Evening Roundup, June 2
Featuring Jen Rubin; Alex Aronson; "Where in the World is Tim Mak?"; Jared Bernstein; Michael de Adder; Pasha Dashtgard; and "Talking Feds"
Trump and his crew are nuts
According to a jaw-dropping New York Times report, during the 2024 campaign, Elon Musk “told people he was taking so much ketamine, a powerful anesthetic, that it was affecting his bladder, a known effect of chronic use.” He allegedly took a smorgasbord of drugs, including ecstasy and psychedelic mushrooms, while toting around his “daily medication box……
Trump slams Leonard Leo and the Federalist Society
By Alex Aronson
Fractures in the right-wing legal movement and the fight for our constitutional future.
Where in the World is Tim Mak? Jen and Tim on the Success of Ukraine's Operation Spider’s Web
In a surprise attack 18 months in the making, Ukrainian agents successfully executed Operation Spider’s Web, sneaking drones thousands of miles behind enemy lines to destroy billions of dollars worth of Russian aircraft. In the latest episode of Where in the World is Tim Mak?
Are the hard data beginning to reflect Trumpian chaos?
For years, first as a member and then as chair of President Joe Biden’s Council of Economic Advisers, I had a ringside seat to the great data/vibes split. Starting in 2022, inflation begin to come down quickly, while growth and jobs remained strong. But most people were too unhappy with the higher price level to feel good about whatever else was going o…
The Bongino files
Michael de Adder is an award-winning editorial cartoonist. You can find him on Substack here.
Not Just a Joke: Understanding & Preventing Gender- & Sexuality-based Bigotry
By Pasha Dashtgard
Young men don't have to be lost to radicalization. There is help.
Taco Tuesday Every Day
Talking Feds is the only independent podcast honored with all three: a Webby Honoree, a Signal Award, and a W3 Award. Listen to the latest episode to learn why!
Senator Barbara Boxer, Mara Liasson, and Stuart Stevens join Harry Litman to assess the Musk experiment, Trump’s no-holds-barred war against Harvard, and the damage it threatens for the school and American society as a whole. They then turn to the moving target of Trump’s TACO tariffs.
Only a billionaire could get away with taking ketamine in a Trump regime. An overdose killed Matthew Perry. You gotta know Musk is operating impaired.
Perfectly said: Drumph (Orange Mob Boss) and his crew are NUTS. When can they be put in the asylum?