On today’s “To the Contrary” Podcast, I’m joined by The Atlantic’s Tom Nichols for a wide-ranging conversation on a week that felt like it was pulled from a dystopian novel. From a U.S. Senator being manhandled at a press conference to Trump’s military parade dreams and the radicalization of the armed forces, Nichols warns of authoritarian drift masked as political theater. We also dig into Israel’s bold strike on Iran, and whether the world is stumbling into a war it won't be able to control. LANGUAGE WARNING… especially when we briefly mention Corey Lewandowski.)
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Tanks, Rallies, And A Nation On Edge
“I always say, we have two enemies … We have the outside enemy, and then we have the enemy from within, and the enemy from within, in my opinion, is more dangerous than China, Russia, and all these countries … We have some very bad people; we have some sick people, radical-left lunatics. And it should be very easily handled by, if necessary, by the Nati…
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Some highlights of our conversation
Tom explains why he wrote ‘angry” this week.
White privilege cards sold at Trump’s Ft. Bragg rally.
Trump thinks the troops are toy soldiers.
Saturday dogs
Eli at the lake.
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