The Bullshit Artists Coming for the Deep State

The Remnant with Jonah Goldberg

The Dispatch

Politics, News

4.6 • 6.3K Ratings

🗓️ 4 December 2024

⏱️ 86 minutes

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The days are getting shorter, the weather is growing colder, and the Trump cabinet nominees keep getting stranger. Jonah is joined by Free Press columnist Eli Lake to discuss effective intelligence agency reform, what the term “deep state” actually means, and Jonah’s plan to abolish the FBI and negotiate the ransom price for Sarah Isgur with Kash Patel. Plus: ruminations on the Warren Commission, the debunking of the Eyes Wide Shut analogy, and a masterclass in making s—t up. Take out your bingo cards for this one, folks. Show Notes: —Eli's piece on Kash Patel —Eli’s B.S. in BS —The hit list The Remnant is a production of The Dispatch, a digital media company covering politics, policy, and culture from a non-partisan, conservative perspective. To access all of The Dispatch’s offerings—including Jonah’s G-File newsletter, weekly livestreams, and other members-only content—click here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:59.5	Hey, everybody.
1:00.3	Just so you know, I actually said this when I was recording the podcast as a warning,
1:04.3	but I actually used the bad word when I was giving the warning.
1:07.8	And we try not to curse too much on this podcast.
1:10.5	It's a real, or any of our
1:12.8	podcast, which is, you know, a real burden for Sarah Isger. Eli Lake did this great audio
1:19.2	essay podcast thing over at the free press about the role of BS, bovine excrement in American
1:26.4	culture and politics and Donald Trump. And we just want to let
1:30.0	listeners know that that word in its full scatological glory will be used not infrequently,
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