The Future of the Republican Party

Topics Discussed:

• Reporting Covid-19 Data

• Wayfair Conspiracy Theory

• Overt Racism in America (Karens Gone Wild)

• Protester Arrests in Kentucky

• Federal Death Penalty

• The Future of the Republican Party (with Mark McKinnon and Tim Miller)

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Episode Resources:

CDC and Covid-19 Data:

• White House Strips CDC Of Data Collection Role For COVID-19 Hospitalizations (NPR)

• Covid data from hospitals is now going to Washington instead of the CDC. An epidemiologist explains why that's a problem (CNN)

• COVID-19 United States Cases by County (Johns Hopkins)

Wayfair Conspiracy:

• Journalist Ben Collins breaks down the theory on Twitter

• Journalist Jane Coaston responds to theory on Twitter

• MediaWise threads breaking down theory on Twitter

• Waif Error: Why the Wayfair Conspiracy Theory Took Off (Mike Rothschild)

• United States of Conspiracy (On the Media)

• Why Are Right-Wing Conspiracies so Obsessed With Pedophilia? (Mother Jones)

• How the Wayfair child sex-trafficking conspiracy theory went viral (PolitiFact)

• Wayfair, the internet’s massive online furniture store, explained (Vox)

Republicanism:

• Beth’s Instagram post about switching political parties

• Beth discusses her party change (at the 24:23 minute mark)

• Republican Voters Against Trump