S2 Ep1027: Jonathan Rauch: Focus On the Corruption
April 23, 2025
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Episode 1027 · April 23, 2025
S2 Ep1027: Jonathan Rauch: Focus On the Corruption
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S2 Ep1027: Jonathan Rauch: Focus On the Corruption
Summary
<div>Trump may be brilliant at assaulting us with his daily distractions, but Democrats need to relentlessly target his corruption because that may be his weak spot. He is running the government in a pre-modern way—like it's his own personal piggy bank. And he has replaced rules-oriented bureaucrats with mostly incompetent loyalists who are only there to do his bidding. Meanwhile, Christianity could help heal the country's partisan polarization if it returns to the teachings of Jesus instead of the gospel of Donald Trump. Plus, the constant burden of having to fight the cognitive warfare and sensory overload coming out of the White House. <br /><br /><strong>Brookings’ Jonathan Rauch </strong>joins Tim Miller.joins Tim Miller. <br /><br /><em>show notes<br /></em><br /></div><ul>
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<a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/02/corruption-trump-administration/681794/?gift=AO0MhSsTDaHgiP_RxFGfB79g2EJBVbjEiEmdkjDCpYk&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share">Jon's piece on Trump's patrimonialism<br /></a><br /></li>
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<a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/08/trump-2024-reelection-viktor-orban-hungary/671264/?gift=AO0MhSsTDaHgiP_RxFGfBzR3VFeicqr2_DyV5W8Tf9o&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share">Jon's predictions in 2022 about a Trump second term</a><br /></li>
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<a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=hycoCYenXls&si=tFCjNsuM5U8q04c4">A Chris Murphy Senate floor speech on Trump's corruption<br /></a><br /></li>
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<a href="https://www.thebulwark.com/p/i-commanded-u-s-army-europe-heres-what-i-saw-in-the-russian-and-ukrainian-armies">Mark Hertling piece on the Russian and Ukrainian armies that Tim referenced<br /></a><br /></li>
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<a href="https://yalebooks.yale.edu/search-results/?series=yle22-politics-and-culture">Jon's new book, "Cross Purposes: Christianity's Broken Bargain with Democracy"<br /></a><br /></li>
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<a href="https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781427292988/thehappinesscurve/">Jon's book, "The Happiness Curve: Why Life Gets Better After 50"<br /></a><br /></li>
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<a href="https://youtu.be/eZHsmb4ezEk?si=fFgBHPV2RsJfT-xw">The opening scene of <em>The Godfather<br /></em></a><br /></li>
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