Dan Pfeiffer
John Heilemann welcomes former Obama campaign and White House communications guru and&nbsp;<em>Pod Save America</em>&nbsp;co-host Dan Pfeiffer back to the podcast just two months after his last visit&nbsp;— when the Supreme Court ruling overturning&nbsp;<em>Roe v Wade</em>&nbsp;preempted a proper discussion of Pfeiffer’s new book,&nbsp;<em>Battling the Big Lie: How Fox, Facebook, and the MAGA Media Are Destroying America</em>. This time, John and Dan go deep on that subject: the right-wing disinformation and propaganda machine, how it works, why it's so powerful, and what we can do to fight back; how Donald Trump’s birther conspiracy theory bedeviled Obama in his first term; and the moment in Obama's&nbsp;<em>second</em>&nbsp;term when Pfeiffer realized Facebook had turned into "Trump on steroids." They also discuss last week's headlines — from Liz Cheney's drubbing in Wyoming to Joe Biden's biggest legislative win of 2022 to Dr Oz's ill-fated visit to a supermarket with cameras rolling, and how Dan and his&nbsp;<em>Pod Save America&nbsp;</em>pals helped Crudité-gate go viral ... a behind-the-scenes story that's just one of many reasons that you do NOT want to sleep on this week's episode.<br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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