‘Waste of Space’ Chuck Schumer Needs to Resign
The New Abnormal
The Daily Beast
4.6 • 7.9K Ratings
🗓️ 18 March 2025
⏱️ 67 minutes
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The New Abnormal hosts Andy Levy and Danielle Moodie think it’s time for Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to resign after his shocking submission to House Republicans last week. Plus, deputy director of the ACLU Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project Esha Bhandari stops by to break down Columbia student Mahmoud Khalil’s controversial arrest by ICE. Then a research director at Media Matters Kayla Gogarty joins the show to discuss her latest study into right-wing media infiltrating streaming platforms and podcasts.
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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 |
| 0:54.5 | the rails. We're here to have fun, smart conversations with some of the most knowledgeable and |
| 0:59.1 | entertaining people in politics, media, and beyond. Our goal is to try and make sense of our |
| 1:04.2 | current crazy world, our new abnormal, and hopefully even make you laugh through the tears. |
| 1:09.5 | One excellent show we have today. |
| 1:11.5 | Isha Bundari, deputy director at the ACLU's Speech Privacy and Technology Project, |
| 1:16.2 | breaks down the alarming case of Mahmoud Khalil, |
| 1:18.7 | a lawful U.S. resident detained by ICE and a blatant attack on free speech. |
| 1:22.5 | And she'll tell us what it means for civil liberties and why every American should be paying attention. |
| 1:27.1 | Then we'll talk to Kayla Gogherty, research director of Media Matters, |
| 1:30.5 | about her latest study on how right-wing media has taken over online streaming and podcasts, |
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