The Evolution of AOC and Behind the Trump Bump.

Unf*cking The Republic

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Government, News, Politics

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🗓️ 20 April 2024

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

Distracted Max reached new heights this week so instead of releasing the third installment of the Over the Borderline series, he mashed up two shorter Topical Creams from YouTube into an episode. Both cover familiar ground to keep a focus on what matters politically. The “silly season” is when narratives harden so sometimes it’s important to reassert certain claims. The first segment is about AOC’s recent decision to fund the Democratic Party in the upcoming election for the first time in her brief career. The second is a reminder that the things that people recall fondly from the Trump era were predominantly socialist-style and Keynesian interventions that provided momentary relief and financial security for all those who made it through COVID.

Chapters

Intro: 00:00:18

The Evolution of AOC: 00:02:16

Behind the Trump Bump: 00:10:36

Post Show Musings: 00:18:33

Outro: 01:16:25

Resources

OpenSecrets: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

The Moscow Times: Why Is Stalin’s Popularity On the Rise?

The Guardian: Trump suggests 'nuking hurricanes' to stop them hitting America – report

Newsweek: Trump Suggests Not Raking Leaves Is Bigger Cause of California Wildfires Than Climate Change

Brookings: What did the Fed do in response to the COVID-19 crisis?

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0:00.0	Topical cream
0:02.7	A pod listener
0:05.0	When the world is a mean and nasty little place
0:08.0	Finding the truth can be a little trick
0:11.0	Yeah, that mishmosh was because Max can't figure out what kind of episode this is,
0:22.5	but expects us to figure out how to produce it.
0:24.6	So here we are.
0:25.6	And there you go.
0:26.8	Anyway, let's begin.
0:29.5	Hey, and fuckers, we're taking a different swing at things today because I got a little distracted
0:34.8	with a couple of news stories this week that caught my attention.
0:38.2	So I'm nearly finished with the final installment of our border crisis series, but I'm pausing
0:43.3	to bring you these two stories that appeared on our YouTube. We also have an extended post-show
0:48.2	musings to conclusion as kind of a stand-in for show notes this week as well. So we'll get to that
0:53.3	in a minute. There's so much to cover these well. So we'll get to that in a minute.
0:58.5	There's so much to cover these days, so I hope you don't mind me changing things up just to kind of keep on top of everything. So one thing to draw your attention to during our spring
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