Listen ""Rational Exuberance""
Episode Synopsis
MSNBC's Charlie Sykes joins the panel to discuss the rise of Harris, the decline of Trump (in more ways than one?), and the Iranian hack of Trump's campaign.
Highlights / Lowlights
Charlie:
Highlight: 2 outspoken election deniers lose GOP primaries for state Legislature
Lowlight: The ongoing stolen valor attacks on Gov. Walz
Mona: Lowlight: How Trump's infatuation with a racist conspiracy theorist is impacting the campaign (Judd Legum and Noel Sims)
Damon: Highlight: Ukraine’s Push Into Russia Met Early Success. Where Does It Go From Here?
Bill:
Lowlights: The Swiftboating of Tim Walz
Netanyahu accuses defense minister of ‘anti-Israel narrative,’ exposing rift over war in Gaza
Linda: Lowlight: Kamala Harris and the Election of Laughter and Forgetting (Eli Lake, The FP)
Highlights / Lowlights
Charlie:
Highlight: 2 outspoken election deniers lose GOP primaries for state Legislature
Lowlight: The ongoing stolen valor attacks on Gov. Walz
Mona: Lowlight: How Trump's infatuation with a racist conspiracy theorist is impacting the campaign (Judd Legum and Noel Sims)
Damon: Highlight: Ukraine’s Push Into Russia Met Early Success. Where Does It Go From Here?
Bill:
Lowlights: The Swiftboating of Tim Walz
Netanyahu accuses defense minister of ‘anti-Israel narrative,’ exposing rift over war in Gaza
Linda: Lowlight: Kamala Harris and the Election of Laughter and Forgetting (Eli Lake, The FP)
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