Elie Mystal on His New Book: ‘Somebody Needs to Start Writing Project 2029, and It Ain’t Gonna Be Chuck Schumer’

RUSH TRANSCRIPT PHANG And ░░░░░░░░ the onslaught of Trump ░░░░░░░░ executive orders my next ░░░░░░░░ makes the case that ░░░░░░░░ may have arrived at ░░░░░░░░ current tumultuous moment because ░░░░░░░░ bad laws he writes ░░░░░░░░ the law is not ░░░░░░░░ accident It s a ░░░░░░░░ It is written with ░░░░░░░░ by people who want ░░░░░░░░ shape society in one ░░░░░░░░ or another In our ░░░░░░░░ that shape is distorted ░░░░░░░░ benefit a ruling class ░░░░░░░░ white male elites and ░░░░░░░░ industries and opportunities that ░░░░░░░░ elites control Joining me ░░░░░░░░ is New York Times ░░░░░░░░ Selling author Elie Mystal ░░░░░░░░ correspondent for the nation ░░░░░░░░ of the podcast contempt ░░░░░░░░ court and his latest ░░░░░░░░ It is a doozy ░░░░░░░░ s bad law 10 ░░░░░░░░ laws that are ruining ░░░░░░░░ Elie I don t ░░░░░░░░ where you find time ░░░░░░░░ write all that you ░░░░░░░░ but you always spend ░░░░░░░░ with me so I ░░░░░░░░ grateful Talk about your ░░░░░░░░ because you Have Some ░░░░░░░░ pretty provocative takes about ░░░░░░░░ we have found ourselves ░░░░░░░░ we are now based ░░░░░░░░ bad laws Yeah Katie ░░░░░░░░ idea Was that Somebody ░░░░░░░░ to start writing project ░░░░░░░░ right And it ain ░░░░░░░░ going to be Chuck ░░░░░░░░ Right Like if you ░░░░░░░░ About it project 2025 ░░░░░░░░ Wrote that They started ░░░░░░░░ That in 2021 when ░░░░░░░░ Had no power When ░░░░░░░░ Had Just attacked the ░░░░░░░░ and failed Right That ░░░░░░░░ the That was the ░░░░░░░░ Was the Inception of ░░░░░░░░ 2025 So now in ░░░░░░░░ situation Where Democrats don ░░░░░░░░ have a lot of ░░░░░░░░ don t have a ░░░░░░░░ of political power It ░░░░░░░░ time for us to ░░░░░░░░ thinking about the future ░░░░░░░░ when you look At ░░░░░░░░ Republicans Do when they ░░░░░░░░ into office They come ░░░░░░░░ with a sledgehammer and ░░░░░░░░ take things away They ░░░░░░░░ things that are important ░░░░░░░░ people Like You and ░░░░░░░░ And many of your ░░░░░░░░ Right When Democrats come ░░░░░░░░ office We come In ░░░░░░░░ Like Super glue and ░░░░░░░░ Tape and we put ░░░░░░░░ things Back together I ░░░░░░░░ have written 10 constitutional ░░░░░░░░ That would be super ░░░░░░░░ and cool to do ░░░░░░░░ 10 laws that Would ░░░░░░░░ us All smile and ░░░░░░░░ yay Instead I want ░░░░░░░░ write Here are 10 ░░░░░░░░ that We Could just ░░░░░░░░ That if Democrats Are ░░░░░░░░ Allowed to take power ░░░░░░░░ we can Just smash ░░░░░░░░ make our country better ░░░░░░░░ Because like I said ░░░░░░░░ the bit that you ░░░░░░░░ The law Is not ░░░░░░░░ accident It s not ░░░░░░░░ objective thing Moses Charlton ░░░░░░░░ Did not Climb Up ░░░░░░░░ a mountain and Find ░░░░░░░░ laws for Us and ░░░░░░░░ them at us That ░░░░░░░░ not how