The Mona Charen Show

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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The George W. Bush Institute's David Kramer joins B2D to consider the decision (at last) to send tanks to Ukraine. What does the dithering say about the Western alliance? Also, the regulars discuss Florida's rejection of an AP African American studies curriculum.

highlights/lowlights:

Damon's:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/25/opinion/rural-voters-republican-realignment.html

Bill's:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/scientists-welcome-george-santos-science-committee_n_63cacb34e4b01a436386951e

Linda's:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/26/us/politics/durham-trump-russia-barr.html

Mona's:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/10/world/europe/finland-misinformation-classes.html

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The Atlantic's Ron Brownstein joins the group to discuss Kevin McCarthy giving the crazies the keys. Plus, Biden's attempt to pivot on immigration, and will Ukraine get the tanks it needs?

highlights/lowlights

Linda's:

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/01/19/supreme-court-could-not-identify-who-shared-draft-abortion-opinion-00078602

Ron's:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/18/us/politics/republicans-trump-house-oversight-committee.html

Damon's:

https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2023/01/19/how-republicans-view-their-party-and-key-issues-facing-the-country-as-the-118th-congress-begins/

Bill's:

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/boris-pistorius-serve-next-german-defence-minister-source-2023-01-17/

Mona's:

https://www.deseret.com/2023/1/18/23558984/social-media-big-tobacco-teens-anxiety-depression-spencer-cox-utah

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Arc Digital's Nick Grossman joins the group to discuss Biden's classified documents mess, the GOP majority's foreign policy confusion, free speech on campuses (and in Florida) — and more.

highlight/lowlights:

Bill's:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/01/12/poland-leopard-tank-company-ukraine/

Linda's:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/11/opinion/republican-party-future.html

Damon's:

https://jewishreviewofbooks.com/contemporary-israel/12801/on-that-distant-day/

Nick's:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-64219119

Mona's:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/09/books/prince-harry-book-royal-family.html

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Charlie Sykes joins B2D to discuss the House soap opera — from the comical to the consequential.

Highlights/lowlights

Charlie's:

https://apnews.com/article/biden-politics-ohio-kentucky-mitch-mcconnell-6123aeccfa1c71bad84f57e735962f2f

Damon's:

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/12/ron-desantis-just-as-bad-as-donald-trump-2024

Bill's:

https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/gop-hardliners-angle-for-plum-posts-as-price-of-mccarthy-votes-1.1865718

Linda's:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/29/opinion/eliot-waste-land-poetry.html

https://gideons.substack.com/p/is-the-land-waste

Mona's:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/25/us/reading-literacy-memphis-tennessee.html

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Katherine Gehl — the originator of Alaska's Ranked Choice Voting system — discusses progress on reforming our primary elections. The group then weighs in on Zelensky's historic visit, Elon's fate, Trump's taxes, and the immigration stalemate.

Highlights/Lowlights

Bill's:

https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/tucker-carlson-zelenskyys-visit-represented-bipartisan-masochism

Damon's:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/23/nyregion/george-santos-republican-resume.html

Mona's:

https://russroberts.medium.com/the-economist-as-scapegoat-91b317a6823e

Linda's:

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/veterans-congress-abandoning-afghan-allies-spending-bill-rcna62686

Katherine's:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2022/12/22/omnibus-bill-senate/

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Jesse Singal joins to discuss the fraught discourse on trans treatment. The group then turns to Ron DeSantis' possible big blunder embracing anti-vaxers and a great scientific breakthrough (and its detractors).

Highlights/lowlights:

Mona:

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/helping-trans-kids-means-admitting-what-we-dont-know.html

Damon:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/15/us/politics/trump-nft-trading-cards-superhero.html

Bill:

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/3767169-mccarthy-taps-mike-gallagher-to-chair-planned-china-select-committee/

Linda:

https://www.slowboring.com/p/cryptocurrency-is-the-segway-of-finance

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Amir Tibon of Haaretz joins to explain how Netanyahu won again and what his new coalition means for Israel, for US/Israel relations, and possibly, for Ukraine. Also, the shape of American politics after Georgia's runoff.

Highlights/Lowlights:

Mona's

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/12/03/president-emergency-power-student-loan-forgiveness/

Damon's

https://damonlinker.substack.com/p/germany-foils-a-far-right-coup-plot

Amir's:

https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/2022-12-07/ty-article/.premium/raphael-warnock-buoyed-by-jewish-vote-defeats-herschel-walker-in-georgia-senate-runoff/00000184-ea07-d9f1-a9e6-efc7797d0000

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/04/us/politics/trump-constitution-republicans.html

Linda's

https://www.persuasion.community/p/the-curriculum-wars-are-based-on

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-63900099

Bill's

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-congress-expected-pass-bill-protecting-same-sex-marriage-2022-12-08/

https://globalaffairs.org/research/public-opinion-survey/growing-us-divide-how-long-support-ukraine

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Richard Reeves discusses his book Of Boys and Men. The panel then considers China's COVID turmoil, and the poisons unleashed by Trump into our national bloodstream, including anti-Semitism.

Highlights/lowlights:

Mona:

https://www.thebulwark.com/putins-bogus-blame-nato-excuse/

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/palo-alto-recycling-asia-garbage-waste-rcna58633

Linda:

https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000008634824/afghan-refugees-biden.html?act[…]ies-bar®ion=header&pgtype=Article&playlistId=video/opinion

Damon:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/11/30/elon-musk-twitter-success-luck/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/11/29/mass-shootings-conservative-pundits-responsibility/

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