The DSR Network

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: a Pentagon program is over budget. The Sentinel ICBM program is envisioned as a keystone of the US nuclear triad, but why do we need 400 new missiles? Slate columnist Fred Kaplan and Mackenzie Knight from the Federation of American Scientists join Jon Wolfsthal and Heather Williams to shine a light on the program and why it may, or may not, be necessary. 

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The Supreme Court is finally hearing Trump’s appeal of the Colorado ruling removing him from the ballot. The decision will be massive, but it is not the only legal challenge on Donald Trump’s plate. Norm and Kavita break down the case before the Court, and the state of Trump’s numerous legal battles.

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On our Friday edition of the DSR Daily, we cover Tucker Carlson’s interview of Putin, the Special Counsel’s report on Biden’s handling of classified documents, the Supreme Court’s Colorado hearing, and more.

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With Nikki Haley set to make a last stand of sorts in the South Carolina primary later this month, there’s a hidden reason that Donald Trump has been so dominant throughout the GOP nomination process: White evangelicals. Their support for Trump has held through impeachments, scandals, revelations about sexual assault, multiple serious criminal prosecutions, and even an insurrection attempt. We talked to Sarah Posner, a scholar of the religious right, about Trump’s extraordinary hold on these voters—and why it’s changing the Republican Party in insidious, alarming ways.

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Democrats need to get serious about winning in 2024, and they need to hit the Republicans hard. Rachel Bitecofer joins David Rothkopf to talk about her new book, “Hit ‘Em Where It Hurts”, and why Democrats need to embrace their status as the standard bearers of democracy and freedom to mobilize voters and beat Republicans at their own game.

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On the Thursday edition of the DSR Daily, we cover Trump’s impending hearing at the Supreme Court, Brazilian police investigating close Bolsonaro allies in a coup probe, Ukrainian solider shortages, and more.

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In an extraordinary spectacle, virtually all Senate Republicans joined together Wednesday to block a bipartisan bill that would have given Republicans much of what they wanted on border security. Why? Because Donald Trump told them to. We talked to Democratic Senator Michael Bennet of Colorado, who conferred with Republicans throughout this process. He opened up about what Republicans said behind closed doors, noting that they privately admitted that this bill was “aligned with their view of what would be useful for securing the border."

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Congressional Republicans are sacrificing Ukraine for the sake of sticking it to Biden. But failing to provide aid to a key ally would do more than just harm the Biden administration. Kori Schake, Ed Luce, and Rosa Brooks join David Rothkopf for a look at the cost of failure in Ukraine for US global leadership.

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On the Wednesday edition of the DSR Daily, we cover the 135 ceasefire proposed by Hamas, Nikki Haley losing to ‘none of these candidates’ in Nevada, the House Republicans’ failure to impeach Mayorkas, and more.

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On Tuesday, a federal appeals court ruled that Donald Trump is not immune from criminal charges stemming from his effort to steal the 2020 election. With Trump expected to take this to the Supreme Court, how will the timeline of his insurrection-related trial dovetail with the presidential election? We talked to former federal prosecutor Barbara McQuade about all the possible scenarios—including one that backfires spectacularly on none other than the Republican Party’s own voters.

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