Summary
This week on Politix, Julian Sanchez joins Matt and Brian to discuss:
* Donald Trump’s uncanny ability to evade justice;
* Why a panel of New York appeals court judges let him mostly off the hook by staving off the seizure of his assets in his civil-fraud case;
* What liberals and Democrats can do to make these civil verdicts a greater political liability for him.
Then, paid subscribers get a lengthier debate over the merits of banning TikTok in the U.S. Are the privacy or propaganda concerns articulated by U.S. lawmakers valid? Is it hard-nosed realpolitik to engage in tit-for-tat social-media bans with China, or a naive own goal that will tarnish the example America’s open society sets for the world? Should we just be happy to see any major social media company lose its hold on American users, no matter the method? We hashed all of that out, and if you’d like to hear where we landed, upgrade to paid, and enjoy the whole episode!
Further reading:
* Julian’s forthcoming Substack, Non-Content!
* Matt’s broad case against TikTok.
* Brian on the liberal and right-wing psychologies driving Trump-impunity politics.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | That was in really poor taste what I just did there, but we're going to leave it. |
| 0:04.0 | Hey everyone, you're listening to a free preview of the politics podcast. We're doing something |
| 0:13.7 | a little different this week. We've invited our friend Julian Sanchez to ride |
| 0:17.4 | shotgun with us for the full episode. We thought of Julian because he's |
| 0:21.2 | developed a lot of expertise over the years in issues like |
| 0:24.1 | privacy law and tech platform regulation that are suddenly quite relevant as Congress |
| 0:29.3 | contemplates banning or trying to force the sale of Tik-Tock. |
| 0:33.0 | And so we'll devote the second half of the show |
| 0:36.1 | to that for subscribers. |
| 0:38.0 | But Julian's also just a really sharp observer of politics. |
| 0:41.7 | He brings a libertarian perspective to public affairs, but he's as |
| 0:44.9 | trenchant a Trump critic as you'll ever hear a Reed. So we think he's a great match |
| 0:49.4 | for the politics audience. We hope you enjoy the conversation and if you like the vibe and want to listen to Julian and Matt fight about Tic-talk, |
| 0:58.0 | you can upgrade your subscription to paid at politics. And I'm Julian Sanchez. Oh, you spoil the surprise. |
| 1:13.0 | So this week we're going to we're going to dive into the debate over whether the federal government |
| 1:17.5 | should ban or intervene into the ownership structure of Tik-Toc. |
| 1:22.0 | And we're going to do that with our friend who just |
| 1:24.0 | said hello Julian Sanchez but as it happens surprise Julian's already here and so |
| 1:28.4 | we're just going to chat about the news with him say hi again Julian and then tell us about yourself like like your |
| 1:35.3 | journey from Reason magazine to Cato and now to like Free Wheeling Trump |
| 1:41.1 | critic with Stop Science. |
| 1:43.5 | Yeah, I spent about a decade as a journalist for Reason magazine |
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