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Tim Miller and guests discuss the latest political news for the flagship podcast of the Never Trump movement and the reality-based community. Every weekday we provide insightful analysis, political hot-takes, an unabashed defense of liberal democracy and long-form interviews that cut through the "both-sides" BS. Plus a few laughs to help you wash down the crazy.

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Tommy Vietor: The Marionette in the White House

Josh Barro and Jonathan V. Last: The Patriotic Cowboys Wrecking Our Economy

Maria Comella and The Trio: Holy Schmitt, That Was Bad

Amanda Carpenter and Evan Gershkovich: Trump's and Putin's Authoritarian Projects

Bill Kristol: They're F*cking Thieves

Alex Wagner: An Unlawful Administration

Sam Stein and Mary Peltola: Cozying Up to Commies and Corporate Elites

Sarah Matthews and Jason Horowitz: Trump Propaganda and Italian Fascism

Stuart Stevens: Republicans Are Desperate

Andrew Egger: Donald, You’re Rattled

Anne Applebaum: Globalized MAGA Kleptocracy

Wright Thompson and Jesse Lehrich: Hopium and Hate

Catherine Rampell and Stephen Witt: Can We Avert Economic Disaster and the Robot Apocalypse?

Jonathan Swan: We Only Know 5%

Bill Kristol: It Always Comes Back to Trump/Russia

Mehdi Hasan: 9/11's Fallout 25 Years Later

Sarah Longwell and Pedro Gonzalez: Meet the Young MAGA Edgelords—and the One Who Got Away

Jessica Tarlov: POTUS Needs Some Moral Support

Adam Jentleson and Pablo Torre: This Country Is Being Scammed

Bill Kristol: A Blue Wave vs. the Toxic Red Tide

David French: MAGA Is Making America Less Free

Jonathan V. Last: How Much Stupid Can We Possibly Take?

Michael Weiss: The Clown Car at the Pentagon

Ruby Cramer: The Power of MAHA

Bill Kristol: Keep Up the Pressure, Dems

Ben Rhodes: Is Trump Stumbling into a Wider War?

Sam Stein Used to Be a Thief

Neera Tanden: How to Win

Tracy Alloway and Will Sommer: A Cabinetful of Clueless Grifters

Bill Kristol: The Weak Bully Keeps Flailing

George Conway: For Trump, Harp Strikes a Chord

David Wallace-Wells: The Politics of AI Are Shifting in Real Time

Julia Curlee and Errin Haines: Cowards Are Running This Country

Tom Nichols: Impotence at the White House

Andrew Egger: Trump’s Travels with Natalie

Sarah Longwell: Dems, Go on Offense FFS

Adam Kinzinger: The United States of Dystopia

Dave Weigel: Polls Wrong, Hong Gone

Amanda Carpenter: Audit the White House

Bill Kristol: Republicans Are a Mess

Susan Glasser: The Irredeemable Republicans

Sam Stein and Adam Hamilton: Trump’s Fabricated World Is Crashing

Jane Coaston: Pod Save Michigan

Charlie Warzel: The Tech Overlords’ Anti-Humanity Is Catching Up to Them

Bill Kristol: Stop the Stupid Infighting, Dems

Bill Kristol and Margaret Donovan: Hegseth Should Be Impeached

Jonathan V. Last and Robert Kagan: Marco and Miller Go Full Fascist

Will Sommer and Asawin Suebsaeng: The Groypers Have Taken over Trumpland

Bill Kristol and John Heilemann: Taking a Wrecking Ball to the Military

No One Has Seen McConnell in Weeks—and His Office Just Recycled an Old Statement