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Kill the Body and the Head Will Fall
In boxing, repeated body blows are seen as a way to bring down an adversary. We will soon see whether the repeated body blows the US economy and society have…
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Do We Need a Marshall Plan for the United States America?
With more than 33 million people claiming unemployment insurance in the past six weeks, 75,000 reported dead of COVID, 1.3 million reported infected with the…
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Hiding in Plain Sight: A Conversation with Sarah Kendzior
Sarah Kendzior's latest book "Hiding in Plain Sight" describes precisely why Donald Trump's failures as a leader, his support for our enemies and his profound…
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What Hath Jared Wrought...and What's He Doing With the PPE Our Health Workers Need?
We are joined on this special episode of DSR by Rep. Ted Deutch, a member of the House Foreign Affairs and Judiciary Committees as well as chairman of the…
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We Can't Handle the Truth! (And the Truth Doesn't Give a Damn)
60,000 Americans are dead. 1 million are infected. And those are just the official numbers. 30 million are unemployed. And Jared Kushner declares "Success!"…
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Is Kim Jong Un Dead or Collecting Shells at the Beach on His "Staycation"?
Is Kim Jong Un dead? Chilling at the beach? Succumbing to an overdose of cheese? Will he fully recover? Or will he be succeeded by his sister? His uncle? His…
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Taking a Closer Look at that Oncoming Train
The President of the United States keeps talking about the light at the end of the tunnel. But even his top economic advisors don't expect the economic…
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What Do We Do in Lieu of a President?: The View from the Medical and the Political Front Lines
As Angela Merkel observed this week, we are just in the first stages of this crisis. As many Americans have observed, we would be better off if we had a leader…
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Is Trump a Man or a Mouse?
Trump is a wannabe authoritarian who has consistently abused the power of his office and sought to place himself above the law. Trump is also a president who…
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The Upside of the Apocalypse
While we are making some headway on flattening the curve when it comes to coronavirus in some parts of the US, it is clear the one curve that will not be…
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Special Edition: Rep. Val Demings on COVID, Florida, and Our Future
Representative Val Demings is, for good reason, on every short list there is to be Joe Biden's Vice Presidential running mate. Join us for a great and wide…
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The World Will Never Be the Same--But How Will It Be Different?
As we anticipate months more of lockdown and efforts at recovery, at further tragic loss of life and catastrophic economic dislocation, it is clear that we are…
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Special Episode: Inside Trump's Failure to Respond to the COVID-19 Threat
On April 11, the New York Times published an in-depth examination of the repeated warnings President Trump received concerning the impending coronavirus crisis…
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The Fog of Pandemic: If the Virus Doesn't Get You, the Misinformation, Inequality or Lessons Unlearned Will
The only thing you know about the ghastly numbers the grow larger every day on your computer or television screen is that they are wrong. They hugely…
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Will Democracy Be COVID-19's Most Consequential Victim?
One of the surest ways to get fired in the Trump Administration is to speak the truth. Ask Captain Brett Crozier. Or just place your duty to the country ahead…
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A Health Crisis Wrapped in an Economic Crisis Inside a Leadership Crisis
America is just over 4% of the world's population but home to 25% of its COVID-19 cases. While European nations like Italy and Spain are wracked with the…
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Do Our Leaders Morals Matter in a Crisis Like This?
Joe Nye, Harvard professor and formerly Dean of Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, has a timely new book called "Do Morals Matter? Presidents and Foreign…
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What Will the Death Toll of the War on Science Be?
In South Africa during the AIDS crisis, as our special guest Dr. Seema Yasmin points out, the government's denial of AIDS took a measurable toll. Today, she…
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Beyond the Politics of the Pandemic: In a Crisis Party Must Not Matter
While the debate about managing the pandemic has grown more rancorous in recent days as death tolls have climbed and states have lamented the unresponsiveness…
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We've Never Seen Anything Like This...And All That We Know About the Future is that the Worst Is Yet to Come
The Coronavirus Crisis is the first 50 state natural disaster in American history. And while it is certainly not the first for which the federal response was…
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We Won't be the Same Again: A Once in a Century Crisis and the Big Changes It Will Produce
From an explosion of e-commerce to a re-evaluation of the roll of government, a teaching moment for healthcare policy and geopolitical shocks and aftershocks…
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Flying Blind: Facing an Unprecedented Crisis In a Time of Complete Leadership Failure in Washington
There are countries and systems that are managing the COVID-19 crisis comparatively well. South Korea, which invested heavily and early in testing is one…
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When It's a Matter of Life and Death, Who Can You Trust?
