Trump Is Using Classic Mob Boss Tactics to Carry Out His Wishes
The New Abnormal
The Daily Beast
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🗓️ 10 December 2024
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
Donald Trump is already up to his old
tricks, according to co-hosts Andy
Levy and Danielle Moodie on the
latest episode of The New Abnormal.
Then, Melissa Murray, professor of
law at NYU Law School, joins the
program to break down Donald
Trump’s recent statements on ending
birthright citizenship. Plus! Adam
Serwer, staff writer at The Atlantic,
joins us to talk about his new article,
“Trump Fans Are Suffering From Tony
Soprano Syndrome.”
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| 0:00.0 | You know, the secret to a successful ad is not necessarily a crisp, clear, and glossy voice |
| 0:06.4 | that interrupts your podcast. You can advertise your business on TikTok starting with nothing |
| 0:11.9 | but your phone. TikTok means business. Hi, I'm Andy Levy, former Fox News and CNN-HLN guy, and current cable news conscientious objector. |
| 0:23.5 | I'm a former libertarian who now sits pretty comfortably on the left. |
| 0:27.0 | Hi, I'm Danielle Moody, former educator and recovering lobbyist. |
| 0:30.7 | But today, I'm an unapologetic, woke commentator on America's threats to democracy. |
| 0:35.9 | And I'm producer Jesse Cannon, and I'm here to make sure things don't go too far off the rails. |
| 0:40.4 | We're here to have fun, smart conversations with some of the most knowledgeable and entertaining people in politics, media, and beyond. |
| 0:47.0 | Our goal is to try and make sense of our current crazy world, our new abnormal, and hopefully even make you laugh through the tears. |
| 0:54.7 | What a great show we have for you today. Melissa Murray, Professor of Law at NYU Law School, |
| 0:58.6 | joins us to break down Donald Trump's recent statements on ending birthright citizenship |
| 1:02.0 | and mass deportation, exploring the constitutional, historical, and societal implications |
| 1:06.6 | of these proposals. Then, Adam Serwer, staff writer at The Atlantic, joins us to talk about his new |
| 1:11.3 | article. Trump fans are suffering from Tony Sopranos Syndrome. Some conservatives are embracing |
| 1:15.7 | the villains in what are supposed to be cautionary tales. But first, let's have some fun. |
| 1:20.0 | So, Danielle, we have a couple stories that seem to, at least to us to be somewhat connected. |
| 1:27.5 | And I want to start with some comments that Donald Trump made on Sunday when he was a guest |
| 1:34.1 | on Meet the Press with Kristen Welker. |
| 1:38.3 | What he did was say that every member of the January 6th committee should go to jail. He said, I mean, if you look at the |
| 1:48.1 | transcript, he said, honestly, they should go to jail for what they did, anybody that voted in favor, |
| 1:54.9 | et cetera, et cetera. And then Welker said, are you going to direct your FBI director and your |
| 1:59.1 | attorney general to send them to jail? And Trump said, no, not at all. I think that they'll have to look at that. But I'm going to direct your FBI director and your attorney general to send them to jail? |
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