How to Save Democracy with Jon Favreau and Tommy Vietor of Pod Save America

[@rfernandezlorain]

How soothing it is to hear so much sense in one place. ❤

[@ronjones1077]

Let’s save our Republic & the Constitution!

[@nancychandler3673]

Vote 💙

[@rissabiagi1570]

Oh fuck yeah! Three of my favorite political peeps!!!!!

[@iwuvmybigfamily]

Well, my 21 year old son came to me this week and asked me who was running for President, lol. So I hope that i rub off a little bit on him. Thanks Katie for the great podcast

[@ronjones1077]

You raised him well…….

[@ubub932]

​@@ronjones1077 🧌🤖

[@jennysiebenthaler134]

Great conversation thnx!

[@rfernandezlorain]

We need to stop talking about Trump and Biden and get people thinking about a Trump executive branch and a Biden Executive branch. Who are the people they will bring around them and what will they do. Too much information about these two individuals out there and not enough about the stuff that really matters. Media has hocus pocused us into thinking these two will single handedly have to run the country 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@robertafoginthemorning6678]

Yeah, and did you hear Trump saying he wants to be a dictator? Do you want to be dictated too daily?.

[@darondatoole7439]

Combination. Also exceedingly terrified.

[@robertafoginthemorning6678]

Save democracy and boot out Trump!.

[@pattiderosamusic3292]

I love Jon, Tommy, and Katie. At the same time, the continual head-scratching about “why is this rightward shift happening?” and the limitations of the economic analysis that is the response is frustrating. It’s almost always missing serious attention to the key element of race. The MAGA phenomenon has been, and remains, an overwhelmingly white phenomenon. People of color have been hit by all the same devastating economic factors, negative effects of globalization, and most certainly have little trust in institutions that have never worked for them, yet by and large they’re not running to Trump. The question of what (the unnamed identifier of white) people see in Trump is this: he plays to white resentment and white fear and portrays himself as the “white savior” who is going to save them from the inevitable diversification of the country and the world (fear of all of it - race, gender, sexuality, non-Christians, immigrants, etc.) and convincing them to see that diversity as the cause of all their woes. If you leave that out, none of it makes sense. Unfortunately the Dems have still not learned how to effectively speak to this in a way that is healing and transformative. Utilizing the analysis, techniques, and strategies in Heather McGhee’s “The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together” and Ian Haney Lopez’s “Merge Left: Fusing Race and Class, Winning Elections, and Saving America” would be a good place to start. Jon nails it when he talked about Deep Canvassing. ❤

[@az55544]

There are loads of non white MAGAs. And more are swaying that way. Take that responsibility. It may have started with the batshit crazy whites, but it has moved beyond racial divide. Look to progressive New England…

[@ejjunkins9740]

Term limits already exist! Just people don't think about every election being a potential term limit!

[@dean9327]

Veteran cemeteries

[@teseboudette9032]

Tommy looks fit in his shorts and knows his facts on any topic....

[@IraSiegel]

lol

[@az55544]

00:54 why “we saw violence on January 6th” and not calling it what it was - an insurrection, civil war or however it is labeled? Have the real discussion using real words, not emotion.

[@marijodennison5906]

How about changing laws for congress of age limits and term limits. We shouldn’t have to choose between two old past it millionaires for President, and old stupid congressional members that shouldn’t have more than two four year terms at the most. Oh, and not being able to run after age 60. And I’m a 70 year old white woman who is fed up. Millionaires don’t have to worry about $6 loaves of bread, or health care costs or high interest rates and Supreme Court justices serving for life and taking bribes. So many of my middle class retired friends are working in their 80’s. A lot of us lost our retirement with the 2008 crash. Millionaires and Billionaires are fine. Great.

[@linguaphile42]

Congress people either serve two-year terms (House members) or six-year terms (Senators). I'd say 16-18 years would be a better limit simply because it is an important job that takes a lot of learning to do well. Policy is difficult, having a specialty takes time, etc. That would still prevent people from having it be their whole career, but would insure continuity of experience and acumen.

[@ubub932]

prohibit corporations from exerting influence on government. or, if corporations will be legally considered persons, apply the same restrictions and limits on political contributions by them; prevent them from pouring millions and billions into political campaigns and lobbyists. one person; one vote.

[@nancychandler367]

All righty. 1st) Bread doesn't cost $6.00. 2nd) Most of us stayed in the Stock Market in 2008 and have doubled our retirement. Ya might want to reevaluate how you handle your finances.

[@az55544]

@@nancychandler367this person double posted their anger 😂

[@nancychandler3673]

Yay, a moderate Democrat won NY16. Bye bye crazy, hello pragmatism 💙

[@marijodennison5906]

All people care about is their pocket book. Food costs, electricity, every freaking thing is way more expensive than 4 years ago. That’s what people care about. The economy sucks for normal Americans. Inflation is down? Yeah, then why is food 3 times more expensive than 3 years ago. You can’t afford to pay $6 a pound for apples, and don’t get anyone started about prices for everything else. Millionaire’s are fine. Wonderful.

[@linguaphile42]

I'm a person and I care about long-term things that will affect us forever, like doing things to combat climate change (as we experience temps in the high 90's in June!), and preserving the system of government we've have for close to 250 years. Those folks who don't understand the simple reasons that prices went up (supply chain issues) and stayed up (corporate greed and continued buying by consumers no matter what the price) will end up costing us our liberty if this election goes to the convicted con man who commits his crimes in front of us all. Americans are so much stupider than I ever imagined and it is heartbreaking.

[@ubub932]

inform thyself. educate yourself on why prices increased and why they remain up there. it's wrong to put that on the president or, his administration - particularly when it's done so well, to-date. ask yourself why corporate profits are so high. how can corporations pay their executives millions and billions but whine about raises to the minimum wage? exercise your capacity for independent research, critical thought, logical reasoning. there's no comparison between the candidates. one's a criminal and the other one isn't. one has integrity while the other wouldn't know what that is if it slapped him in the ass like a rolled up magazine with his photo on the cover.

[@nancychandler3673]

Why are you paying $6.00 for apples when you can pay $2.00?

[@jessicafalstein]

I can’t listen to these guys anymore. All they do is bash biden.

[@jhaychylla]

Katie, you make reference to the U.S. being a Democracy, but you must know that it's not; it's a Constitutional Republic. There's a stark difference. Would you consider posting a podcast on the difference?

[@chrisbailey9377]

Jesus 👑 2024. No more of this nonsense.