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There’s nobody better at turning wins into losses than the contemporary Democratic Party, according to The New Abnormal co-hosts Danielle Moodie and Andy Levy.
With their current presidential candidate facing a crisis of confidence over his advanced age and perceived cognitive abilities, Democratic politicians and liberal media figures alike have been casting about blindly for an alternative—any alternative. It’s a fool’s errand, Moodie and Levy agree.
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“I would love for Democrats to show just half of the, I don’t know, the commitment to their candidate, the way that Republicans are committed to a felon and an alleged rapist,” Moodie said. “I don't understand why we can’t gaslight our way out of this the way that the Republican party does all the time.”
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Then, The New Abnormal catches up with decorated CNN correspondent Elle Reeve, who shares some of the findings from her new book: Black Pill: How I Witnessed the Darkest Corners of the Internet Come to Life, Poison Society, and Capture American Politics.
“What has been most disturbing to me after a decade of reporting on [the far-right movement] is the little ways in which their ideas trickle into mainstream culture,” Reeve said. “Whether it’s a little bit of sexism, a little bit of eugenics… We are seeing a lot of guys in Silicon Valley echoing some of the fascism, some of the stuff I read in posts by teenagers on 4chan 10 years ago.”
Plus! A conversation with Samhita Mukhopadhyay about her recent book, The Myth of Making It: A Workplace Reckoning.
Listen to this full episode of The New Abnormal on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon and Stitcher.
