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Why didn't the Emerging Democratic Majority ever emerge? ... John's new book, The Nationalist Revival ... America's history of ethnonationalism and assimilation ... The coalition of the "left behind" ... The global tension between the "somewheres" and the "anywheres" ... Europe's refugee crisis as a hinge point ... Toward a liberal nationalism ... Is John optimistic or pessimistic? ...

Assessing the Kavanaugh hearings ... John: What did Kavanaugh’s accusers have to gain? ... Should Glenn change his mind about Al Sharpton? ... Kanye, Trump, and black patriotism ... John: Trump likes Kanye because Kanye likes Trump ... Where do black issues fit into the #Resistance? ...

Sally's new book, The Opposite of Hate ... Why (gay, lefty) Sally took a gig at Fox News ... A test case of tamping down hate: Ben Shapiro's very bad tweet ... What do liberals get wrong about Trump supporters? ... Sally: Hate is never the answer to hate ... The desire for a loathsome enemy ... Is it crazy to be talking about a second American civil war? ... Sally reveals what the opposite of hate actually is ...

Has the “blue wave” already crested? ... Abortion politics causes conflict between Democrats ... How Michael Avenatti is setting the tone for all 2020 hopefuls ... Can Arizona’s Kyrsten Sinema escape her protester past? ... Bill: Despite the blowback, Elizabeth Warren put the ancestry issue to bed for 2020 ... Matt: Warren proved she can’t go toe-to-toe with Trump ...

White feminism, women's anger, and Taylor Swift ... Women as victims vs. women as oppressors ... The viral ukulele song about women's (supposed) fears ... The men of the "Shitty Media Men" list start to speak out (and sue) ... Phoebe: #MeToo has been three different things, two good and one bad ... Debating the "Grievance Studies" academic hoax ... Recommendations for what to stream tonight ...

When did watching debate become a pastime? ... The blurring of news and entertainment ... Journalists who think they're comedians ... Joe Rogan, Contrapoints, and YouTuber politics ... Aryeh sees historical parallels in the Lincoln-Douglas debates and the Yellow Press ... Is Jordan Peterson an intellectual, an entertainer, or something else? ... Trump's merging of politics and entertainment ... BhTV's place in the debate-o-sphere ... David: Liberals need to have a positive moral idiom and vision ...

Steve's new book, The Hell of Good Intentions ... Steve: "Liberal hegemony" has been almost a complete failure ... Why foreign policy watchers were so optimistic in 1993 ... Bill Clinton's foreign policy blunders: Expansion of NATO and "dual containment" of Iran and Iraq ... Steve: Within the foreign policy establishment, failure has no consequences and dissent is punished ... How both Obama and Trump were captured by the foreign policy "blob" ... Why are so many think tanks interventionist? ... Steve's proposal for a smarter foreign policy: "offshore balancing" ...

Violent rhetoric in the lead-up to Election Day ... Matt: The left-wing “mob” is motivating #NeverTrump voters ... Will Republican momentum from the Kavanaugh hearings last to November? ... Bill argues we need a new temperance movement ... Matt sees potential synergy between social conservatives and #MeToo ... The Republicans who said “no” to Nixon ...

How we know that Earth's climate is changing... ... ...and that humans are responsible for those changes ... Projections are hard, especially about the future ... Patrick: A "climate model" is just math and physics ... Climate change's dire effects on ecosystems ... So what is to be done? ... Costs now, possible benefits for our grandkids ... The politics of climate science ...

Why are Democrats attacking Trump’s foreign policy from the right? ... How many voters really care about foreign policy? ... What’s behind the recurring impulse to expand NATO? ... Is the new Cold War driven more by Russia or the US? ... The case for letting China have Taiwan ... Bob’s pitch for a progressive realist foreign policy ...