Courting Disaster

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You know, Adam, this ruling feels like it's from another planet. It is a ruling about how we want an energetic executive that's not too constrained by worries about overzealous prosecutors breathing down its neck after he leaves office. That's not the world we're living in.

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We're living in a world where the guy who is the most likely occupant of the office is Trump himself, who has shown every indication to push his authority beyond legal bounds. Welcome to Beg to Differ, the Bulwark's weekly roundtable discussion featuring civil conversation across the political spectrum. We range from center left to center right. I'm Mona Charan,

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syndicated columnist and policy editor at the Bulwark, and I'm joined by one of our regulars, Linda Chavez of the Niskanen Center. Damon Linker is off this week, and Bill Galston was supposed to be here. But he had a computer problem, and so we're going to have to soldier on without him.

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Jul 04, 2024

Former Rep. Adam Kinzinger joins the group (plus Chris Cillizza) to discuss the Court's worst ruling since Korematsu, opening the door to God know what if Trump wins. Also, what would an open convention look like?

Highlights / Lowlights:

Mona: Are We in ‘Soviet America’? Not Even Close. By Cathy Young, The Bulwark

Linda: Her trip to Israel, where she was recording.

Adam: Cara Mund, a sincere Never Trump candidate who ran (and lost, but got 19%!) in North Dakota. Adam joined her on her radio show to discuss the state of the Republican Party

Chris: Gabe Fleisher's Wake up to Politics. Gabe has been writing about politics since he was a child and is a politics prodigy. He just graduated from Georgetown. (His Substack is here)

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