The Rogue at State

The Gist

Peach Fish Productions

Daily News, News

4.5 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 15 March 2018

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Well, it's a tough day to be Fox News. On today's Gist, a closer look at the Department of State. It's not that Rex Tillerson was wrong to want to reform how we do diplomacy—it's that he utterly failed to deliver. Tom Hill, a visiting fellow at the Brookings Institution, says the U.S. approach to international relations is antiquated and the diplomatic corps is bloated. Tillerson had a mandate to rethink our State Department. He blew it. In the Spiel, why the special election in Pennsylvania's 18th Congressional District was not so special. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	One thing we can all agree on, no one wants another energy crisis.
0:07.1	But just talking about it won't make it go away.
0:09.7	Here's what we're actually doing at British Gas.
0:12.2	We're increasing the UK's gas storage so that we can help make energy prices more predictable
0:16.9	for everyone.
0:18.3	And so the 8 million homes and businesses who rely on us for their energy today can
0:22.9	rely on us tomorrow too.
0:25.4	That's enough talking.
0:26.4	Let's get on with the doing.
0:28.2	British Gas.
0:30.5	There is a bit of explicit content in the podcast you are about to hear.
0:34.8	It's Wednesday, March 14, 2018 from Slated to the Gist.
0:42.6	I might pass a tough day to be Fox News.
0:45.0	Usually it's pretty easy to be Fox News.
0:46.7	I know what I do.
0:48.4	If I were Fox News on most days, Nunez assertions, those are fact.
0:53.0	Trump does something ambiguous.
0:55.0	Read into it for its greatness.
0:56.7	Trump does something pretty bad.
0:58.4	Find a liberal who's wildly overreacting.
1:00.7	Trump does something really bad.
1:02.9	Find a Lena Dunham tweet.
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