So many taxpayer-funded bidets!

We couldn’t just ignore the gossip about DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and her top aide/manservant Corey Lewandowski. As we learned researching “Standing Room Only,” their government-provided luxury jet has many bidets!

Seriously, though, these two matter because they epitomize the fundamental lie of MAGA: that the movement can bring order. Clearly, they are nothing but chaos monkeys. But that’s how fascism always work, and, in this episode, I explain why.

Kristi Noem for president? 😹

No really, she thanks she’s going to run in 2028! My guest, Paul Waldman, and I discuss why she has convinced herself this is possible, even though she has that face and tells truly laughable lies.

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