Episodios

  • S2 Ep1059: Sam Stein: The Divorce

    S2 Ep1059: Sam Stein: The Divorce
    Jun 6 2025
    Elon went nuclear, accusing Trump of being a pedo, taking credit for his election victory, and calling for his impeachment. Trump in return may try to destroy Musk's businesses, or worse. While the public feud is entertaining—Thursday was one of the best days for Twitter and Steve Bannon—their meltdown is also frightening. It shows that we are at the mercy of two emotionally unstable men who can blackmail each other. Of course, Republicans and Fox desperately want the clash to end, because for starters, it could complicate the passage of a tax and spending bill that only Stephen Miller can love. Plus, JD is still a wimp, and Howard Lutnick is still a fool.

    Sam Stein joins Tim Miller for the weekend pod.

    show notes

    • Action for Andry: Protest at SCOTUS at 5pm Friday
    • Tim's playlist
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    59 m
  • S2 Ep1058: Matt Yglesias: Elon's Smash and Grab

    S2 Ep1058: Matt Yglesias: Elon's Smash and Grab
    Jun 5 2025
    Trump's and Musk's very public breakup may be amusing, but don't lose sight of the fact that DOGE was a failure—despite what the manosphere says. Elon's ego trip found no fraud and cut only a minor amount of spending. But those cuts are meaningfully hurting the global poor as well as scientific research at home. And now, Republicans are trying the same kind of DOGE sleight of hand on their spending bill, largely under the radar. Meanwhile, Megan McCain is getting in on the snake-oil gravy train, and the Epstein conspiracists may have it backwards. Plus, a deep dive into how Dems can win red states, fight the culture wars, and show how they're looking out for the little guy.

    Matt Yglesias joins Tim Miller.

    show notes

    • Action for Andry: Protest at SCOTUS at 5pm Friday, followed by Free Andry live show

    • Matt on the failure of DOGE

    • Lauren on the Dems weighing a high-risk plan to win the Senate

    • Matt's piece from April on the Dem plan to win the Senate

    • Matt's Daddy blog piece
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    1 h y 7 m
  • S2 Ep1057: Rahm Emanuel: Trump Is a Chump

    S2 Ep1057: Rahm Emanuel: Trump Is a Chump
    Jun 4 2025
    The lovelorn TACO trader has been hanging by the phone at 2am hoping China's Xi will call him to make a tariff deal. But that call is not coming without America paying a very high price— because world leaders know that Trump is a feckless, desperate negotiator. Meanwhile, Republicans are blowing off Elon's take-down of the reconciliation bill and prepping to turn themselves into roadkill in the midterms. Plus, Scranton Joe went missing in the White House, and the Dems need to stop listening to the very smart and very sophisticated (202) babies who think sharing the right pronoun is more important than kids actually knowing what a pronoun is.

    Rahm Emanuel joins Tim Miller.

    show notes
    Action for Andry: Protest at SCOTUS at 5pm Friday, followed by Free Andry live show
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    1 h y 9 m
  • S2 Ep1056: Catherine Rampell: Slow Burn

    S2 Ep1056: Catherine Rampell: Slow Burn
    Jun 3 2025
    Jamie Dimon is spooked about the bond market, business uncertainty about tariffs is dragging the economy, and it seems like no politician will get serious about our nation's debt until it's too late. Meanwhile, Republicans don't even like their own spending bill since they only lie about it—it's just in service of making Trump happy. Plus, Stephen Miller reportedly wants ICE to step up raids at businesses, the immigrant brain drain is bad for America, and the antisemitism coming from the left and right is pretty scary for Jews.

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    53 m
  • S2 Ep1055: Bill Kristol: The Grotesqueness of It All

    S2 Ep1055: Bill Kristol: The Grotesqueness of It All
    Jun 2 2025
    Mike Johnson and Russ Vought outright lied on camera about the proposed Medicaid cuts and the impact they would have on millions of Americans. Marco Rubio lied about the children who are dying because of USAID cuts. And Joni Ernst is reimagining Christianity to be about Jesus teaching his followers not to care about the sick and the poor because they're going to die anyway. And through it all, Peter Thiel is doing everything in his power not to die—or even age. But one saving grace is that Ukraine kicked some Russian ass this weekend.

    Bill Kristol joins Tim Miller.
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    56 m
  • S2 Ep1054: Adam Serwer, Lauren Egan, and Justin Jones: The Attack on Knowledge

    S2 Ep1054: Adam Serwer, Lauren Egan, and Justin Jones: The Attack on Knowledge
    May 30 2025
    The Trump administration is trying to exert ideological control over every knowledge-producing institution in the country. And the assault on colleges is not only about having fewer highly-educated voters, but also depriving Americans of trusted sources of information—much in the way Trump in 2020 wanted to stop counting Covid cases so it looked like he had the pandemic under control. Meanwhile, we're getting too much information about Elon's bladder control problems on his way out the door. Plus, The Bulwark's Lauren Egan and Tennessee's Justin Jones on courage, conscience, fighting a party drunk with power, and the future of the South.

    The Atlantic's Adam Serwer joins Tim Miller for the weekend pod, with a side serving from our live Nashville show.

    show notes
    • Adam's latest piece in The Atlantic, "The New Dark Age"
    • Lawfare's Anna Bower on her search for the administrator of DOGE
    • Adam's book, "The Cruelty Is the Point"
    • The NYT on Elon's intense drug use
    • Tim's playlist
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    1 h y 1 m
  • S2 Ep1053: Live from Chicago

    S2 Ep1053: Live from Chicago
    May 29 2025
    Adam Kinzinger joined Tim on stage in the Windy City Wednesday night to dis Chicken Trump, who's made bitcoin bros, private prisons, his family and friends—and himself—the main winners in his 'TACO' trade economy. Meanwhile, Obama's nuclear deal with Iran may be getting resurrected, and Trump finally seems to realize that Putin is a warmonger. Plus, Dems should put Qatar and El Salvador on notice that there will be a cost for their free gifts in the future, and we are the guys and girls on the white horse who will save this country.

    show notes
    • Trump being asked about 'TACO' trade
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    44 m
  • S2 Ep1052: George Packer: JD, Hollow Man

    S2 Ep1052: George Packer: JD, Hollow Man
    May 28 2025
    Our VP used to think his path to power was through the ruling class at Yale Law School. But after 2016, he saw that his route was through Trump, so he swapped one set of elites for another. And now as a lord among the MAGA ruling class, he's embracing his true cruel, lying self—and railing against the globalists who nitpick about this silly due process thing. Meanwhile, even Elon doesn't like the bankruptcy-threatening reconciliation bill, even if it's larded with kickbacks just for him. Plus, America: stay and fight. And the biggest theft in the history of the presidency is happening every day right before our eyes.

    New Mexico congresswoman Melanie Stansbury and The Atlantic's George Packer join Tim Miller.

    show notes

    • George's profile of the VP, "The Talented Mr. Vance"
    • Rep. Stansbury being featured on Jimmy Kimmel Live!
    • George's piece, "Be A Patriot"
    • George on Ross Douthat
    • Plus, tickets for our live show “Free Andry” on June 6 in DC
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    1 h y 17 m
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