Pod Save America - "Josh Hawley’s Masculinity Press Tour."

Democrats finally pass the $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Bill, climate reporter Dave Roberts joins the pod to talk about week two of the COP26 Climate Summit, and Tommy and Lovett break down some of the most annoying non-headlines from the weekend including Josh Hawley's masculinity crisis and Ted Cruz's presidential endorsement of Joe Rogan.

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Duration: 59m
Broadcast on: 09 Nov 2021
Audio Format: other

The Supreme Court has had a busy summer loosening gun restrictions in states, overturning Roe vs Wade, and severely threatening our Miranda rights. I'm Leah Litman, and each week on Strix scrutiny, I'm joined by my co-hosts and fellow law professors, Melissa Murray and Kate Shaw, to break down the latest headlines and the biggest legal questions facing our country. It's more important than ever to understand the repercussions of these Supreme Court decisions and what we can do to fight back in the upcoming midterm elections. Listen to new episodes of Strix scrutiny every Monday wherever you get your podcasts. [music] Welcome to Potsave America, I'm Tommy Vitor. I'm John Lovett. John Favreau is not here today. So what happened was he was walking on the street and there was a little piece of keto pizza, and he went to grab it and then it moved a little, and he kept following it, kept following it, kept following it. It was a trap. John is out because he's sick. No, it is not COVID. He's just gold-fashioned under the weather with a plague. Smallpox. Did pundits just cough in solidarity? Sure. Anyway, we have an amazing show for you today. We are going to talk about the infrastructure bill, how it got passed, how the vote came together, and the political road ahead for Joe Biden as he tries to pass his larger economic plan. Then we will be joined by Dave Roberts, who writes the Volt's newsletter about clean energy and politics. We should talk about the climate summit happening right now in Scotland, the climate provisions in Biden's Build Back Better Bill, and what else Biden can do to prevent the planet from burning. I'm going to try not to say Build Back Better Bill today a lot, but whatever you want to do, it's going to be hard. Also, don't miss the latest episode of offline with John Favreau, where he's joined by Peter Hamby, the host of Snapchat's Good Luck America. They talk about how Twitter ruined political journalism and how to fix it. Also, love it in New York Comedy Festival. Love it or leave it. Match made in heaven. We have... Today is, you're hearing this on Tuesday. The show is Friday night in New York. There are a few tickets left. We have a great show, some very special guests, some surprise special guests, big guests, Quirka.com/events. Last chance. They're almost gone. It would be very fun to do a big live show. Everyone should go. Okay. Let's talk about the Biff love it when we'll try not to use our Biff a lot. So late Friday night, the bipartisan infrastructure bill finally passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 228 to 206. Third time was the charm here in terms of this bill for President Biden, Speaker Pelosi, and to get it over the finish line, Pelosi needed 13 Republican votes after six progressive Democrats voted no. We're going to get into how all this came together in a minute. But let's first start with the substance, because we're substance guys. We're substance guys. We're substance people. Start with the substance. We are trying to improve the media we complain about so much. So this bill includes the biggest investment in roads, bridges, public transport, tons of stuff in decades. Unfortunately, the recent polling says that voters have no idea what's actually in it. You are famously fond of infrastructure, John. What are your favorite parts of this bill? What should people be excited about? I'm going to run you through a few. First, California, a state run by Democrats has been so far unable to build high speed rail from San Francisco to Los Angeles, a route that has roughly the same distance as Barcelona to Madrid, but would serve 10 times as many people. Instead, we've just been trying to connect Bakersfield and Merced, which is a pathetic desperate capitulation to American decline. This pool of money has the chance to unlock this project and other projects like it in rail. The Times also did a good look at a lot of the ways it impacts California and the West. Funding around disasters will help California bury power lines in rural areas where sparks have been setting off wildfires. That is huge. That's good. Also, some good water conservation in there. I'm also excited about the money that expands charging stations for musk mobiles and other electric cars, especially for people who got Teslas before he became so toxic and still think Teslas are good.

Also, money to get rid of lead pipes like the ones that ravage Flint. This is also an example

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