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Crypto should be one of the biggest stories out of the Trump administration, but the crypto guys are really good at making it seem more complicated than it is. Bloomberg's Zeke Faux joins Tim to run down the ins-and-outs, and the players—including the Chinese businessman facing SEC charges who swears the $56 million he gave Trump has absolutely nothing, zero, zilch to do with his case. Meanwhile, we're about to find out how much Republicans really care about the deficit with the coming budget, and the Democrats must not cave. Plus, Elon's crappy math, America would not get anything out of Trump's deal with Russia, and Tuesday's violence in an Orthodox Jewish neighborhood in Brooklyn.
Rep. Jared Moskowitz and Zeke Faux join Tim Miller.
show notes
Zeke's book, "Number Go Up: Inside Crypto's Wild Rise and Staggering Fall"
Zeke on Chris Hayes's podcast
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Susan Glasser: Giving Away the Store to Putin
Trump is A-OK with all the murder and mayhem Russia has unleashed on Ukraine, and he's making a mockery of all his enablers who claimed he'd do a Reagan-esque kind of deal. Instead, Ukraine wasn't even invited to the "peace" talks, while Trump tries to impose an extortion deal on the Ukrainian people for daring to fight back against the Russian invasion. Plus, the danger to our constitutional system if the main guy in the Oval Office defies a court order, the real live threat to the First Amendment from the White House's lockout of the Associated Press, and the origin story of Trump's obsession with Greenland.
Susan Glasser joins Tim Miller.
show notes
Susan's latest New Yorker column
Tim's new Gen Z politics show, "FYPod"
The "Bulwark Takes" feed on Apple podcasts
The NYT story on the Panama hotel that Susan mentioned
Larry Diamond's piece in Persuasion
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Bill Kristol: Taking A Wrecking Ball to the Government
Firing air traffic controllers over a busy holiday travel weekend, cutting a veterans crisis hotline, axing and then rehiring people who maintain and keep our nuclear arsenal safe: Musk and his minions aren't trying to "fix" the government. They're trying to make it more susceptible to Trump's personalized leadership. And the MIA Dems need to get out there and throw some punches since the media loves fights. Meanwhile, the US is now more of a problem than a solution on Ukraine, Elon's massive corruption isn't drawing anywhere near the same attention as Hunter/Burisma—and Bill Cassidy could just vote against Kash or delay his confirmation if he's really worried about the FBI.
Bill Kristol joins Tim Miller
show notes
Bill's 'Bulwark on Sunday' conversation with Eric Edeleman
Don Moynihan's newsletter that Bill mentioned
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Andrew Weissmann and Michael Weiss: Valentine's Massacre
Unlike the cowardly Republican senators who are rolling over in the face of Kash Patel's bald-faced lies, the men and women of the Justice Department are taking their oaths of office seriously by refusing to comply with a blatantly political order to dismiss corruption charges against New York Mayor Eric Adams. Meanwhile, Trump is just over the moon with Vladimir Putin—even though his army is performing quite poorly on the battlefield against Ukraine. Plus, the makeup heir advising Trump on foreign policy, Emil Bove is this moment's cartoon villain, and Pizzagate's Jack Posobiec is somehow inside the administration's inner circle.
Andrew Weissmann and Michael Weiss join Tim Miller for the weekend pod.
show notes
Support "Orange Ribbons for Jamie" here, formed in honor of Parkland shooting victim Jaime Guttenberg
Details on Zelensky offering Trump a Ukrainian boxer's championship belt
Tim's playlist
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Alex Wagner: The Poster Child for Corruption and Grift
While Elon claims he's storming the government to cut waste, he's also getting himself a big fat check for $400 million from the State Department for Tesla armored vehicles—though administration officials are now trying to hide the grift because the Trump glow does not extend to the weird dude. Meanwhile, McConnell may have voted against confirming RFK Jr, but he's the one who drew up the blueprint for breaking the rules. Plus, the asymmetry in passion between MAGA and the resistance, and Alex's new podcast looks at how people are being affected by the policies and promises of Trumpism.
MSNBC’s Alex Wagner join Tim.
show notes
Trumpland with Alex Wagner
Dave Weigel's piece that Tim referenced
Axios piece that was mentioned
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