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🗓️ 13 August 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Jimmy Carter sent his daughter to its public schools; pictures of Obama still grace businesses’ walls; and now Trump has taken an interest in Washington, D.C…by deploying the National Guard, reassigning FBI agents, vowing to evict the city’s homeless population. Guest: Jenny Gathright, reporter at the Washington Post covering the D.C. region. Want more What Next? Subscribe to Slate Plus to access ad-free listening to the whole What Next family and across all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of our show page. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to get access wherever you listen. Podcast production by Ethan Oberman, Elena Schwartz, Paige Osburn, Anna Phillips, Madeline Ducharme, and Rob Gunther. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's so funny because when you look at the guys, that's never a topic of conversation. Yeah. What you look like? Yeah. Did you watch the football last night? It's never about, I'll watch your skincare routine. Whereas women walk into a room and because we've been taught to be pitted against each other. Yeah. Not always, but sometimes there's, oh my God, you know, I can't. It's a bit of a barrier. Yeah, yeah. and it shouldn't be there.
0:01.1	We should be trying to change that stereotype. always, but sometimes there's, oh my God, you know, I can't. It's a bit of a barrier. Yeah, yeah, and it shouldn't be there.
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0:59.3	Hey everybody, this episode has some strong language right at the top.
1:09.0	There's this video going around on my socials.
1:11.4	It takes place in Washington, D.C. at night.
1:15.1	It's this white guy in a pink short sleeve button down.
1:18.5	He's walking behind a group of heavily armed federal officers, and he's pissed.
1:23.9	Hey what?
1:24.9	You see these fascists right here?
1:28.2	Fascists?
1:29.8	Fuck you.
1:32.1	Fuck you, fascists.
1:37.0	Maybe he's more than pissed, I don't know, but the scene is mostly chill.
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