Trump Takes MAGA Senators on Field Trip, Allowing Dems To Confirm More Judges
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OA1090 - It's an ALL GOOD NEWS EPISODE! It exists, and there is plenty of it. Positive vibes only for today's dose of practical hope. And right when you think it can't get any better, the Footnote Fetish returns! Matt has found yet another bizarre RFK Jr animal-related scandal, this one far from the headlines at the intersection of election and avian law. Also Thomas Takes the Bird Exam! , Cook Political Report ) “” (11/21/24) (11/18/24) “ (11/5/24) Check out the OA for all the places to go and things to do! If you’d like to support the show (and...
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All the President's... Defense Attorneys
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OA1089 - Trump's Staff Infection, part 3 plus T3BE48! In this installment of Fashwatch’s continuing review of Trump’s incoming legal team, we take a closer look at what we know about the top spots in his DOJ and some of the other most important lawyers in any Presidential administration: White House counsel, Solicitor General, and the US Attorney for the Southern District of New York. 1. “ (8/25/22) Check out the OA for all the places to go and things to do! If you’d like to support the show (and lose the ads!), please pledge at !
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Enter the Gaetz of Hell
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OA1088 - Trump's Staff Infection Vol. 2 With special guest Lydia Smith! Matt explains why only lawyers can truly destroy the rule of law before Lydia reviews what Project 2025 has planned for the Department of Justice. We then consider Donald Trump’s intention to make his favorite Florida (Congress)man our next Attorney General without or without Senate approval. Who is America’s Worst Matt, and could this weird loser really be the angel of Trump’s retribution? “,” Tampa Bay Times (11/15/24) Check out the OA for all the places to go and things to...
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Trump's Picks Are So Bad He Wants To Subvert His Own Congress. Can He?
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OA1087 - We examine how the incoming President and his administration are already breaking the law with his transition team before taking on his announced intention to subvert the Constitution--and his own political party--through an unprecedented clown car of forced recess appointments. From the Defense Secretary the National Guard determined they couldn’t trust with a gun around Joe Biden to the Attorney General who just resigned from Congress to avoid the details of what he has been doing with high school students to the deputy chief of staff who is Stephen Miller, there are plenty...
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Trump's Staff Infection
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OA1086 - We're modifying the schedule a little! Introducing fash-watch with Lydia. We're going to keep a very watchful eye on Trump's incoming government. We're starting this week with the EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin and UN Ambassador Elise Stefanik. But don't worry! After that, we're still on with Heather and the regularly scheduled bar exam failure! Make sure to find openargs on Bluesky and play T3BE there! Check out the OA for all the places to go and things to do! If you’d like to support the show (and lose the ads!), please pledge at !
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How Joe Biden Can Go Out a Legend
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OA1085 - Matt has put together a preliminary list of things Joe Biden can and should do in the lame duck period. Will he? Let's make him. After that, we examine something that he should absolutely not do courtesy of the aspiring fascists of the National Review. As a little treat. (11/6/24) Check out the OA for all the places to go and things to do! If you’d like to support the show (and lose the ads!), please pledge at !
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The Luckiest Criminal Defendant in American History
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OA1083 - What does it mean to be a legal podcast at a time when the rule of law itself is in play? We reflect on this moment before answering a few patron questions and taking a closer look at the current state of each of the three criminal cases against Donald Trump as of this week. ” DOJ memo dated 10/16/2000. Check out the OA for all the places to go and things to do! If you’d like to support the show (and lose the ads!), please pledge at !
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No, She Didn't 'Lose' 15m Democratic Votes
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Hey folks, this is more of an SIO, but I recorded a solo show because I have to debunk this myth about Kamala losing 10-15m Democratic votes. The truth is not at all that. I also have a million other thoughts that I really just want to get out there and that I hope will be helpful. Matt and I will be back on Friday. Also, I'm not charging Patreon for this one since it's on SIO. Thanks.
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We're In Serious Trouble
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Hey folks, it's bad. MAGA is on track to win everything. Matt and I got on for some unfiltered, unedited talk.
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What Are the ACTUAL Policy Differences Between Trump and Harris?
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OA1083 - the last episode before the election! So Matt thought it would be a great time to give a final round up of the actual policy differences between Trump and Harris. Are these two candidates really any different? Yes. Obviously yes. What a stupid question. First day on Earth or something? Check out the OA for all the places to go and things to do! If you’d like to support the show (and lose the ads!), please pledge at !
info_outlineIs it okay to call Trump a “fascist”? Is our democracy itself really on the line next month? And what might our legal system look like after a second Trump term? We look behind the headlines to begin to examine the nuances of these questions in this first of several planned episodes on the current state of the American right.
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“The Rise of Competitive Authoritarianism,” Steven Levitsky and Lucan A. Way, Journal of Democracy (April 2002)
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They Thought They Were Free (full text), Milton Meyer (1955)
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The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America, Timothy Snyder (2018)
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Nothing is True and Everything is Possible: The Surreal Heart of the New Russia, Peter Pomerantsev (2015)
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