The Most Absurd Conservative Controversies of 2024

The New Abnormal

The Daily Beast

News & Politics

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🗓️ 27 December 2024

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Andrew Lawrence, Deputy Director of Rapid Response at Media Matters, unpacks 2024’s most absurd conservative outrages, from Olympic controversies to Taylor Swift’s political stances and the supposed “wokeness” of “Wicked.” Plus! Professor Ray Brescia, legal columnist for the Daily Beast, explores privacy and surveillance in the digital age, highlighting the need for stronger protections against big tech’s data exploitation and misinformation.

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0:00.0	It starts in November.
0:02.0	Christmas catch up. Let's do diaries.
0:04.1	Oh, that clashes with my work, do.
0:06.0	That's the day of the nativity.
0:07.4	We're booked to see Santa.
0:08.5	We're out picking a tree.
0:09.6	There's in-laws to visit, pantomimes to see.
0:11.3	I've got to write a thousand Christmas cards.
0:13.7	Until, somehow, we're here.
0:17.1	Four friends, having our Costa Christmas catch-up.
0:21.6	We should do this more often.
0:24.0	Get together this Christmas around the festive nutcracker range at Costa.
0:29.0	Costa Coffee.
0:32.1	Hi, I'm Andy Levy, former Fox News and CNN HLN guy,
0:36.0	and current cable news conscientious objector.
0:38.4	I'm a former libertarian who now sits pretty comfortably on the left.
0:41.9	Hi, I'm Danielle Moody, former educator and recovering lobbyist.
0:45.7	But today I'm an unapologetic, woke commentator on America's threats to democracy.
0:50.8	And I'm producer Jesse Cannon, and I'm here to make sure things don't go too far off the
0:54.6	rails. We're here to have fun, smart conversations with some of the most knowledgeable and
0:59.1	entertaining people in politics, media, and beyond. Our goal is to try and make sense of our
1:04.2	current crazy world, our new abnormal, and hopefully even make you laugh through the tears.
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