White House press secretary Jen Psaki joins Jon F. and Dan to chat about all of the challenges in front of the Biden administration. Then Jon and Dan examine the debate over popularism and the direction of the Democratic Party and a new investigative report about AT&T’s role in propping up the right-wing propaganda network OAN.

Show Notes 

PSAKI

Playbook PM: New polling on Biden, Trump, McConnell and Pelosi

Punchbowl: Democrats are nowhere

CNN: Poll: Most Democrats favor a bigger bill on social safety net and climate

Fox News op-ed by Sen. Sanders: Biden’s $3.5T plan to help working families depends on Democratic unity

NYT: Of 4 Family Policies in Democrats’ Bill, Which Deserves Priority?

CNN’s Manu Raju tweet

Guardian’s Hugo Lowell tweet (10/13)

Yahoo: Psaki slams Abbott’s anti-vax executive order: ‘Against all public health information and data out there’

WaPo: White House press secretary Psaki holds news conference

CNN: Jen Psaki: The administration takes the events of January 6th very seriously

​​Yahoo: A ‘very disappointed’ Pelosi and a ‘frustrated’ Biden confront the realities of a less ambitious domestic agenda

Reuters: ‘There will be things that people can’t get,’ at Christmas, White House warns

NBC: White House anticipates more economic woes, tough midterm fight

White House: Readout of President Biden’s Meeting with G20 Leaders

White House: Statement by White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki on the Bilateral Meeting between President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. and President Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya

Politico: ‘The president’s decline is alarming’: Biden trapped in coronavirus malaise

Portland Press Harold: Biden undercuts White House executive privilege shield

White House: Executive Order on the White House Initiative on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence, and Economic Opportunity for Native Americans and Strengthening Tribal Colleges and Universities

White House: Statement by Press Secretary Jen Psaki on the Senate’s Vote on the Debt Limit

POPULARISM

Ny Times: David Shor Is Telling Democrats What They Don’t Want to Hear

NY Times: Jamelle Bouie

 Medium: Shor Is Mainly Wrong About Racism (which is to say, about electoral politics)

Politico: The Democrats’ Privileged College-Kid Problem

Salon: Democrats don’t have to save themselves. Donald Trump is still here to help

American Prospect: The Case for Deliverism

TWO TRUTHS AND A BIG LIE

Reuters: How AT&T helped build far-right One America News

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