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All eyes are focused on Capitol Hill this week as the debt ceiling, government funding, and infrastructure talks continue to heat up in both houses of Congress. Also happening in both chambers is testimony on Afghanistan from Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Mark Milley, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, and U.S. Central Command Commander Gen. Kenneth McKenzie. Sarah has the week off, so Steve, David, and Jonah discuss it all on this week’s episode. And for dessert: the future of the Republican Party.
Show Notes:
-Uphill on what the heck is going on in Congress
-Jennifer Graham Afghanistan reporting
-Robert Kagan on our constitutional crisis in the Washington Post
Hailey has to break her verbal tick of “you know”. It is really annoying.
Maybe I didn’t read your newsletters right, or it’s just the audio medium versus text. But your point David, about the GOP and the individuals who believe this hot garbage, being good people that we all know, is spot on. I know them. It’s still crazy to me when I talk to them how reasonable they are on every other topic, and then when you talk about Trump, Qanon, or any of these wild conspiracies, I’m shocked how much they believe. To me it’s like a bad fan-fiction that they think is reality. Or the kid from the movie Galaxy Quest. Who goes to all the comic conventions, when told it’s real shouts, “I knew it!”
Thanks David, you do a great job covering this. Not many do. If any.