{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Baseball Crank Asks &quot;What Have Refugees Done for Me Lately&quot;","description":"VR41 - What does a \u201cmoderate conservative\u201d sound like in August 2026? Thomas and Matt take a closer look at two very different self-proclaimed \u201cmoderates\u201d representing the best and brightest in MAGA apologism. We begin with some low points from Tim Pool\u2019s recent appearance on the gimmicky \u201cSurrounded\u201d debate series before taking on our main story:&amp;nbsp; a National Review cover piece by Dan McLaughlin on the \u201cbroken\u201d asylum system which demonstrates exactly the kind of finely nuanced understanding of U.S. immigration policy you might expect from the man better known to golden-era Twitter users as The Baseball Crank. ","author_name":"Opening Arguments","author_url":"http:\/\/openargs.com","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/42327815\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/42327815"}