in this week’s this Cause RoundtableEditors Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie and Peter Suderman come up with some of the changes they’d like to see, in the vain hope of improving the US presidential campaign, and consider The Biden administration has threatened to cut off arms shipments to Israel.
00:35 – Ideal presidential campaign reforms
23:00 – Weekly audience questions
33:20——FreedomWorks is about to be disbanded
49:34－This week’s cultural recommendations
Mentioned in this podcast:
“6 States” by Liz Wolfe
“Social Security and Medicare are bankrupt. Neither Biden nor Trump has a plan.” Author: Eric Boehm
“New York’s case against Trump relies on ‘twisted’ legal theory filled with despair” by Jacob Sullum
“Biden-backed disclosure bill would tap humanitarian donors to groups running political ads” by Elizabeth Nolan Brown
“Patrick Ruffini: Why Blacks and Hispanics Turn to Trump” by Nick Gillespie
“Last night’s debate was a disaster. That’s exactly why there should be more of them.” By Eric Boehm
“The AWOL Voter” by Nick Gillespie
“Trump leads in 5 key states as young and non-white voters express dissatisfaction with Biden” Nate Cohn
“Is America’s Blank Check for Israel Over?” By Matthew Petty
“Biden, Arms Supplier” by Liz Wolfe
“Rafa’s Chaos” by Liz Wolfe
“Tea Party Nihilism and Participatory Democracy at Occupy Wall Street” by Nick Gillespie
“Tea Party Confidential: Live Streaming Starting September 12 [2009] Taxpayers March on Washington” by Nick Gillespie, Matt Welch, Michael C. Moynihan, Dan Hayes and Meredith Bragg
“Peter Schiff Speaks for the 1% at Occupy Wall Street” by Anthony Fisher
“Marco Rubio once knew how tariffs worked. What happened?” By Eric Boehm
“How Republican Fiscal Sanity Dies in 7 Simple Steps” by Matt Welch
“Legendary punk producer Steve Albini says the Internet solved music’s problems” by Peter Suderman
Send your questions to roundtable@reason.com. Please be sure to provide your social media handle and the correct pronunciation of your name.
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Audio production: Ian Keyser
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Music: “Angeline” by Brother Steve
- Audio production: Ian Kaiser
- Producer: Hunter Beatty
