Talking Turkey

Episode #72

Bill and Phil examine the disconnect between Biden’s popular policies and his political unpopularity, what nuclear brinkmanship can teach us about the debate over the debt-ceiling, how the shift in self-defense laws can help us understand the result in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial, and Bill and Phil enjoy some Thanksgiving leftovers by announcing their biggest turkeys of the year. 

Links related to this week’s episode:

• “Biden Needs an Enemy” by Molly Jong-Fast in The Atlantic

• “The Disconnect Between Biden’s Popular Policies and His Unpopularity” by Nate Cohn in The New York Times

• “When Bipartisanship Risks Undermining Democracy” by Ronald Brownstein in The Atlantic

• “Nuclear Strategists Know How Dangerous the Debt Fight Is” by Edwards Geist in The Atlantic

• “U.S. listed as a ‘backsliding’ democracy for first time in report by European think tank” by Miriam Berger in The Washington Post

• “Opinion: It’s not ‘polarization.’ We suffer from Republican radicalization.” by Jennifer Rubin in The Washington Post

• “The Terrifying Future of the American Right” by David Brooks in The Atlantic

• “Rittenhouse didn’t have to prove he acted in self-defense” by John Pfaff in The Washington Post

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