Thanksgiving Mailbag: Trans Rights, Progressive Media, and Skinny Jeans

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Crooked Media

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4.6 • 83.5K Ratings

🗓️ 29 November 2024

⏱️ 44 minutes

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It’s our annual Thanksgiving Mailbag episode! Jon, Lovett, and Tommy dive into some of your smartest, funniest, and most thought-provoking questions. They tackle everything from concerns about the Democratic Party’s stance on trans rights and Biden’s legacy to ideas for boosting left-wing media and getting more people to run for local office. Plus, they share their thoughts on the fate of skinny jeans in 2025, favorite holiday movies, and their fitness routines.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Potsave America. I'm John Fabro. I'm John Lovett. I'm Tommy D.Tor. Welcome to our annual
0:24.9	Thanksgiving mailback. You know, it's a tradition here at Pod Save America. We pulled a lot of these questions from our subscriber discord this year, which reminds me, we're currently offering 25% off new annual subscriptions
0:37.8	to Friends of the Pod.
0:39.1	It's a deal.
0:39.7	Gets you access to bonus pods, ad free Pod Save America episodes, and more.
0:43.8	You can sign up at cricket.com slash friends.
0:45.8	Also, check out this week's Pod Save the World featuring Malala.
0:50.3	Yeah, you got Malala?
0:51.3	We got her.
0:52.5	Ben sat down with her a couple weeks ago. She's an executive producer on a film that's coming out about Afghanistan. It's supposed to be incredibly good. She also talks about what happened when the Taliban took back Afghanistan in 2021, including her perspective on the fall of Kabul and the women's protest movement that followed. We just cut a joke about Malala.
1:14.9	Yeah. the women's protest movement that followed. We just cut a joke about Malala. Second one you've made this year.
1:16.1	You've made one in the book.
1:17.2	Yeah, let's leave that one in and then keep going.
1:19.7	All right.
1:21.2	Thanks to everyone who's sending questions.
1:23.3	Let's get into it.
1:25.1	Subscriber Ian on our Discord asks.
1:27.4	I'm on the left end of the spectrum, but I'm a Democrat because I have long believed that this part Let's get into it. Subscriber Ian on our Discord asks.
1:34.8	I'm on the left end of the spectrum, but I'm a Democrat because I have long believed that this party was the best viable option to, quote, hitch my wagon to, so to speak.
1:40.5	After this election, why is the Democratic Party still worth my time and energy?
1:41.5	Ian.
1:42.9	Anyone want to take this one first?
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