Trump and the Troops, Back to School (Remotely), and Time’s Molly Ball on Pelosi and the Election

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🗓️ 9 September 2020

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Bryan Curtis and David Shoemaker dissect Trump’s complicated relationship with the military and the truth (2:36), and they break down Jeffrey Goldberg’s Atlantic story on the president and the complexities of anonymous reporting (3:34:). Then, they discuss remote learning and COVID-19’s impact on education (22:37). Next, Time magazine’s Molly Ball joins to discuss her book ‘Pelosi’ (36:00). Plus: the Overworked Twitter Joke of the Week and David Shoemaker Guesses the Strained-Pun Headline. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	David?
0:02.0	Mm-hmm.
0:03.0	There were a number of Trump boat parades over Labor Day weekend and, alas, a number of
0:08.8	Trump boats sunk.
0:12.1	But one theory was put forward from one carmine subia on Twitter, the likelihood of all
0:18.9	these boats sinking at the Trump boat parade by accident is microscopic.
0:23.8	We're dealing with terrorists.
0:25.6	What I want to know is, what the hell do you make of that?
0:30.8	Oh my gosh, it's sabotaged.
0:32.8	This is going to be the first time with the BC boy, when a liberal band calls up the
0:38.3	Trump campaign, they're like, no, you absolutely can use our song right now.
0:41.5	This is fantastic.
0:42.5	Yeah, I don't know what to say about this.
0:48.1	I don't know if it's better to frame this as a perfect metaphor or to take the, you
0:55.0	know, maybe my more usual stance of like,
0:59.4	this is in the Bible.
1:00.4	There are things like this in the Bible and we have a really specific interpretation
1:04.2	when they happen to people we don't like.
1:06.8	Did the Fox House compare this to the, do compare the boats to the Spanish Armada a few
1:11.8	weeks ago?
1:12.8	Did that happen?
1:15.6	Yes, yes, just like it's the abs, it's just like, I don't know anything about history.
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