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Devastating New Trump Indictments Set Up Even More Tantalizing Questions Aug 02, 2023

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Special Prosecutor Jack Smith just dropped four new charges on Donald Trump, indictments for conspiring to overturn American democracy and ultimately causing January 6. Former prosecutor and US Congressman Paul Hodes joins Matt Robison and Republican political consultant Alicia Preston to walk through the three biggest questions from the new charges: how strong are they, can Trump's defense work, and how will all of these mounting legal cases get done before the 2024 election? 0:00 The Charges 1:43 How Strong IS The Case? 4:44 Trump's Defense: Will It Work? 10:11 The Co-Conspirators 11:59 Why No Sedition Charge? 13:41 Republicans' Lame Response 15:50 Trump's Insane Response 18:13 Trump's Other Problem: Money 19:35 Can We Do ALL These Trials? 21:26 Can Trump Still Win?

Political campaigns run on one thing, and he's the master of getting it Aug 01, 2023

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No one likes money in politics. But the simple truth is, if you want to win and do the things that you believe in, you need to raise campaign cash. And one of the Democratic Party's top experts on how to do it, Josh Handelman, says, we shouldn't feel bad about that. We should embrace it. He also explains how things have changed int he past 17 years in campaigns, what works and what doesn't and Matt and Josh share some of their best secrets for being successful in campaigns.

PART TWO Horrible and Embarrassing: DeSantis Actually Running the Worst Campaign Ever? Jul 30, 2023

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Following Part One on the Ron DeSantis campaign catastrophe, Kartik Krishnaiyer, one the the nation's leading experts on Florida politics and proprietor of The Florida Squeeze and Matt Robison discuss whether a reboot is possible. ALSO: the biggest Senate race in the country that you probably should be paying more attention to. And another incredible, undemocratic, anti-democracy power grab. And if you want to see Kartik's book, check it out here. And come support us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/user?u=7411781

Horrible and Embarrassing: DeSantis Actually Running the Worst Campaign Ever? Jul 28, 2023

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When top elections analysts are asking whether your campaign is the worst in modern political history, you know things have gone south. And that's where things are for Ron DeSantis after a series of disasters, embarrassments, and acts of stubbornly clinging to insane positions. Kartik Krishnaiyer, one the the nation's leading experts on Florida politics and proprietor of The Florida Squeeze joins to walk through this monumental political disaster and what it means for the presidential race. And if you want to see Kartik's book, check it out here. And come support us on ⁠Patreon⁠ to see PART TWO of the video of this episode! https://www.patreon.com/user?u=7411781

Top Five Mind-Blowing Images from the James Webb Telescope in Year One Jul 27, 2023

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It's time for another installment our most fun episode series on space, where we go WAY Beyond Politics. We welcome back UNH Observatory Director John Gianforte to talk about what the James Webb Space Telescope has discovered in it's first year, and run down the top five most mind-blowing images. Find the full video on our Patreon page here, and please support our work! Or if you want to pull up those images yourself, here they are:

5) James Webb Space Telescope time travels billions of years in amazing 3D visualization https://www.space.com/james-webb-space-telescope-3d-video-13-billion-year-journey

4) Neptune's rings https://www.planetary.org/space-images/neptunes-rings-2

3) James Webb Space Telescope celebrates 1st year of science with jaw-dropping view of cosmic nursery https://www.space.com/james-webb-space-telescope-new-image-rho-ophiuchi-celebrate-year-science-july-12

2) Webb Detects Water Vapor in Rocky Planet-forming Zone https://webbtelescope.org/contents/news-releases/2023/news-2023-130 AND Exoplanet HIP 65426 b https://www.planetary.org/space-images/exoplanet-hip-65426-b

1) The deep field. https://www.planetary.org/space-images/jwsts-first-deep-field-image

Three Signs Republicans Are Back in Epic Presidential Hell Again Jul 25, 2023

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Three under the radar stories from recent days suggest that Republicans are once again about to kneecap each other and leave a wide open path for Donald Trump. Also, disaster in Israel for democracy, an empty trying to get back to the top in New Hampshire, and what's with the death of sports sections?

Third Disastrous Trump Indictment Day Is Looming. And Is Sununu REALLY Done? Jul 19, 2023

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The trump indictment three-peat is looming, and there are huge questions involved. Will this one matter politically and start to peal away Republicans? Can DeSantis make a surge off this? Is there a "David" strategy in this primary? AND, what does New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu declaring he won't run for re-election mean? IS he reconsidering challenging for the nomination?

Did a Famous Cop Mind Trick An Innocent Man Into a Murder Confession? Jul 18, 2023

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Lying. Hypnotizing. Gaslighting. Did Texas’ “serial killer whisperer” and his questionable tactics ensnare an innocent man? An amazing new podcast from journalist Maurice Chammah and the Marshall Project called "Just Say You’re Sorry" poses all of those questions and ultimately asks, what’s the price that we pay for a sense that we’ve closed the books, when we might be closing them on the wrong page?

Maurice Chammah is a staff writer and the author of "Let the Lord Sort Them: The Rise and Fall of the Death Penalty," which won the 2019 J. Anthony Lukas Work-In-Progress Book Award. His work has been published by The New Yorker, The Atlantic and The New York Times.

Mailbag! Is A Shrewd Strategy Bringing MORE Trump Legal Danger? Jul 17, 2023

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It's our July mailbag! Your questions and comments answered, including:

Why won't the media report more on the DeSantis Guantanamo Bay story?
What's about to happen with the Trump case in Georgia?
Does Jack Smith have a major ace up his sleeve against Trump?
Is Jim Jordan going to be sued for his role in the Ohio State scandal?
Who are the top five Dems who could be replacement White House contenders?
Are Trump voters...hiding?

Trump and Netanyahu Make New Moves to Kill Democracy, Save Themselves Jul 12, 2023

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The panel discusses the eerie parallels on a day when Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu both made new legal maneuvers to stay out of prison and regain (or regain) power. Also, what does a new grand jury empaneling mean in Georgia. And is Biden crushing it when it comes to our alliances?

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