In Spite of the “Art of the Deal,” Trump Keeps Getting Rolled in Negotiations
We begin as a peace deal with Iran that increasingly looks like a sellout which will be hard for Trump to spin as a victory and recognize Trump as a negotiator who always gets rolled in spite of his signature claim of being master of the “art of the deal,” a fiction manufactured in his book written by a ghost writer. Joining us is David Graham, a staff writer at The Atlantic, where he covers politics and national affairs. He won the Toner Prize for Excellence in National Political Reporting for his coverage of the 2020 presidential election. His new book is The Project: How Project 2025 Is Reshaping America and we discuss his latest article at The Atlantic, “Why Trump Keeps Getting Rolled in Negotiations.”
Paxton and the Moral Decay and Collapse of Decency and Discourse in the Trump Era
Then we assess the moral decay and collapse of decency and discourse following the results of the Texas Republican US Senate primary with a flagrant “Christian” crook, lowlife and sleazebag Ken Paxton winning in a blowout to face James Talarico in the general election. Joining us is James Moore, an Emmy Award–winning television news correspondent who has covered Texas politics and has traveled extensively with every presidential campaign since 1976. He is the founder of Big Bend Strategies and publishes regularly at Texas to the World.
How and Why Oligarchs Dominate Our Democracy
Then finally we speak with Jeffrey Winters, a professor of political science at Northwestern University and the Director of the Equality Development and Globalization Studies Program at Northwestern’s Buffett Institute for Global Affairs. Renowned for his groundbreaking work on oligarchs and elites, he wrote the influential book Oligarchy, which reintroduced the term to modern audiences. We will discuss his latest book, just out, The Blind Spot: How Oligarchs Dominate Our Democracy and his article at Mother Jones “Tax Me If You Can: Oligarchs are robbing America blind, and the IRS is powerless to stop them.”