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    <title>Beg to Differ with Mona Charen - Episodes Tagged with “Immigrants”</title>
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    <description>Beg to Differ is a weekly roundtable podcast brought to you by TheBulwark.com. Host Mona Charen is joined by Linda Chavez of the Niskanen Center, Bill Galston of the Brookings Institution, and Damon Linker of The Week to discuss the news of the week in a respectful, rational forum.
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    <itunes:subtitle>Mona Charen hosts a roundtable with Linda Chavez, Bill Galston, and Damon Linker discussing the news of the week.</itunes:subtitle>
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  <title>Biden's Nadir Week?</title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>A.B. Stoddard and Ben Parker join the group to discuss Biden's kamikaze voting rights push and Putin's threats to Ukraine.</itunes:subtitle>
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  <description>A.B. Stoddard and Ben Parker join the group to discuss Biden's kamikaze voting rights push and Putin's threats to Ukraine.
Highlights/Lowlights:
https://morningshots.thebulwark.com/p/joe-biden-needs-four-sister-souljah
https://www.nationalaffairs.com/publications/detail/the-long-term-care-challenge
https://twitter.com/KevinMKruse/status/1481709822051500039?s=20
https://reason.com/2022/01/12/the-u-s-immigration-system-needs-to-do-more-to-help-uyghurs/
https://jabberwocking.com/why-is-president-biden-staking-so-much-on-passing-new-voter-laws/
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/01/democrats-botched-public-school-covid-policy/621183/
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/01/11/oakland-lefty-my-whole-life-school-closures-triggered-an-identity-crisis-526860 Special Guests: A.B. Stoddard, Ben Parker, Bill Galston, Damon Linker, and Linda Chavez.
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<p><em>Highlights/Lowlights:</em></p>

<p><a href="https://morningshots.thebulwark.com/p/joe-biden-needs-four-sister-souljah" rel="nofollow">https://morningshots.thebulwark.com/p/joe-biden-needs-four-sister-souljah</a></p>

<p><a href="https://www.nationalaffairs.com/publications/detail/the-long-term-care-challenge" rel="nofollow">https://www.nationalaffairs.com/publications/detail/the-long-term-care-challenge</a></p>

<p><a href="https://twitter.com/KevinMKruse/status/1481709822051500039?s=20" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/KevinMKruse/status/1481709822051500039?s=20</a></p>

<p><a href="https://reason.com/2022/01/12/the-u-s-immigration-system-needs-to-do-more-to-help-uyghurs/" rel="nofollow">https://reason.com/2022/01/12/the-u-s-immigration-system-needs-to-do-more-to-help-uyghurs/</a></p>

<p><a href="https://jabberwocking.com/why-is-president-biden-staking-so-much-on-passing-new-voter-laws/" rel="nofollow">https://jabberwocking.com/why-is-president-biden-staking-so-much-on-passing-new-voter-laws/</a></p>

<p><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/01/democrats-botched-public-school-covid-policy/621183/" rel="nofollow">https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/01/democrats-botched-public-school-covid-policy/621183/</a></p>

<p><a href="https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/01/11/oakland-lefty-my-whole-life-school-closures-triggered-an-identity-crisis-526860" rel="nofollow">https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/01/11/oakland-lefty-my-whole-life-school-closures-triggered-an-identity-crisis-526860</a></p><p>Special Guests: A.B. Stoddard, Ben Parker, Bill Galston, Damon Linker, and Linda Chavez.</p>]]>
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<p><em>Highlights/Lowlights:</em></p>

<p><a href="https://morningshots.thebulwark.com/p/joe-biden-needs-four-sister-souljah" rel="nofollow">https://morningshots.thebulwark.com/p/joe-biden-needs-four-sister-souljah</a></p>

<p><a href="https://www.nationalaffairs.com/publications/detail/the-long-term-care-challenge" rel="nofollow">https://www.nationalaffairs.com/publications/detail/the-long-term-care-challenge</a></p>

<p><a href="https://twitter.com/KevinMKruse/status/1481709822051500039?s=20" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/KevinMKruse/status/1481709822051500039?s=20</a></p>

