How Things Almost Ended

Episode #142

Bill and Phil break down the attempted coup in Russia, reflect on audio of Donald Trump discussing a classified document on Iran, assess the significance of the Supreme Court’s rejection of the independent state legislature theory, and close with a look at Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s visit to the White House.

Links related to this week’s episode:

• “The Three Logics of the Prigozhin Putsch” by Eliot A. Cohen for The Atlantic

• “Why Coups Fail” by Brian Klaas in The Atlantic

• “Exclusive: CNN obtains the tape of Trump’s 2021 conversation about classified documents” by Jeremy Herb for CNN

• “The Theory That Explains Everything About the Trump Documents Case” by David A. Graham in The Atlantic

• “The Roberts Court Draws a Line” by Adam Serwer in The Atlantic

• “The Court Eviscerates the Independent State Legislature Theory” by quinta Jerecic in The Atlantic

• Biden Seeks to Bolster Ties With Modi While Soft-Pedaling Differences” by Peter Baker in The New York Times

• “Narendra Modi Is Not Who America Thinks He Is” by Maya Jasanoff in The New York Times

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