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The Muckrake Political Podcast

White House: Maybe We're Failing

The Muckrake Political Podcast

CLNS Media Network

News, Politics

4.6530 Ratings

🗓️ 25 April 2025

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

This is a preview of The Weekender edition of the Muckrake Podcast. Please go to our Patreon to gain access to the regular Weekender episodes on Fridays. Co-hosts Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman point out that there might be a realization in the Trump administration that they are failing at their jobs writ large. RFK Jr. continues to attack autism as a subtext to eliminating vaccines, while Pam Bondi establishes an committee to root out anti-Christian policies in the government while Thomas Friedman proposes a way forward for Democrats that's astoundingly bad.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey everybody. Welcome to the Weekender edition of my great podcast. I'm Jerry Day. It's next time

0:05.8

I'm here with my good friend. My host, Nick, how you doing, bud? How's a weekend looking?

0:09.9

You know, I don't know. I haven't even thought about it, but, you know, I guess I should since this is

0:14.2

called the Weekender. But do anybody look ahead and plan for weekend events now?

0:20.7

I live for the weekend. Oh, that's that's that's when I thrive, my friend. And by thrive, I mean, that's when I just sort of sit and look out a window and go. Yeah. Okay. So you don't necessarily have to have anything planned days in advance locked in. I don't think you do. You can.

0:38.5

Yeah.

0:39.2

Yeah.

0:39.8

That must be nice.

0:40.6

I don't.

0:41.0

I have friends who, you know, you can't get to book six months out to get them a plan with them. Well, I mean, that's, that's living in L.A., my friend. Yeah, I guess so. That's how that is. We have an absolutely pack show, tons of stuff to talk about, as always, because this administration never leaves us wanting for things that we have to analyze and talk about.

0:59.8

A reminder, go to patreon.com slash monkrake podcast to hear the entirety of the weekender.

1:04.6

Also, by the way, we have had just an absolute influx of people who are supporting us and helping us grow, and we are so, so grateful.

1:12.8

Join everybody. You'll get access to the Weekender, access to the Discord, live events,

1:17.8

special things, all of that good stuff, and it keeps us editorially independent, keeps us

1:21.4

growing. Patreon.com slash Jamon Creek podcast. Nick, we start today, unfortunately, with Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., the current Secretary

1:30.4

of Health and Human Services. And the story that we're about to talk about, the good news is that

1:36.7

the public outrage against it has already stopped this plan in its tracks. And we're also going to

1:42.1

talk about the hope that's there and the opportunities that are there, particularly at this moment. But over the past week or so, there's

1:48.7

been a disturbing trend. And we're getting ready to listen to a statement that made the rounds.

1:54.5

And here, RFK Jr. discusses his thoughts on what he sees as a public health crisis in terms of autism.

2:03.2

And yeah, let's listen to this thing.

2:07.1

This is an individual tragedy as well.

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