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Matt and Sam break down the Trump guilty verdict—what happened during the trial, why the jury might have reached the decision they did, how Republicans and the right reacted, and the ways it all could matter, or not, for the 2024 presidential election. It's a wide-ranging conversation, including discussions of low-trust voters, educational polarization, how everything in the United States has become a scam, our doubts about Biden, and more!
Sources:
Trailer for Mitch McCabe's documentary, 23 Mile (YouTube)
Eric Levitz, "One explanation for the 2024 election’s biggest mystery," Vox, May 28, 2024
Michael Brenes, "How Liberalism Betrayed the Enlightenment and Lost Its Soul," Jacobin, May 31, 2024
Matthew Sitman, "Will Be Wild," Dissent, April 18, 2023
Timothy Snyder, "Not a Normal Election," Commonweal, Nov 2, 2020
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