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Progressive Failures, Media Failures

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JL;DR SUMMARY The episode discusses the decline of progressive ideology in California, as evidenced by the state's handling of recent disasters, and critiques the mainstream media's role in shaping public perceptions. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski.

  • At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself.
  • This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude.
  • Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from.
  • But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me.
  • And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.
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Donald TrumpSocial MediaMainstream MediaCaliforniaProgressive IdeologyGavin NewsomPublic TrustMedia CriticismTet OffensiveCitizen Journalism

Places mentioned

Los Angeles, California, United States
"You know, there's been these awful fires that are terrorizing Los Angeles."
Washington, California, United States
"And I, I'd like to submit to you yesterday's edition of Politico playbook. You know, there's been these awful fires that are terrorizing Los Angeles."
Washington DC, United States
"And in this city where I work in DC, they still have an amazing hold over people's imaginations."
Pacific Palisades, California, United States
"So first we heard that it was offline for a year to make repairs. That turns out it may not have been true. It may have been empty since 2009."
Santa Ynez, California, United States
"And people were like, well, what do you expect? Hydrants aren't supposed to be there to put out forest fires. They're just supposed to put out individual houses. So what do you expect? Well, maybe you expect 117 million gallons of water in the reservoir that pumps the water into the hydrants, and that is not there."
Pennsylvania, United States
"And just to be bipartisan, there doesn't seem to be a competence issue in Pennsylvania either, which is run by a Democrat, Josh Shapiro, but who seems to know that he needs to hew to the philosophy of rational administration, or at least competence in government, in order to get some of his more liberal social priorities across and not reverse those priorities."
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