As the dumpster fire of U.S. politics shoots sparks across the globe, will the Pentagon supply safeguards or sycophants? What will MAGA authoritarianism look like for our communities and those abroad? And should Democrats be reconsidering their approach to law and order? Congressman Adam Smith sits down with Tommy to discuss the state of American national security, and what Democrats need to do differently to broaden their coalition. Then, Tommy and Jon answer listeners' questions on whether Democrats need their own Tea Party, Gen Z's rightward shift, and if podcasting is for the faint of heart. For a closed-captioned version of this episode, click here. For a transcript of this episode, please email [email protected] and include the name of the podcast.
What does Congressman Adam Smith think about the Democratic Party's current strategy?
So, you know, it's a it's almost a good reminder that like we don't really need to call people all kinds of names just to make a devastating case.
But we will. And it's also a good reminder that, you know, for public figures or elected officials, the standard is far higher than commentary about individual citizens. And I think. We focus on elected officials anyway. John, Nish Coleslaw00 wants to know, what are your favorite podcasts, let's say non-crooked media, and newsletters that you look forward to consuming each week?
I read... JVL's triad and the bulwark. Great one. Unlike Sarah. Yeah. Sarah's not ever read that. I listened to a lot of the bulwark pods. I listened to Ezra's pod. I listened to Kara Swisher's stuff.
Ezra's on a one name basis for you, like Madonna. Everyone knows Ezra. Okay.
Right. Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway. I listened to their stuff.
I really like Hard Fork, Casey Newton, and Kevin Roos over at the New York Times. I'm happy to say that we talked about us having that show on our network, and then they jilted us and dumped us and went for the New York Times.
I love Derek Thompson's pod, plain English.
Great writer, too. I love this show, Pardon My Take. It's a Barstool sports show. Newsletters, I don't know. Besides Message Box, I'm not a huge... newsletter consumer? They go to my inbox and I forget to get to them.
Yeah, I have them all flagged every morning. Subsects that I subscribe to and I have them all flagged like I'm going to read them later. And then I, like I said, I read the message box and I read JVL and I sometimes read a few others, but it's hard.
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