Russ Vought, Trump's nominee to run the Office of Management and Budget—and a Project 2025 author—believes we are living in a post-constitutional America and that any check on Trump's power would be illegitimate. And what's really scary is that Vought knows how the government works. Meanwhile, jihadi technocrats effortlessly took over Syria's second-largest city because Assad's protectors—Russia and Iran—are a bit distracted. Plus, Ukraine prepares for Trump. Michael Weiss and Georgetown's Thomas Zimmer join Tim Miller. show notes Zimmer's piece on Russ Vought Michael's piece on the fall of Aleppo Cathy Young's latest regarding Russia's war on Ukraine
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Hey guys, we had a few technical and logistical difficulties on this show, but the show ends up turning out great. I think you're going to love it. You're going to learn a lot. We've got two very smart guests. As I mentioned yesterday, we were going to have Mark Hertling on to talk foreign policy, but we had a scheduling snafu, so we switched that out. He'll be on again soon.
And we've got Michael Weiss on to talk about foreign policy. And then we added to that Thomas Zimmer, who is a historian who looks at democracy around the world.
And he wrote this great post on Substack about Russell Vogt and kind of about the evolution of right-wing thought towards this more post-constitutional moment and why that is particularly scary and how that's evolved from the Tea Party days. Both guys are super smart. Then as a bonus, on top of that, on top of the scheduling snafu, the power went out here in New Orleans during the pandemic.
podcast at one point. We have very, very strong, the best infrastructure here in these red states. You take the good with the bad when you go to New Orleans. So you might hear a little difference in the audio quality between this and the interview. And then after the power goes out, the audio might change again. So Apologies. We did the best we could. The content, though, the content is A+.
So stick around for the content and appreciate you. We'll be seeing you on the other side with Thomas Zimmer. Hello and welcome to the Bullard Podcast. I'm your host, Tim Miller. I'm delighted to be here today with a new guest, visiting professor at Georgetown. He teaches 20th century U.S. and international history with a focus on transatlantic history of democracy and its discontents.
We have many discontents right now. He writes Democracy Americana on Substack and the co-host of a podcast, Is This Democracy? It's Thomas Zimmer. How are you doing, man? Welcome to the pod.
I'm doing well. Thank you so much for having me.
As people might notice, you're German. Yes. That is not a Kansas accent. So I welcome you to our great country, land of the free, and our late constitutional republic. Welcome.
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