Why Epstein Matters
Ep. 328 w/ Shownotes
Ravi unpacks a chaotic week in politics, with Trump’s Epstein scandal spiraling into an unprecedented crisis for his MAGA coalition. He explores how conspiracy thinking fuels Trump’s base and why this case feels different.
Next, is America’s crisis infrastructure at risk? Ravi reviews FEMA’s botched disaster response in Texas. He then turns to the president’s recent erratic shifts on Ukraine and the economy and why they may signal a looming economic storm, linking Trump’s tariff threats, service sector pressure, and politicized debt policy to potential stagflation.
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The Trump Administration Is Violating the First Rule of Disasters (The Atlantic, 7/15/25)
Trump Effect Starts to Show Up in Economy (The Wall Street Journal, 7/15/25)
War, geopolitics, energy crisis: how the economy evades every disaster (The Economist, 7/15/25)
Did Trump Betray His Voters? Feat: Pod Save America & Ro Khanna (Flagrant, 7/15/25)
What if America’s red states are about to lose their cheap-housing advantage? (The Economist, 7/14/25)
Why Trump Can’t Make the Epstein Story Go Away (The Atlantic, 7/14/25)
Why This Democrat Thinks He Can Beat Joe Biden (Pod Save America, 11/30/23)
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