It’s the final night of the convention and in the hours before everything kicks off, the lads convened at the Substack loft to chat with Axios’s Alex Thompson, our old pal and arguably the most plugged in political reporter in America. We could offer some conversation bullet points but…just trust us. This is a really good one. Alex dishes on his reporting about the campaign to dislodge Biden’s from ticket, the enormous and quiet political power of the Obamas, and the behind-the-scenes war between Michelle Obama and the Biden family.
#468 - And now...the Coronation (w/ Alex Thompson)
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#468 - And now...the Coronation (w/ Alex Thompson)
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#468 - And now...the Coronation (w/ Alex Thompson)