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The New Abnormal

Dems Need More Viral ‘D*** Pic’ Moments If They Want to Stop Musk

The New Abnormal

The Daily Beast

News & Politics

4.67.9K Ratings

🗓️ 14 February 2025

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of The New Abnormal, California Rep. Robert Garcia’s Elon Musk “d--- pic” during a DOGE hearing proved that some Democrats know how to counter Republican rhetoric, so why are the party’s longtime stalwarts having such a difficult time stepping aside? Plus! How NYU School of Law’s Christopher Sprigman is leading a fight to stop Elon Musk’s DOGE from accessing personal data. Then, Buddhist scholar Lama Rod Owens discusses how to keep a level head in trying times.

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0:00.0

Hi, I'm Andy Levy, former Fox News and CNN-HLN guy, and current cable news conscientious objector.

0:06.1

I'm a former libertarian who now sits pretty comfortably on the left.

0:09.6

Hi, I'm Danielle Moody, former educator and recovering lobbyist.

0:13.4

But today, I'm an unapologetic, woke commentator on America's threats to democracy.

0:18.5

And I'm producer Jesse Cannon, and I'm here to make sure things don't go too far off the rails. We're here to have fun, smart conversations with some of

0:25.6

the most knowledgeable and entertaining people in politics, media, and beyond. Our goal is to try

0:30.8

and make sense of our current crazy world, our new abnormal, and hopefully even make you laugh

0:36.3

through the tears. What an excellent show we have today. NYU Laws Christopher Sprigman joins us to talk about the

0:42.3

suit they filed against Elon Musk's doge to prevent them from getting access to your data.

0:46.7

That will be joined by Buddhist scholar Lama Rod Owens, who's the author of Love and Rage,

0:51.4

The Path of Liberation, and he'll talk about keeping your head in the right place during these trying times. But first, let's have some fun. About a week ago,

1:00.5

I remember reading a story, although I forget where, I think it was semaphore, actually,

1:05.4

in which Chuck Schumer, you may know him, Danielle, he's the Senate minority leader, I believe.

1:11.4

So the highest ranking Democrat in the Senate.

1:15.6

He was talking about how he didn't want to go scorched earth on the Republicans and he wanted

1:21.5

to save it for the big stuff.

1:24.0

Oh my God.

1:26.0

In particular, he was talking about cabinet nominations and confirmations. And he said,

1:32.2

you know, in response to sort of people saying, hey, why are Democrats voting for any of Trump's

1:38.6

nominees? He was saying, you know, well, we want to save our fights for the big ones like Pete

1:43.4

Hegseth and R.FKK Jr. and Tulsi Gabbard.

1:47.3

I don't know who is going to be the one to break it to Chuck Schumer.

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