Tom Nichols

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2,378 appearances 19 recordings 1 series first heard Jan 2025 last heard 19 May

Tom Nichols’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 15 in all, peaking in Apr 2026 with 3.

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The Don Lemon Show · Lemon LIVE at 5 | Is Donald Trump Showing Signs of Mental Decline?! - November 11th, 2025 · 11 Nov 2025 podcast

That it just it never happens. voice-verified

Republicans couldn't stop the ACA when they tried to shut down the government under Obama. voice-verified

The Democrats couldn't get what they wanted out of Trump during the last shutdown before this one. voice-verified

So at some point, these things have to end. voice-verified

And the only question is, who takes the most political damage from it? voice-verified

So with all that long throat clearing and kind of warm up to it, I think it had to end if only because the longer it went on and if it went into Thanksgiving and the airports melted down worse than they already are. voice-verified

I think people would have started spreading the blame around to everybody because that's what happens when Americans get pissed off about things going wrong. voice-verified

They just start, you know, flaming everyone in sight. voice-verified

And I don't think it was the worst outcome to end this while the blame was still resting heavily on the Republicans. voice-verified

And I also think, you know, people are going to. voice-verified

People are now going to see what happens when the Republicans get what they want, which is that people are going to lose their health insurance or they're going to not be able to pay for their health insurance. voice-verified

And, you know, that's going to cause a lot of human misery. voice-verified

But, you know, in a way, if that's what people voted for, then they need to see the consequences of it. voice-verified

And that can be changed. voice-verified

Remember, this is only a, I mean, how many, it's like a 90 day continuing resolution. voice-verified

Another one of these kind of, you know, voice-verified

stopgap band-aids that will come up again in January. voice-verified

We might be living in a very different political environment by January. voice-verified

I was a federal employee. voice-verified

I was I was furloughed during shutdowns. voice-verified

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