Tom Nichols: The Cult Around the Sad Boy from Queens
The Bulwark Podcast
Trump has embraced the culture war on guns and abortion, but he is somehow being painted as a moderate again. Meanwhile, Giuliani and Abbott served up fresh reminders that MAGA thinks law and order doesn't apply to them. And today's authoritarians aren't anti-elite—it's just that the wrong elites are in charge. Tom Nichols joins Tim Miller.
show notes: Tom's piece about Carla, the cat
Raw Description
<div>Trump has embraced the culture war on guns and abortion, but he is somehow being painted as a moderate again. Meanwhile, Giuliani and Abbott served up fresh reminders that MAGA thinks law and order doesn't apply to them. And today's authoritarians aren't anti-elite—it's just that the wrong elites are in charge. Tom Nichols joins Tim Miller.<br><br><em>show notes:<br></em><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2024/05/a-man-and-his-cat/678357/?gift=AO0MhSsTDaHgiP_RxFGfB-x9saYxAZXZpT-lOHpj2Kk&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share">Tom's piece about Carla, the cat</a><br><br><br></div>
Show Notes
Trump has embraced the culture war on guns and abortion, but he is somehow being painted as a moderate again. Meanwhile, Giuliani and Abbott served up fresh reminders that MAGA thinks law and order doesn't apply to them. And today's authoritarians aren't anti-elite—it's just that the wrong elites are in charge. Tom Nichols joins Tim Miller.
show notes: Tom's piece about Carla, the cat
Raw Description
<div>Trump has embraced the culture war on guns and abortion, but he is somehow being painted as a moderate again. Meanwhile, Giuliani and Abbott served up fresh reminders that MAGA thinks law and order doesn't apply to them. And today's authoritarians aren't anti-elite—it's just that the wrong elites are in charge. Tom Nichols joins Tim Miller.<br><br><em>show notes:<br></em><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2024/05/a-man-and-his-cat/678357/?gift=AO0MhSsTDaHgiP_RxFGfB-x9saYxAZXZpT-lOHpj2Kk&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share">Tom's piece about Carla, the cat</a><br><br><br></div>