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Lost Debate

The Most Serious Trump Indictment, Male Gaming Spike, Religious Public Schools?

Lost Debate

The Branch

News, Politics, Society & Culture

4.6607 Ratings

🗓️ 3 August 2023

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

In one of the most important cases in American history, former President Donald Trump was indicted on Tuesday by Special Counsel Jack Smith in connection with Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Rikki and Ravi talk through the indictment, the strength of the case, and Trump’s best defense.  A recent study found young men now play video games more than ever before. What are the repercussions of this post-pandemic spike?  Finally, a fight is raging over a new religious charter school in Oklahoma. The hosts unpack the state's thorny first amendment debate and question if this crosses the line between church and state. Time Stamps  00:31 - The Most Serious Trump Indictment  23:06 - Male Gaming Spike  32:55 - Religious Public Schools? Leave us a voicemail with your thoughts on the show! 321-200-0570 Subscribe to our feed on Spotify: http://bitly.ws/zC9K Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/3Gs5YTF Subscribe to our Substack: https://thelostdebate.substack.com/ Follow The Branch on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebranchmedia/ Follow The Branch on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thebranchmedia Follow The Branch on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thebranchmedia The Branch website: http://thebranchmedia.org/ Lost Debate is also available on the following platforms:  Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-lost-debate/id1591300785 Google: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5tZWdhcGhvbmUuZm0vTERJNTc1ODE3Mzk3Nw  Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-lost-debate iHeart: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-the-lost-debate-88330217/ Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/752ca262-2801-466d-9654-2024de72bd1f/the-lost-debate

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0:00.0

Another week, another Trump indictment will discuss why this one may be the most important yet.

0:07.0

And many young men are playing video games more than ever.

0:11.1

Is this good, bad, or neither?

0:13.8

And then a fight is raging over a religious charter school in Oklahoma will unpack the state's thorny First Amendment debate. All of this and more on

0:23.0

the lost debate, a show for politically eclectics.

0:31.0

Hello, everyone. I'm Robbie Gupta. And I'm Ricky Schott. Ricky, well, we planned to talk about

0:36.1

the Hunter Biden situation today, but

0:38.4

former president is hogging the spotlight. Yes, and I promise to the caller who called yesterday

0:47.0

or Tuesday to ask for this segment, I promise Hunter Biden's coming next week, but we'll do it

0:52.8

more justice if we don't do both

0:55.4

sides of our banana republic debate in one single episode. So keep the voice smells coming, though.

1:01.3

I could already feel the false equivalency, but keep going. No, there's no equivalency. Keep going.

1:06.0

It's just both sidesism. But keep sending his voicemails, 3212-200-0570. And without further ado,

1:14.7

let's hear from Special Counsel Jack Smith on what exactly is going on with this indictment.

1:19.5

Good evening. Today, an indictment was unsealed, charging Donald J. Trump with conspiring

1:27.1

to defraud the United States, conspiring to disenfranchise voters,

1:33.2

and conspiring and attempting to obstruct an official proceeding. The indictment was issued by a

1:38.0

grand jury of citizens here in the District of Columbia, and it sets forth the crimes charged

1:43.3

in detail. I encourage everyone to read it in full.

1:47.6

The attack on our nation's capital on January 6, 2021 was an unprecedented assault on the seat of

1:54.9

American democracy. As described in the indictment, it was fueled by lies, lies by the defendant, targeted at obstructing

2:03.1

a bedrock function of the U.S. government, the nation's process of collecting, counting,

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