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Episode 156 - 38 Ways to Fix Puerto Rico feat. Aída Chávez (11/6/17)

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Chapo Trap House

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4.69.2K Ratings

🗓️ 6 November 2017

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Summary

We're joined by Aída Chávez of The Intercept to talk about the state of Puerto Rico post-Hurricane: their debt, the relief efforts, and the shady contracting going on in the reconstruction. Then we look at "38 Ways to Fix Democracy" courtesy of The Washington Post, preview Tuesday's elections, and pay tribute to Brendan James. Tickets for Chapo Live and Brooklyn Podfest: https://www.thebellhouseny.com/event/1575857-chapo-trap-house-brooklyn Aída's recent stories on Puerto Rico https://theintercept.com/2017/10/28/bernie-sanders-in-puerto-rico-calls-for-nullification-of-whitefish-contract/ https://theintercept.com/2017/10/27/bernie-sanders-puerto-rico-trip/ https://theintercept.com/2017/10/13/freedom-caucus-chair-warns-congress-not-to-bail-out-puerto-rico/ https://theintercept.com/2017/10/07/puerto-rico-debt-donald-trump-bernie-sanders/ Write in Marc Fliedner for Manhattan: DA https://marcforda.com/

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0:00.0

While we're waiting for our guest, I did want to talk just at the beginning of the show just to get our juices flowing.

0:05.8

I'm still thinking about the epic thread from yesterday that I consider an important historical document.

0:13.0

I'm not going to say the person's name because, you know, that would be mean and we'll get in trouble for it,

0:16.4

but it's the HFA alum who just wants everyone to know that,

0:21.6

contrary to what everybody is saying that they were

0:24.1

loveless and joyless which is definitely that's been the talk that's what people

0:29.0

are arguing about is how much fun they had during the Hillary campaign I love that that's the thing they picked up for Donna Brazil's book.

0:34.7

And I also love the idea of going back in time and telling the HFA people who were probably

0:40.3

figuring out what the dimensions of their office in the State Department was going to be like,

0:44.0

telling them, well, you're not going to be in the White House, but you will be doing

0:48.2

tweet storms proving that you have friends.

0:50.4

You know what, I'm just going to be an important thing you're going to be doing a year from now. I'm just going to say it. I'm just going to say the name. It's Hillary Clinton was the candidate. Yeah, Hillary did it. Well, this is what I find incredible about this thread is that like, it goes on to just like you know post all of these basically your book

1:05.5

photos from the campaign to prove what good friends they all were and how much fun

1:10.4

they were having but like all the photos just portray what unbelievably

1:15.1

boring people. Like their idea of fun is an office job and Matt and I were talking

1:20.3

about this earlier and just like the way this person talks about basically her co-worker talking about

1:23.6

basically her co-workers in an office is just so stunning to me

1:27.6

because it's all just stuff like you you think you you think you have had a

1:31.6

good desk mate well let me tell you about

1:34.3

Steve like no one in history has ever thought I have a good desk mate band of

1:39.5

dullards yeah I like I like how you know that they were like we did courageous hard work of losing the campaign

1:48.0

But we also had fun and they think that it's outstandingly fun looking stuff but it looks like any photo from

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