As Biden struggles to get his massive spending bill passed, WoC's former Associate Editor Matt Winesett joins Shadi and Damir to talk about guns, gentrification, opera, the race for Governor of Virginia, and the sad state of the Republican Party.

Required Reading:

• Matt's essays at WoC.
• "Trump's Look Backward Poses Peril for GOP," by Gerald F. Seib (WSJ).
• The Citizen app.
• "Glenn Youngkin's Viral 'Child' Ad is Missing Important Context," by Glenn Kessler (WaPo).
• "Nice Woke Parents" (Wisdom of Crowds).

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