
About this episode
In an emergency-ish episode, Sarah Isgur and David French go over the timeline of the Thursday Afternoon Massacre and its immediate fallout. What does the past week portend for President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice?
The Agenda:
—Danielle Sassoon’s letter and future
—Worst possible way to do a not-insane thing
—The state of the DOJ
—Trump’s Napoleon tweet
—How much power does Elon Musk actually have?
Show Notes:
-Nick Catoggio on Danielle Sassoon
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