Lindy and Meagan Become the Joe Rogan of the Left with Jeff Merkley

ONE STEP CLOSER TO BECOMING THE JOE ROGAN OF THE LEFT. That’s what they’re saying! 

Hello and welcome back to Text Me Back Podcast, the ONLY podcast with a segment called JEFF.

This week’s Jeff: Famously good-humored U.S. Senator of Oregon Jeff Merkley. He’s here to ring-a-ding-ding those authoritarian alarm bells and give us a layout of how our Democracy is imperiled, and why the fight is still very much worth fighting. He’s focused on sharing 1) moves from the authoritarian playbook 2) the importance of joy and silliness as a form of resistance 3) why we need to be concerned about congressional obstruction, gerrymandering, and voter suppression and 4) the quality of Lindy’s beams. NEVER STOP FIGHTING FOR A BETTER WORLD, FAM. And tune in to hear about who Jeff thinks is the nicest person in the U.S. Senate 👀👀👀. And if YOU think we really held Jeff’s feet to the fire with the hardest-hitting journalistic questions, consider supporting the pod over at Patreon https://www.patreon.com/TextMeBackPod.

And in our next segment, Meagan explains American congressional processes (saying stuff like “cloture” and “cede the floor”), and then immediately follows that by bringing in a case that has never sat right with her, the casting of Jamie Foxx’s 2008 music video Blame It On the Alcohol. Too many hidden gems to mention here, but please please tell us what your thoughts are, if you have a The Cut subscription, or what piece of cultural ephemera lives rent-free in your mind. Text OR CALL us at the Best Friend Party Phone: [phone].

And last but not least…Lindy’s 6th plague and pestilence of the year: flies. 😔

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STUFF TO CHECK OUT:

• Learn everything about Senator Jeff (JEFF) Merkley at https://www.merkley.senate.gov/
• Blame it The Alcohol music vid
• T-Pain’s podcast, Nappy Boy Radio
• T-Pain singing “Tennessee Whiskey” without autotune sounding like AN ANGEL!
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