The First Definitive History Of Covid In The U.S.

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🗓️ 17 October 2023

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Joe Nocera and Bethany McLean are out with The Big Fail: What the Pandemic Revealed About Who America Protects and Who It Leaves Behind. Among those who failed include those who bungled PPE procurement, prolonged school closings and lock downs, and misstated "the science." Plus, who is really trying to keep Gazans alive? And wrestling with the possibility of Jim Jordan as Speaker. Produced by Joel Patterson and Corey Wara Email us at thegist@mikepesca.com To advertise on the show, visit: https://advertisecast.com/TheGist Subscribe to The Gist Subscribe: https://subscribe.mikepesca.com/ Follow Mikes Substack at: Pesca Profundities | Mike Pesca | Substack Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's Tuesday, October 17th, 2023, from Peachfish Productions, it's the gist I'm Mike
0:08.7	Pasca.
0:09.7	You know we don't need more of in the House of Representatives?
0:12.7	Signs?
0:13.7	The Republican caucus has come undone.
0:15.9	Yeah, we're still getting them.
0:17.9	Jim Jordan, all shirt sleeves and spittle, flex speed talk, did get 200 votes to be speaker
0:23.7	at the House.
0:24.7	But that means 17 Republicans voted against them with some big names among that group.
0:30.1	Including Ken Buck, one of the 17 anti McCarthyites, the New York Times describes Jordan
0:36.0	this way.
0:37.0	Quote.
0:38.0	He was once a right-wing rebel on the fringe of his party who was described as a legislative
0:42.8	terrorist by a former Republican speaker.
0:45.2	His ascent is the clearest indicator yet of how far House Republicans have moved to
0:49.8	the right and chose the strength of Mr. Trump's grip on the party.
0:54.0	So the correct way to rewrite this, acknowledging he's no longer on the fringe of the party
0:58.2	would be.
0:59.2	He's currently the right-wing rebel at the core of his party who is described as a legislative
1:03.2	terrorist by a former Republican speaker that by the way would be Bainer.
1:06.6	I suppose we should now say that not a terrorist, but he's entitled to the right of resistance.
1:11.8	And to remind you of the last part of that New York Times statement, his ascent is the
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