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🗓️ 28 February 2025
⏱️ 61 minutes
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On the latest episode of The New Abnormal, Trump is poised to recreate Russia’s oligarch system by putting a $5 million price tag on U.S. citizenship with his “gold card” visas. Plus! Mike Masnick, founder and editor of Techdirt, breaks down how Elon Musk's latest DOGE move mirrors his Twitter takeover. Then incoming Center for American Progress president Neera Tanden discusses how Democrats can turn the tables on Trump’s agenda.
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0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Andy Levy, former Fox News and CNN-HLN guy and current cable news conscientious objector. |
0:06.1 | I'm a former libertarian who now sits pretty comfortably on the left. |
0:09.6 | Hi, I'm Danielle Moody, former educator and recovering lobbyist. |
0:13.4 | But today, I'm an unapologetic, woke commentator on America's threats to democracy. |
0:18.5 | And I'm producer Jesse Cannon, and I'm here to make sure things don't go too far off the rails. We're here to have fun, smart conversations with some of |
0:25.6 | the most knowledgeable and entertaining people in politics, media, and beyond. Our goal is to try |
0:30.8 | and make sense of our current crazy world, our new abnormal, and hopefully even make you laugh |
0:36.3 | through the tears. What an excellent show we have today. |
0:39.2 | Founder and editor of TechDur, Mike Masnick, is here to break down how Elon Musk's |
0:43.1 | latest moves with Doge mirror his Twitter takeover and how Musk's actions aren't just reckless, |
0:48.9 | but actively harming the American tech industry. |
0:51.4 | Then we'll talk to the Center for American Progress's incoming president, |
0:54.7 | near At Tandon, who will tell us about how Democrats can push back against Trump's agenda |
0:58.4 | and stop playing defense. |
1:00.0 | But first, let's have some fun. |
1:02.4 | Danielle, they want us to die. |
1:04.3 | Mm-hmm. |
1:04.9 | At this point, I don't know how you can come to any other conclusion when you look at how they |
1:10.1 | are gutting health and medical |
1:12.2 | stuff from the budget, from research being canceled, et cetera. And let's start with the flu, |
1:19.3 | which is a fairly common disease that affects a lot of people seasonally. So every March, |
1:26.2 | the FDA, the Food and Drug Administration, meets |
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