The Bulwark Podcast

Jonathan Chait: A Scary Clown

Pete Hegseth may have a winning Fox &amp; Friends smile, but his desire to shoot protesters, commit war crimes, and purge non-MAGA leaders from the military aligns with Trump's views—and is probably the reason why he was nominated for defense secretary. Plus, Republicans won without offering a middle-class economic agenda, and the ties between the Democrats' loss and the party's busy-body language police.  
 
Jonathan Chait joins Tim Miller. 
 
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<a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/11/transgender-rights-election-public-opinon/680813/?gift=AO0MhSsTDaHgiP_RxFGfBwuubMLmUIpD1eRNc8g3ljk&amp;utm_source=copy-link&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=share">Chait's piece on Pete Hegseth</a> 
<a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/311uQBIqcxorz9odBcRgKG?si=RJEDAsIVQv6VUsXvCuByng&amp;pi=u-p9h2YA3TSWCt&amp;nd=1&amp;dlsi=abe8fac8ed22434a">Tim's Thanksgiving playlist 
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