Ben Wittes: The Worst Story We Told Ourselves Was True

The Bulwark Podcast

The Bulwark

Politics, News, News Commentary

4.6 • 8.9K Ratings

🗓️ 30 November 2022

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

January 6 was not merely a conspiracy to break windows and storm the Capitol — for some, it was a conspiracy to resist the lawful authority of the United States. Plus, Musk's vandalism of Twitter is destroying something precious. Ben Wittes joins Charlie Sykes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:29.6	Welcome to the Bullwork Podcast.
0:39.7	I'm Charlie Sykes.
0:41.0	Where do we start today?
0:41.8	We have this at another remarkable vote in the United States Senate, bipartisan vote
0:45.9	of 61 to 36 to pass landmarks, same-sex marriage legislation.
0:51.7	Mitch McConnell is joining the chorus announcing Trump's Nazi dinner, South Carolina's Supreme
0:56.3	Court tells Mark Meadows that, no, you have to show up and testify before the grand
1:00.0	jury in Georgia.
1:02.3	The economy actually amazingly grew faster than anybody expected in the third quarter.
1:07.4	Congress is moving to stop a crippling real strike.
1:10.4	Russia's campaign of terror and genocide in Ukraine is continuing.
1:15.0	China is cracking down on protests.
1:18.2	Elon Musk continues to, who the fuck knows, what Elon Musk is doing.
1:22.6	The good news is the US men's soccer team finally scored a goal.
1:27.0	There was actually scoring at the World Cup.
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