Partly because of the courts and partly because the White House keeps stepping on rakes or trying to break everything, the Dems who were too chill about Trump pre- and post-election have fully moved into 'threat to the Republic' mode. Meanwhile, angry bureaucrats, particularly at the FBI, are digging in. But don't be sanguine because the administration is still trying to take a wrecking ball to the civil service— anything that goes wrong that involves the government though (like that measles outbreak in Texas) they're going to own from here on out. Plus, Trump's dirty energy policy, the challenge of getting his tax cuts through Congress, and Kanye goes all in on Hitler.
show notes
Ezra's forthcoming book with Derek Thompson, "Abundance"
https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Abundance/Ezra-Klein/9781668023488
Ezra's show on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/c/EzraKleinShow
Tim's playlist
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0dApY6YT48kTh6j9xFDQch
0:00 Dems didn’t believe the Trump threat
5:25 Don’t treat Trump’s chaos as done deals
24:10 FBI ordered to purge over Jan. 6
33:00 Trust & Will
34:30 Energy policy
38:14 Heading for a shutdown
41:45 Trump won the culture more than the election
46:00 How can Dems win the culture?
51:40 Ye’s tweets
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