Bill Kristol: The Lawless Administration
Crime is down in D.C., but Trump is using the pretext of an attempted carjacking of "Big Balls," the former 19-year-old DOGE employee, to take over the city's police department and deploy the National Guard.
46m Aug 11, 2025
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Lis Smith: Dems Need to Burn Down the Party Establishment
There's a direct line between when the Democratic Party got nationalized and when it started getting wiped out in red states. Dems need to embrace heterodoxy in their candidates—running in New York City is not the same as running in Nebraska.
49m Aug 08, 2025
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Anne Applebaum: What USAID's Absence Looks Like on the Ground
The United States, through USAID, not only supplied a big chunk of the world's humanitarian aid, it also provided almost all of the logistical support for other aid organizations to deliver relief as well.
49m Aug 07, 2025
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Zerlina Maxwell and Josh Barro: We Are in a Bad Place
Gerrymandering has always been partisan, but what's happening in Texas is straight-up racial politics. Republicans are targeting and trying to disenfranchise black voters while betting that Latino voters will stick with them.
1hr 10m Aug 06, 2025
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Chuck Todd: Is the Economy the Biggest Political Threat to Trump?
Voters in the seven swing states that elected Trump in 2024 thought he'd make the economy better. His perceived strength on the economy is the cornerstone Jenga piece of the whole Trump Tower.
55m Aug 05, 2025
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Bill Kristol: This Is So Third World
The boss only wants to hear good news: that's the takeaway from Trump's high-profile firing over the weak job numbers. So if a government worker has something bad to report, they now know they'll have to lie to keep their jobs.
57m Aug 04, 2025
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Dan Osborn: Connecting with Working People
Osborn, the populist independent who ran a surprisingly close campaign for a Senate seat in Nebraska last year, is back for another run in the 2026 midterms. A steamfitter and union member, he says he naturally connects with other workers drawing paychecks who are feeling the squeeze.
55m Aug 01, 2025
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Marc Elias: An Election War Machine
Texas Republicans are busy gerrymandering their already gerrymandered congressional map, and other red states are looking to do the same—all aimed at blocking the Dems from winning back the House and shielding Donald Trump at all costs.
50m Jul 31, 2025
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Franklin Foer: Elon, the Man Who Ate NASA
The rise of Elon—and why he is still involved with our government—has everything to do with the dimming of America's one-time crown jewel, NASA.
45m Jul 30, 2025
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David French: Israel's Humanitarian Obligations
Gaza is strewn with rubble, the war's end is nowhere in sight, and an entirely predictable humanitarian disaster is unfolding. With daily reports of starvation and malnutrition, Israel must provide a systematic and orderly distribution of large amounts of aid to stem the crisis—and stave off a Mad Max situation.
1hr 5m Jul 29, 2025
1hr 5m
Bill Kristol: Trump Is a Moral Monster
The man who cavorted with Jeffrey Epstein for 15 years never even bothers to feign empathy for Epstein's victims—even a sociopath would fake it.
1hr 4m Jul 28, 2025
1hr 4m
Andrew Weissmann: It Stinks to High Heaven
The deputy attorney general of the United States, who took an oath to help Donald Trump no matter what, is conferring with Jeffrey Epstein's literal partner in crime—a woman who lied about the sex trafficking she orchestrated and participated in.
58m Jul 25, 2025
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Mike Murphy: Trump's Kryptonite
The one thing Mr. Authenticity was supposed to be was the anti-politician: the guy who would supposedly go after the establishment, clean up Washington, and make a booming economy.
53m Jul 24, 2025
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Neera Tanden: Aiding and Abetting Trump
Mike Johnson is racing to shut the business of the House down to avoid a vote on releasing the Epstein files. Trump's own criminal lawyer, who's moonlighting as deputy attorney general, will be minding the matter of Ghislaine Maxwell.
54m Jul 23, 2025
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Chris Murphy: Time to Break Norms(?)
Republicans are nullifying bipartisan budget deals and planning a mid-decade redistricting to try to hold the House after the midterms. Trump is methodically working to crush dissent in the media, chill major Dem donors, and shut down the party's online fundraising portal, ActBlue.
46m Jul 22, 2025
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Bill Kristol: It's the Crimes and the Cover-Up
Our government disappeared hundreds of Venezuelans to a hellish Salvadoran prison for 125 days. When Trump's and Stephen Miller's whole CECOT plan even became too much for the dictator who runs El Salvador, Marco Rubio helped orchestrate a political win for Venezuela's strongman, Nicolas Maduro—who gets to look like a white knight in the hostage exchange.
49m Jul 21, 2025
49m
Tom Nichols: Secrets and Lies
If anyone in America was still thinking that Trump's ties to Epstein were a nothingburger, Trump’s own behavior this week has disabused them of that notion. His panicking and flailing around sure seem exactly like how a guilty man would act.
