Germany Votes

Episode #65

This week, Bill and Phil discuss the recent German elections, whether Facebook is an authoritarian nation-state, the federal budget standoff, and play a game of "What’s More Stupid - Trump Edition".

Links related to this week’s episode:

• “Election fraud, QAnon, Jan. 6: Far-right extremists in Germany read from a pro-Trump script” by Isaac Stanley-Becker in The Washington Post

• “How Clinton’s ‘Basket of Deplorables’ Taught Germany a Lesson” by Yasmeen Serhan in The Atlantic

• “German election 2021: full results and analysis” in The Guardian

• “The Largest Autocracy on Earth” by Adrienne LaFrance in The Atlantic

• “U.S. default this fall would cost 6 million jobs, wipe out $15 trillion in wealth, study says” by Jeff Stein in The Washington Post

• “Stephanie Grisham’s Book Details Trump’s ‘Terrifying’ Temper” by Katie Rogers in The New York Times

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