Noam and Jen gear up for the midterms by talking about what an absolute disaster the GOP has become. Specifically, that bonkers ad that Vivek Ramaswamy's campaign ran platforming Amy Acton's mom. Why did nobody point out what a horrible idea that was? Because everyone in the GOP is now stuck in an echo chamber and they don't understand how this looks to normal people. Stop me if you've heard this one before.
Since Noam is weirdly into certain kinds of internet drama, we spend some time talking about the downfall of Ethan Klein, now that his wife has publicly exposed him for cheating. Klein is having a struggle session with himself, which includes firing himself and divesting from the company he and his wife created. Maybe he will sanction himself as well.
The Starlink / Starshield situation over who gave the order to turn it off in Ukraine keeps getting more jumbled and confusing. Now Elon says it was him, but that it was Starlink, which Ukraine denies. Maybe if we're all good boys and girls after the midterms we can get a congressional investigation into this whole thing. It would be good to know who controls Starshield, exactly.
For our WAWC, Noam is starting Neal Stephenson's Bomb Light series, the second book in which came out recently. Jen saw Wicker and can assure you it's not all basket porn and in fact would make a good date night movie.
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