Trump’s Last-Ditch Power Grabs Show He’s SCRAMBLING As He Faces MAJOR Defeat
Runaway Country with Alex Wagner
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As the electoral landscape is turning blue, Donald Trump is seeing red. To sooth his wounded ego, the White House is running pro-Trump ads during NFL games, illegally rescinding hundreds of millions of dollars from federal agencies, and threatening the Kennedy Performing Arts Center with demolition for not adding Trump’s name to the facade. To understand the cost of the president's flailing narcissism, Alex chats with Leonard Slatkin, the former conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra—now on involuntary tour since the Kennedy Center's closure. Then, she is joined by historian and On Tyranny author, Timothy Snyder, to discuss what else we can expect from this late stage autocrat.
Order Alex's new book, The Steal: Four Right-Wing Hard-Liners, One Republican Presidency, and The Raid On America's Courts and subscribe to her Substack here.
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CHAPTERS
0:00 - Last-Ditch Power Grabs
6:12 - Interview w/ Leonard Slatkin
12:26 - Boycotting The Kennedy Center
18:30 - What’s At Stake
22:21 - Ad Break
24:39 - Interview w/ Timothy Snyder
29:47 - Trump: Putin’s Little Brother?
40:48 - Ad Break
43:11 - Trump’s Damaged Image
51:37 - Grappling With Defeat
56:15 - Ad Break
57:35 - Crooked Con!
58:09 - Trump’s Relationships w/ Broligarchs
1:03:27 - A Crisis Of Dignity
1:07:46 - Goodbyes
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Being an American right now is a wild ride. Every day brings a new controversy, breathless media narratives and the same loud voices rushing in to score political points. Then another Truth Social post drops and the circus moves on. But all that noise is drowning out the actual story. On her new podcast Runaway Country, veteran journalist Alex Wagner talks to the voices at the center of the headlines: from the fringes of the resistance, to the marrow of MAGA, to the many people who’ve found themselves smack-dab in the crosshairs of a fight they never asked for. Because if you want to understand our unreal times, you’ve got to talk to the very real people who are experiencing it all first-hand. Join Alex as she brings together the stories of everyday Americans trapped in our national car with no brakes, alongside conversations with some of the smartest thinkers in politics. Buckle up, this road could lead anywhere.
Crooked believes that we need a better conversation about politics, culture, and the world around us—one that doesn’t just focus on what’s broken, but what we can do to fix it. At a time when it’s increasingly easy to feel cynical or hopeless, former Obama staffers Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett, and Tommy Vietor have created a place where people can have sane conversations that inform, entertain, and inspire action. In 2017 they started Crooked with Pod Save America—a no-bullshit conversation about politics. Since then, we continue to add shows, voices, and opportunities for activism, because it’s up to all of us to do our part to build a better world. That’s it. End of mission.
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Trump’s Last-Ditch Power Grabs Show He’s SCRAMBLING As He Faces MAJOR Defeat
Runaway Country with Alex Wagner
22,013 views
As the electoral landscape is turning blue, Donald Trump is seeing red. To sooth his wounded ego, the White House is running pro-Trump ads during NFL games, illegally rescinding hundreds of millions of dollars from federal agencies, and threatening the Kennedy Performing Arts Center with demolition for not adding Trump’s name to the facade. To understand the cost of the president's flailing narcissism, Alex chats with Leonard Slatkin, the former conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra—now on involuntary tour since the Kennedy Center's closure. Then, she is joined by historian and On Tyranny author, Timothy Snyder, to discuss what else we can expect from this late stage autocrat.
Order Alex's new book, The Steal: Four Right-Wing Hard-Liners, One Republican Presidency, and The Raid On America's Courts and subscribe to her Substack here.
CHECK OUT OUR SPONSORS:
ZBIOTICS: https://zbiotics.com/ALEX Code: ALEX
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HONEYLOVE: https://honeylove.com/ALEX
FABLE: https://fable.com/crooked Code: CROOKED15
MUD/WTR: https://mudwtr.com/runaway Code: RUNAWAY
CHAPTERS
0:00 - Last-Ditch Power Grabs
6:12 - Interview w/ Leonard Slatkin
12:26 - Boycotting The Kennedy Center
18:30 - What’s At Stake
22:21 - Ad Break
24:39 - Interview w/ Timothy Snyder
29:47 - Trump: Putin’s Little Brother?
40:48 - Ad Break
43:11 - Trump’s Damaged Image
51:37 - Grappling With Defeat
56:15 - Ad Break
57:35 - Crooked Con!
58:09 - Trump’s Relationships w/ Broligarchs
1:03:27 - A Crisis Of Dignity
1:07:46 - Goodbyes
Subscribe to our channel!
Head to CrookedCon.com for tickets, lineup announcements, and more! http://crookedcon.com/
Photos courtesy of AP Photo Archive
For a transcript of an episode of Runaway Country, please email transcripts@crooked.com.
Being an American right now is a wild ride. Every day brings a new controversy, breathless media narratives and the same loud voices rushing in to score political points. Then another Truth Social post drops and the circus moves on. But all that noise is drowning out the actual story. On her new podcast Runaway Country, veteran journalist Alex Wagner talks to the voices at the center of the headlines: from the fringes of the resistance, to the marrow of MAGA, to the many people who’ve found themselves smack-dab in the crosshairs of a fight they never asked for. Because if you want to understand our unreal times, you’ve got to talk to the very real people who are experiencing it all first-hand. Join Alex as she brings together the stories of everyday Americans trapped in our national car with no brakes, alongside conversations with some of the smartest thinkers in politics. Buckle up, this road could lead anywhere.
Crooked believes that we need a better conversation about politics, culture, and the world around us—one that doesn’t just focus on what’s broken, but what we can do to fix it. At a time when it’s increasingly easy to feel cynical or hopeless, former Obama staffers Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett, and Tommy Vietor have created a place where people can have sane conversations that inform, entertain, and inspire action. In 2017 they started Crooked with Pod Save America—a no-bullshit conversation about politics. Since then, we continue to add shows, voices, and opportunities for activism, because it’s up to all of us to do our part to build a better world. That’s it. End of mission.
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