“Stop the 2024 Steal.”
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🗓️ 27 May 2021
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A grand jury is convened to decide Donald Trump’s fate as he mulls another run for president, Marjorie Taylor Greene compares vaccine and mask requirements to the Holocaust, Republican legislatures in swing states are laying the groundwork to overturn the results of the next election they lose. Then, The Atlantic’s Clint Smith talks to Tommy Vietor about his new book, How the Word is Passed.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to PotsAve America, I'm John Faberant. |
| 0:23.1 | I'm Dan Fifer. |
| 0:24.1 | On today's pod, a grand jury has been convened to decide Donald Trump's fate. |
| 0:28.5 | A Republican member of Congress compares vaccine and mask requirements to the Holocaust, |
| 0:32.9 | and Republican legislatures in red and purple states are laying the groundwork to overturn |
| 0:36.7 | the results of the next election that they lose. |
| 0:39.8 | Then Atlantic writer, member of the Cricket-Beat-A-Family Clint Smith, talks to Tommy about his new |
| 0:43.5 | book, How the Word Is Past. |
| 0:45.5 | But first, don't miss this week's America Dissected, where Abdul talks to Professor Ibram |
| 0:49.5 | Kendi about how to root out systemic racism in the American health care system. |
| 0:54.4 | Great episode, check it out. |
| 0:56.6 | All right, it's always fun to kick off the show with some good news. |
| 1:00.5 | So here it is. |
| 1:02.0 | The criminal investigation into Donald Trump got a lot more serious this week as the Washington |
| 1:06.3 | Post reported that Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance has convened a special grand jury |
| 1:12.1 | that is expected to decide whether to indict the former president, his children, or his |
| 1:15.9 | business, on potential fraud charges. |
| 1:19.1 | Vance has already brought in a mafia prosecutor, Mark Palmerantz, who's been deposing witnesses |
| 1:23.8 | like Michael Cohen, Eric Trump, and Trump Organization CFO, Alan Weiselberg. |
| 1:29.5 | Trump responded to the news by getting angry on his blog and announcing that he'll be |
| 1:33.6 | starting up his rallies again in June. |
| 1:39.1 | Indeed, Dan, indeed, is this it? |
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