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The Daily Beast Podcast

Bannon and the Right Have a Scary New Tactic to Take Over Politics

The Daily Beast Podcast

The Daily Beast

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4.6 • 8.4K Ratings

🗓️ 11 January 2022

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Co-hosts Andy Levy and Molly Jong-Fast parse out whether Jim Jordan is telling the truth about his Jan. 6 knowledge, Jared Holt, a fellow at AtlanticCouncil’s Digital Forensic Research Lab, explains two big tactics far-right kingpins like Steve Bannon are using to take over democracy and Nandini Jammi and Claire Atkin of Check My Ads join the pod to explain how to play a role in bankrupting people like Charlie Kirk, Dan Bongino and other notorious disinfo machines. If you haven't heard, every single week The New Abnormal does a special bonus episode for Beast Inside, the Daily Beast’s membership program. where Sometimes we interview Senators like Cory Booker or the folks who explain our world in media like Jim Acosta or Soledad O’Brien. Sometimes we just have fun and talk to our favorite comedians and actors like Busy Phillips or Billy Eichner and sometimes its just discussing the fuckery. You can get all of our episodes in your favorite podcast app of choice by becoming a Beast Inside member where you’ll support The Beast’s fearless journalism. Plus! You’ll also get full access to podcasts and articles. To become a member head to newabnormal.thedailybeast.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Just imagine winning the lottery this Christmas.

0:02.4

Imagine that feeling.

0:03.6

It's the disbelief and then the realization, I think,

0:06.8

you would not be able to describe those feelings.

0:09.1

My head would explode with all the stuff I wanted to do.

0:11.2

The whole street, I'd be screaming, I couldn't keep it in.

0:14.3

We'd have to have a street party and I'd get one of those massive Christmas trees,

0:18.2

like on my road it's cold as such.

0:19.9

Yeah.

0:20.4

There would be no room for cars.

0:21.8

Yeah.

0:22.6

Just the tree.

0:24.1

Go on.

0:24.8

Just imagine a win this Christmas, the National Lottery.

0:27.6

Rules and procedures apply plus must be 18 or over.

0:57.6

That helped make what's happening today clearer.

1:00.4

Our world has been turned upside down and on the new abnormal,

1:03.6

we'll talk about the people who got us into this mess

1:06.0

and how we'll hopefully get ourselves out of it.

1:08.4

What an interesting show we have today.

1:10.4

NANDEDE JOMMY and CLERA ADKIN of Check My Ads

1:13.5

are going to talk to us about their important work

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