• A Farewell That Harms

  • Jan 17 2025
  • Length: 1 hr and 11 mins
  • Podcast

  • Summary

  • Today, we bid bon voyage to the Biden administration by reflecting on President Biden’s farewell address, Jill Biden’s exit interview with The Washington Post, and KJP’s final appearance in the White House Press Room. We’re also diving into media coverage of the L.A. wildfires, drama at The Washington Post, and an Obama lawyer’s $20 million mansion fiasco. Wretch on! TIME STAMPS 2:03 - Front Page 54:54 - Obsessions 1:06:01 - Reader Mail 1:08:26 - Favorites Salon: "It threatens our entire democracy”: Biden takes aim at tech oligarchs like Musk in farewell address The Wall Street Journal: Biden’s Claim He Would Have Beaten Trump Opens Rift With Harris The Washington Post: Jill Biden still hopes for a good ending Deadline: White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre Holds Final Briefing, Says “Give And Take” With Reporters “Is Part Of Our Democracy” The Hill: Biden on if Trump will get credit over him for ceasefire deal: ‘Is that a joke?’ National Review: 60 Minutes Humiliates Itself on Israel The New York Times: A Euphoric Tech Industry Is Ready to Celebrate Trump and Itself The New York Times: Joni Ernst Says She Will Vote to Confirm Pete Hegseth The New York Times: ‘Will Pay Any Amount’: Private Firefighters Are in Demand in L.A. The New York Times: Before Taking Office, L.A.’s Mayor Said She Would Not Go Abroad The New York TImes: Black Women Defend Mayor Karen Bass Amid Criticism of Wildfire Response The Daily Beast: Star Washington Post Columnist Torches Bezos on Her Way Out the Door Variety: Rashida Jones to Exit MSNBC; Rebecca Kutler Named Interim President NPR: Will Lewis' first year at 'Washington Post': Cancellations, red ink and an exodus The New York Times: How to Fix America’s Two-Party Problem Gallup: U.S. Political Parties Historically Polarized Ideologically The Wall Street Journal: Fighting Fires—and the Rumor Mill—as L.A. Burns The Wall Street Journal: The Extraordinary Defense of the Getty Museum Against the L.A. Fires The Washington Free Beacon: American Tragedy: Obama Terror Lawyer Clashed With Aspen Bureaucrats Over $20 Million Home Expansion
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