My weekly conversation with long time Chicago Democrat Edwin Eisendrath, we discussed that state of the campaign, our concerns about the polls and Trump’s efforts to mess with the midterms, and how the Democratic Party needs to remain a big tent. Have a listen. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

58 people have died in ICE custody so far. Or at least, those are the 58 deaths we’re aware of. Probably more. And this administration’s answer to that number is - “this ain’t the Holiday Inn.” They don’t care and they’re purposely displaying cruelty. Because cruelty has always been the point. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Yesterday, I was down. Jack Smith’s haunting words that the president of the United States refused to accept an election loss and committed crimes trying to overturn an election just took me back to how wrong this country is that we never held him accountable for his crimes. I don’t know that we’ll ever recover from that. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I sat down with longtime enterprise and investigative reporter Scott MacFarlane to discuss all things these upcoming midterms. What are Republicans really thinking about Election Day? What are Trump voters really going to do? And if Democrats take back Congress, what are they going to do? Have a listen. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Another report out, this time from folks at the CIA, that CIA officers are being moved off of counterterrorism work to move to immigration work. This follows the story from two weeks ago that DHS officials assigned to terrorism and crime were moved to investigating whether noncitizens are voting. This all has consequences. And America unfortunately, is gonna feel the consequences. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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China is providing key intelligence to Iran on where our bases in the Middle East are most vulnerable, troop movements, etc. China is helping Iran kill Americans. And what’s Donald Trump doing? Rolling out the red carpet for, and prostrating himself before, China’s leader. Trump is a traitor. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Trump rolled out the red carpet treatment for China’s Xi, a cruel killer and dictator. Trump treats our allies like shit and kisses the feet of autocrats. Not at all surprising. As long as Trump is in the White House, the United States is not on the side of the free world. I’ve said that a bunch, but every time I say it, it’s still a shocking thing to say. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I sat down with political and media historian at the University of Pennsylvania, Brian Rosenwald, to get his take on this unusual moment in American history, the state of these midterms, and what happens to both parties after the midterms. Super interesting conversation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.