Pete Hegseth may have a winning Fox & Friends smile, but his desire to shoot protesters, commit war crimes, and purge nonMAGA leaders from the military lines up with Trump's views—and is probably the reason why he was nominated for defense secretary. Plus, Republicans won without offering a middleclass economic agenda, and the ties between the Democrats' loss and the party's busybody language police. Jonathan Chait joins Tim Miller.

show notes
Chait's piece on Pete Hegseth
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/...

Tim's Thanksgiving playlist
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/311...

0:00 Harris team on Pod Save America
17:40 Working and middle class voters
25:33 MUD/WTR
27:58 Moderation and sanctuary cities
33:46 Pete Hegseth’s books
41:24 Public Rec

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