Pod Save America - “Mark Meadows’ Fascist PowerPoint.”

The 1/6 Committee charges Donald Trump’s former Chief of Staff with criminal contempt of Congress as the former president’s allies prepare for the next coup, Joe Biden and co-president Joe Manchin chat about the future of Build Back Better, Donald Trump and Bill O’Reilly’s roadshow is having trouble filling seats, and in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision on the Texas abortion ban, this episode ends with a special feature on the future of Roe v. Wade that includes moving stories from people who’ve already been affected by abortion restrictions.
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Duration: 51m
Broadcast on: 14 Dec 2021
Audio Format: other

We only have 100 days left until the 2022 midterms, and we need to make every one count. We know how high the stakes are in these midterms. Abortion is on the ballot. Climate is on the ballot. Our basic freedoms and ability to make our voices heard to protect them are on the ballot. Head to votesaveamerica.com/midterms to take our Count Me in pledge to volunteer the weekend of July 31st and become part of our midterm madness program to get involved in the most important elections in 2022 from the Senate to your local school board. Welcome to Pod Save America. I'm John Favera. I'm John Lovett. Tommy Vitor. On today's show, the January 6th committee charges Trump's former chief of staff with criminal contempt of Congress as the ex-president's allies prepare for the next coup. Joe Biden and co-president Joe Manchin chat about the future of Build Back Better. Donald Trump and Bill O'Reilly's roadshow is having trouble filling seats, and in the wake of the Supreme Court's decision on the Texas abortion ban, we have a special feature on the future of Roe v. Wade that includes some moving stories from people who've already been affected by abortion restrictions, so please stick around to hear that. But first, before we start, check out the latest offline. I talked to surgeon general Dr. Vivek Murthy about how to stop doom-scrolling, what he calls America's silent epidemic of loneliness, and the importance of real life human connection to our health. Did you ask him to prove that he's not related to Ezra Klein in any way? You know, that's why he was on Ezra's show, and that's the only way that I know they're not, they weren't the same. And Ezra actually made a comment about it at the beginning of the show, which I thought was helpful. I've never been able to see him. Oh yeah. Let's get to the news. On Monday, the bipartisan committee investigating the January 6th attack on the Capitol voted to bring a criminal contempt charge against former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows for defying a subpoena. So Meadows had initially agreed to testify, then backed out because Trump threw a fit. But we're already learning a lot from the thousands of documents, text messages, and emails that Meadows had already handed over to the committee when he thought he was going to cooperate. Just a few examples of what we're learning about before we really dig in. One, an email where Meadows said that the National Guard would be present at the Capitol on January 6th to protect, quote, "pro-Trump people." I want the record to deflect that John was doing air quotes, bunny quotes. You know, I appreciate that, Tommy, because often when I do air quotes on the plot, I at least tell people I'm doing air quotes. I usually write out, quote, unquote for myself. That's good. That's good. He should move on. He did air quotes there. Number two, an email where Meadows discussed getting Trump to persuade legislators and states that Biden won to send their own slate of Trump electors instead. Three, a 38-page power point that a retired army colonel had sent to Meadows and various Republican members of Congress that urged Trump to overturn the election by declaring a national emergency based on the lie that China and Venezuela had taken control of our voting machines. Real thing, real thing. That's the Sidney Powell beat, right? That's the Sidney Powell, probably has probably started on your favorite podcast. Mike Lindell's probably on that too. Star White. So I'll stop there for your reactions. Usually the tough part about these January 6th investigation stories is figuring out what information is actually new and what matters most. What do you guys think after reading all these stories about Mark Meadows' involvement? And is there anything else I did mention that you think people should know about? I'll just say generally, I remember when McConnell and other Senate Republicans said, "Oh, just let him let him let him blow some steam." It was a court to actually Parker, I think. And I think when I take away from this is, I think sometimes we are a little bit casual with Trump's fascism in part because he seems so inept. But the people around him, while inept, are not as inept as him. And this was a more sophisticated and detailed operation than even we had known until the past couple of days. And we should all, I think, be honest about the fact that what stopped this was not how hamfisted it was,

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