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“No Climate, No Deal.”

Pod Save America

Pod Save America

News, Politics

4.587.1K Ratings

🗓️ 9 August 2021

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Donald Trump fails to stop Republicans from supporting the bipartisan infrastructure deal, Joe Biden and the Democrats look to budget reconciliation as their last best chance to fight climate change, Crooked Media Political Director Shaniqua McClendon joins to talk about Vote Save America’s No Off Years campaign, and New York Times tech reporter Sheera Frankel talks to Jon Lovett about her new book about Facebook, “An Ugly Truth."

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0:00.0

Welcome to PlotSave America.

0:21.3

I'm John Fabra.

0:22.3

I'm John Loveitt, Tommy Vittor.

0:23.8

On today's show, Donald Trump fails to stop Republicans from making a bipartisan infrastructure

0:28.1

deal.

0:29.1

Joe Biden and the Democrats look to reconciliation as their last best chance to fight climate

0:32.7

change.

0:33.7

Crooked's own Chaniko McClendon joins to talk about how you can start winning the next

0:37.7

election now.

0:39.3

And later, Loveitt talks to Shira Frankl, tech reporter at The New York Times and co-author

0:43.7

of An Ugly Truth.

0:44.7

All right, let's get to the news.

0:47.6

This is the biggest week yet for Joe Biden's economic plan known in the White House as his

0:52.8

build back better agenda.

0:55.2

The Senate is set to pass a $1 trillion infrastructure bill by a huge bipartisan margin that will include

1:00.3

all 50 Democrats and maybe around 20 Republicans, potentially including Mitch McConnell himself.

1:07.6

This despite a Saturday statement from Donald Trump, where he called the bill a gift to

1:11.0

Democrats, attacked McConnell as foolish and threatened to withhold his endorsement

1:15.5

from any Republican who votes for the bill.

1:18.9

We talk all the time here about Trump's grip on the Republican Party.

1:22.0

Love it. Why do you think they seem ready to openly defy him on this one?

1:27.2

I would say that I actually just think it's because this isn't about him.

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