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    <title>Beg to Differ with Mona Charen - Episodes Tagged with “Midterms”</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>If Roe Goes</title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Slate's Will Saletan joins the group, including Bill Kristol, to discuss the implications of a possible reversal of Roe and Biden's opportunities to recover.</itunes:subtitle>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;Slate's Will Saletan joins the group, including Bill Kristol, to discuss the implications of a possible reversal of Roe and Biden's opportunities to recover.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Highlights/Lowlights:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/11/24/trans-kids-therapy-psychologist/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/11/24/trans-kids-therapy-psychologist/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.vox.com/22814386/lauren-boebert-islamophobic-comments-omar-house-republicans" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;https://www.vox.com/22814386/lauren-boebert-islamophobic-comments-omar-house-republicans&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://harpers.org/archive/2021/12/a-posthumous-shock-trauma-studies-modernity-how-everything-became-trauma/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;https://harpers.org/archive/2021/12/a-posthumous-shock-trauma-studies-modernity-how-everything-became-trauma/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.statnews.com/2021/11/17/gop-opposition-to-vaccine-mandates-extends-far-beyond-covid-19/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;https://www.statnews.com/2021/11/17/gop-opposition-to-vaccine-mandates-extends-far-beyond-covid-19/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Special Guests: Bill Galston, Bill Kristol, Damon Linker, and Will Saletan.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <![CDATA[<p>Slate&#39;s Will Saletan joins the group, including Bill Kristol, to discuss the implications of a possible reversal of Roe and Biden&#39;s opportunities to recover.</p>

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

<p><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/11/24/trans-kids-therapy-psychologist/" rel="nofollow">https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/11/24/trans-kids-therapy-psychologist/</a></p>

<p><a href="https://www.vox.com/22814386/lauren-boebert-islamophobic-comments-omar-house-republicans" rel="nofollow">https://www.vox.com/22814386/lauren-boebert-islamophobic-comments-omar-house-republicans</a></p>

<p><a href="https://harpers.org/archive/2021/12/a-posthumous-shock-trauma-studies-modernity-how-everything-became-trauma/" rel="nofollow">https://harpers.org/archive/2021/12/a-posthumous-shock-trauma-studies-modernity-how-everything-became-trauma/</a></p>

<p><a href="https://www.statnews.com/2021/11/17/gop-opposition-to-vaccine-mandates-extends-far-beyond-covid-19/" rel="nofollow">https://www.statnews.com/2021/11/17/gop-opposition-to-vaccine-mandates-extends-far-beyond-covid-19/</a></p><p>Special Guests: Bill Galston, Bill Kristol, Damon Linker, and Will Saletan.</p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>Slate&#39;s Will Saletan joins the group, including Bill Kristol, to discuss the implications of a possible reversal of Roe and Biden&#39;s opportunities to recover.</p>

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

<p><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/11/24/trans-kids-therapy-psychologist/" rel="nofollow">https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/11/24/trans-kids-therapy-psychologist/</a></p>

<p><a href="https://www.vox.com/22814386/lauren-boebert-islamophobic-comments-omar-house-republicans" rel="nofollow">https://www.vox.com/22814386/lauren-boebert-islamophobic-comments-omar-house-republicans</a></p>

<p><a href="https://harpers.org/archive/2021/12/a-posthumous-shock-trauma-studies-modernity-how-everything-became-trauma/" rel="nofollow">https://harpers.org/archive/2021/12/a-posthumous-shock-trauma-studies-modernity-how-everything-became-trauma/</a></p>

<p><a href="https://www.statnews.com/2021/11/17/gop-opposition-to-vaccine-mandates-extends-far-beyond-covid-19/" rel="nofollow">https://www.statnews.com/2021/11/17/gop-opposition-to-vaccine-mandates-extends-far-beyond-covid-19/</a></p><p>Special Guests: Bill Galston, Bill Kristol, Damon Linker, and Will Saletan.</p>]]>
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  <title>The Democrats’ Sinking Poll Numbers</title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Eric Edelman helps unpack China’s new missile, Democrats’ decline, and McAuliffe’s tone deafness.</itunes:subtitle>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;Eric Edelman helps unpack China’s new missile, Democrats’ decline, and McAuliffe’s tone deafness.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/11/alden-global-capital-killing-americas-newspapers/620171/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/11/alden-global-capital-killing-americas-newspapers/620171/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/will-america-come-to-taiwan-defense-china-xi-navy-11634053378" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;https://www.wsj.com/articles/will-america-come-to-taiwan-defense-china-xi-navy-11634053378&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
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    <![CDATA[<p>Eric Edelman helps unpack China’s new missile, Democrats’ decline, and McAuliffe’s tone deafness.</p>

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

<p><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/11/alden-global-capital-killing-americas-newspapers/620171/" rel="nofollow">https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/11/alden-global-capital-killing-americas-newspapers/620171/</a></p>

<p><a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/will-america-come-to-taiwan-defense-china-xi-navy-11634053378" rel="nofollow">https://www.wsj.com/articles/will-america-come-to-taiwan-defense-china-xi-navy-11634053378</a></p><p>Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, Eric Edelman, and Linda Chavez.</p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>Eric Edelman helps unpack China’s new missile, Democrats’ decline, and McAuliffe’s tone deafness.</p>

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<p><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/11/alden-global-capital-killing-americas-newspapers/620171/" rel="nofollow">https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/11/alden-global-capital-killing-americas-newspapers/620171/</a></p>

<p><a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/will-america-come-to-taiwan-defense-china-xi-navy-11634053378" rel="nofollow">https://www.wsj.com/articles/will-america-come-to-taiwan-defense-china-xi-navy-11634053378</a></p><p>Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, Eric Edelman, and Linda Chavez.</p>]]>
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