During a new subscriber-only podcast this week, Sirota and Tom Frank discuss: • The troll phase of Larry Summers career, and the Biden administration’s surprising rejection of his latest attempt to undermine the stimulus. • Democrats latest attempts to complicate the promised $2,000 checks — and how the behavior spotlights party elites’ belief that any initiative must be bad just because it is simple. • The Washington Post’s weaponization of “fact checking” and Pinocchios to inject economic ideology into the political discourse. • The insidious economic message of the most talked about Super Bowl ad. Here are some of the articles Sirota and Frank refer to in the podcast: Biden’s Promised $1,400 Checks Are Even Dividing the White House (Bloomberg) A Dystopian Sales Pitch On Super Bowl Sunday (Daily Poster) Lies, Damn Lies, And Fact Checking (Daily Poster) Can President Joe Biden Mend A Torn America? (Le Monde Diplomatique) Thank you for subscribing. Leave a comment or share this episode.