Perry Bacon

Hi, I'm Perry Bacon.

I'm joined by Chas Nuttycomb.

He's the executive director of State Navigate, which is a lot of interesting work analyzing state legislators and the races going on there.

Good morning.

I'm Perry Bacon.

I'm the host of the New Republic show right now.

I'm joined by Michael Paarlberg.

Good morning.

I'm Perry Bacon.

I'm the host of The New Republic show right now.

I'm joined by Elizabeth Saunders.

So I think that the battle isn't as, in a way, what these oligarchs have done is they've bought a dying asset.

And It still matters to the extent, there was a piece that I sent you both this week from Perry Bacon about the New York Times, and I think it's really good.

I'm more polemical than he is, but fine.

But he makes the point that even though most Democrats don't read the Times, the Times isn't read by most people, it still influences the rest of media discussion.

It's not a PSA.

Lots to discuss with Morgan State University professor and MSNOW political contributor, Jason Johnson, staff writer for The New Republic, Perry Bacon, our reporter, Alex Tabet, talking to voters in Battleground, Alaska, and Democratic strategist and senior advisor for Try and Stop Us, Mally Smith, is here on set with me.

Jason, I'm gonna go first to you.

I think it's hard to think of a more blatant example of Trump doing the opposite of what he promised his supporters than taking money away from border security and using it for these basically pro-Trump hype reels instead.

The letter also asks that Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, the man in charge of the state's election, be held accountable if he resists this review.

Now, we should note this board is stacked with Trump supporters and has actually removed Raffensperger from the panel.

I want to bring back Jason Johnson, professor of politics and journalism at Morgan State University, MSNOW political analyst and host of A Word with Jason Johnson, the podcast, Perry Bacon Jr., staff writer at The New Republic, both still here jason president trump has of course been obsessed with voting in georgia since the 2020 elections that infamous ask of raffensperger to just find the 11 000 votes that he needed to win there and it appears that in the off season out of cycle allies inside this election board are now willing to step up and help the cause

Yeah.

I'm sorry, but they should know as a journalism outlet, you've got to have integrity.

There's a great piece by Perry Bacon.

We've got the link to it today in the first round of the News on Tap under the battle for a legitimate press.

Yes, the New York Times is a good news source, but they are not law.

I'm Perry Bacon, the host.

I'm joined by one of my colleagues, Monica Potts, who writes about class politics, the working class, which we'll come back to in a little bit, and policy, particularly on economics as well.

So, Monica, thanks for joining me.