<div>Noah Smith joins to discuss what Tulsi Gabbard could do to America, the other anti-qualified nominees, the Penny/Mangione cases, and what Syria should remind us of.<br>
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</strong>Mona:<a href="https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/rupert-murdoch-succession-fiasco"> Rupert Murdoch's Succession Fiasco, Clive Irving at <em>Vanity Fair</em></a> <br>
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Linda: <a href="https://www.thefp.com/p/pete-hegseth-warfighters-fox-news-trump">Why Does Pete Hegseth Keep Talking About ‘Warfighters’? Elliot Ackerman at <em>The Free Press</em>.</a><br>
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Bill: His <em>WSJ </em>column: <a href="https://www.wsj.com/opinion/save-a-reagan-initiative-from-the-doge-national-endowment-for-democracy-funding-2b6cc072">Save a Reagan Initiative From Musk and Ramaswamy</a><br>
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Damon: <a href="https://yaschamounk.substack.com/p/when-democracys-defenders-turn-into">When Democracy’s Defenders Turn Into Its Gravediggers, Yascha Mounck </a><br>
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Noah makes his reasoned pitch as to why rabbits make excellent pets.</div>