Lives are at stake in the coronavirus crisis. And the future of democracy is at stake in the upcoming election. What is disturbing is that both vitally…
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It's the End of the World As We Know It (And We Feel Fine...More or Less...Well, Not As Bad As You'd Think)
In a moment that a global pandemic has you self-quarantined and social distancing and a global market collapse has you terrified about the future and bad…
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Lies, Damned Lies, Infodemics and The Trump Disinformation Machine
We don't raise an eyebrow when Trump lies. Most of his early lies were of little consequence, about his wealth or sexual prowess or intellect. But in recent…
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Afghanistan! Syria! Coronavirus! Elections! What's Scariest?
After 20 years, the US is trying its best to get out of Dodge in Afghanistan. Trouble is the not-quite-a-peace-deal announced over the weekend fell apart on…
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What If Shattering Norms Was the Right Thing to Do, But We Shattered All the Wrong Ones?
Donald Trump has made narcissism the central organizing principle of his government. It used to be said institutions were the lengthened shadow of one man. In…
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The Winds of Authoritarianism are Blowing Stronger
Donald Trump is remaking the U.S. government in ways that make you less safe, make our justice system less fair, put our democracy at greater risk. This past…
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We are in Uncharted Waters for the US National Security Community: What Next?
Donald Trump is purging his cabinet of expertise and those who place loyalty to the Constitution above that to Trump personally. In the intelligence community…
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Russia, Russia, Russia! Our President's One Track Mind
You may think that all Donald Trump thinks about is himself. Or his latest grift. Or cheeseburgers. But when you look at his recent behavior, it looks like…
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The Democratic Party Death Wish: Why? Why? Why?
It would seem like 2020 would be offering a great opportunity for Democrats what with the president being historical unpopular and perhaps the most corrupt and…
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Utter Madness: Trump & the World Fail in the Face of a Potential Pandemic
Coronavirus has a new name: Covid-19. It has infected over 50,000 people and taken over 1,000 lives. But the crisis may be just beginning. And the response of…
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America's Election Year Vulnerabilities: The Grim Outlook
In 2016, Russia not only helped elect Donald Trump, they also assured Americans would never again be able to look at election results with the same trust they…
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Where Do We Go From Here?: Part II, Let's Keep Fighting Edition
With each day since Trump's sham acquittal ceremony, it has become clear that the president sees the outcome that was served up on a silver platter by the…
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How Bad Can it Get?: Don't Ask
If you thought Trump's acquittal by the Senate was the worst thing that could happen this week, you seem to be forgetting who you are dealing with. First, the…
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Trump and "The Bomb": If He's the Most Dangerous President Ever, Why Isn't Anyone Talking About the Really Biggest Risks Re-election Will Bring?
If you read Fred Kaplan's new book "The Bomb" you will discover that despite the best efforts of some very qualified, competent presidents and their teams…
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Put Away Your Sweatpants! The Jury of 100 Will Disappoint. On to the Jury of 130 Million!
The House Managers have done an extraordinary job in the Senate trial, led by the eloquence and brilliance of Adam Schiff. They have compellingly made the case…
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A Pandemic Plus Donald Trump? What Could Go Wrong? Also: Is Joe Biden the Best Answer for Progressives?
The outbreak of coronavirus in China is rapidly emerging as a major global public health crisis? How bad might it get? How is our government doing in handling…
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While You Were Flipping Out About Impeachment, Armageddon Got a Little Closer
The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists recently pushed its Doomsday Clock closer to "midnight" than it has ever been. They did this because nuclear safeguards are…
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Impeachment Surprise: Acquittal or Conviction Are Far From the Only Two Possible Outcomes of the Senate Trial
While the outcome of the Senate trial seems a foregone conclusion, even an acquittal might not be good news for President Trump. There are a whole range of…
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Impeachment! Primaries! Elections! What if none of it really matters?
