Hackzpah (with Jonathan Alter)

Hacks On Tap

News Commentary, News, Government, Politics

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🗓️ 7 January 2025

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Happy New Year, Hackeroos! Axe and Murphy rang in the new year with a journalism icon, the incomparable Jonathan Alter. Author of His Very Best: Jimmy Carter, A Life, Alter joins the Hacks to reflect on the passing of President Carter and the extraordinary legacy he leaves behind. The Hacks also delve into the Biden transition, Trump’s ongoing legal battles, what to expect from his appointments and campaign promises, and the ever-changing role of social media in our democracy—along with the responsibility social media executives bear in shaping it.

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0:00.0	Hey, pull up a chair. It's Hacks on Tap with David Axelrot and Mike Murphy. The state of the vote for the President of the United States, as delivered to the President
0:25.6	of the Senate, is as follows. The whole number of the electors appointed to vote for President
0:32.1	of the United States is 538. Within that whole number, the majority is 270. The votes for President of the United States
0:42.5	are as follows. Donald J. Trump of the state of Florida has received 312 votes. Kamala
0:50.3	D. Harris,
1:14.5	Kamala D. Harris of the state of California has received 226 votes.
1:18.8	Well, there you have it. It's official.
1:26.3	Another calm certification of an election in Washington.
1:28.9	Yeah, no cops have been beaten into the hospital.
1:30.4	It's a refreshing change. But good on Connolla for handling herself the way she did.
1:37.3	We should talk about that in a second.
1:39.3	But first, I want to introduce our guest today.
1:43.0	Couldn't have a better guy to be with us this particular
1:47.9	week, Jonathan Alter, one of the great political journalists for decades and decades and
1:54.5	decades appear in this country. And a great historian and author.
2:01.6	And relevant to this, Mike, is his great biography of Jimmy Carter,
2:08.9	who will be laid to rest this week.
2:11.4	His very best recommended to everyone.
2:15.3	But he can give us a lot of wisdom on a lot of subjects.
2:19.6	And we're going to spend a bunch of time on Carter as well.
2:22.7	Absolutely.
2:23.6	Jonathan, good to see you, old friend.
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