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With Eliot on the road Eric welcomes Bulwark Editor at Large Bill Kristol to the show. They discuss the prospects for a Supplemental Appropriation for Ukraine aid in the Congress, the state of public opinion on the war in Ukraine, the impact of the Republican Presidential debate on support for…

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Jonathan Last: "I would guess that he had a duplicate setup to run tests on. His makeup is exactly suited to the light and camera. His hair is teased differently than normal to provide some overhang. The jaw-jut and downward tilt of the head hide his jowls. Combine those affects with his slight turn

Jonathan Last: "There is no easy way out for Good Republicans. Extricating the party from Trump was always going to require pain.""They declined to accept that pain in 2016. They declined again in 2020. And 2021. I see no reason to believe that they’ll finally bite the bullet in 2024. Instead,

Jonathan Last wants to pretend we could go back in time, to January 2017, and tell people that in six years: Trump will have been impeached twice. He will have been found guilty of rape by a jury of his peers. He will have been soundly defeated for re-election, but refused to concede the

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Jonathan Last: "It would not surprise me—at all—if Trump chooses to surrender himself on August 23. He’d then take over the entire news cycle that day with its wall-to-wall coverage of the fingerprinting and mugshot.""And then Trump goes straight from the jail to a giant Trump rally that r

Jonathan Last: "I am not suggesting that Trump’s arraignment shouldn’t be covered. There is a school of thought that seeks to minimize this story in the hope that depriving Trump of oxygen will make him go away. This is foolishness masquerading as prayer.""Here is my simple ask of our broadc

There’s plenty to say for Scott — but his strengths are also connected to primary-campaign weaknesses.