Donald Trump’s Greasy Grifters Will Do Anything for a Photo Op

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🗓️ 30 August 2024

⏱️ 67 minutes

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The New Abnormal co-host Danielle Moodie was appalled at reports this week alleging a “physical altercation” between a Trump employee and Arlington National Cemetery official. Then, David Sirota, the founder and editor-in-chief of The Lever, joins the pod to talk about their new 10-part investigative podcast series Master Plan, which chronicles exactly how corporate forces and politicians worked to legalize corruption in the United States, putting in place a plan to turn our democracy into a kleptocracy. Plus! A conversation with journalist Tiffany Cross, who kicks it off with a discussion on what it means that Harris and running mate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz are finally, finally sitting down for a major interview with a mainstream media outlet. 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	A daring CIA operation threatens chaos in the Kremlin, but can
0:07.6	Langley trust the Russian and its center?
0:10.1	Hi, I'm David McClosky, former CIA analyst and the best-selling author of the Times Thriller of the Year,
0:15.0	Damascus Station. My new novel, Moscow X, is a story about love, loyalty, betrayal, and vengeance amid the shadow
0:21.6	war between Washington and Moscow.
0:23.2	Available now in Paperback, E-book, and audio.
0:28.0	Hi, I'm Andy Levy, former Fox News and CNN-H-LN guy and current cable news conscientious
0:37.4	objector. I'm a former Libertarian who now sits comfortably on the left.
0:41.2	Hi, I'm Danielle Moody, former educator, and recovering lobbyist.
0:45.4	But today I'm an unapologetic woke commentator on America's threats to democracy.
0:50.3	And I'm producer Jesse Cannon, and I'm here to make sure things don't go too far off the rails.
0:55.0	We're here to have fun, smart conversations with some of the most knowledgeable and
0:58.8	entertaining people in politics, media, and beyond.
1:01.8	Our goal is to try and make sense of our current crazy world,
1:06.0	our new abnormal, and hopefully even make you laugh through the tears.
1:10.5	What a great show we have for you today.
1:12.0	Labor News, Editor-in-Chief Davidroda is here to tell us all about their new podcast series
1:16.1	called Master Plan, about how those in charge put their finger on the scale to try and replace
1:20.3	democracy with a kleptocracy.
1:22.0	Then Tiffany Cross, former
1:23.5	MSNBC host, political analyst, and author of Say It Lauter joins us to talk about
1:27.3	the way mainstream media talks about Kamala Harris versus someone like, oh I
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