Pete Hegseth’s Drinking Could Cause a Rift With Teetotaler Trump

The New Abnormal

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🗓️ 3 December 2024

⏱️ 66 minutes

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It may be last call for one of Donald Trump’s most controversial nominees—and not for the reasons you may think. Then, author Jared Yates Sexton joins the program to emphasize the fact that nobody is coming to save us from the chaos of a second Trump Administration. Plus! A conversation with founder and editor of the popular blog Techdirt, Mike Masnick, about one of Trump’s scariest nominees: Brendan Carr.

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0:00.0	You know, the secret to a successful ad is not necessarily a crisp, clear and glossy voice.
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0:16.0	starting with nothing but your phone. Learn how you can drive sales, find new customers, and achieve your
0:22.8	business goals. Spark your success story. TikTok means business. Hi, I'm Andy Levy, former Fox News and
0:34.6	CNN-HLN guy and current cable news conscientious objector. I'm a former
0:39.0	libertarian who now sits pretty comfortably on the left. Hi, I'm Danielle Moody, former educator and
0:44.6	recovering lobbyist. But today, I'm an unapologetic, woke commentator on America's
0:49.6	threats to democracy. And I'm producer Jesse Cannon, and I'm here to make sure things don't go too
0:53.9	far off the rails. We're here to have Cannon, and I'm here to make sure things don't go too far
0:54.3	off the rails. We're here to have fun, smart conversations with some of the most knowledgeable
0:58.7	and entertaining people in politics, media, and beyond. Our goal is to try and make sense of our
1:04.3	current crazy world, our new abnormal, and hopefully even make you laugh through the tears.
1:09.7	What a great show we have for you today.
1:11.5	Journalist and author Jared Yates Sexton, hosts of the Muck Rate podcast and the author of
1:15.4	The Midnight Kingdom.
1:16.3	A history of power, paranoia, and the coming crisis joins us to discuss the turbulent
1:20.0	close of the Biden administration and what Donald Trump's return to power could mean for
1:23.4	democracy.
1:24.2	Then, founder of TechDirt and CEO of the Copia Institute, Mike Maznik,
1:31.9	is here to break down his recent piece for TechDirt. Brandon Carr makes it clear that he's eager to be America's top censor, all about the intersection of tech policy and free speech
1:36.6	in the upcoming Trump era. But first, let's have some fun. Breaking news over the weekend,
1:42.6	which I will say I was shocked by, which is that President Biden has pardoned his son, Hunter Biden, on the trumped-up charges around his tax evasion and getting a gun while I guess he wasn't supposed to be able to get a gun because of his drug use,
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