Pivot · 2025-08-05 · 64 min · 12,430 words

MAGA War Chest, Nuclear Subs, and Texas Dems Flee

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Who's smart? Who in that administration? I know you probably are not a Lutnick fan, would be my guess. Well, I mean, Howard Butnick, Butlick, not Nutlick? You allowed to say Nutlick on the page?

You're allowed, whatever. Hi everyone, this is Pivot from New York magazine and the Vox Media Podcast Network. I'm Kara Swisher, and guess what kicks off today? Scot Free August. That's right, it's the first week of Scot Free August when the dog's away and the jungle cat gets to experiment with a bunch of different co-hosts.

And today I'm with the one and only Anthony Scaramucci Mooch. uh the mooch, a lawyer, podcaster, founder, and managing partner at Skybridge Capital. And you remember uh that he did a quick 11-day stint in the White House during President Trump's first term, but that's in the past, actually. I I I don't think about that as much. Anthony, welcome.

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