Episode 159 - Standing Up to the Bully

In this episode, I try to get to the bottom of why more GOP and conservative people aren't speaking out about the very real danger of what a second Donald Trump presidency would do to this country.

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Here are some of the sources and references from this episode:

Mitt Romney, Liz Cheney, and other GOP lawmakers who criticized Trump or voted to impeach him have spent tens of thousands of dollars on private security

https://www.businessinsider.com/lawmakers-spent-thousands-on-security-after-capitol-insurrection-records-2021-4

Romney: 'Large portion' of GOP ‘doesn’t believe in the Constitution’

https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2023/09/14/romney---a-very-large-portion-of--the-gop--doesn-t-believe-in-the-constitution-

What Mitt Romney Saw in the Senate - The Atlantic

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2023/11/mitt-romney-retiring-senate-trump-mcconnell/675306/

Private Equity’s Senator Gets Big Payout

https://www.levernews.com/private-equitys-senator-gets-big-payout/

FBI finds hundreds of weapons at home of suspect in Arizona Democratic Party office shooting

https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/tempe-breaking/2024/10/23/suspect-identified-tempe-democratic-party-office-shootings/75806849007/

JD Vance Offers Baffling Defense of Trump’s ‘Enemy Within’ Comments

https://www.thedailybeast.com/jd-vance-offers-baffling-defense-of-trumps-enemy-within-comments/

Mariannette Miller-Meeks says she got death threats after voting against Jordan in speaker’s race

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/mariannette-miller-meeks-says-got-death-threats-voting-jordan-speakers-rcna121142

Did Nothing Wrong Episode 106 - Jim Jordan for Speaker?

The Washington Post says it will not endorse a candidate for president

https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/2024/10/25/washington-post-endorsement-president/

On political endorsement

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/10/25/washington-post-endorsement/

The Washington Post is in deep turmoil as Bezos remains silent on non-endorsement

https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/26/media/washington-post-jeff-bezos-endorsement-turmoil/index.html

Marty Baron on the Washington Post’s “Spineless” Endorsement Decision

https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/marty-baron-on-the-washington-posts-spineless-endorsement-decision

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