GOP Debate, Childcare Crisis, Ronan Farrow on Musk

Lost Debate

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🗓️ 24 August 2023

⏱️ 54 minutes

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With front-runner Donald Trump skipping the first 2024 Republican presidential primary debate, eight candidates brawled for second-place status last night. Who came out the best? Who had a bad night? And did we even learn anything new? There is a childcare crisis in America. And, billions in federal subsidies for childcare providers are set to run out September 30th, leading to some calling a “childcare cliff.” Ronan Farrow just published an eye-opening article on Elon Musk in The New Yorker. Alleging an alarming portrait of Musk’s considerable sway over the U.S. government. Time Stamps GOP Debate - 0:28 Childcare Crisis - 27:58 Ronan Farrow on Musk - 39:17 Leave us a voicemail with your thoughts on the show! 321-200-0570 Subscribe to our feed on Spotify: http://bitly.ws/zC9K Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/3Gs5YTF Subscribe to our Substack: https://thelostdebate.substack.com/ Follow The Branch on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebranchmedia/ Follow The Branch on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thebranchmedia Follow The Branch on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thebranchmedia The Branch website: http://thebranchmedia.org/ Lost Debate is also available on the following platforms: Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-lost-debate/id1591300785 Google: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5tZWdhcGhvbmUuZm0vTERJNTc1ODE3Mzk3Nw Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-lost-debate iHeart: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-the-lost-debate-88330217/ Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/752ca262-2801-466d-9654-2024de72bd1f/the-lost-debate

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0:00.0	Today, we're going to talk about last night's GOP debate, and then we're going to dive into a child care crisis that is racking America.
0:09.6	And then we're going to talk about this new piece from Ronan Farrow in The New Yorker that alleges that Elon Musk basically has a shadow government.
0:18.5	All of this and more on The Lost Debate, a show for politically
0:21.9	collectives.
0:28.5	Hello, everybody. I'm Robbie Gupta. And I'm Ricky Schlaught. Ricky, well, I haven't watched
0:34.9	a debate in a while. That was something.
0:42.6	You predicted that Vivek Ramoswamy would have a good night.
0:43.9	What do you think?
0:45.4	I felt that he did.
0:51.0	In my view, I think DeSantis probably had the worst night of people.
0:55.8	But before we even get there, I think we should set the stage and say who was on the debate stage. So there are eight people who qualified. We had DeSantis, Christy, Nikki
1:00.8	Haley, Mike Pence, Tim Scott, Vivek, and then Doug Bergum and what is it, Issa Hutchinson,
1:08.2	or the kind of wild card pair that I think less have been getting less
1:14.0	coverage in general. But MSNBC had a good kind of mashed together of all the greatest
1:20.4	moments from last night for those of you who did not have the time to spare to watch this
1:26.1	all unfold. Welcome to the first debate of the 2024 presidential campaign live advisor forum in Milwaukee.
1:34.3	This decline is not inevitable. It's a choice. We need to send Joe Biden back to his basement and reverse American decline.
1:43.3	Joe Biden has weakened this country at home and abroad.
1:48.0	Now is not the time for on-the-job training.
1:51.0	We don't need to bring in a rookie.
1:53.0	We don't need to bring in people without experience.
1:55.0	Let us be honest as Republicans.
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