Sandwich Man and the Liberal Crack-Up

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Commentary Magazine

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🗓️ 15 August 2025

⏱️ 68 minutes

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The DC crime crackdown is driving Trump critics into fits of insanity and weird criminality; why can't they find a way to oppose and confront him soberly? That's the question for today. And the podcast concludes with a disastrous song performance by yours truly. Stay for the horror. Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey Harry.
0:00.7	Hello mate.
0:01.5	Got any tips for the football?
0:02.8	Your best bet is to head over to Bet Victor.
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0:03.8	18 plus opt in best bet on the football at BetVictor.
0:23.3	18 plus opt in and bet on any football marketing at odds of evens or greater no, cash out seven-day expiry terms and conditions apply at gamblerware.org.
0:34.3	Hope for the best.
0:38.3	Expect the worst.
0:40.3	Some drink champagne.
0:42.3	Some die of thirst.
0:44.3	The way of knowing which way it's going.
0:48.3	Hope for the best.
0:50.3	Expect the worst.
0:52.3	Hope for the best. Welcome to the Comment magazine daily podcast.
0:57.9	Today is Friday, August 15th, 2025.
1:01.7	I'm John Podhor.
1:02.6	It's the editor of Commentary Magazine.
1:04.4	I want to point out before we go on any further,
1:07.0	this is the 80th anniversary of the conclusion, official conclusion of World War II.
1:14.3	So thank you to the greatest generation and to Western culture for saving humanity in the world.
1:22.6	And that's just all I have to say about that with me as always executive editor, Abe. Greenwald, hi, Abe. Hi, John. Senior editor Seth Mandel. Hi, Seth. Hi, John. And Washington Commentary columnist Matthew Kahnetti. Hi, Matt. Hi, John. Okay, we have to talk about Trump and Alaska and the summit and Putin and what's going to happen. But let's face it, do we really care as much about that as we care about the guy who threw the sandwich?
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