Kash Rules Everything Around Me

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🗓️ 4 December 2024

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Donald Trump and Joe Biden marked the weekend after thanksgiving with two big news developments that look a lot like chess moves in a high-stakes match between the revenge-obsessed far right and the outgoing liberal establishment. First, Trump nominated Kash Patel, an aggrieved loyalist with a literal enemies list, to run the FBI. Second, Biden pardoned his son Hunter.

In this episode, Matt and Brian discuss:

* Who is Kash Patel and why is his “nomination” to a vacancy that doesn’t exist so chilling?

* Does it justify a blanket pardon for Biden’s son, who really did engage in illegal activity, but who’s been the target of a years-long Republican harassment campaign?

* Should Democrats in Congress, caught off guard by Biden’s move, challenge Republicans to reform the pardon power?

Then, behind the paywall, what should Democrats do about nominees like Patel? Should Biden offer pardons to his full enemies list? Is strategic silence and working the inside game really the best way to guard against the corruption of the so-called “power ministries”? Should Democrats really concern themselves with insisting on the kinds of guardrails that protected Trump from the political consequences of his own corruption in his first term?

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0:00.0	And then the New York Times got a letter that his own mother had sent to him, basically saying
0:05.5	that he was a person of low integrity and that she, who abuses women, who abuses women,
0:09.7	and that she's like praying for him to get the help he needs to become a better man.
0:13.2	I mean, any mother of a scumbag son is like, you know, a little cross-pressured in this regard.
0:19.0	But it's, that's a, that's a tough look.
0:20.9	I mean, do you think she would pardon Pete Hankseth if she were president?
0:29.4	Hey, everyone.
0:30.2	You're listening to a free preview of the politics podcast.
0:33.2	This week, Matt and I will discuss Donald Trump's weekend announcement that he intends to
0:37.4	install a revenge-seeking loyalists to run the FBI.
0:41.7	And the probably related decision Joe Biden made the next day to pardon his son Hunter in a blanket way that should insulate him from abuses of power in Trump's second term. I hope you enjoy the
0:56.3	conversation. And if you want to hear the whole thing, you can upgrade your subscription to paid
1:00.0	at politics.fm. Hey, everyone. Welcome to the 50th episode of the politics podcast. I'm Brian
1:10.6	Boydler. I'm Brian Boilert.
1:11.4	I'm Matthew Iglesias.
1:13.5	Matt, how's your Thanksgiving? We've been away.
1:15.9	It was delightful. You know, I saw my family and, you know, I used all my, how to argue about politics with your relatives take. No, there's an incredibly narrow range of political opinions prevalent in my family.
1:32.0	So we didn't really argue.
1:34.3	I heard a lot from my uncle who lives in Massachusetts about why he doesn't like Elizabeth Warren,
1:38.7	but I thought Kamala Harris was good.
1:40.9	There's a huge range of political opinions in my family,
1:43.7	but the people on, um, on
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