{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5fb5871c5c53ea43acbd254b/5fb5871f150b84252787a297?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Close Read - 16 - Process is Power w/ Adam Jentleson","description":"<p>Process arguments are important in a democracy. They're about who gets to make decisions, how they make them, and on what timeline. But process arguments can be weaponized to undermine functioning government and distract from the actual issues we care about. Adam Jentleson, a former deputy chief of staff for Harry Reid, has a clear-eyed view of how Republican senators have abused the chamber's processes to hold onto power—and what Democrats can do to fight back.</p><ul> <li>Jentleson's forthcoming book: <a href=\"https://wwnorton.com/books/9781631497773\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><u>Kill</u> <u>Switch:</u> <u>The</u> <u>Rise</u> <u>of</u> <u>the</u> <u>Modern</u> <u>Senate</u> <u>and</u> <u>the</u> <u>Crippling</u> <u>of</u> <u>American</u> <u>Democracy</u></a></li> <li>Jentleson's  New York Times <a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/21/opinion/ruth-bader-ginsburg-senate-democrats.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><u>oped</u></a> laying out how Democrats can use process arguments to fight a Supreme Court nomination</li> <li>Sen. Lindsey Graham (R) <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kw8SSQHQitg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><u>explaining</u></a> his opposition to honoring Obama's Supreme Court nomination in the last year of his term, a position he's now had to obviate</li> <li>Jimmy Stewart's <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0N9RflGJfK8\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><u>filibuster</u></a> from Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)</li> <li>Mark Levin <a href=\"https://twitter.com/marklevinshow/status/1308454272003170306\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><u>threatening</u></a> democracy advocates with a good time</li></ul>","author_name":"Close Read"}