How Trump Fulfilled Barr’s Bloodthirsty Death Penalty Dreams

The New Abnormal

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🗓️ 31 January 2023

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Donald Trump and his former Attorney General Bill Barr were, and still are, out for blood, literally. In this episode of The New Abnormal podcast Rolling Stone reporter Asawin “Swin” Suebsaeng talks with co-host Andy Levy about what a bloodlusty Bill Barr told him and his co-writer about his and Trump’s record-setting death row killing spree in his final months in office, and what we can expect from Trump on capital punishment should he become president again in 2024. Also on this episode: Khalil Gibran Muhammad, professor of history, race and public policy at Harvard Kennedy School and co-host of the Pushkin podcast Some of My Best Friends Are…, tells co-host Danielle Moodie the one thing that needs to happen to stop police brutality, and murder, happening once and for all, and it comes down to this group of people. For better or worse. Plus! Andy and Danielle share their thoughts on Fox News’ “disgusting” coverage of the Tyre Nichols murder and Danielle explains why the race of murderous cops really doesn’t matter.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Andy Levy, former Fox News and CNN HLN Guy and current cable news conscientious
0:05.4	objector.
0:06.4	I'm a former libertarian who now sits pretty comfortably on the left.
0:09.4	Hi, I'm Danielle Moody, former educator and recovering lobbyist, but today I'm an
0:14.4	unapologetic woke commentator on America's threats to democracy.
0:18.6	And I produce her Jesse Cannon and I'm here to make sure things don't go too far off
0:22.0	the rails.
0:23.0	We're here to have fun, smart conversations with some of the most knowledgeable and entertaining
0:27.2	people in politics, media and beyond.
0:29.9	Our goal is to try and make sense of our current crazy world, our new abnormal, and hopefully
0:35.3	even make you laugh through the tears.
0:37.4	What an excellent show we have today.
0:39.1	First we'll be joined by Khalil Gaboran-Mohamed, who's a professor of history, race and public
0:43.2	policy at Harvard's Kennedy School and co-host of the Pushkin Podcast, some of my best friends
0:48.6	are.
0:49.6	And he'll give us his perspective around the murder of Tyree Nichols.
0:52.0	Then we'll talk to Rolling Stones Aswin Supa Singh about his blockbuster reporting on Trump's
0:56.9	final days and his rush to get as many people executed as possible.
1:00.7	But first, let's have some fun.
1:02.6	Danielle, welcome to a new week, a new bunch of new abnormal stuff that we unfortunately
1:08.2	have to live with.
1:09.8	And I guess before we get to the really serious, reprehensible stuff, let's start with the
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