The Emerging Democratic Lanes. What If Trump 2.0 Is Competent? (with Jeff Maurer and Kirk Bado)

Best I can tell there are two emerging Democratic Lanes in our post-Obama era world…

Progressive + Border Hawk

In a bygone era, Bernie Sanders got an “A” rating from the NRA and believed increased immigration was a corporatist scheme to drive down union wages. While, he has yet to reload on his 2A cred, he is now back to beating the drum on the economic costs of immigration. I would suspect that progressives will feel more comfortable consciously uncoupling from positions and groups calling for a decriminalized border.

New Blue Dogs

Arf! Arf! John Fetterman sees a lot of Trump signs when he drives through the state of Pennsylvania. So why should he fight tooth and nail to keep Pete Hegseth from the Pentagon? If he wants to keep his seat in a state that is trending rightward then maybe picking and choosing his battles with the MAGA agenda is smarter than diametric opposition. Maybe it makes more sense to make face in Mar-A-Lago than to march in defiance.

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Either way we have a lot of spaghetti being thrown at the wall and our friend Jeff Maurer is here to help make sense of it. Including whatever the hell Chris Murphy is up to.

Chapters

4:30 Jeff Maurer

35:05 UPDATE - Carter Funeral, Fetterman to MAL, Trump First Executive Orders

48:51 Kirk Bado

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