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🗓️ 12 November 2023
⏱️ 41 minutes
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0:00.0 | The warning signs are flashing bright red about what exactly a second Trump term would look like. |
0:06.3 | Four criminal indictments, four criminal trials barreling toward him. And now the former president is |
0:11.8 | openly threatening to weaponize the Justice Department against his political opponents if he takes |
0:17.2 | back the White House. Congressman Jamie Raskin is here with his reaction, and he's coming up first. |
0:23.0 | Plus, special counsel Jack Smith unveils a big clue about how he plans to prosecute his case |
0:28.1 | as Trump's lawyers ask for his federal trial to be televised. |
0:32.1 | The in-house law firm of Andrew Weissman and Neil Cotiel is here to weigh on on all of it. |
0:36.8 | Also today, resounding victories for Democrats and crucial races all across the country as |
0:42.0 | Republican culture wars fall completely flat. |
0:45.4 | We'll talk about what it means for 2024 and beyond. |
0:48.7 | And later, a trip to the farm, a bike ride through Georgia with Raphael Warnock. |
0:53.1 | We talked about the fight for democracy, his |
0:54.9 | bond with a former president, and balancing his life as a pastor with his life as a United |
0:59.4 | States senator. |
1:08.7 | After a long stretch of dark political predictions for Democrats and a lot of freaking out over poll numbers, things did start to feel a little bit better this week. |
1:18.5 | A Democratic governor was re-elected in Kentucky. Democrats swept control of the Virginia legislature, which most people were not predicting, and the people of Ohio turned out in droves to |
1:28.3 | protect abortion rights in their state. You might have found yourself thinking, all right, |
1:32.9 | maybe things aren't so bad. Maybe I shouldn't be so terrified about the safety of democracy and |
1:37.4 | my rights after all. The forces of good are winning out in the end. And I'm going to tune this all |
1:42.7 | out for a while. I'm going to worry about. If that's how you're feeling, I kind of get it. And there are some things to feel relieved about. |
1:50.2 | But at the same time, the threat of a second Trump term is still very real. And the things he is saying |
1:56.4 | right now are some of the most concerning things we have ever heard him say. So it's important for |
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