Episode #409: Swift Paranoia Taylor-Made For MAGA
Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Ken Rudin
4.7 • 635 Ratings
🗓️ 9 February 2024
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
Yale Prof. Kathryn Lofton explores the whole Taylor Swift rumor mill lunacy and explains the pitfalls celebrities encounter as they decide whether to use their fame for political ends.
And Spectrum News New York political director Bob Hardt dissects the upcoming race to succeed George Santos in New York’s Third Congressional District.
PLUS: The House GOP effort to impeach Alejandro Mayorkas blows up in Speaker Mike Jobnson’s face. And a federal appeals court unanimously rejects Donald Trump’s argument that he is immune from prosecution for actions he took as president.
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Music in this episode:
The Winner Takes It All by November Ultra
Harding, You’re the Man by Al Jolson
A Life of Illusion by Joe Walsh
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| 0:00.0 | Rana is a goner, the Speaker's plan to impeach falls out of reach, |
| 0:05.0 | and no immunity for the guy who acts with impunity. |
| 0:08.0 | It's a tailor-made episode of the political junkie. |
| 0:12.0 | You like Ike, I like like, everybody likes Ike. |
| 0:16.0 | For president, I'd like to you, and think to me, I don't care how you quoted. |
| 0:20.9 | Come on and vote for Kennedy, vote for Kennedy, and we'll come on top. |
| 0:28.1 | Vote for Richard Nixon and Henry Cabot Loss, because they're the ones to lead the USA. |
| 0:39.3 | Thanks for joining us, and welcome to episode 409 of the political junkie. |
| 0:44.4 | I'm Ken Rudin. |
| 0:46.0 | She's real fine, my 409. |
| 0:49.1 | She's real fine, my 409, my 409. It's actually episode C-D-I-X in honor of the Super Bowl, but I'll get to that later. |
| 1:03.6 | I need to start with the Republican attempt to impeach Homeland Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, |
| 1:09.3 | not because he's guilty of high crimes and misdemeanors, |
| 1:12.4 | but because Republicans want to make a point about their unhappiness with the situation |
| 1:16.3 | at the border. That situation happens to be untenable, and for some reason it has taken |
| 1:21.9 | Democrats longer than expected to realize that this is not only an issue about security |
| 1:26.9 | in the United States, but it's one |
| 1:29.1 | that could and will be used to pummel them in the election. That's precisely why, when |
| 1:34.4 | Senate Republicans and Democrats came up with a plan to deal with migrants in the border, |
| 1:39.5 | a bill that would also send military aid to Ukraine and Israel, Donald Trump would have none of it. |
| 1:45.8 | Why solve a problem that can be used to clobbered Joe Biden over the head |
| 1:49.1 | from now until November 5th? |
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