We're at one of the most fraught moments in American political history. The country is polarized. The president is going to trial. That president is one of the…
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The Week in Trump: When Is a Trial Not a Trial, a Hoax Not a Hoax, and a Big Trade Deal Neither Big Nor a Trade Deal?
As the Senate impeachment trial looms, Republicans seem not to understand what a trial is. They don't want witnesses. They don't want evidence. They especially…
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The Soleimani Killing Was the First Wag-the-Dog Episode of the Trump 2020 Campaign...Whose Dog Will Be Next?
The president has no foreign policy expertise, no advisors, no morals, no scruples and he is in deep political hot water at home. So naturally, he wags the dog…
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Why the Impeachment Trial Might Be the High Point of Donald Trump's Year
If and when Nancy Pelosi decides to sends the articles of impeachment to the Senate, the odds of a fair trial are slim to none. (Aw, who are we kidding?…
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Have We Just Bumbled into Another War in the Middle East?
In the days since President Donald Trump ordered the killing of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani, the presidents's spokespeople have taken to the airwaves to…
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Two Years Later, We Are In a Constitutional Crisis
For Two Years, Rosa Brooks had remained optimistic that despite all that was happening in the Trump administration over the past three years, a full-on…
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Other than the End of the World and the Fall of Democracy, How Did You Like the Decade, Mrs. Lincoln?
In the last episode of not just 2019 but of the entire decade for Deep State Radio, we gather Rosa Brooks of Georgetown Law, Stephen Walt of Harvard's Kennedy…
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Rep. Eric Swalwell: Don't Assume McConnell Holds the Winning Hand on the Shape of the Senate Trial
During this special 20 minute conversation with one of the standout stars of the impeachment process, California Congressman Eric Swalwell, he parries the…
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The Republican Centipede: It's a Horror Movie, but for Whom?
In the wake of impeachment, all eyes turn to the Senate. Will delaying handing over the articles of impeachment buy the Democrats any leverage? Will buying…
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The Incredible Shrinking Special Relationship and What Comes Next
The US and the UK were the Batman and Robin of the Atlantic Alliance. Or was it the Holmes and Watson? The Lucy and Ethel? Well, whatever we were, we aren't…
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What's Worse Than Donald Trump Winning Re-election?
What if the history books record that Donald Trump was third American president to be impeached, but the first of those to be re-elected? It's not far-fetched…
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In Other News: Birds Spitting Burning Tar Onto the Wailing Masses Below
Remember national security? Remember defending the country against foreign attacks? Remember principles? Remember truth? Well, there sure are some people in…
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How Will History View the Impeachment of Donald Trump?
On this special episode of Deep State Radio, coinciding with the official beginning of the House Judiciary Committee's Impeachment Hearings, we discuss the…
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There Are No Turning Points
With every flashing headline, every bright chyron claiming "breaking news" we expect our worlds are changing. In the current political atmosphere in the US…
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What's Better Than Listening to Your Crazy Relatives Talk Politics?
Psssst. Put down that drumstick. Push back from the Thanksgiving table. You don't need any more of that pumpkin pie. (And we say that as your friend.) We have…
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How Does a Nation Go Morally Bankrupt?: Gradually and then Suddenly.
The president of the United States, always searching for lower lows, has done profound damage to the military, our system of justice and America's standing in…
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If You Think Post-Impeachment Hearings Depression is Bad, Wait Till You See What's Next
Adam Schiff masterfully conducted impeachment hearings that made the case that Donald Trump sought to bribe and extort the president of Ukraine, using his…
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While the World Burns: Impeachment Week Ahead and Other Trumpian Catastrophes
This week promises to be a dramatic on the impeachment front. Is Gordon Sondland going to tell the truth (for the first time) or lie (again)? What about Lt…
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What if the Facts on Impeachment Just Don't Matter?
In Ohio today, one house of the legislature passed a law saying that if a student gets a science question wrong at school because it does not conform with his…
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Through the Lens of Ukraine: The Escalating Dangers of Trump Foreign Policy
With all eyes on the impeachment hearings this week, we take a step back to reframe the discussion about Trump shake-down of the Ukrainian government in terms…