We Need to Talk About Kevin...McCarthy
This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss the now-former Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy and the for-now Republican Matt Gaetz; the Supreme Court’s new term; and crime in America.
Here are some notes and references from this week’s show:
Marianna Sotomayor, Leigh Ann Caldwell, and Colby Itkowitz for The Washington Post: “Fight for speakership begins as House reels from McCarthy ouster”
David Leonhardt for The New York Times: “America’s Political Turmoil”
Matt Ford for The New Republic: “The Supreme Court Eyes Its Next Big Power Grab”
Gerhard Peters and John T…
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