On this episode of Start Making Sense, John Nichols on Biden, and David Cole on the court’s big 6-3 decisions.
President Biden delivers remarks on the Supreme Court’s immunity ruling at the Cross Hall of the White House in Washington, DC, on July 1, 2024.(Mandel Ngan / AFP / Getty Images)
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On this episode of Start Making Sense, John Nichols on Biden, and David Cole on the Court’s big 6-3 decisions. Biden’s efforts to renew his candidacy are “risk-averse, uninspired, and dangerously misguided” – that’s what John Nichols says, as we review the efforts to persuade him to drop out of the race.
Also: During the Supreme Court term that just ended, the conservative majority granted new constitutional rights to hedge fund managers, big business—and Donald Trump. David Cole explains the shocking decisions that have transformed our government.
Finally, Jane McAlevey died Sunday–she was The Nation's strikes correspondent, and one of our best.
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Biden’s efforts to renew his candidacy are “risk-averse, uninspired, and dangerously misguided”—that’s what John Nichols says. He joins us on the podcast to review the efforts to persuade the president to drop out of the race.
Also on this episode: During the Supreme Court term that just ended, the conservative majority granted new constitutional rights to hedge fund managers, big business—and Donald Trump. David Cole explains the shocking decisions that have transformed our government.
Here's where to find podcasts from The Nation. Political talk without the boring parts, featuring the writers, activists and artists who shape the news, from a progressive perspective.
Is the resistance to data centers a new kind of mass politics? David Wallace-Wells explains why the answer is “yes.” He’s a writer for The New York Times Opinion pages and author of the unforgettable book “The Uninhabitable Earth.”
Also: How to be a dissident in an age of fear – Ami Fields-Meyer has thought a lot about that. For starters: don’t start from scratch; don’t try to do it alone. Ami is co-author of the new book “On Courage.”
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Jon WienerTwitterJon Wiener is a contributing editor of The Nation and co-author (with Mike Davis) of Set the Night on Fire: L.A. in the Sixties.