36.6	Well, thank you very much. This I didn't know. Well, thank you very much. Coming from you in particular, this is very meaningful. Thank you very much, Beaming.
0:44.8	Thank you. Thank you for everything you're doing. Thank you. It's great honor.
0:49.0	Well, about damn time. That's what I say. You know, the great peace lover Netanyahu knows how to pick, pick them.
0:56.7	So Trump.
0:57.7	Mike Murphy, if you were eager to get the Nobel Peace Prize, would BB Netanyahu be the guy you'd want to send the nominating letter?
1:07.8	Who says I'm not going to get it? You know, it would be rude of me to talk about the work of the committee.
1:13.7	Every damn year I send a letter.
1:15.5	I know.
1:16.2	I know.
1:16.6	I got to get a new nominator.
1:18.0	That's the problem.
1:18.9	Maybe I should call BB.
1:20.4	We haven't even been chosen as the podcaster of the day at the White House press briefing.
1:25.2	Yeah, I mean, geez.
1:26.5	We've been submitted.
1:27.6	Come on, tune in.
1:29.3	Yeah, no, no.
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