1hr 3m Jul 18, 2025
1hr 3m
David Wallace-Wells: The U.S. Is Handing the Baton to China
While the Trump administration is doubling down on fossil fuels, China is annihilating us in the clean energy space. Right now, 75% of all renewable projects anywhere in the world are being built by a Chinese company.
1hr 8m Jul 17, 2025
1hr 8m
Ben Wittes and Michael Feinberg: Breakdown at the FBI
In addition to eviscerating the top leadership at the Bureau, Kash Patel has assigned whole squads of agents to immigration enforcement. Seasoned FBI veterans who used to focus on national security or run RICO investigations are now doing perimeter security during ICE round-ups of kids and grandmas.
1hr 5m Jul 16, 2025
1hr 5m
Brian Beutler: Time to Pop Off, Dems
The majority of elected Democrats would prefer to talk only about policy, but that's not enough for today's freewheeling new media environment.
1hr 1m Jul 15, 2025
1hr 1m
Bill Kristol: Has Trump Trapped Himself?
With the Epstein case, the conspirator-in-chief has finally found a hoax that MAGA isn't buying—and he's risking his credibility among his newer supporters in the manosphere by continuing to hawk it.
57m Jul 14, 2025
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Sam Stein: This Is the Country They Want
Republicans are creating, and celebrating, an immigration police state financed by their megabill. Our cities will be militarized, we'll have prison camps, more masked agents, and more dehumanization—like their sicko alligator hats.
53m Jul 03, 2025
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Galen Druke: Americans Do Not Like Trump's Deportations
Trump has moved public opinion against his own immigration policy platform by sending masked agents out to nab people off the street.
1hr 5m Jul 02, 2025
1hr 5m
E. Jean Carroll and Sarah Longwell: Such a Bad Man
Ever the journalist, E. Jean took assiduous notes about her two civil suits against Donald Trump, the only occasions he has been held liable for his lies since he became president.
1hr 26m Jul 01, 2025
1hr 26m
Bill Kristol: Limp Opposition
Thom Tillis finally showed some backbone and opposed Trump—because of the giant Medicaid cuts in the Big Fugly Bill—but now he has to self-deport from the Senate.
54m Jun 30, 2025
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Nicholas Kristof: Gratuitous Cruelty
USAID was shut down in the name of government efficiency, but instead, we've spent at least $6 billion to dismantle it—and we've killed a lot of kids in the process, despite what Elon and Marco Rubio say.
1hr 13m Jun 27, 2025
1hr 13m
Michael Weiss and Jonathan Cohn: Animal House at the Pentagon
Trump was so awestruck by Israel's intel infiltration and air supremacy over Iran that he just had to give himself an executive producer credit.
1hr 10m Jun 26, 2025
1hr 10m
Derek Thompson: Winning Without Anger
A DSA candidate winning a Democratic primary in New York City is not an ideal laboratory for other Dems to draw lessons from, but Mamdani sounded authentic, he successfully juggled our fragmented media environment, and he had the right message for this cost-of-living moment—as well as the proper amount of party heresy for this anti-establishment age.
1hr 4m Jun 25, 2025
1hr 4m
Nicolle Wallace: The Silence of Republicans Is the Bigger Threat
While Trump and his administration are the ones politicizing the rule of the law, ignoring due process, and annihilating democratic norms, it's Republicans leaders saying and doing nothing in response that poses a bigger threat to our country and democracy.
54m Jun 24, 2025
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Bill Kristol: Trump Is Not the Right Man for a Crisis
Tim and Bill may have different takes on the wisdom of the U.S. bombing of Iran's nuclear sites—and on potential regime change—but they see eye-to-eye on the risks of Trump's ego and his incapable advisers in a dangerous situation.
49m Jun 23, 2025
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Mark Cuban: Character Is Destiny
What if it had been a Harris-Cuban ticket in 2024? Well, it turns out the billionaire entrepreneur had been seriously considered for the VP slot—and we can all dream of a potentially different outcome in the election.
57m Jun 20, 2025
57m
Mark McKinnon and Dan Shapiro: Mid-Wreckage
Because half the country so desperately wanted Trump back, we may now be on the verge of attacking Iran because the fake peacenik president wants some credit for Israel's military accomplishments against Tehran.
54m Jun 19, 2025
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Ben Rhodes: The World We Made
Iran is in a vulnerable spot for a variety of reasons, and Israel sees this as a stars-aligning moment to decapitate the Iranian state. But if the U.S. helps out, we'll face the same questions we did with Iraq and Afghanistan: Who will run the place? As Tucker had to embarrassingly school Ted Cruz, Iran is a giant country.
57m Jun 18, 2025
57m
Zohran Mamdani: FYPod Crossover
NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani joins Tim and Cam for a special edition of the daily pod to discuss making the city more affordable, building more housing, and ending food deserts—as well as antisemitism and Islamophobia.
