From Cafe and the Vox Media Podcast Network, welcome to stay tuned.

I'm Preet Bharara.

Trump has passed this bill.

Millions of people are going to lose their health care.

That's a real thing that's happening in real life.

Is that real life experience more or less powerful than your online experience?

That's Anne Applebaum. She's a staff writer at the Atlantic, where she covers democracy,

authoritarianism, and how political systems can shift from one to the other.

In our conversation, Applebaum and I stepped back to examine the broader political landscape.

From the passage of what the Republicans have called the big beautiful bill to the administration's

controversial immigration enforcement, we explore what is straining our democratic institutions

and what could help restore them.

Does hope resonate better than fear and outrage?

Has social media created a new global political environment?

And do people's daily experiences still influence how they vote?

Then, I'll answer your questions about federalizing the National Guard

and revoking citizenship.

That's coming up. Stay tuned.

Rated T for Teen.

Each year, thousands of adults lose their shred.

It's an epidemic simply known as shred loss,

but it doesn't have to be this way,

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