Beg to Differ with Mona Charen

Nick Grossman joins the group to discuss Biden's exit and Harris's rise, her strengths and weaknesses, VP possibilities, GOP blues, and Bibi's speech and protests.

Nicholas's highlight: Biden's address to the nation.

Nicholas's lowlight: Netanyahu's address to Congress.

Mona's highlight: The Olympics You Remember Are Back

Damon's highlight: The collective meltdown of right wing influencers who invented the "is Biden Dead?" conspiracy.

Bill's highlight: Harris steps out on Israel as she navigates Biden and Netanyahu (Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN)

Linda's highlight: Fireside Chat with Condoleezza Rice and Robert M. Gates

The New Yorker's Susan Glasser joins the group (with Andrew Egger) to discuss the aftermath of the assassination attempt, JD Vance, and Biden digging in his heels.

Mona: The Gunman and the Would-Be Dictator by David Frum in The Atlantic.

Damon: Sohrab Ahmari's reaction to Trump's reaction to getting shot at.

Ross Douthat's NYT column on Trump and Destiny.

Andrew: President Biden messed up a key policy detail in Las Vegas speech.

Linda: Are We Living in ‘Late Soviet America’? Niall Ferguson and Jonah Goldberg Debate.

A.B. Stoddard joins to discuss Biden's intransigence, the Democratic party's next moves, the pros and cons of anointing Harris, and more.

A.B.: Trump is Planning for a Landslide Win by Tim Alberta in The Atlantic

and her 2022 item: Why (and How) Biden Should Decline to Run Again

Mona: What Lessons Do the Stunning Results of the French Election Offer? (New Yorker)

Bill: Amid Doubts About Biden’s Mental Sharpness, Trump Leads Presidential Race (Pew)

Damon: Time to Go, Joe, by Marc Leibovich in The Atlantic

Linda: A Better Approach to Race in Medicine by Amy F.S. Lutz in Persuasion

For What It's Worth by Linda Chavez

Former Rep Adam Kinzinger joins the group (plus Chris Cillizza) to discuss the Court's worst ruling since Korematsu, opening the door to God know what if Trump wins. Also, what would an open convention look like?

Mona: Are We in ‘Soviet America’? Not Even Close. By Cathy Young, The Bulwark

Linda: Her trip to Israel, where she was recording.

Adam: Cara Mund, a sincere Never Trump candidate who ran (and lost, but got 19%!) in North Dakota. Adam joined her on her radio show to discuss the state of the Republican Party

Chris: Gabe Fleisher's Wake up to Politics. Gabe has been writing about politics since he was a child and is a politics prodigy. (Substack here)

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The Atlantic's David Frum joins to discuss the debate debacle and what comes next? Can Biden be persuaded to drop out? Also, a look at two Supreme Court cases.

David: Slain Gazan named as Doctors Without Borders staffer was Islamic Jihad rocket maker (Times of Israel)

Mona: Gaza Chief’s Brutal Calculation: Civilian Bloodshed Will Help Hamas (WSJ)

Linda: 4.1 million migrants: Where they’re from, where they live in the U.S. (WaPo)

Bill: France is facing an election like no other. Here’s how it works and what comes next. (AP)

Damon: Same-Sex Relations, Marriage Still Supported by Most in U.S. (Gallup)

Will Saletan guest hosts as Tom Edsall joins the panel to discuss rising political polarization, Biden’s latest moves on immigration, and the crackdown on social media and kids using smartphones.

Tom: The book 'Wolves of K Street' by Brody and Luke Mullins and a story from 

his weekly poker game.

Linda: Experts Handicap the Trump-Biden Debate (Karl Rove, WSJ)

Damon: No, I Don't Want to Protest (Pamela Paul, NYT)

Why Activists Keep Failing the Causes That Fire Them Up (Sarah Isgur, NYT)

Bill: The Return of Peace Through Strength by Robert C. O'Brien (Foreign Affairs)

Biden and Trump tied in the Emerson Poll in... Minnesota.

Will: Louisiana Requires All Public Classrooms to Display Ten Commandments (NYT)

Bibi's shameful Biden attack video

Tom Nichols joins the panel to discuss the rise of the right in Europe (and here), the Hunter Biden verdict, and the Israel hostage rescue.

Mona: The Big Lie's Bad, Very Bad Week by Charlie Sykes.

Linda: No, You Don’t Have the Power to Stop Climate Change by Quico Toro (Persuasion)

Bill: American journalist Evan Gershkovich to stand trial on espionage charges in Russia (NPR)

Damon: John Ganz's new book "When the Clock Broke: Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s"

Tom: John Bolton going through exhaustive detail about Trump's manifest unfitness and then saying he won't vote for Biden on MSNBC.

Tom's referenced item "The Jimmy Clean Hands Election" at The Atlantic.

Sasha Havlicek and Philip Bump join the panel to discuss online disinformation, the GOP reaction to Trump guilty verdict, and the Fauci follies in Congress.

Sasha- The 80th Anniversary of D-Day at Normandy American Cemetery.

Damon- The Tower and the Sewer by Mark Lilla (NYR)

Linda- This Catholic leader shelters migrants. Texas says he runs ‘stash houses.’ (WaPo)

Philip- Two years later, Dinesh D'Souza's obvious misinformation is finally taken down

Mona- World War II Veterans meeting with Ukrainian President Zelensky at Normandy and "The Biggest War on the Small Screen" by Benjamin Parker (Bulwark)

Famed presidential photographer David Hume Kennerly joins Bill Kristol and regulars to discuss the Ford Library's cowardly refusal to honor Liz Cheney, how Democrats should handle the Trump verdict, and Biden's standing with the young and old.

David: In closing, Trump’s team takes the jurors for idiots (Dana Milbank, WaPo)

Mona: Why Trump is hobnobbing with rappers facing gang-related charges (MSNBC)

Bill Kristol: The impressiveness of the Manhattan Trump Trial (NYT).

Linda Chavez: Mexican Democracy Hangs In The Balance (Enrique Krauze, Persuasion)

Bill Galston: Highlight: NATO’s boss wants to free Ukraine to strike hard inside Russia (The Economist)

Lowlight: Almost 6,000 Dead in 6 Years: How Baltimore Became the U.S. Overdose Capital (NYT)

show notes:

The Danger of a Small Act of Cowardice by David Hume Kennerly. (Includes the Cheney / Ford photo referenced in the show.)

David's Resignation Letter from the Ford Presidential Foundation

Joe Klein joins the panel to discuss Haley's Trump support, Alito's freak flags, and polls showing Americans are deeply misinformed about the state of the economy.

Damon: Is the Biden Campaign Running on False Hope? (Isaac Chotiner, NYer)

Linda: Three Books to Help You Understand Nations in Transit 2024 (Freedom House)

Joseph: The U.S. assembles the pieces of a possible Gaza war endgame (David Ignatius, WaPo)

Mona: The Birth of a MAGA Conspiracy Theory (Andrew Egger, The Bulwark)

Bill: If Trump wins, what would hold him back? (Andrew Prokop, Vox)