Amanda Carpenter
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first heard Jan 2025
last heard 11 Aug
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But aside from that, what you were talking about made me think about one of the other challenges is how do we do our job defending democracy, protecting spaces without defending or apologizing for the status quo? Right. I think that's the trap that Harris and Biden and others fell into.
And saying that you want to protect institutions doesn't mean that they're perfect in knowing and explaining and understanding the difference between what is real reform and what leads to ruin is complicated, but necessary.
Yeah, not with healthcare, not with education, not with climate, not with, it's a lot of things. Sure. And saying that, you know, everyone is fine and the economy is up, so therefore you have more money on your paychecks. It just, that doesn't translate to people without pensions, without the stock market, et cetera. So, yeah. Bad politics. That's like a whole other thing.
You should apologize for yourself.
It's going to be healthy to hang out on the MSNBC.
Yeah. I mean, it's going to be tough. No doubt. I don't expect I'm going to tune in to watch it live. I'll see the pictures. I do want to read the speech and, to see how he approaches the second term.
Yeah, this is part of it. Like he he gets his moment. He won. He gets to have the big ceremony. He gets to march down the avenues. All the pictures will be in Melania. All the media coverage is going to be glowing. Right. Because they want to give him that sort of sweetener coming in. I don't think I'm going to be able to watch it.
You know, people who are in the political opposition, don't let them see your tears. Don't do it. Don't do it. Tune out, protect your mental health. This is going to be a long slug and you're going to have to have the energy. Don't burn it now. This is all, it's going to be a week of sugar cane coverage. Let it happen. You can't stop it. This is not something to stop.
It's not something to fight over. There are going to be big issues down the road. You know, that's why I've worked with my colleagues to develop a framework on distinguishing what really matters and what doesn't. And him getting his in the picture in the paper with his hand over the Bible and everyone smiling, isn't it?
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