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**Politix**

Politix is a weekly podcast about the 2024 election from Brian Beutler, Matthew Yglesias, and some occasional guests. We’ll have some good-faith disagreement, some points of consensus, and an overall effort to focus on what’s really at stake in November. Subscribe for new episodes each Wednesday and listen wherever you get your podcasts.

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What Democrats Can Learn From Ron DeSantis's Humiliation Jan 24, 2024

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.politix.fm

This week on Politix, Matt and Brian discuss:

* Ron DeSantis’s humiliation.

* What policy literalism and pandering to base activists (as opposed to grassroots voters) has to do with both DeSantis’s failure, and the underperformance of some high-profile Democratic Party politicians.

* Is there an optimal middle ground between detailed policy laundry lists and Donald Trump-style bullshitting?

Then, paid Politix subscribers get to hear Matt’s mea culpa for setting progressive politics on its course to litmus testing Democratic candidates, Brian’s theory that the Democrats’ policy-forward appeals are sometimes necessary—particularly after long stretches of Republican rule—and what Democratic activists can learn about politics from rich, greedy tax-cut seekers like Jamie Dimon.

Foreign Governments Paid Trump Millions Jan 17, 2024

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.politix.fm

This week on Politix, Matt and Brian discuss:

* Donald Trump’s predictable, big (but not actually all that big) victory in Iowa

* Why leading Republicans (who know Trump is an electoral liability for the party) are trying to end the primary as quickly as possible, even with a semi-viable alternative who could make it a real race.

* Whether the media screwed up by calling the caucuses for Trump minutes after they opened, or whether it marks a return to the ratings and profit-driven mania of their 2016 Trump coverage.

Then, paid Politix subscribers get an in-depth look at a report by Jamie Raskin, the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, which proves Trump accepted payments from foreign governments (including millions from China, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates) throughout his presidency. Matt and Brian debate:

* The political significance of Raskin’s findings.

* Why Democratic leaders seem uninterested in flogging or building on the report.

* What’s changed between 2006, when Democrats saw political value in exposing Republican corruption, and the Trump era, when they have more often than not downplayed it.

Taking January 6 Seriously AND Literally Jan 10, 2024

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This week on Politix, Matt and Brian discuss:

* Was Joe Biden’s January 6 speech a good speech? (No spoilers.)

* Was Joe Biden’s January 6 speech good politics? (No spoilers.)

* Was Joe Biden’s January 6 speech true?(Spoiler: Yes.)

* How the truth of what Biden said affects the question of whether liberals should support Nikki Haley in open-primary states.

* Glenn Greenwald’s imputation that Haley is worse than Trump, and only Democratic party hacks would prefer her to him.

Plus, a Politix first: Twitter’s Will Stancil joins Matt and Brian as the show’s inaugural guest to discuss and debate the role of vibes in politics, and what if anything liberals, progressives, and Democrats can do to improve public opinion given the fractious nature of the center-left coalition.

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