The Neo-Neo-Conservative Moment

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🗓️ 27 July 2020

⏱️ 68 minutes

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As America’s summer of civil disorder intensifies, those who are discomfited with urban violence and a culture of intolerance on the political left do not fall neatly along ideological lines. Does this moment have the makings of a political realignment? Also, Eli Lake joins the program to update us on the scandal within the FBI. Source

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0:00.0	Welcome to the commentary magazine daily podcast today is Monday, July 27th, 2020.
0:29.7	I am John Puthord's the editor of commentary magazine with me as always executive editor
0:36.0	A. Greenwald Hyay.
0:37.5	Hi John, associate editor Noah Rothman, Hynoah.
0:41.7	Christine Rosen is on vacation with us today.
0:45.6	Bloomberg columnist, man about town, and author of the much discussed commentary pieces
0:56.1	the railroading of Michael Flynn and other such fair Eli Lake, Hyay, Glad to be here.
1:06.1	Thank you.
1:07.0	Thank you.
1:08.0	Great to be back.
1:09.0	So guys, cities across the country were washed in protests this weekend and it is caused
1:19.6	even the New York Times to say today cities are now on the hook because this is all happening
1:27.2	and no one really knows now what on earth any of this is about.
1:32.0	It's not about George Floyd anymore, it's not about Black Lives Matter anymore.
1:39.6	It's just attacking cops and attacking feds and screaming at people and trying to cause
1:47.6	get officers to attack protesters so there will be footage of officers attacking protesters.
1:55.6	And then of course there is this immortal tweet that I spotted and I've now seen at 50 times
2:01.6	on Facebook and elsewhere from ABC News quote, protesters in California said fire to a
2:07.6	courthouse, damage a police station and assault officers after a peaceful demonstration intensified
2:16.5	unquote.
2:17.4	Now as I was saying to Abe last night I think when a peaceful demonstration intensifies,
2:26.3	doesn't that that would ordinarily mean to me that this is the point of which everyone
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