From a $14.5 million paint job peeling off the bottom of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool to a sitting vice president's conversion memoir, this episode is about the distance between what leaders perform and what they actually deliver. Sarah and Beth dig into rushed, made-for-TV governance, Keir Starmer's resignation one day before Brexit's tenth anniversary, and the Washington Post's bombshell reporting on faith and power in American politics.
Topics discussed:
- The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool's makeover gone wrong
- Keir Starmer's resignation and Brexit at ten
- What the center-left can learn from Europe's leadership turnover
- The Washington Post investigation into Tulsi Gabbard and the Science of Identity Foundation
- JD Vance's conversion memoir, Communion
- Sincere faith vs. faith as a political tool — Hegseth, Talarico, and Beshear
- Where a faith advisor ends and a political advisor begins
- Pantsuit Politics featured in the Washington Post
Our America 250 celebrations — the murder mystery parties and the Film Club — are all happening over on Substack. Join us at pantsuitpoliticsshow.com.

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