Ambitious Crossover Attempt

Noam and Jen return from an unplanned break just in time to discuss a titanically bad week in American politics. We have Cabinet members inadvertently sharing classified information with the editor in chief of The Atlantic, a president who is out of the loop on important matters of national security, pardons and commutations for sale, and and the debate around due process for potential deportees.

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Jen and Noam work their way through another week of news; the tariff rollercoaster, another Ukraine - Russia policy fail, and the case of Mahmoud Khaili.

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Noam and Jen muster the strength to talk about the week that was, as crappy as it was. We go over the ongoing saga of the Tate brothers and those who feel the need to platform them, Jen finally gives her rant on the right-wing podcast sphere and how fake it all is, how antisemitism is the new cool thing, Europe getting it together, the insanity of the US's new policy of turning off military tech when it feels like it, and the end of Pax Americana.

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Jen and Noam spend her birthday breaking down an extremely chaotic week in news. We discuss the new Alex Thompson and Jake Tapper book about Biden, the botched release of the Epstein Files, the Tate Brothers returning to the US, and the blowup at the White House between Zelensky and Trump and Vance.

At the end of the episode we give an ode to the S2E7 episode of Severance, which is just a beautiful example of visual storytelling while advancing the plot.

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Noam and Jen go over Elon's not so great week and his not so great reactions to his personal dramas. Specifically, his decision to send out an email to every federal employee asking them to give a five point summary of what they did on the job last week or else. Since he decided to send this email on a Saturday night the reactions from various government agencies are still coming in but the FBI and DOJ did not find it at all amusing. Where do Elon and DOGE go now that they are receiving institutional pushback?

We also discuss another disaster - the Trump 2.0 administration's first foray into serious foreign policy affairs in holding "peace talks" between the US and Russia. If it seems like someone is missing there, that's because he was, and he made it very clear before the meeting that Ukraine would not be accepting any deal that didn't include their input. With the talks DOA, the rare earth deal scotched, and nothing to show for the attempt, Trump decided to launch a full-scale social media attack on Zelkensky and Ukraine. It seems that calling Zelensky a dictator was a bridge too far for some conservatives however, and the cracks in the conservative coalition are starting to show.

Finally we discuss the ongoing ceasefire/hostage release going on in Gaza, including Hamas finally returning the deceased members of the Bibas family. The details are horrid, and Israel's response is still not set, but it seems we may be reaching the end of the pro-Hamas movement in the US.

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Jen and Noam once again try to shove a week's worth of events into one pod episode, which is getting harder and harder because everyone refuses to just be normal. We start off by discussing the unexpected news that Elon Musk has indeed welcomed (?) his 13th child, this time with tradgirl influencer Ashley St. Clair. Question mark because Elon does not seem to want to acknowledge the child or its mother. While we try not to have too much fun at Ashley's expense, we do discuss the realities of trad influencers not living their message, a new name for baby mamas, showing feet in a NYP photo spread, and the hypocrisy of it all.

After thoroughly discussing all of that we move on to actual news, such as the possible upcoming negotiations to end the Ukrainian war. Considering we can't figure out who's on first, let alone who is going to be invited to the negotiations and what exactly will be negotiated and what the US's role will be in any negotiated ceasefire, it's a little hard to say if this is a good idea. Also not at all certain is how the Ukrainian people feel about a potential deal, whatever that may end up being.

We also talk about the Department of Justice dropping its corruption case against NYC mayor Eric Adams and the extreme fallout from it, both in people quitting their jobs and reactions in the online sphere. Given that the quid pro quo is a bit hard to miss, and conservative lawyers resigning over being asked to sign off on dropping the case, how does this square with the whole draining the swamp ethos Trump promised?

Finally we get to the big news that the Gulf of Mexico is now the Gulf of America. And if you don't call it that, you'll get kicked out of the White House. Obviously this is peak stupidity and nobody asked for it but what were Trump voters asking for exactly? And speaking of Trump, what's up with him lately? He seems a bit disinterested in the whole being president thing.

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Noam and Jen talk too much again this week and still don't cover everything that happened. What didn't happen are the tariffs on Canada and Mexico, because…well trade wars are not fun and easy to win after all. At least not where there is way more fun stuff to do, like threaten to have the US annex Gaza and turn it into the Las Vegas of the Middle East.

Speaking of, Jen and Noam don't agree on Trump's intentions or what exactly he's trying to accomplish. More importantly, if he is serious about the US getting directly involved in Gaza, who is gonna tell him it's a really really bad idea? Is Trump trying to finesse Egypt and Jordan? Will any of this actually solve the very real problem of what to do with Gaza going forward?

And of course this past week was the week of DOGE. From hijacking the Treasury payment portal, getting access to secure information, unconstitutional power grabs, turning USAID into Public Enemy #1, Trump's interesting disinterest in DOGE's dealings, and wasting a valuable opportunity to effect actual reform a la BLM.

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Jen and Noam cannot fit all of the events of this past week into one episode so we decide to focus on the upcoming slate of tariffs and the horrible American Airlines / Blackhawk collision. We discuss what tariffs may or may not mean for you and your grocery bill and try to figure out what exactly the tariffs are supposed to accomplish in the first place. Is Trump trying to stem the stream of fentanyl into the US? Bring manufacturing back to the states? Address trade imbalance? Replace the income tax? We don't know.

After that, we move on to the accidental collision of an Army Blackhawk helicopter and an American Airlines passenger jet in DC and what is to blame. We do agree that it wasn't DEI that caused the accident, despite what the President, Vice President, Secretary of Defense, and random morons on social media say. Also discussed is the knee jerk reaction of blaming Trump despite him only being in office two weeks and the issues with the FAA going back decades.

We do manage to touch on some of the other horrible awful no good that happened this past week, like the purge of government workers that Trump doesn't like and Elon now literally having the keys to the Treasury. It was a bad week, and it was only week two.

Noam decides to add a new segment to the end of the show because he wanted to talk about the latest Sanderson novel to you. He does not, however, give a Slay The Spire update.

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Noam and Jen try their best to ride the wave of news from Trump's first week back in his old office. We try to decipher what Musk's, er, heartfelt wave to the crowd / possible Nazi salute means and why he can't just apologize for being weird in public.

We then move into discussing the J6 pardon bonanza and our theories about whether the Trump camp was lying when it said each case would be evaluated individually or if Trump just noped out of doing the work.

After that, we discuss the confirmation proceedings of Trump's various Cabinet nominees, including the one whose confirmation seems to be moving at a snail's pace (it's Tulsi). The two biggest confirmations from the past week were Marcio Rubio as Secretary of State and Pete Hegseth as Secretary of Defense, and we discuss the merits and demerits of each one.

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Jen and Noam kick off the Trump presidency by discussing their first thoughts on his inaugural performance, Melania's choice of head and face covering, if either of them was happy to be there, and the missed opportunity for a beautiful inauguration picture. We also spend a little time on Biden's pardon frenzy and why it does (or does not) matter.

From there we spend a little time not discussing the Gaza ceasefire / hostage release deal and why we both have mixed feelings on the subject. We will discuss it at some point, just not today.

Finally we get to the really important story from this past week - what's going on with TikTok? The Supreme Court upheld the law, but does it matter if nobody wants to enforce it? Will anyone make Trump enforce the law? What good would a half sale of TikTok US do, if the CCP still has access to the app's data? Can e-girls cause a color revolution in China?

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