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Pantsuit Politics

Donald Trump's Revenge Tour

Pantsuit Politics

Sarah & Beth

Society & Culture, Politics, News, News Commentary

4.64.8K Ratings

🗓️ 25 March 2025

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

Today, Sarah and Beth are discussing the Signal controversy, in which Jeffrey Goldberg (editor-in-chief of The Atlantic) was accidentally added to a group chat discussing war plans among top US officials. They discuss the national security implications and what this tells us about the second Trump administration's approach to governance. 

Topics Discussed

  • The War Plans Group Chat

  • Donald Trump’s Revenge Tour

  • Outside of Politics: Tasks You Hate vs. Tasks You Miss

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0:00.0

Lemonada

0:02.0

Lemonada This is Sarah Stewart Holland.

0:37.5

This is Beth Silvers.

0:38.5

You're listening to Pantsuit Politics.

0:40.5

We've been doing this for 10 years.

0:43.3

And we have learned to take a very different approach to the news.

0:46.8

We don't chase headlines and we don't lean on outrage.

0:49.5

That doesn't mean we ignore our emotional reactions.

0:52.2

We just try to work through those together so we can respond with curiosity and stay grounded and motivated instead of anxious and depleted.

1:00.5

Part of that different approach is balancing reacting to the headlines with putting the news in context and keeping politics in its place with our conversations outside of politics.

1:09.8

So we're going to try to do all of that today as we discuss the signal controversy,

1:15.0

the Trump administration's revenge tour against academia and the legal profession, and some international events.

1:21.3

And again, we always take a moment to exhale and talk about what's on our mind outside of politics.

1:27.0

And today, after our in-depth

1:28.8

conversation last week about parenting and crunchy moms, we're going to talk about the tasks

1:33.4

around parenting we love, ones we miss, and ones we're happier in the rearview mirror.

1:37.7

The best part of what we do here is engaging with all of you over at pansuitpolitics show.com.

1:42.8

We learn so much from you and from your

1:44.6

expertise, your experiences. So if you would like to be part of a truly thoughtful community

1:50.2

of people, a place where the comment thread is inspiring and motivating instead of a

1:55.6

dumpster fire, head over to PantsuitPolitics Show.com. You will find lots of extras that we create

2:00.7

every week for our premium members,

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