Let's Talk About Texts, Cheney

Americast

BBC

Politics, Government, News

4.2 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 15 December 2021

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

The committee investigating the assault on the Capitol have seen text messages urging White House staff to get the president to stop the riot. Donald Trump Jr and Fox News hosts were among those who messaged Mark Meadows, Trump’s then chief of staff. Emily, Jon and Anthony pick over who said what, and when. Governor Gavin Newsom says he plans to copy Texas’s tactics on abortion laws to stop the sale and manufacturing of assault weapons in his state of California. But can his plan actually work? Professor of law Khiara Bridges tells us why she believes his proposal is more than just a PR stunt. And how a florist’s dream to decorate the White House for Christmas came true. Americast is made by Estelle Doyle and Phil Marzouk. The assistant editor is Alison Gee and the editor is Jonathan Aspinwall.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.
0:05.0	Last week, if you got to the end of our podcast,
0:07.5	you will have heard us give you a little sleep aid
0:10.2	just to send you off nicely.
0:12.1	And this week, we thought we'd do the die-retro-coverset.
0:15.8	We couldn't decide whether to give you,
0:17.3	do I say nightmares and make you never ever sleep again?
0:20.8	Or a cattle prod.
0:22.3	Just, you know, 200 votes.
0:23.8	What?
0:24.6	Something like that.
0:25.6	It's 200 votes in a place where you wouldn't want to receive 200 votes,
0:28.9	frankly.
0:30.4	We got this email from Alistair.
0:33.8	Yeah.
0:34.4	So Alistair, why don't you say what you want?
0:38.1	With Christmas around the corner, I'm looking for gift ideas.
0:41.7	Are you producing any merchandise this season?
0:44.2	Or is that still a work in progress?
0:46.0	Specifically, is the search perhaps gracing a line of t-shirts
0:50.0	in his role as the sage of the pod?
0:52.9	I hope John enjoyed the beach.
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