About this episode

The episode discusses the death of Senator Lindsey Graham and the implications of his political legacy, alongside various political topics including elder abuse and election integrity.

Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman open on the death of South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham, who came back from Ukraine feeling unwell, skipped medical treatment to go do Meet the Press, and then died at 71. They argue over the legacy: whether Graham was blackmailed into MAGA or was simply a weak, attention-hungry climber who traded his soul for a seat at the club, plus the parade of Democrats falling over themselves to mourn a man who spent a career pushing wars. From there it's the Mitch McConnell proof-of-life photo, the internet hunting for clues in an Adidas logo, and the darker truth underneath the conspiracy talk: a geriatric political class clinging to power long past the point of elder abuse. Then the New York Times bombshell that Israel recruited former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as an intelligence asset and planned to install him after toppling the regime, a plan that fell apart when the Revolutionary Guard caught on. It closes on Trump gutting the Election Assistance Commission down to zero members while teasing a primetime speech about 2020, and why November may not be free or fair. Support the show by signing up to our Patreon to hear the full…

People in this episode

Hosts: Jared Yates Sexton, Nick Hauselman

Topics covered

• political legacy
• Senate news
• MAGA politics
• elder abuse in politics
• intelligence operations
• 2020 election integrity

Keywords

• Lindsey Graham
• Mitch McConnell
• political legacy
• elder abuse
• intelligence operations
• 2020 election
• Ukraine
• Adidas

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: New York Times, Election Assistance Commission, Ukraine, Adidas

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