Welcome to the Bullwark Podcast. I'm Charlie Sykes. It is March 23rd, 2023, and apparently

today is not going to be indictment day for those of you who have been stocking up

on whether it is Doritos, Warp popcorn, or adult beverage of your choice. The reports

that we're getting this morning are that the New York Grand jury will not be meeting

for the rest of the week, so we'll just have to set that aside. Meanwhile, I am struggling

because I can't get through the paywall on this story. To find out whether or not this

report out of Tallahassee is a parody or not, there is a principle of a charter school in

Tallahassee, Florida, who is saying that he was ousted. After parents complained that one

of the school's art teachers showed kids pictures of, ready for this, pictures of

Michael Angelo's David with one of them calling it pornographic. So the charter school

principle said he was forced to resign after a parent complained that this art lesson

was porn. As many people have pointed out on social media, this is literally an episode

from The Simpsons. It had an episode in which David is going coast to coast, you know,

to Boston, US, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York City, and of course Springfield. And in

Springfield, members of a certain parents group urged Marge Simpson to protest the sculpture

because it's offensive and unsuitable. And Marge has to argue that the sculptures are

masterpiece. I don't want to give away the ending, but you know, life now imitating the

Simpsons, which seems a good way of introducing our various topics today. Our guest today,

Shelby Talcott, who is politics reporter for Semafore and she's covering Trump and national

republicans. Shelby, welcome to the podcast. Thanks for having me. I also know that you're

a retired professional tennis player. So you've got a very interesting background. Not

only you were a professional tennis player, but also when you work for the daily caller,

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