Episode 5 - Procedural Posturing

In this week's episode, David and I discuss the bizarre sequence of events that led to the demise of the "skinny repeal" bill in the Senate. Somehow this results in an extended discussion about cognitive dissonance and support on the left for Robert Mueller. I can't explain it; you'll just have to listen. The National Review (NOT Weekly Standard) article about Mitt Romney and masculinity that I mentioned: https://www.nationalreview.com/nrd/articles/313504/boss The full Silmarillion quotation: "In all the deeds of Melkor the Morgoth upon Arda, in his vast works and in the deceits of his cunning, Sauron had a part, and was only less evil than his master in that for long he served another and not himself." - from the last paragraph of the Valaquenta