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The New Abnormal

Trump’s Latest Move Officially Brings Autocracy to the U.S.

The New Abnormal

The Daily Beast

News & Politics

4.67.9K Ratings

🗓️ 11 March 2025

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

The New Abnormal hosts Andy Levy and Danielle Moodie are alarmed by the arrest of Columbia student and pro-Palestine activist Mahmoud Khalil by ICE agents over the weekend. Then, Madiba Dennie, deputy editor and senior contributor at Balls and Strikes, joins the show to talk about Trump’s recent weaponization of the Justice Department. Plus, author and podcast host Jared Yates Sexton stops by to discuss the alarming authoritarian power grab unfolding before us.

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0:32.1

Hi, I'm Andy Levy, former Fox News and CNN HLN guy, and current cable news conscientious objector. I'm a former

0:38.9

libertarian who now sits pretty comfortably on the left. Hi, I'm Danielle Moody, former educator and

0:44.5

recovering lobbyist. But today, I'm an unapologetic, woke commentator on America's threats to democracy.

0:50.9

And I'm producer Jesse Cannon, and I'm here to make sure things don't go too far off the rails.

0:55.4

We're here to have fun, smart conversations with some of the most knowledgeable and entertaining people in politics, media, and beyond.

1:02.0

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.

1:09.8

What an excellent show we have today.

1:11.8

Deputy editor and senior contributor at Balls and Strikes, Mediba Denny is here to give

1:16.0

us the tea on interim U.S. attorney Ed Martin and his blatant weaponization of the Justice

1:20.9

Department, as well as the latest attempt by right-wing justices to expand Trump's power

1:25.1

beyond constitutional limits.

1:26.8

Then we'll talk to Jared Yates Sexton, author of The Midnight Kingdom and host of

1:30.5

the Muckrake podcast, who will join us to break down the authoritarian power grab unfolding

1:34.9

in real time and the state's escalating crackdown on dissent and why he believes the movement

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