Why Washington, D.C.

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🗓️ 13 August 2025

⏱️ 27 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	Hey everybody, this episode has some strong language right at the top.
0:11.2	There's this video going around on my socials. It takes place in Washington, D.C. at night.
0:17.3	It's this white guy in a pink short-sleeved button down. He's walking behind a group of heavily armed federal officers, and he's pissed.
0:26.4	Hey what?
0:27.2	You see these fascists right here?
0:29.9	Fascists?
0:31.0	Fuck you!
0:32.7	Fuck you, fascists!
0:35.1	Maybe he's more than pissed, I don't know, but this scene is mostly chill.
0:39.3	Whoever's taking the video is laughing.
0:41.3	The whole thing is just sort of unreal, over the top.
0:44.3	Shit!
0:46.3	Shat!
0:47.3	Y'all laughing, but that's the truth, I'm talking real.
0:51.3	The whole time this guy is holding a foot long sandwich.
0:56.2	And the uncut version of this video, it goes on for close to three minutes, but the money
1:00.9	shot is right at the end.
1:02.6	By this point, he's across the street.
1:04.8	And then out of nowhere, you can see him wind up, and he throws the sandwich point-blank
1:09.3	at one of the officers.
1:11.0	Then he runs away with the feds chasing him down, everyone's laughing.
1:14.6	The whole scene is just, I don't know, it's very silly.
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