<p><a href="https://reason.com/2022/01/12/the-u-s-immigration-system-needs-to-do-more-to-help-uyghurs/" rel="nofollow">https://reason.com/2022/01/12/the-u-s-immigration-system-needs-to-do-more-to-help-uyghurs/</a></p>

<p><a href="https://jabberwocking.com/why-is-president-biden-staking-so-much-on-passing-new-voter-laws/" rel="nofollow">https://jabberwocking.com/why-is-president-biden-staking-so-much-on-passing-new-voter-laws/</a></p>

<p><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/01/democrats-botched-public-school-covid-policy/621183/" rel="nofollow">https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/01/democrats-botched-public-school-covid-policy/621183/</a></p>

<p><a href="https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/01/11/oakland-lefty-my-whole-life-school-closures-triggered-an-identity-crisis-526860" rel="nofollow">https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/01/11/oakland-lefty-my-whole-life-school-closures-triggered-an-identity-crisis-526860</a></p><p>Special Guests: A.B. Stoddard, Ben Parker, Bill Galston, Damon Linker, and Linda Chavez.</p>]]>
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  <itunes:subtitle>The centrist wing of the democratic party is making a bit of a comeback. With Joe Manchin calling the shots on BBB — and cultural issues like "defund the police" not winning even among Black and Hispanic voters — is it time for the Democratic leadership to stand up to the progressives? The Atlantic's Ron Brownstein is this week's special guest.</itunes:subtitle>
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Highlights/Lowlights:
https://forward.com/culture/437007/why-do-jews-eat-chinese-food-on-christmas/
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/12/19/statement-from-press-secretary-jen-psaki-4/
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/dec/20/peng-shuai-appearance-fails-to-address-concerns-for-tennis-stars-wellbeing-says-wta
 Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, Linda Chavez, and Ron Brownstein.
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    <![CDATA[<p>The centrist wing of the democratic party is making a bit of a comeback. With Joe Manchin calling the shots on BBB — and cultural issues like &quot;defund the police&quot; not winning even among Black and Hispanic voters — is it time for the Democratic leadership to stand up to the progressives? The Atlantic&#39;s Ron Brownstein is this week&#39;s special guest.</p>

<p><em>Highlights/Lowlights:</em></p>

<p><a href="https://forward.com/culture/437007/why-do-jews-eat-chinese-food-on-christmas/" rel="nofollow">https://forward.com/culture/437007/why-do-jews-eat-chinese-food-on-christmas/</a></p>

<p><a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/12/19/statement-from-press-secretary-jen-psaki-4/" rel="nofollow">https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/12/19/statement-from-press-secretary-jen-psaki-4/</a></p>

<p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/dec/20/peng-shuai-appearance-fails-to-address-concerns-for-tennis-stars-wellbeing-says-wta" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/dec/20/peng-shuai-appearance-fails-to-address-concerns-for-tennis-stars-wellbeing-says-wta</a></p><p>Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, Linda Chavez, and Ron Brownstein.</p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>The centrist wing of the democratic party is making a bit of a comeback. With Joe Manchin calling the shots on BBB — and cultural issues like &quot;defund the police&quot; not winning even among Black and Hispanic voters — is it time for the Democratic leadership to stand up to the progressives? The Atlantic&#39;s Ron Brownstein is this week&#39;s special guest.</p>

<p><em>Highlights/Lowlights:</em></p>

<p><a href="https://forward.com/culture/437007/why-do-jews-eat-chinese-food-on-christmas/" rel="nofollow">https://forward.com/culture/437007/why-do-jews-eat-chinese-food-on-christmas/</a></p>

<p><a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/12/19/statement-from-press-secretary-jen-psaki-4/" rel="nofollow">https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/12/19/statement-from-press-secretary-jen-psaki-4/</a></p>

<p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/dec/20/peng-shuai-appearance-fails-to-address-concerns-for-tennis-stars-wellbeing-says-wta" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/dec/20/peng-shuai-appearance-fails-to-address-concerns-for-tennis-stars-wellbeing-says-wta</a></p><p>Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, Linda Chavez, and Ron Brownstein.</p>]]>
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