This is the process working.

This is the dynamic that we should want on every issue, where the Republicans see an opportunity

to criticize Democrats, where the Democrats deserve to be criticized, even if the Republicans'

motive is just a purely amoral opportunistic motive.

And the Democrats have to respond by actually doing something.

That's the dynamic we want on every issue. All right. It's always a pleasure to have David Seroda, veteran reporter, former Bernie speechwriter,

and of course the founder of the absolutely irreplaceable The Lever here on Bad Faith Podcasts,

but it's particularly a pleasure to have him in the context of the continually unfolding

disaster in East Palestine because no one has been doing as comprehensive,

as critical, as useful coverage of that disaster as you and your team have been doing over at the

lever, David. So thank you for joining us today. Thank you. Thanks for saying that. It's absolutely

true. That first article that you put out shortly after the crash

that was so comprehensive has been a touchstone for me personally in the discussions I've been having

over at the Hill and other places. I truly don't know what I would do without it, especially because

we've seen an emerging counter-narrative that seems to be working over time

to absolve Norfolk Southern, the rail company at issue here, and frankly, politicians in both

major corporate parties of any responsibility for what transpired in East Palestine.

And chief among those is this fact check that came out by Glenn Kessler last week on the

Washington Post titled So Far Trump's Rollback of Regulations can't be blamed for Ohio

train wreck.

Now, what's funny, I saw some people, because they're just mad about

this because of the so far, which, you know, to be fair, I mean, I think some people are

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