S03E11 - Elites and the Disenfranchised, the Florida State Guard (jk), and the FBI Kill a Provo Man

It's been a few weeks, but we're back. We talk about some of what we've
been up to over the last month, then jump into two news items. First up
is an opinion piece by NYTimes contributor David Brooks that suggests
professionals (or the professional class) are condescending and
dismissive of the working class, which has led them to feel
disenfranchised and choose as their representative Donald Trump, who
they think sticks it to the professional class (or elites). We discuss
this op-ed, tackle the issue of elites again, and then wonder why these
individuals chose a billionaire, elite-educated, New Yorker as their
champion. The second story we discuss is the renewal of the Florida
State Guard by Ron DeSantis, which has been a disaster. The training was
a mess, people complained, and the mission is unclear. Tom accurately
describes this as both (a) a nothing burger and (b) a disturbing sign
that DeSantis wants his own personal guard. We then wrap up with a brief
discussion of the killing of a man in Provo by the FBI who had made
repeated death threats against Biden and other politicians.