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🗓️ 23 November 2024
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The Washington Roundtable discusses how people in D.C. and across the country are preparing themselves for Donald Trump’s second Presidency, and what tools citizens have to protect their rights and push back on abuses of power. The American Civil Liberties Union has called attention to the strategies of litigation, legislation, and mobilization—strategies that are proven to work. David Cole, a former legal director of the A.C.L.U. and a professor of law and public policy at Georgetown University, joins Susan B. Glasser, Jane Mayer, and Evan Osnos to discuss the checks and balances that exist as guardrails in government and civil society, and how those may be utilized in the coming four years.
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0:00.0 | I have one little thing that we could talk about first, which I'm sorry, Evan, it's dog-related. |
0:05.8 | I am sorry, but we now have another member of the cabinet with Pam Bondi who has a dog issue. |
0:12.6 | Okay, we've already got Christy Nome who shot her puppy. |
0:16.3 | Pam Bondi is accused of having kidnapped somebody else's dog and not giving it back. |
0:21.9 | She claimed it was a rescue. |
0:23.6 | Finally, she was forced to give this St. Bernard back to the couple that owned it. |
0:28.2 | The rule of law. |
0:28.8 | The rule of law prevailed, James. |
0:29.9 | So it's secret ballot. |
0:32.1 | So how many dog owners are in the republics and conference? |
0:35.5 | I just saying, you know, we should have taken out when Trump's always talking, you know, he went down like a dog. He hates dogs. He's got the most anti-dog administration in the cabinet that I've ever seen. Just saying. |
0:48.3 | You know, there are a lot of ways in which this administration may break the norms of American history, but I do think the most |
0:54.8 | anti-dog administration of American history is really outside of the frame of the mainstream |
1:01.7 | of America. It tells you a lot. Yeah. I think I'm still fighting the fight on this one. |
1:08.4 | Nothing but love for you, Evan. That's what we need this year. We need love. |
1:14.3 | Unconditional love. We need love. Welcome to the political scene, a weekly discussion about the big |
1:22.4 | questions in American politics. I'm Susan Glasser and I'm joined by my colleagues Jane Mayer and Evan Osnose. Hey, Jane. |
1:29.7 | Hi, Susan. Hey, Evan. Great to be with you. Great to see you guys. We promise not to lobby you to get a dog for your |
1:36.1 | children. Think of the children. But it is an important subject right now. What do we all need to get through these next four years? |
1:47.7 | It's a question, I have to say, that's come up again and again and again, just in the last couple of weeks. |
1:53.8 | We've all spent this time trying to figure out, of course, what exactly Trump's return to power says about our country and what life will |
2:02.5 | look like under his new administration. We all know Trump has already promised to enact revenge |
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