The Elon Ranger

The Commentary Magazine Podcast

Commentary Magazine

News Commentary, Politics, News

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🗓️ 6 June 2025

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Elon Musk's anti-Trump meltdown yesterday is revelatory for a number of reasons: the inevitable clash of two Alphas; the tech-bro's arrogance about government meeting the hard reality of bare-knuckle politics; the problem of having an outlet for impulsive expressions of rage that may take a lifetime to overcome; and more. Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hope for the best.
0:08.0	Expect the worst.
0:10.0	Some drink and pain.
0:12.0	Some die of thirst.
0:15.0	The way of knowing which way it's going.
0:19.0	Hope for the best.
0:20.0	Expect the worst., for the best, expect the worst.
0:22.4	Oh, for the best.
0:25.0	Welcome to the Commentary Magazine Daily podcast.
0:27.9	It is D-Day, Friday, June 6, 2025.
0:32.6	I am John Podhawrits, the editor of Commentary Magazine.
0:36.1	With me, as always, executive editor, Abe Greenwald. Hi, Abe.
0:39.3	Hi, John. Senior editor Seth Mandel. Hi, Seth. Hi, John. Social commentary columnist Christine Rosen.
0:47.4	Hi, Christine. Hi, John. And Washington commentary columnist Matthew Contonetti. Hi, Matt.
0:52.3	Hi, John. I mentioned D-Day because, of course,
0:54.8	81 years ago, 150,000 troops landed on the beaches of Normandy in the greatest military invasion in world
1:09.6	history with the most startling result of eventually bringing to an end the
1:15.6	German domination of Europe and the end of World War II.
1:20.6	And this extraordinarily noble moment comes, we're 81 years later, and we are now consumed by rather than the
1:32.3	existential threats to the world posed by great evil and incredibly selfless acts of heroism
1:40.5	and sacrifice and defense of the West.
1:45.5	We have an 80-year-old lunatic and a 54-year-old ketamine addict
	...

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