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On shaving and summer schedules ... Bill: "A blue wave is building" ... Matt fears a monster movie–style Trump comeback ... Bill: Elected Democrats aren't on board with #DefundThePolice ... Is Kamala now the safe VP pick? ... The trouble with hashtag slogans ... Examining Tom Cotton's controversial NYT op-ed ...

John: George Floyd's murder was not an exclusively racial matter ... Glenn: "We're in the grip of hysteria" ... John: Apparently anti-racism trumps even medical science ... What it's like being a black contrarian right now ... Glenn: The real threat to black people is crime ... John argues that fixing problems with the cops has to be the first step ...

Ross's new book, The Decadent Society: How We Became the Victims of Our Own Success ... Ross's surprising perspective on technological change ... The Back to the Future test: looking at 1955 vs. 1985 and 1985 vs. 2015 ... Is information technology leading to disruption or stagnation? ... Imagining how a new renaissance might emerge ... Space travel as an escape from decadence ... Ross is skeptical about Bob's favorite Catholic theologian, Teilhard de Chardin ... The Matrix, Wall-E, and Jesus ... Applying Ross's decadence thesis to the pandemic and the protests ...

Bill de Blasio's rise to power as NYC's great progressive hope ... The very strange story of de Blasio and the Park Slope YMCA gym ... The moment that changed everything between de Blasio and the cops ... De Blasio's bungled reaction to the virus ... Bernie's loss and the socialist left's debate over "electoralism" ... Why did the protests go national so quickly? ... Dave: De Blasio is scared of the cops ... Are the protests good or bad for Trump? ... What will NYC look like post-pandemic? ...

Was the pandemic lockdown overkill? ... How Michele transitioned her high school students to distance learning ... Michele: We changed the rules on our students ... The “herd mentality” opposing herd immunity ... Michele: “Teachers should be getting back to work” ...

Why did George Floyd’s death spark such a massive uprising? ... Mickey senses a whiff of the sixties ... The debacle of clearing Lafayette Park ... Bob vs. Mickey on whether it’s time to worry about Trump’s authoritarianism ... Are progressives inviting a Trumpian catastrophe? ... Will the protesters vindicate the anti-lockdowners? ... Mickey's fears for a second Trump term: Jared unleashed ... In defense of the NYT running Tom Cotton's infamous op-ed ... Local news ...

Josh: This is a more dangerous moment than any I can remember ... Was George Floyd lynched? ... Glenn views police abuse as a universal problem and fears racialized backlash ... Josh worries about free and fair elections in November ... Glenn: Violence and looting must be denounced ... Glenn and Josh agree that Trump is not up to the task ... The price of order and the cost of chaos ...

Protests and social distancing ... Bill: Trump is "presiding over a societal breakdown that he is partly the cause of" ... Anecdotal evidence that conservatives are jumping ship ... Matt changes his mind about taking a knee ... Matt: Trump exacerbates controversies and creates new ones for fun ... Is Rep. Steve King's primary loss a sign that Trumpism is waning? ... Valerie Plame loses her run for Congress ... Bill tries to get Matt to endorse Biden ...

A close look at the Central Park birder incident ... Isn't asking someone to leash their dog a typical Karen move? ... Is there any upside to an online shaming? ... Obligatory Canadian angle ... A strange article on working mothers and childcare during the pandemic ... Phoebe recommends talking to a marriage counselor before a journalist ...

A return to "root causes" for racial unrest? ... Bob: The worst thing anyone in America does every day can go viral ... Mickey wonders whether the pandemic is burning out on its own ... 100K deaths but anti-lockdown forces are on the march ... Is a cold war with China now inevitable? ... Bob's advice for Biden: Don't be feisty ... Jeff Sessions tests whether GOP voters will believe anything Trump says ... Is Trump's threat to hobble social media companies just a bluff? ... Viewer feedback and a potential theme song ...