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Podcast: Commonwealth Club of California Podcast
Episode: Mark Leibovich: Donald Trump's Washington and the Price of Submission
Description: The Republican Party used to stand for individualism, and according to journalist and author Mark Leibovich, it now largely answers to the whims of one man: former president Donald Trump. Tracing Trumpâs ascent to the top of a party that in the early months of his candidacy viewed him with contempt, Leibovich brings answers to the massive question of âwhat happened?âMark Leibovich is an award-winning journalist and writer for The Atlantic. Called the âreigning master of the political profileâ by Washingtonian magazine and named one of âWashington's 25 Most Powerful, Least Famous Peopleâ by The New Republic, Leibovic...