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David Sirota on Trump's Imperial Presidency
David Sirota (former Bernie Sanders speechwriter, Don't Look Up co-writer, The Lever founder) joins Matt to break down Season 2 of his award-winning podcast Master Plan.
They trace the decades-long plot — from Nixon and Watergate to Dick Cheney, Reagan's Justice Department, and Ed Meese — that transformed the presidency into an "imperial" office via unitary executive theory, setting the stage for Trump's aggressive use of power today.
They also discuss:
— Whether Dick Cheney and Ed Meese ever regretted empowering someone like Trump ("leopards ate my face")
— Bipartisan complicity: Obama's…
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