U.S. intelligence community freaks out as Trump leads by conspiracy theory
7/4/202641 min
Vaughn Hillyard, Eugene Daniels, and Scott MacFarlane talk with Jen Psaki about Donald Trump appointing a hatchet man to run amok in the U.S. intelligence community, making cuts based on “deep state” paranoid conspiracy theories.
Rep. Ro Khanna joins the discuss the rise of progressive politics within the Democratic Party.
Liz Oyer, former Justice Department pardon attorney, discusses Donald Trump's reported plans to issue a mass pardon of 250 people, and the dubious choices he makes in who receives those pardons.
Dr. Annie Andrews joins to discuss her race for Senate against Linsey Graham and why she has best shot in years of putting him out.
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First 90 secondsEugene Daniels0:00
Simone Sanders Townsend and I have known each other for more than a decade, tussling over politics and policy when she worked in the White House and I reported on it And now we're friends and colleagues, and on our podcast, Clock It, we are positioning ourselves at the intersection of culture and politics Clock It is where we talk about what we see and hear in the news so you can start to clock it too.
Speaker 30:22
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Jen Psaki· Host0:26
Okay. It is officially 4th of July weekend, and tomorrow will mark 250 years since our nation declared independence. And that kind of anniversary is, of course, supposed to be bigger than any one person or political party. That is how it's always been designed. That is how the planning even of this 250th anniversary was designed. And under any other president, that's how it would be. But Donald Trump simply can't help but make it all about himself. He has openly described the festivities, which were supposed to honor the country as, quote, "The most spectacular Trump rally of all ti- of them all. Of them all." He's promised that the various bands performing tomorrow evening will be playing patriotic melodies, okay, American classics, also fine, and my playlist, as in his playlist. So settle in everyone for some YMCA and all sorts of other specialties. And rather than simply extend the invitation to