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Alarm before the storm! – The Biden vs. Trump countdown, with guest Molly Jong-Fast

2024/5/3
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Molly Jong-Fast：就目前来看，一个候选人想要终结美国的民主，而另一个候选人年纪大了。不知为何，主流媒体将这两件事同等对待，就好像它们一样重要。这使得所有支持民主的人（理论上应该是我们所有人，但不知何故，只有50%的国家）都感到有点担忧。民调结果并不可靠，因为美国人口众多，而民调样本量太小，无法准确反映美国3亿多人口的真实政治观点。很难从民调中推断出太多信息，因为民调结果很容易被操纵。中期选举结果表明，选民更关注堕胎和民主等议题，而非通货膨胀。如果特朗普再次当选，四年后是否还会举行选举是一个未知数。如果拜登落选，民主党将面临严重的内部斗争。 Nikki McCann Ramírez：南达科他州州长克里斯蒂·诺姆在回忆录中讲述了枪杀自己宠物狗的故事，引发争议。鲁迪·朱利安尼的行为表现出其能力下降和不理智。白宫记者协会晚宴上对在加沙遇难记者的沉默引发争议，反映出美国媒体对以色列和加沙问题的偏见。白宫记者协会晚宴上对以色列和加沙冲突的忽视反映出美国媒体和白宫之间的相互纵容。

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The podcast discusses the current state of the US presidential race between Biden and Trump, focusing on Trump's trial for paying off Stormy Daniels and the impact of campus Gaza protests and police crackdown on the election.

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A brand new series counting down to the US Presidential Election – and explaining the whole nightmare for the British audience. This time: With six months to go, how (and where) are Biden and Trump still neck and neck? How is Trump’s trial for paying off Stormy Daniels taking shape? Are the campus Gaza protests and the police crackdown affecting the election? And should shooting a dog rule you out of elected office? 

Nikki McCann Ramírez, of Rolling Stone, joins Jacob Jarvis and Chris Jones to discuss the latest issues in US politics – and Vanity Fair special correspondent and Fast Politics podcast host Molly Jong-Fast beams in from New York to give her take on the polls, the mood of the voters and the whole electoral thing.

*• “You have one candidate who wants to end American democracy and one who is old. Somehow the media is treating these two things as though they are the same.” – *Molly Jong-Fast

*• “He’s been rehabilitated somehow since changing teams, but Michael Cohen has always been a sleazebag.” – *Nikki McCann Ramírez

*• “If Trump wins, will we have elections in four years? I don’t know.” – Molly Jong-Fast *

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*Written and presented by Chris Jones, Jacob Jarvis and Nikki McCann Ramírez. Audio editor: Simon Williams. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Executive producer: Martin Bojtos. Artwork by James Parrett. Music: Orange Factory Music. *AMERICAN FRICTION is a Podmasters Production

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