1hr 23m Jun 17, 2025
1hr 23m
Bill Kristol and Terry Moran: True American Spirit
In contrast to the saddest military junta parade in history, millions of patriotic people took to the streets on Saturday to defend American values and principles against Trump.
1hr 26m Jun 16, 2025
1hr 26m
Tom Nichols: Remember the Split Screen
On Saturday, Trump would like nothing more than images from Los Angeles of tear gas and balaclava-clad anarchists throwing bottles at Marines to complement video of himself in the stands at his military parade, saluting the troops amid a field of flags.
1hr 4m Jun 13, 2025
1hr 4m
Andrew Weissmann: Outlandish and Outrageous
Trump is outright fabricating a justification for sending Guard troops into Los Angeles, and his directive is not limited only to LA. So, if someone acts violent during a 'No Kings' protest on Saturday somewhere in America, would he deploy the National Guard there too?
54m Jun 12, 2025
54m
Mark Hertling: Contrary to American Values
Trump keeps wrapping himself in the American flag while while behaving in a very anti-American way—like threatening to shut down protests at his $45 million birthday parade or giving a highly partisan speech in front of soldiers in violation of military policy.
45m Jun 11, 2025
45m
Bill Kristol: People Should Be Mad
Where is Obama? Where is George W. Bush? A Marine battalion and the National Guard have been deployed in response to a spark Trump set off by sweeping up people who aren't doing anything illegal besides being present here.
52m Jun 10, 2025
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S2 Ep1060: Ta-Nehisi Coates: A Natural Human Reaction
Trump and Stephen Miller wanted a backlash against the immigration raids, because even they know that humans will respond when the federal government is snatching people off the street.
1hr 19m Jun 09, 2025
1hr 19m
S2 Ep1059: Sam Stein: The Divorce
Elon went nuclear, accusing Trump of being a pedo, taking credit for his election victory, and calling for his impeachment. Trump in return may try to destroy Musk's businesses, or worse. While the public feud is entertaining—Thursday was one of the best days for Twitter and Steve Bannon—their meltdown is also frightening.
57m Jun 06, 2025
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S2 Ep1058: Matt Yglesias: Elon's Smash and Grab
Trump's and Musk's very public breakup may be amusing, but don't lose sight of the fact that DOGE was a failure—despite what the manosphere says.
1hr 6m Jun 05, 2025
1hr 6m
S2 Ep1057: Rahm Emanuel: Trump Is a Chump
The lovelorn TACO trader has been hanging by the phone at 2am hoping China's Xi will call him to make a tariff deal. But that call is not coming without America paying a very high price— because world leaders know that Trump is a feckless, desperate negotiator. Meanwhile, Republicans are blowing off Elon's take-down of the reconciliation bill and prepping to turn themselves into roadkill in the...
1hr 5m Jun 04, 2025
1hr 5m
S2 Ep1056: Catherine Rampell: Slow Burn
Jamie Dimon is spooked about the bond market, business uncertainty about tariffs is dragging the economy, and it seems like no politician will get serious about our nation's debt until it's too late. Meanwhile, Republicans don't even like their own spending bill since they only lie about it—it's just in service of making Trump happy.
52m Jun 03, 2025
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S2 Ep1055: Bill Kristol: The Grotesqueness of It All
Mike Johnson and Russ Vought outright lied on camera about the proposed Medicaid cuts and the impact they would have on millions of Americans. Marco Rubio lied about the children who are dying because of USAID cuts. And Joni Ernst is reimagining Christianity to be about Jesus teaching his followers not to care about the sick and the poor because they're going to die anyway.
52m Jun 02, 2025
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S2 Ep1054: Adam Serwer, Lauren Egan, and Justin Jones: The Attack on Knowledge
The Trump administration is trying to exert ideological control over every knowledge-producing institution in the country. And the assault on colleges is not only about having fewer highly-educated voters, but also depriving Americans of trusted sources of information.
1hr May 30, 2025
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S2 Ep1053: Live from Chicago
Adam Kinzinger joined Tim on stage in the Windy City Wednesday night to dis Chicken Trump, who's made bitcoin bros, private prisons, his family and friends—and himself—the main winners in his 'TACO' trade economy.
44m May 29, 2025
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S2 Ep1052: George Packer: JD, Hollow Man
Our VP used to think his path to power was through the ruling class at Yale Law School.
1hr 17m May 28, 2025
1hr 17m
S2 Ep1051: Pete Buttigieg: Dream Bigger, Talk More Boldly
Democrats need vastly more imagination to confront the enormous challenges the country faces politically, economically, and on climate.
1hr 4m May 27, 2025
1hr 4m
S2 Ep1050: Bill Kristol: Something Worth Fighting For
Despite our missteps in some of our more recent wars, we were fighting to bring freedom, democracy, and self-governance to others.
32m May 26, 2025
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