Migrant Surge at the Border

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🗓️ 17 March 2021

⏱️ 83 minutes

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In a St. Patrick’s Day edition of The Dispatch Podcast, Sarah, Steve, Scott, and Declan start off today’s discussion with the ongoing migrant crisis at the border. Plus, the gang explains how while most of the conservative world was talking about Dr. Seuss and Pepe le Pew, Democrats jammed through the biggest advancement of the welfare state since LBJ’s administration. Scott points out, “When you really dig into the details you see Democrats laying the groundwork for a very substantial increase in the welfare state, and in ways that Democrats have long wanted.” And, what’s the fallout after a Biden administration official actually spoke strongly against the North Korean regime? Show Notes: -The latest GOP attack on Biden has a huge hole in it - Greg Sargent/Washington Post -Four people matching terror watchlist arrested at border - Axios -'Migrant president' Biden stirs Mexican angst over boom time for gangs - Reuters -Leaked NRSC polling data on immigration -Scott’s latest Capitolism newsletter -Conservatives Drift Leftward in the Plan to Rescue America - Ryan Streeter -Biden officials comments on North Korea -Biden Risks Repeating Mistakes of the Past if He Ignores the Evidence on Iran - The Dispatch -Declan’s TMD item on filibuster reform -Scott’s “Gridlock is good!” newsletter -The Dispatch March Madness Tournament Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome back to the Dispatch Podcast.
0:02.8	I'm your host, Sarah Isger, joined this week by Steve Hayes, as always.
0:07.8	But Scott Linsacom, our Dispatch newsletter writer for Capitalism, which you've got to
0:13.9	subscribe to, is joining us as well as Declan Garvey, our editor for the morning Dispatch.
0:19.6	And we've got a great lineup of topics today.
0:21.4	We're going to talk about the border crisis.
0:23.0	We're going to talk about the American rescue package and why Republicans have been relatively
0:27.1	silent on this popular bill.
0:29.4	We will also talk about the Biden foreign policy.
0:32.4	Is it just a retrenchment to the Obama years?
0:35.2	And lastly, is the filibuster on life support?
0:38.1	Or is it doing push-ups?
0:39.4	Let's dive in.
0:46.4	First, we have not talked about what is happening at the border on this
0:59.2	podcast.
1:00.8	And the conversation happening in Washington and at the White House press podium these
1:06.1	days is a little baffling because mostly it's about whether to call it a crisis or not.
1:11.8	But far less about the facts of what's actually going on.
1:14.4	So I want to put aside the word crisis because I'm not sure that that's the most relevant
1:19.6	conversation we can have today.
1:21.7	And instead, talk about what we're hearing from the right, what we're hearing from the
1:27.4	White House and what we're hearing from the Mexican president as well.
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