The Death of Civility

Episode #69

On this week’s episode, Bill and Phil explore the “Let’s Go Brandon” chant, Republican involvement in the January 6th activities, growing concern among US allies about a possible 'no first use' change to nuclear policy, and recent anti-democratic shenanigans in Florida and Illinois.

Links related to this week’s episode:

• “Keene State’s podcasting professor puts politics ‘under a microscope’” by Paul Cuno-Booth in The Keene Sentinel

• “How ‘Let’s Go Brandon’ became code for insulting Joe Biden” by Colleen Long for the Associated Press

• “The Attack” in The Washington Post

• “The new Woodward and Costa book shows why no president should have “sole authority” to start a nuclear war” by Jessica Sleight in Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

• “Allies lobby Biden to prevent shift to ‘no first use’ of nuclear arms” by Demetri Sevastopulo and Henry Foy in the Financial Times

• “Illinois Democrats’ new congressional map spells doom for some incumbents, including GOP Rep. Adam Kinzinger” by Colby Itkowitz in The Washington Post

• “Democracy Dies in Silence” by Adam Serwer in The Atlantic

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