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🗓️ 22 April 2025
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The New Abnormal hosts Andy Levy and Danielle Moodie reflect on Pope
Francis’ death at 88 and why the late pontiff was such a “breath of fresh air” in the current
climate. Then, Garrett Graff, publisher of Doomsday Scenario, joins the podcast to discuss his
latest piece on how the Trump administration’s defiance of the courts impacts the rule of law.
Plus, ProPublica reporter Alec MacGillis stops by to talk about what a halt of data collection at
the government means for climate change and more.
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0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Andy Levy, former Fox News and CNN-HLN guy and current cable news conscientious objector. |
0:06.1 | I'm a former libertarian who now sits pretty comfortably on the left. |
0:09.6 | Hi, I'm Danielle Moody, former educator and recovering lobbyist. |
0:13.4 | But today, I'm an unapologetic, woke commentator on America's threats to democracy. |
0:18.5 | And I'm producer Jesse Cannon, and I'm here to make sure things don't go too far off the rails. |
0:23.0 | We're here to have fun, smart conversations with some of the most knowledgeable and entertaining people |
0:27.5 | in politics, media, and beyond. |
0:29.6 | Our goal is to try and make sense of our current crazy world, our new abnormal, and hopefully |
0:35.2 | even make you laugh through the tears. |
0:37.3 | One excellent show we have today. |
0:39.2 | Journalist and author Garrett Graf, who's the publisher of Doomsday Scenario, is here to talk |
0:43.4 | about his recent piece. |
0:44.7 | As America reached the end of the road on how the Trump administration's defiance of |
0:48.7 | the courts threatens the rule of law? |
0:50.4 | Then we'll talk to ProPublica reporter Alec McGillis. |
0:53.1 | We'll tell us about their recent piece. |
0:55.1 | Trump's war on measurement means losing data on drug use, maternal mortality, climate change, |
1:00.1 | and more. And what it means when a government decides to stop measuring itself. But first, |
1:05.3 | let's have some fun. So over the weekend, April 19th on Saturday, saw another round of massive rallies that took |
1:14.3 | place across the country in a lot of deep red states as well and counties. |
1:21.4 | 50-50-01 is the organizing group that is behind these grassroots rallies that are happening. And I don't know, |
1:31.1 | they seem to be getting bigger every few weeks. And I for one, am happy to see it. This is great news. |
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