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Aug 3, 2023 • 1h 6min

Global Soufflé

New testimony paints the Biden family in an even worse light than usual, Trump has been indicted yet again, and climate alarmists are gearing up to put you under house arrest because it was warm in July. What, if anything, can be done to recover agency and divert the course of this runaway freight train? Our editors weigh in before reminding you to read the damn site!
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Jul 27, 2023 • 58min

In a Biden World

Revelations and accusations are swarming around Hunter Biden. A foreign informant has alleged that the Bidens received $10 million in bribes from the Ukrainian energy company Burisma, and Hunter's plea deal on tax evasion charges has fallen apart. Will anything come of it—and would impeachment play right into the Democrats' hands? Meanwhile, from Greta Gerwig's Barbie to Jason Aldean's "Small Town," a new round of culture war salvos is heating up. The editors reflect on the tangled relationship between art and politics, then they remind you to read the damn site.
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Jul 20, 2023 • 1h 7min

All Your Banks are Belong to Us

Banks both at home and abroad have been increasingly partaking in a troubling bout of digital warfare against their customers, some of whom are suspiciously guilty of wrongthink. Have you been engaging in suspicious transactions, citizen? Meanwhile, states like California are trying to prevent people from getting their hands on the tools to fight back. Plus: the future of the Democrat Party looks increasingly anti-Israel, while the US Army continues sliding into the cult of D.I.E. Is there even a vision of the US for tomorrow? The editors take a closer look at the situation before reminding you to read the damn site.
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Jul 13, 2023 • 1h 8min

Screenshots Across the Bow

Moms for Liberty has drawn online ire by quoting Hitler in a newsletter as an attempt to raise the alarm about school indoctrination. But is apology the right way to go when there's no forgiveness on offer? Even private messages can lead to public scapegoating, raising the question whether there's any such thing as private thoughts anymore. Plus: Mark Zuckerberg has created a Twitter clone, causing everyone to wonder if Zuck’s model will be viable going forward, and where we’re likely going. Finally as ever, the editors issue reading recommendations so you'll read the damn site.
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Jul 6, 2023 • 1h 5min

The French Floyd

French police shot and killed Nahel Merzouk, a 17-year-old immigrant of Algerian and Moroccan descent with a long history of criminal activity, sparking violent protest across the country. Is this France’s George Floyd moment—or something darker still? Stateside, the courts have been on a roll, preliminarily blocking the Biden administration from overtly colluding with social media companies and banning explicit race-based affirmative action in university admissions. The editors discuss the rolling civilizational crisis and, of course, remind you to read the damn site.
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Jun 22, 2023 • 54min

A Dalliance with Burisma

As Pride month has come and mostly gone, Spencer and Seth consider whether the Ts have dragged the LGBs by the nose into a carnival too extravagant to go on. Meanwhile, Hunter Biden is pleading guilty to a gun possession charge. Is this the end of the Biden investigation, or just a stop on the way to more dire revelations? Plus: the OceanGate submersible has lost contact on its way down to the Titanic, leaving everyone waiting in horror to find out the fate of the five passengers. In closing, Spencer and Seth remind you to read the damn site.
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Jun 15, 2023 • 1h 1min

Who will Indict the Indicters Themselves?

Trump has been indicted again. The Left feels sure they’ve got him this time, but the poll numbers haven’t moved at all. Time will tell who is right. Meanwhile, Ryan and James sit us down for a highly condensed, yet immensely informative, peek under the hood of America’s foreign policy philosophy. In closing, the editors recount their favorite essays of the week and Ryan reminds you to read another damn site (just this once).
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Jun 8, 2023 • 45min

The New Theology in 2024

Armenians take to the streets to brawl with Antifa over provocative pride activities at schools in Glendale, CA, the Freedom Caucus is causing Kevin McCarthy headaches as they obstruct the debt “deal” before the House, and the editors remind you to read the damn site by providing reading recommendations! All this and more from the editors in this episode of The Roundtable.
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Jun 1, 2023 • 1h 2min

"Off-White Supremacy"

It's time once again for debt crisis theater as House republicans agree with Democrats on a proposed deal, acquiescing to massive debt in exchange for minor concessions. Meanwhile, in an effort to drive a wedge between white and nonwhite people, the Left indulges in truly comedic arguments about race in America. Behind the absurdism there are important trends that deserve a closer look. And the Ron vs. Don showdown is official now that DeSantis has announced a run for the presidency. The editors discuss it all before commanding you to read the damn site (by issuing their recommendations to guide your reading).
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May 25, 2023 • 1h 8min

Sponsored by Satan

Conservatives are finally building up a head of steam when it comes to boycotts, making an example of Anheuser-Busch after their unholy union with Dylan Mulvaney. Now Target and the Dodgers have attracted this same newly quickened ire by pushing overtly Satanic and trans-forward messaging onto shoppers—and their children. Meanwhile the trajectory of Christian nationalism is up for hot debate, as is that of wokeness. Plus: the editors, joined by Helen Roy, name their favorite TAM articles of the week as a reminder to read the damn site!

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