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American Fever Dream

How You Can Push Back In The New Trump Era Ft. Senator Tammy Baldwin

American Fever Dream

Betches

News, Politics, Daily News

4.62K Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Today, V sits down with Senator Tammy Baldwin to discuss the chaos of the first few weeks of the new Trump era and the influence of power players like Elon Musk. Baldwin calls for bold action against unconstitutional moves and stresses the need for constituents to demand change in assertive and creative ways. Baldwin also dives into the shocking Senate confirmations that are shaping public health and the potential for harm, urging transparency and accountability from political leaders. Plus, why Baldwin thinks the mass layoffs at the FBI is particularly chilling. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Rise and shine fever dreamers. Look alive, my friends. I'm V. Speer. And this is American Fever Dream presented by Betches News. And today we have a super fun guest second time on the podcast. This might be our first repeat guest because she's so great. It is the senator from Wisconsin, Tammy Baldwin. And she's here to tell us what's going on on the hill. How are the vibes and what we could do to

0:55.6

try and re-anchor ourselves to reality and maybe find some peace through this chaotic Trump 2.0

1:01.4

situation that we find ourselves in. Here's my conversation with Senator Baldwin.

1:09.2

Senator Baldwin, welcome back to the show.

1:11.5

What's going on, friends?

1:12.8

Oh, my goodness.

1:14.1

What isn't going on right now?

1:16.4

There's a lot.

1:17.8

You know, Steve Bannon said that the new Trump administration was going to flood the zone.

1:24.8

Yeah.

1:25.4

And we certainly are experiencing that right now, that flood.

1:29.9

But, you know, when I hear about a flood, I step up.

1:35.8

And that's exactly what we need to do.

1:38.2

So that's what's happening.

1:39.7

I know.

1:41.3

Gosh, when they said that you were coming back on, I was so excited because we had such a great chat last time.

1:46.5

And last time, we were in a little bit more of an optimistic space, right? I think I talked to you pre-election last time.

1:51.8

But now you're hot in the heat of Senate confirmations in the new world that we're in.

1:57.9

Just doing like a quick vibe check. Like, what are the vibes on the hill right

2:01.7

now? Well, as I said, they are flooding the zone. It is daily, sometimes multiple times daily,

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