317: How Democrats Lost America with Josh Dawsey

317: How Democrats Lost America with Josh Dawsey

Author: Politicon July 10, 2025 Duration: 1:10:48
VOTE FOR THE WORST OF THE TRUMP ADMIN
James and Al exciorate the Republican controlled government for passing Trump’s insane budget, tear into the lackeys supporting the regime, and call upon you to vote in the attached survey to decide who is truly the worst of the worst in the Trump era.  Then, they welcome Josh Dawsey from the WSJ and author of “2024: How Trump Retook the White House and the Democrats Lost America” for a deep dive into the inner machinations of a Democratic party that seemed to be willing to keep Biden in power at all costs.  What will it take to protect the party from its worst impulses as it picks a candidate going into 2028?

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