Elon Musk is back in the news, with a New York Times investigation detailing his rampant drug use right as he hightails it out of Washington. Lovett and Dan compare notes on their own White House drug tests, then dig into Trump’s most recent comments on his Big Beautiful Bill, the legislation’s fate in the Senate, and Sen. Joni Ernst’s psychopathic consolation for people being kicked off Medicaid. Then Lovett sits down with author and history professor Erik Loomis to talk about whether the U.S. is still capable of mass mobilization—do liberals actually care about workers? How do we meet people where they’re at? And are we all too individualistic to show true solidarity? CHECK OUT THESE DEALS FROM OUR SPONSORS! BILT - http://joinbilt.com/crooked SLEEP ME - http://sleepme.com/crooked CODE: CROOKED STAMPS - http://stamps.com CODE: CROOKED BLINDS - http://blinds.com CODE: CROOKED CHAPTERS 00:00 - Elon Musk’s Drug Use 05:34 - What’s up with Elon’s Black Eye? 09:52 - Status on Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill 21:55 - Politically Persuasive Content 26:50 - Ad Break 1 30:18 - Intro to Labor Historian, Erik Loomis 34:32 - Disrupting the System 43:53 - The Gutting of Air Traffic Controllers 47:49 - Labor Unions Under Ronald Reagan 50:12 - Examples of Effective Union Organizing 55:39 - Why Group Discipline Matters 58:41 - How to Collectively Respond to Trump 01:03:05 - Housekeeping 01:03:40 - Ad Break 2 01:06:00 - The Dignity of American Workers 01:08:53 - Joe Biden’s Legacy with Labor Unions 01:11:39 - The Paterson Silk Strike 01:15:36 - Unions in 2025 01:23:14 - More Pro-Labor Democrats Want Pod Save America ad-free? Subscribe to Friends of the Pod: http://crooked.com/friends Subscribe to our channel! https://www.youtube.com/crookedmedia?sub_confirmation=1 Photos courtesy of AP Photo Archive Crooked believes that we need a better conversation about politics, culture, and the world around us—one that doesn’t just focus on what’s broken, but what we can do to fix it. At a time when it’s increasingly easy to feel cynical or hopeless, former Obama staffers Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett, and Tommy Vietor have created a place where people can have sane conversations that inform, entertain, and inspire action. In 2017 they started Crooked with Pod Save America—a no-bullshit conversation about politics. Since then, we continue to add shows, voices, and opportunities for activism, because it’s up to all of us to do our part to build a better world. That’s it. End of mission. Learn more about Crooked at http://www.crooked.com Follow the pod on Twitter https://twitter.com/podsaveamerica Follow Crooked on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/CrookedMedia/ Follow Crooked on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/crookedmedia/