Is It Time to Panic?

Steve Hayes is joined by Jonah Goldberg, Megan McArdle, and David French to discuss Donald Trump's second term and when a cycle of norm violations turns into authoritarianism.

The Agenda:
—DHS targeting of Americans (washingtonpost.com/investigations/2026/02/03/h…)
—Administrative subpoenas, explained
—Abuses in immigration detention centers (hrw.org/report/2025/07/21/you-feel-like-your-l…)
—Megan McArdle on fascism (washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/01/23/trump-r…)
—Why language matters
—Totalitarianism vs. fascism
—NWYT: The Superbowl

Show Notes:
—A listener's injury story (docs.google.com/document/u/1/d/e/2PACX-1vR8xED…)
—David French: "This Is Not a Drill" (nytimes.com/2026/02/01/opinion/midterms-electi…)

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