In This House, We’re Angry When Government Fails
The core conflict in our politics right now is over institutions. Democrats defend them, while Republicans distrust them, and seek, in some cases, to eliminate them.This is really bad. It’s bad for in...
22 Nov 20241h 8min
Trump Kicks Down the Guardrails
I’ve been watching since the election to see what timeline we’re in. And Donald Trump’s first wave of selections for appointees were pretty straightforward. But then came the turn: Pete Hegseth, a for...
19 Nov 20241h 6min
The End of the Obama Coalition
The Democratic Party has been hemorrhaging nonwhite and working-class voters. There are a lot of theories about why that has been happening, blaming it on the party’s ideas or messaging or campaign ta...
13 Nov 20241h 4min
The Book That Predicted the 2024 Election
To understand the 2024 election results, it helps to go back to 2020. Donald Trump lost the election that year, but he made significant gains with nonwhite voters. At the time, a lot of Democrats saw ...
9 Nov 20241h 1min
Where Does This Leave Democrats?
The coalition the Democratic Party built in the Obama years has crumbled. But Democrats can choose how to respond.Mentioned:“Democrats Have a Better Option Than Biden”Thoughts? Guest suggestions? Emai...
7 Nov 202437min
America Has Changed. So Has Jon Stewart.
In 2010, Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert held a satirical rally on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., called the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear. This was amid the Tea Party movement. Politica...
4 Nov 20241h 4min
Are We on the Cusp of a New Political Order?
Our politics are increasingly divided on fundamental issues like the legitimacy of elections and the nature and integrity of the basic systems of American government. That’s the most important fact of...
1 Nov 20241h 28min
Vivek Ramaswamy Has a Different Vision for Trumpism From JD Vance
Vivek Ramaswamy burst onto the national scene last year as a wild card candidate for the Republican presidential nomination. Here was a relatively unknown biotech executive with no political experienc...
29 Okt 20241h 23min
