Chapter 1: What are the implications of the filibuster on American politics?
A rant on the filibuster that, quite honestly, I have to thank the United States government for the FCC. I've never said that in 49 years of broadcast. I've never been grateful for the FCC. But I think my mother and my family are probably grateful for it today because it stopped me from saying the words that I really felt when I told you the history of the filibuster. That is part of the podcast.
And a great conversation with the essayist Ann Bauer, who... Had a conversation, well, had a couple of conversations in Minnesota where she used to live. And one of them went the typical way, but another one went in unexpected ways. What can we possibly learn from that, if anything, on how to talk to our friends and neighbors? Why do we hit a wall? All that and more on today's podcast.
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Chapter 2: How does Ann Bauer's experience reflect on political discourse?
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Chapter 3: What does Gavin Newsom say about potential Democratic candidates?
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I am well, and I loved your dramatic reading of my tweet. I think we should just do that all the time.
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Chapter 4: Why is the concept of the 'zombie filibuster' controversial?
Anne, I just loved your tweet. By the way, Anne is an essayist, and she is the co-founder of Storyalize. So tell us what happened next after that.
So I assumed that I had mouthed off and would not hear back from this woman whom I've known for 25 years. That's happened a lot with people in Minneapolis. But after, oh, about 25 minutes, I got a text from her and she said, oh, sorry, I didn't think of that. Perhaps I should have. I didn't mean to offend. I was only sharing photos of the items at the places of memorial. Yes, you are correct.
It is not a fair comparison. And I just was gobsmacked. I was like, you know, what a gracious response.
So then the bubbles on your side went off. And what did you write?
I said, thank you. I have had many people, I had had, I'd been deluged by that Anne Frank quote that everyone was sending about, you know, they came to round us up from people in Minneapolis during the ice raids. And I had just hit my limit. And so I said to this woman,
Tim Waltz was censured by the Holocaust Museum for his constant comparisons to mass genocide, which was something I've been so happy to see.
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Chapter 5: How does the filibuster impact legislative efficiency?
You know, this governor who I who I have been loathing, frankly, and terrified of for years. And at one point, he is a little terrified in a wimpy sort of way. Oh, he's he's terrifying because he is both evil and dumb. And I went all around the country saying this before the election of 2024. I was like, oh, people, you do not want this man a heartbeat away from the presidency.
But when I said this to her about Tim Walz's being really harshly, I thought, criticized by the Holocaust Museum, accurately, harshly criticized by She said, oh my, I was not aware. And of course, the reason she wasn't aware is because Minneapolis media is a blackout when it comes to any news that does not reflect wonderfully upon the governor.
And so this very smart lady who I've known for all these years, who really does care and is deeply religious in her own way and would never say something that she thought was offensive, had no idea, no idea, thought that this was just a marvelous comparison to make.
And so then what happened?
So I asked her what news sources she read. And she of course said the star Tribune, the star Tribune was her, you know, Yeah.
Right.
And the star Tribune is run by a publisher named Steve Grove, who served as commissioner of employment and economic development under Tim Waltz, who is like an arm of the state administration. And it is shocking how the news in the star Tribune specifically,
Elsewhere, to some degree, is shaped in order to protect this man, which is how you all ended up saying in whatever fall 2024, my God, how can all these things just be coming out about the lies that he's told and the. And the service that he didn't perform that he said he did and the trips to China that happened at really hinky times. How is that not reported?
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Chapter 6: What role does accountability play in the Senate's functioning?
Well, it wasn't reported because Minneapolis has only ever covered him as if he's, you know, the little prince who ascended and rules bountifully over the land.
And you said to her at this at this point, you know, what was it? I believe Tim Walsh ginned up this dangerous violent situations and he did it to run cover for fraud investigations. I think that's absolutely accurate. Absolutely accurate. Right. And she replied.
What fraud investigations?
Oh my gosh. Oh my gosh. This is my favorite line from you. After you said that, after you wrote, you know, what Friday you just wrote. Oh, sweet Jesus. It's exactly. I mean, that is the nicest way of saying good God almighty help us. Oh, sweet Jesus.
Oh, so how do you even encapsulate in your, You know, a text message, I happened to be sitting at, um, Bradley airport waiting for a flight. How do I say, oh, well, the five to six years of rampant ongoing state sponsored fraud that has been sucking billions of dollars, both state and federal. into Minnesota NGOs and then funneling it back to the DFL bat fraud.
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Chapter 7: How does Ann Bauer's conversation reveal communication challenges?
That's what I wanted to say. But I was like, well, um, she said, can you send me some articles? Well, here's the problem. Can I send her some articles? Sure. I had to be very choosy.
Yeah. Will they be articles from sources? She will find credible.
Exactly. could I find articles in the Star Tribune? Here's what I could find. An individual, oh, such and such a defendant was sentenced on this fraud that is completely freakish and we have no idea how it happened, but luckily we sent the bad guy to jail. That kind of article I could find in the Star Tribune. They had done, you know, little smatterings of, oh, bad Somali criminal, basically.
Yeah. Yeah.
We sent these people away. Don't worry. It's all good.
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Chapter 8: What are the long-term effects of procedural changes in the Senate?
And Tim waltz is heading up fraud prevention. What I did was I found, uh, one or two pieces that made some links, you know, how could the waltz administration be ignorant of this was the way that it came out in, for instance, National Public Radio and the New York Times. And I did send those.
I knew she wouldn't read anything with a paywall because, you know, she has her own life, her own media choices. I knew she wouldn't read anything from a right-leaning source. So everything from Fox or, you know, Daily Wire, things like that was out. And so I sent her you know, these two articles. And about an hour later, I got a text that said, oh my God, do we ever get the money back?
And what in the world do you say? I really, I was like, oh dear lady, no. In fact, you don't get the money back. No. It is electing Your attorney general, again, no longer my attorney general, thank God, because I left.
But where did you move? Did you move to Connecticut? I heard you say Bradley Airport. You didn't move to Connecticut.
Oh, no. I was out in Connecticut doing a speech. No, no, because that would have been like the junior version.
Right. Okay.
No, I was a very proud resident of Thomas Massey's district in Kentucky.
Oh, okay. Good, good, good, good. Uh, and, um, you know, I read this and I thought you handled this so well. Um, I wonder if you got the first response of, I'm sorry, we got, I don't even know. Are you Jewish?
Yeah. I mean, in the way that one is.
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