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A big shift in a big battleground state.
Trump’s “Marie Antoinette problem”.
And what’s behind the surge of Sen. Jon Ossoff?
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The Atlantic's Tom Nichols joins me to talk about the cascading delusions of the Trump team, his “human binky,” Natalie Harp, and our ever shirking, ever-shrinking Congress.
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Dog owner, grandfather, author, "How the Right Lost Its Mind",. Never Ever Trump. No regrets. Email: [email protected]; @sykescharlie.bsky.social
Intellectually honest journalist and columnist for NOTUS Perspectives. Author of ‘Too Dumb to Fail’ and ‘Filthy Rich Politicians.’ Political commentary, media criticism, news and culture, with a dose of humor. (Opinions here are my own.)
I’m a journalist always looking for a deeper understanding of the issues.
Julian Zelizer is a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University. He is the author of The Long View newsletter on Substack. Zelizer, the author and editor of 28 books, is also a columnist for Foreign Policy.
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