Derek Thompson
@DKThomp
Writer @TheAtlantic. "Plain English" podcast host @Ringer. Mondays on NPR's @hereandnow. Co-writing a book about abundance.
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https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/plain-english-with-derek-thompson/id1594471023 04-05-2009 18:41:21
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Wow: the Archdiocese of Baltimore is proposing to slash the number of parishes from 61 to 21, closing several dozen historic churches.
Incredible stat: in a city that was once home to 250,000 Catholics, total weekly church attendance is now about 2,000.
baltimoresun.com/2024/04/14/pro….
2 biggest takeaways from this episode with Josh Barro
1. Voters trust Trump much more on inflation — but his stated policies (eg new tariffs) could easily be inflationary
2. News media is sleeping on the dangers of Trump using exec power/FDA appts to restrict medical abortion
This episode of Derek Thompson’s podcast with Josh Barro is really good. Democrats should probably start pushing the “Trump will tell the FDA not to protect abortion pill access” message as much as humanly possible podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pla…
New pod: Americans are tuning out the Trump-Biden rematch. Ratings and engagement are way down from 4 years ago.
But the policy implications of '24 are huge.
Josh Barro explains what's at stake—for abortion, inflation, immigration, and foreign policy.
open.spotify.com/episode/7DV5VH…