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Michael's new documentary, Created Equal: Justice Thomas in His Own Words ... Is some of the criticism of Thomas from the left racist? ... Why isn't he celebrated in the black community? ... Thomas's originalist view of the Constitution ... Thomas's wife Ginni, a conservative activist ... How Thomas's grandfather shaped his life ... The Anita Hill hearings and their legacy ... Why does Thomas rarely speak at oral argument? ...

Mickey’s face, Bob’s face, and other pandemic-related things ... Will Tara Reade derail the Biden nomination? ... The human cost of herd immunity ... Stoking and quelling antagonism toward China ... The “slow, creeping degradation” of governance under Trump ... Will Trump pay the ultimate political price for mishandling the Covid crisis? ... Bob versus the statisticians (and some good news about remdesivir) ... How will we think back on the pandemic in 30 years? ...

Dan's new book, The Toddler in Chief, and Steve's new book, Never Trump ... Examining the evidence of Trump's toddlerhood ... The president is no longer the "last adult in the room" ... Dan: "Trump has displayed almost no learning whatsoever" ... The NeverTrumpers who became Trumpers, and those who held out ... Why was the Democratic Party able to stop Bernie in 2020? ... Follow the lack of money ...

Matt angers his fanbase by supporting Justin Amash ... Analyzing the new anti-Trump "Mourning in America" ad ... Is the ad too dark? ... Average-American Bill says Trump's rah-rah ad rings false ... Bill narrates getting blocked by Liz Bruenig on Twitter ... Throwing cold water on the nascent "replace Biden" movement ...

Nikole Hannah-Jones wins a Pulitzer Prize for the 1619 Project ... Glenn: This is "a desperate struggle for dignity" in the face of black failure ... Self-hatred and patronization ... Glenn: A bubble that I thought would burst hasn't burst ... Biden's black agenda vs. Glenn's black agenda ... John: Black men need jobs ... Race and the picking of fruit ... Glenn: Don't teach children that their future is outside of their hands ...

Michael's new book, Against the Web: A Cosmopolitan Answer to the New Right ... The hidden factor in the story of Bret Weinstein and Evergreen College ... Why exactly is Ben Shapiro part of the Intellectual Dark Web? ... What Jordan Peterson gets right ... Michael's proposed political answer: "socialist cosmopolitanism" ... Michael: "Electorally, it's an extremely bleak time" ... Condemning Biden's anti-China rhetoric ... How should the American left view China? ...

Brandon explains what a coronavirus is ... Where the virus came from ... Evaluating the "laboratory escape" theory ... The path to an effective vaccine ... Brandon: We have not been alarmist about the pandemic ... Why a forecasting model can be way off but still correct ... Brandon: The federal government has underreacted from the start ... Brandon critiques the surgeon general's messages to African Americans ...

Texas and other states begin reopening ... Bob's state park confession ... A sermon on statistical significance ... There’s a much faster, if controversial, way to test vaccines. Bob says do it. ... Will the pandemic make online censorship as American as apple pie? ... Mickey: There's a non-trivial chance Biden gets replaced ... Bob attacks the GOP's attacks on China ... Do the origins of the virus really matter? ... Harvard comes clean about its ties to Jeffrey Epstein ...

Comparing the Biden allegations to the Kavanaugh and Franken allegations ... A collision of principles ... If Biden withdraws, what happens next? ... Bill: Don't malign the character of accusers ... What's the best PR strategy for Biden? ... Matt endorses Rep. Justin Amash for president (and loses Twitter followers) ... Will Amash matter? ... The Costanza/Trump motto: "It's not a lie if you believe it" ...

Jody describes what it's like inside his hospital ... How an outbreak in a prison could overwhelm the local hospital system ... Jody: "Most people don't need to be locked up, and don't need to be locked up for that long" ... What about all the murderers and rapists? ... Why Jody is not a prison abolitionist ... How Covid kills ...