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What is going on with the right? Why are they so mad at each other? What accounts for their apparent malaise? Why are they arguing about the price of burritos? Is anyone qualified to replace Ross Douthat at the NY Times? How is Reihan Salam's Manhattan Institute gearing up to combat Mayor Zohran Mamdani? Will it work? And why is Chris Rufo suddenly so worried about the far-right fever swamp, which he did so much to cultivate? 
Matt and Sam check in with their favorite enemies — and find them wanting.
This episode was edited and produced by the great <a href="https://www.colinwambsgans.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Colin Wambsgans</a> (Jesse is on vacation).
Sources:
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/30/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-chris-rufo.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Ezra Klein interview with Chris Rufo</a>, New York Times, June 30, 2026
Rufo & Lomez, "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csJXm3tBvk8&t=1834s" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Trump Won...Now the Online Right Is Falling Apart</a>," BlazeTV, Jul 28, 2026
Eliza Shapiro & Nicholas Fandos, "<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/nyregion/mamdani-manhattan-institute-affordability.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Can This Man Stop the Mamdani Agenda? Reihan Salam Loves New York. He Loves the Free Market. And He’s Very Worried</a>," New York Times, July 29, 2026
Sohrab Ahmari, "<a href="https://unherd.com/2026/03/trump-was-never-the-one/?edition=us" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Trump Was the Never the One</a>," UnHerd, Mar 19, 2026.
Natalie Allison & Isaac Arnsdorf, "<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/08/06/trump-tells-donors-we-need-elect-jd-vp-weighs-his-future/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Trump Privately Tells Donors to Back Vance While Publicly Keeping 2028 Open,</a>" Washington Post, Aug 6, 2026
Dan Adler, "<a href="https://www.vanityfair.com/story/tucker-carlson-third-party-movement?srsltid=AfmBOoqGUt9p5OaSuCo0s6HJO_lYQCgvatlQwmX2ThoxLX_N4vXHBhwx" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Tucker Carlson Threw Down the Post-MAGA Gauntlet. Can He Actually Build a Movement?</a>" Vanity Fair, Aug 6, 2026
Amos Barshad, "<a href="https://www.cjr.org/the-interview/all-i-have-is-the-power-to-talk-and-be-heard-tucker-carlson-interview-pitying-trump-podcast-new-third-party-nicotine-pouch-alp-fox-news-fired-anti-war-gaza-immigration.php" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Tucker Carlson: 'I'll I Have Is the Power to Talk and Be Heard</a>,’" Columbia Journalism Review, July 1, 2026
Brendan Rascius, "<a href="https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/mtg-tucker-carlson-new-movement-maga-b3025867.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">MTG and Tucker Carlson Announce New ‘Movement’ in Photo Packed with MAGA Renegades</a>," The Independent, Aug 1, 2026
Russ Buettner, "<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/09/us/politics/bobby-zhou-trump-crypto.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Trump Crypto Took $100 Million From a Businessman With Red Flags</a>," NYTimes, Aug 9, 2026
Christopher Hitchens & Christopher Caldwell, eds., <a href="https://www.boldtypebooks.com/titles/christopher-hitchens/left-hooks-right-crosses/9781560254096/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Left Hooks, Right Crosses: A Decade of Political Writing</a> (2002)
Reihan Salam & Ross Douthat, <a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/42417/grand-new-party-by-ross-douthat-and-reihan-salam/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Grand New Party: How Republicans can Win the Working Class and Save The American Dream</a> (2008)

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