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Hacks On Tap

Uninviting Mr. Rogers (with Jen Psaki)

Hacks On Tap

David Axelrod & Mike Murphy

News Commentary, News, Government, Politics

4.87.7K Ratings

🗓️ 9 September 2025

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

The Hacks are back — and better than ever. To kick off our brand-new partnership with the Vox Media Podcast Network, Axe and Murphy are joined by none other than political heavyweight Jen Psaki — former White House press secretary, MSNBC host, and one of the most incisive voices in politics today.Together, the Hacks tackle the week’s political circus: the “Department of War”, Trump’s troop talk in Chicago, redistricting battles, the Epstein birthday book, New York’s mayoral drama, RFK Jr.’s latest — and plenty more! Hacks on Tap is proudly a part of the Vox Media Podcast Network.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:19.0

Leaving all the time in the world for the things you actually want to do responding to James's long emails. Ooh.

0:25.1

Leaving all the time in the world for the things you actually want to do.

0:26.2

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0:31.5

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0:34.4

Dell. How those ahead, stay ahead.

0:47.3

Hey, pull up a chair.

0:53.8

It's Hacks on Tapp with David Axelrod, John Heilman, and Mike Murphy from the Vox Media Podcast Network.

0:55.0

We've been talking about this Department of War.

1:16.5

So we won the First World War, we won the Second World War, we won everything before that and in between, and then we decided to go woke and we changed the name to Department of Defense.

1:20.9

So we're going Department of War, and I'd like to ask our Secretary of War to say a few words.

1:30.0

Pete Hanks said, I think it's a much more appropriate name, especially in light of where the world is right now.

1:36.4

So, Mike Murphy, you know who the president, you're a student of history.

1:41.3

You know who the president and who went woke and turned the thing into the

1:45.7

Department of Defense? Yeah, all I know is it should be the Department of Bonespurs to remind

1:50.7

his where he was in that so-called lost war. No kidding. But it's Harry Truman, two years after

1:56.3

dropping the bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki who signed the law that changed the name to the Department of Defense.

2:03.7

And, you know, everybody knows everything woke started with Harry Truman.

2:08.0

So, yeah, yeah, no, he was a famous shrinking violet.

2:10.8

And, you know, this is just more Gulf of America stuff.

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