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Soldiers Field (with Rahm Emanuel)

Hacks On Tap

Hacks On Tap

News Commentary, News, Government, Politics

4.87.7K Ratings

🗓️ 26 August 2025

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

The Hacks are back! There’s just too much news for us to leave you alone, so we’re pulling up a stool with veteran Hackeroo, Chicago native, former White House chief of staff, and U.S. ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel. The Hacks dive into Trump’s threats to send the National Guard to Chicago, his increasingly loud campaign against mail-in ballots and the 2020 census, the weaponization of the Justice Department, redistricting as a national flashpoint, Big Macs, bridges, and so much more!

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0:00.0

Hey, pull up a chair. It's Hacks on Tap with David Axelrod and Mike Murphy.

0:20.6

As you all know, Chicago's a killing field right now.

0:24.2

And they don't acknowledge it.

0:26.4

And they say, we don't need them.

0:27.8

Freedom, freedom.

0:28.5

He's a dictator.

0:30.5

A lot of people are saying maybe we like a dictator.

0:33.3

So, John Heilman, I'm on the record right now saying, I really don't want a dictator.

0:40.4

I'm not into the dictator thing.

0:42.5

And I'm really not into as a Chicagoan.

0:45.5

I am not into this false depiction of our city as a hellscape.

0:53.2

I'm looking at the window at the lake and Grant Park and people,

0:58.4

you know, enjoying the fine ends of summer. And one of the guys who helped make Chicago great

1:07.6

is sitting right here, Rahm Emanuel, the former mayor, collector, collector of fancy titles, former White House, Chief of Staff,

1:17.6

former former Congressman, former Ambassador.

1:22.6

Chairman of the D-T-Troble C, former Ambassador to Japan.

1:25.6

Okay, thanks for joining us today.

1:26.6

That's all we have time for, Ram's titles. You got a couple, you missed two titles. What's that? Oh, God. Go ahead. Senior advisor to President Clinton and father of three. Okay. All right, good. Great. We got them all now. Best for last. The best is last. Somehow the Ari didn't get mentioned anywhere in there.

1:46.1

You think like Ari should get like brother of Ari should be like in the list somewhere. No, don't insult Zeke that way. Oh, okay. Sorry, brother of Zeke. The third of Manuel brother. So when you guys look out the window, you're both in Chicago. Do you see scenes of like Nampen in like 1974,

1:44.1

Sydney-Shaunberg kind of killing field style,

1:46.2

or is it a little different? you're both in Chicago. Do you see scenes of like Nampen in like 1974, Sydney-Shaunberg

2:02.4

kind of Killingfield style, or is it a little different what you say? So you know what? I mean,

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