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Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/GettyListen to this full episode of The New Abnormal on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon and Stitcher.There’s nobody better at turning wins into losses than the contemporary Democratic Party, according to The New Abnormal co-hosts Danielle Moodie and Andy Levy.With their current presidential candidate facing a crisis of confidence over his advanced age and perceived cognitive abilities, Democratic politicians and liberal media figures alike have been casting about blindly for an alternative—any alternative. It’s a fool’s errand, Moodie and Levy agree.Read more at The Daily Beast.

Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/GettyListen to this full episode of The New Abnormal on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon and Stitcher.It’s July 4 again—and that means barbecues, fireworks, and, of course, Republican lawmakers posting gratuitous photos of themselves holding large guns.Andy Levy and Danielle Moodie, co-hosts of The New Abnormal, use the occasion to reflect on the past year in American history—and the craziest figures in American politics that have turned Washington into a global laughingstock.Read more at The Daily Beast.

Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/GettyListen to this full episode of The New Abnormal on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon and Stitcher.With 2024’s first (and possibly only) presidential debate firmly in the rearview mirror, the race to become Donald Trump’s running mate has kicked into overdrive.The GOP’s presumptive 2024 nominee is expected to announce his pick any day now—and the co-hosts of The New Abnormal, Danielle Moodie and Andy Levy, share their reaction to the trio still rumored to be in the running: J.D. Vance, Gov. Doug Burgum, and Marco Rubio.Read more at The Daily Beast.

Photo Illustration by Erin O'Flynn/The Daily Beast/Getty ImagesListen to this full episode of The New Abnormal on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon, and Stitcher.Commentators believe that 81-year-old Joe Biden’s frozen moment during the debate may have lost him the presidency. But many people missed his 78-year-old rival’s own apparent brain fade this week during an interview with Corey Lewandowski on Newsmax.During the phone interview, Lewandowski, Donald Trump’s former campaign manager, noted that his former boss had claimed Biden was practicing standing, and “might need a shot to stay up for the debate.”Read more at The Daily Beast.

Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast/Reuters/GettyListen to this full episode of The New Abnormal on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon and Stitcher.President Joe Biden had a rough night Thursday at the debate, but CNN moderators Jake Tapper and Dana Bash also turned in an abysmal performance of their own, according to The New Abnormal co-hosts Andy Levy and Danielle Moodie.Neither moderator offered much in the way of follow-up questions or any fact checks for either candidate—something that CNN said in advance they were not going to do.Read more at The Daily Beast.

Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast/Reuters/GettyListen to this full episode of The New Abnormal on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon and Stitcher.President Joe Biden had a rough night Thursday at the debate, but CNN moderators Jake Tapper and Dana Bash also turned in an abysmal performance of their own, according to The New Abnormal co-hosts Andy Levy and Danielle Moodie.Neither moderator offered much in the way of follow-up questions or any fact checks for either candidate—something that CNN said in advance they were not going to do.Read more at The Daily Beast.

Photo Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/Getty ImagesListen to this full episode of The New Abnormal on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon and Stitcher.You know there might be a problem when even Fox News cuts away from Donald Trump.That’s according to The New Abnormal co-hosts Danielle Moodie and Andy Levy, who declared that the former president has officially lost it after watching Trump incoherently babble about “washing machines” during a rally in Philadelphia over the weekend.Read more at The Daily Beast.

Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily BeastListen to this full episode of The New Abnormal on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon and Stitcher.The Supreme Court has taken more than 100 days to assess whether Donald Trump has presidential immunity, a factor which The New Abnormal hosts fear may not be a good sign.“What bothers me is for something that should have been such a slam dunk 9-0 decision—why are they taking so long? And that makes me nervous and obviously I have no facts to back this up, this is just speculation, but it makes me wonder if they’re having trouble cobbling together a majority,” said The New Abnormal host Andy Levy.Read more at The Daily Beast.

Photo Illustration by Erin O'Flynn/The Daily Beast/Getty ImagesListen to this full episode of The New Abnormal on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon, and Stitcher.Donald Trump has been caught downplaying the threat of climate change, insisting that sea levels will only rise “one eighth of an inch” over the next 400 years.“That basically means you will have a little more beach front property,” he said. “I really think... nuclear weapons, which I think are the single biggest threat, not global warming.”Read more at The Daily Beast.