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Trump Reportedly Had 7 Calls with Putin Since Leaving the White House
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Oct 92024
In Texas, Democratic Congressman Colin Allred is making Republican Ted Cruz work hard to keep his Senate seat, with polls showing the race within three percentage points. Cruz’s campaign seems to think the best strategy for winning re-election is to lean into anti-trans messaging. Semafor politics reporter Dave Weigel joins us from the campaign trail in Texas to talk about how Cruz and other Republicans are leaning into anti-trans fearmongering this election cycle. Later, Grace Panetta, political reporter for The 19th, talks about how voter ID laws make it more difficult for trans people to vote. And in headlines: Hurricane Milton is expected to make landfall as soon as tonight, former President Donald Trump has reportedly spoken with Russian President Vladimir Putin ‘as many as seven’ times since leaving office, and the Supreme Court flirts with putting restrictions on one specific type of gun. Show Notes: Dave Weigel’s reporting: https://www.semafor.com/article/10/08... Subscribe to the What A Day Newsletter – https://tinyurl.com/3kk4nyz8 Follow us on Instagram –   / crookedmedia   For a transcript of this episode, please visit crooked.com/whataday 00:00 Introduction 00:39 Hurricane Milton's Threat 02:29 Supreme Court and Ghost Guns 03:45 Kamala Harris Media Blitz 06:28 Trump's Calls with Putin Since Leaving the White House 07:39 Interview with Dave Weigel on The Right's Anti-Trans Messaging 13:56 Interview with Grace Panetta on Voter ID Laws and Trans Rights 18:40 "Pornography" and Project 2025 20:49 Conclusion If you’re looking for hype, fake outrage, and groupthink, kindly keep moving. Our mission at What a Day is simple: to be your guide to what truly matters each morning (and the fun stuff you might have missed) in just 20 minutes. Host Jane Coaston brings you in-depth reporting and substantive analysis on the big stories shaping today and the creeping trends shaping tomorrow—and when she doesn’t know the answers, she asks someone even smarter to fill us all in. Radical, right? New episodes drop at 4:00 a.m. Pacific/7:00 a.m. Eastern, Monday–Friday in your favorite podcast app and on YouTube. Being informed was never this easy. Crooked believes that we need a better conversation about politics, culture, and the world around us—one that doesn’t just focus on what’s broken, but what we can do to fix it. At a time when it’s increasingly easy to feel cynical or hopeless, former Obama staffers Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett, and Tommy Vietor have created a place where people can have sane conversations that inform, entertain, and inspire action. In 2017 they started Crooked with Pod Save America—a no-bullshit conversation about politics. Since then, we continue to add shows, voices, and opportunities for activism, because it’s up to all of us to do our part to build a better world. That’s it. End of mission. Written content at http://www.crooked.com Follow Crooked on Twitter   / crookedmedia   Follow Crooked on Facebook   / crookedmedia   Follow Crooked on Instagram   / crookedmedia  
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