The Cadres and the Cabal (#563)
About this episode
The episode discusses various political and cultural topics, including media narratives, socialism, and current events surrounding Trump and the Democratic Party.
-Welch enters his Charles Nelson Reilly era -Laura Branigan, Happy Mondays, and songs you didn’t know were covers -Puerto Rico’s revenge -The cadres are closing in - Reihan Salam and Larry Flynt -DAC hits the media circuit and refuses to answer the easiest question in politics -Aber Kawas explains 9/11, in a Miss South Carolina sort of way -Vaporware word clouds masquerading as policy -No borders, no prisons, no TSA PreCheck… no joke -Nationalizing airlines, abolishing comfort, and calling it justice -Mamdani’s machine, the DSA bench, and the Democratic Party’s growing nervous breakdown -Polymarket vs. the polls -The internet is not a socialist invention, no matter how hard socialists try -Senate Republicans discover Trump skepticism several years too late -The SAVE Act tantrum and the incredible courage of people who already lost -Tucker, Trump, Iran, inflation, and the limits of MAGA obedience -Peter Thiel’s terrifying secret network of people talking at conferences -Moynihan goes to Dialog and accidentally joins the Illuminati -Kmele reports back from the alleged cabal -Bohemian Grove was cooler because at least you had to break in Prefer to watch & chat live with other…
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