1095: Even Marjorie Taylor Greene Doesn’t Buy the McConnell Story
7/8/20261 hr 19 min
Tim, Sarah, and Sam Stein (filling in for JVL) take on the political stories dominating the headlines:
• Mitch McConnell is alive and taking calls (maybe, probably?)—despite Laura Loomer’s reports to the contrary..
• Platnerdämmerung; the enormous irresponsibility of the Platner candidacy will have real consequences for his movement and for the country; and the messy road ahead in Maine (even if Platner does the right thing and drops out.).
• In the wake of the Platner debacle, irony is dead as Trump defenders trip over themselves to claim the moral high ground. Case in point: Kevin McCarthy..
• Mallory McMorrow’s failed Michigan Senate campaign exemplifies the challenges of splitting the difference between the moderate and progressive factions of the Democratic Party..
• Plus, the USMNT’s embarrassing loss to the waffle-eating Belgians in the World Cup Round of 16.
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First 90 secondsSpeaker 10:00
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Tim Miller· Host1:05
Right.
Sam Stein· Guest1:06
[laughs] We walked away.
Tim Miller· Host1:06
For better or for worse.
Sam Stein· Guest1:07
Yeah.
Sarah Longwell· Host1:08
It's incredible stuff.
Tim Miller· Host1:09
Is that right, Sarah? When, when the Republicans had a bad candidate come forward, they got rid of him? [upbeat music] Hello, everybody. This is the Next Level Podcast. I'm hosting 'cause JVL is out. Still sending him our love. I forget how the podcast is supposed to start, but I'm here with my best buddies at The Bulwark, our publisher, Sarah Longwell, whose tweetin' thumbs