In spite of his administration’s efforts to front-load the narrative, the release of the Mueller Report has taken away the ability of Trump (and Barr) to tell the story of the Russia investigation. Narratives matter in Democratic politics and policy as well. More at ProLeftPod.com.

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Ep 490: Mueller Grabs the Narrative

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Trump has a longstanding history of grifting down-ballot Republicans.  Instead of supporting his so-called party, Trump is forever leveraging his status for personal profit.

But the intrigue doesn't end there. We also unpack the un-surprising transformations of "Never Trump" Republicans like Chris Sununu and Bill Barr, who have suddenly found Trump an acceptable candidate for president. 

And we look back at the long-standing pushy partnership between evangelicals and Republicans, discovering that it has always been transactional, even preceding the era of George W. Bush.

And Marge fails at impeachment.  Sad!  

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Ep 796:  The Great Republican Sell-Out

'No Fair Remembering Stuff' Remembers the 2016 and 2020 General Election "debates" and says No More.  And Driftglass's 19 year old blog post gets a reprise as a Harvard professor comes to the same conclusions.  More at proleftpod.com. 

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Ep 795 There Is No More 'Debating' Trump

Big props to Lawrence O'Donnell for going full "No Fair Remembering Stuff" on his Wednesday A-Block.  But then again his network cohorts interviewed Michael Avenatti and John Bolton this week, which just EXHAUSTS us.  

The O'Donnell Monologue. 

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Ep 794 MSNBC Wins and Loses

It's like Trump became JEB! Bush this week: a pleading Republican politician instead of the manifestation of the Republican Base's ID.  We discuss.  

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Ep 793: Trump's Abortion Fail

MSNBC interviews (and we are not making this up) Karl Rove and Reince Priebus.  We have thoughts.  

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Ep 490: Mueller Grabs the Narrative

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