And this is, you know, my burden as a former Republican,

it's my continued penance that I listened to these assholes

and read them and follow them because a lot of people really

don't, you know, I think it's easy to kind of say, you know,

to be in your media bubble in DC or New York and be like, what's

the point of listening to Steve Bannon's podcast?

So it's like Matt Walsh guy who's obsessed with trans people is

like a joke, who if you go to the podcast rankings, if you go

to the YouTube views, like Stephen Crowder and three

shorted Bannon and Matt Walsh and Candace Owens, and these

people are like up with you, fabs, they're at the top of

the list, like they're at the top of the charts, you're

competing with them, like that's your competitive set.

I'm John Favreau, welcome to offline.

Hey everyone, my guess this week is Tim Miller, former

Republican operative, current never Trumper and contributor

at the bulwark, an author of why we did it, a travel log

from the Republican road to hell. So it appears the 2024

Republican primary has begun. Trump finally left Mar-a-Lago

for New Hampshire and South Carolina, Ron DeSantis is

identifying early state hires and picking more culture war

fights, Nikki Haley is about to announce, and there are a

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