THINK BIG, BE BIG, DEMOCRATS! THIS IS NOT THE FINAL COUNTDOWN - 5.11.26

About this episode

Keith Olbermann discusses Democratic strategies and critiques Trump's actions while reflecting on political issues in the current landscape.

SEASON 4 EPISODE 84: COUNTDOWN WITH KEITH OLBERMANN A-Block (3:00) SPECIAL COMMENT: Back from a week off just in time to put the podcast on health hiatus...details within today's supersized edition. Plus, befitting the time off, some meta pictures on how Democrats should plan for what they want this country to look like on its 300th anniversary, if it lasts that long. Will we have jailed Trump and gotten back the money he took? Undone his damage? Eliminated the anachronistic idea that Wyoming should have as many senators as California? Let the Supreme Court continue to lie, cheat and steal the democracy from under us? As John Candy said in "Splash": Think big, be big, my friend. MORE IMMEDIATELY: Whaddya mean the Governor of Virginia hasn't been BRIEFED on the way to overturn her state's Supreme Court's usurpation of redistricting? Why the hell not Hakeem Jeffries? Anybody notice Trump is simply rotating the same three lies about Iran? Why are only independent journalists like Garrett Graff still covering the WHCD non-shooting when the New York Times is doing 31 paragraphs on the future of the dinner like anybody gave a crap? AND MOST IMPORTANTLY: stop saying Trump is painting…

People in this episode

Host: Keith Olbermann

Topics covered

• Democratic strategy
• Trump's impact
• Redistricting
• Media coverage
• Political commentary
• Supreme Court

Keywords

• Democrats
• Trump
• redistricting
• Virginia
• media
• politics
• Supreme Court
• Ted Turner

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: New York Times

Books & works: Splash

Places: Virginia, Wyoming, California

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