Ian Bassin On The Steps Trump Would Take to Unravel Our Democracy

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🗓️ 26 November 2023

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Protect Democracy's Executive Director on Our Nightmare

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0:51.0	Hey everybody we got a great one today you know for a change and that's because Ian Basson the co-founder and executive director of Protect Democracy,
0:56.6	joins me again.
0:58.6	Ian was just recognized as the MacArthur Foundation genius for the work that Protect Democracy has been
1:05.2	doing since it was founded in 2016 in response to the threat that Trump posed
1:10.2	to democracy here and the spread of autocracy around the world. Now with
1:15.6	Trump threatening to root out the vermin, use the Justice Department to go after
1:20.5	his enemies to start mass deportation of immigrants.
1:24.8	I wanted to have Ian lay out what Trump might do
1:28.2	if he becomes president again.
1:30.0	So let's get right to it because we've got Ian Bassen and a great one today, you know, for a change.
1:38.6	Hi, it's me, the Pooba of Bah Humbug, the O.G. Green Grump, the Grinch.
1:48.0	From Wondery. Tis the Grinch Holiday Talk Show is a pathetic attempt by the people of Huville to use my situation as a teachable moment.
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