Hey Rubicon fans, it's Brian. If you're listening to this, then hopefully you already know that we've launched a new weekly newsletter here at crooked media.

It's called Big Tent, I Write It, and my goal is to walk with you through the big debates unfolding among Democrats in real time,

from the campaign trail to the Senate floor to Twitter.

And I want to do that because the issues we argue about and how we work them out amongst ourselves will both shape

the future of the progressive movement and probably also help determine whether

Donald Trump gets a second term or not. The first edition came out on Friday

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I'm really psyched about this, so I hope you sign up

and encourage people you know to sign up to. What the president should have done was if he was upset about Joe Biden and his son

and what they were doing in Ukraine should have called the attorney general and told him that

and let the attorney general handle it the way they always handle cases that involve public hearings.

And why do you think he didn't do that? Maybe he didn't know to do it. always handle cases that involve public hearings.

And why do you think he didn't do that?

Maybe he didn't know to do it.

Are you confident that the president won't seek foreign assistance again?

I believe that the president has learned from this case.

The president is guilty of an appalling abuse of public trust.

What he did was not perfect.

No, it was a flagrant assault under electoral rights, our national security, and our fundamental values.

Corrupting an election... and our fundamental values.

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