Matt Bennett joins the team to discuss the ill-considered No Labels third party gambit. The group then turns to Trump's return to Fox, Greg Abbott's proposed pardon of a murderer, and how abortion is roiling elections.

highlights/lowlights

Damon's:

https://substack.com/profile/12665540-damon-linker?utm_source=substack-feed-item

https://on.substack.com/p/notes

Bill's:

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/04/13/21-year-old-with-top-secret-information-00092002

Linda's:

https://www.theunpopulist.net/p/the-us-is-not-close-to-doing-enough?utm_medium=email

Matt's:

https://twitter.com/JuliaDavisNews/status/1646205733774540823?s=20

Mona's:

https://www.econtalk.org/erik-hoel-on-the-threat-to-humanity-from-ai/

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Maya MacGuineas of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget discusses our broken budget and the fiscal gridlock that is undermining America’s economic strength. Plus, why people are taking to the streets in Israel.

highlights/lowlights

Damon's:

https://www.liberalpatriot.com/

Bill's:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/03/29/investigating-low-fertility-rates/

Mona's:

https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/the-secret-joke-at-the-heart-of-the-harvard-affirmative-action-case

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Philip K. Howard joins the group to discuss his book on public sector unions. The panel — with special guest Cathy Young — also addresses Trump's possible indictment and looks back at the 20th anniversary of the start of the Iraq War.

highlights/lowlights

Philip's:

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-03-23/lausd-strike-ends-with-no-settlement-but-classes-to-resume

Bill's:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/22/us/politics/desantis-putin-ukraine-russia.html

https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a43402697/jack-daniels-parody-dog-toy/

Cathy's:

https://apnews.com/article/icc-putin-war-crimes-ukraine-9857eb68d827340394960eccf0589253

Damon's:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/03/22/surprising-post-trump-consensus/

Mona's:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-65057249

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/11/pandemic-baby-bump-fertility/671964/

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Ken White (Popehat) joins the panel to consider the wisdom of the Manhattan DA's Trump indictment, as well as DeSantis joining the surrender caucus, SVB, and a low moment at Stanford Law.

highlights/lowlights

Linda's:

https://www.jamesgmartin.center/2023/03/law-school-mismatch-is-worse-than-we-thought/

Damon's:

https://jabberwocking.com/silicon-valley-bank-was-fine-its-silicon-valley-thats-broken/

Ken's:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/who-killed-silicon-valley-bank-interest-rates-treasury-federal-reserve-ipo-loan-long-term-bond-capital-securities-startup-jpmorgan-bear-stearns-lehman-brothers-b9ca2347

Mona's:

https://www.liberalpatriot.com/p/what-the-iraq-war-wrought

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/03/iraq-war-us-invasion-anniversary-2023/673343/

clip from Stanford Law School protest:

https://vimeo.com/806801455

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A.B. Stoddard joins the group to discuss the Fox News retcon of January 6, whether Biden should/will run again, and "messaging bills."

highlights/lowlights

A.B.'s:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/03/08/norfolk-southern-train-derailment-ohio-senators/

Linda's:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/09/opinion/english-literature-study-decline.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/08/opinion/humanities-internet-novels.html

Damon's:

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/03/13/agnes-callard-profile-marriage-philosophy

Mona's:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-bulwark-podcast/id1447684472?i=1000603030581

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Axios's Josh Kraushaar helps analyze the lab leak story, the Chicago election results, and Trump v. DeSantis.

highlights/lowlights

Josh's:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/why-nikki-haley-is-running-for-president/id1570872415?i=1000602459553

Linda's:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/25/us/unaccompanied-migrant-child-workers-exploitation.html

Bill's:

https://www.chicagotribune.com/voter-guide/ct-paul-vallas-chicago-mayor-bio-20230131-c5s6joirovh7zgeq55ig2ag6ea-story.html

Damon's:

https://quillette.com/2023/02/22/heideggers-downfall/

https://harpers.org/archive/2023/03/historys-fool-ernst-junger/

Mona's:

https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2023/02/27/places-with-high-religious-participation-have-fewer-deaths-of-despair

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Jill Lawrence joins B2D to discuss the revelations about Fox, Biden v. De Santis on Ukraine, and Marjorie Taylor Greene's national divorce talk.

highlights/lowlights

Jill's:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/02/21/tucker-carlson-kevin-mccarthy-jan-6-insurrection/

Linda's:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/17/opinion/desantis-florida-african-american-studies-black-history.html

Damon's:

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/02/21/vivek-ramaswamy-president-2024-00083903

Mona's:

https://www.npr.org/sections/politicaljunkie/2009/07/on_this_day_in_1980_senate_vot.html

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Bill Kristol joins the group to consider Haley's possible hidden strengths. Also, Biden, the GOP, and the war in Ukraine.

highlights/lowlights

Bill Kristol's:

https://thetriad.thebulwark.com/p/lets-talk-about-aliens

Damon's:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/16/technology/bing-chatbot-microsoft-chatgpt.html

Bill Galston's:

https://apnews.com/article/politics-2023-turkey-syria-earthquake-government-istanbul-fbd6af578a6056569879b5ef6c55d322

Linda's:

https://abcnews.go.com/Health/teen-girls-experiencing-record-high-levels-sadness-violence/story?id=97079978

Mona's:

https://brinklindsey.substack.com/p/fighting-in-a-burning-house

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New York Magazine's Jonathan Chait helps evaluate the SOTU: politics, visuals, and substance. The group then considers Kamala Harris's unprecedentedly terrible press.

highlights/lowlights:

Jonathan's:

https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/3849811-greenes-viral-outfit-was-meant-to-echo-chinese-spy-balloon-her-office-says/

Linda's:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/02/09/supreme-court-ethics-code/

Damon's

https://www.vulture.com/2023/02/the-movie-industrys-confused-eat-the-rich-fantasy.html

Bill's:

https://www.npr.org/2023/02/08/1155375633/romney-santos-state-of-the-union

Mona's:

https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2023/02/czech-voters-populism-pavel/672936/

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The Atlantic's David Frum joins the panel to discuss the coming GOP nomination fight, the Democrats' white liberal problem, and problems with policing.

highlights/lowlights:

Linda's:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/02/02/canada-uyghur-refugees-resettle-china/

David's:

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/02/mortgage-rates-five-percent-range-first-time-september.html

Damon's:

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/12/19/cormac-mccarthy-peers-into-the-abyss-the-passenger-stella-maris

Mona's:

https://www.ktvu.com/news/depape-in-bizarre-phone-call-to-ktvu-says-he-should-have-been-more-prepared

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/11/05/us/politics/pelosi-attack-misinfo-republican-politicians.html

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