Are Democrats Really Powerless?

What A Day

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4.6 • 12K Ratings

🗓️ 26 February 2025

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Right now, it feels like President Donald Trump and billionaire ‘first buddy’ Elon Musk are holding all the political cards. While we’re out here just trying to figure out if our local library will still carry books about the Civil Rights Movement, Musk is busy trying to fire every government worker he can find while Trump pitches a golden pathway to citizenship for millionaires. It’s… a lot. And Democrats are understandably upset about it. But what can they actually do about it? Journalist Matt Yglesias, who writes the ‘Slow Boring’ newsletter on Substack, talks about steps we can all take to expand the Democratic Party’s tent. And in headlines: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy plans a trip to the White House, the Trump administration has a bad day in court, and new data shows U.S. consumer confidence is plummeting.

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0:00.0	It's Wednesday, February 26th. I'm Jane Koston, and this is Waddey.
0:06.4	The show that found out that the Supreme Court, yes, the Supreme Court made a good decision
0:12.0	in throwing out the murder conviction and death sentence of an Oklahoma man because prosecutors permitted witness testimony they knew was false.
0:19.8	A good decision. I knew they could do it.
0:28.3	On today's show, Ukraine's president is expected to visit the White House this week to sign a deal.
0:33.3	And federal judges put a stop to some of President Donald Trump's executive orders.
0:38.0	But let's start out with the Democrats.
0:40.5	You know, the people who don't want to hand over the federal government to an unelected billionaire
0:44.6	who appears to exist largely to tweet racism?
0:47.7	Right now, it feels like President Donald Trump and presidential best friend Elon Musk
0:52.1	are holding all the cards.
0:54.1	While you're trying to figure out if your local library will still carry books about the civil
0:57.9	rights movement, Elon Musk is busy trying to fire every government employee he can find,
1:03.1	and on Tuesday, Donald Trump suggested a golden pathway to citizenship for the low, low cost of just $5 million.
1:09.8	Our new best friends might even get to benefit.
1:12.7	Would a Russian oligarch be eligible for a gold car?
1:16.4	Yeah, possibly.
1:17.3	Hey, I know some Russian oligarchs that are very nice people.
1:20.6	It's possible.
1:22.5	Imagine the EB-5 visa, but, you know, stupid.
1:26.9	Democrats, understandably, aren't happy about this.
1:30.9	Any of this.
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