Making sense (not easy) of the week’s fire hose of news with @dcdufour.bsky.social, Editor in chief @nationaljournal.com, @miacmccarthy.bsky.social, Congress Reporter @politico.com and @hunterw.bsky.social, investigative reporter @talkingpointsmemo.com m bit.ly/Click-2-Listen youtu.be/A-TvXJ8jpUc

"What do those emails tell us? They prove that everything Trump said about the Epstein affair is a another lie. He was Epstein's close friend, did hang out at Epstein's house, did fly on Epstein's plane, knew Epstein and Maxwell were recruiting girls." bit.ly/My-Column

Remember all the talk of a huge realignment of the electorate toward the GOP? Young people-people of color?? It lasted one cycle. Whew! Ron Brownstein with the details. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen youtu.be/1Y4BwxmLsQE

I asked Ron Brownstein if the GOP had learned any lessons from last weeks election. Uh...no! bit.ly/Click-2-Listen youtu.be/1Y4BwxmLsQE

According to today's podcast guest, top Political Commentator for CNN and Bloomberg, Ron Brownstein the GOP has a BIG problem and his name is Donald Trump. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen youtu.be/1Y4BwxmLsQE

Friends, the pod with CNN's @ronbrownstein.bsky.social is up and the GOP losses last Tuesday are actually worse than they looked at first. And portend big trouble for the GOP in the midterms. Wait until you find out WHO is causing the problem. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen

The voters made clear "they’re tired of the pablum offered by fossils of both parties. They’re hungry for a new, younger generation of leadership: new blood, new energy, new faces, and bold, new ideas." My new column. PS: New pod coming later today with Ron Brownstein thehill.com/opinion/5599...

Friends and neighbors. There will be a new podcast episode today, just later than usual. It's with top political analyst Ron Brownstein. We'll talk about the great election day for Democrats and the not so great shutdown cave. Look for it later this afternoon.

What drove the Blue Wave and how it wounds Donald Trump and more with Sabrina Siddiqui, National Politics Reporter at The Wall Street Journal, @linda-feldmann.bsky.social, White House Correspondent and DC Bureau Chief @csmonitor.bsky.social and @pbump.com, former Columnist for The Washington Post.

"Americans are tired of today's sclerotic political leadership. Experience is not such a big deal anymore because politicians with years of experience got us into today's mess. Young leaders are the future of the Party. Old fossils like Schumer are not." bit.ly/My-Column

"Mamdani’s remarkable success contains several important lessons which Democrats would be foolish to ignore. The first is that the age issue is real. Second lesson: Bread and butter. That’s all Mamdani talked about. His one key issue was “affordability.”

For those of you who might think the Butler PA assassination attempt on lDonald Trump was staged, @jonathankarl.bsky.social says absolutely not. But what happened just after was vintage Trump. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen youtu.be/rO6ihAmhfes

Remember Hunter Biden? While the GOP was spending time vilifying him, he was much more involved in President Biden's campaign than we knew. @jonathankarl.bsky.social had a unique window in to the political and family dynamics. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen youtu.be/rO6ihAmhfes

Ever wonder why Biden decided to debate Donald Trump so early in the campaign? @JonathanKarl.bsky.social on what went into that disastrous decision. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen youtu.be/rO6ihAmhfes

We get a great insight into Donald Trump's love affair with his phone (and himself) when @jonathankarl.bsky.social tells the story of his call to Trump the morning after the 2024 election. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen youtu.be/rO6ihAmhfes

ABC News' Chief Washington Correspondent @JonathanKarl.bsky.social has a great new book on the 2024 Campaign. The title of the book explains a lot about Donald Trump. Then and now. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen youtu.be/rO6ihAmhfes

The Panel was on fire today! It would be great if Congress was as engaged. With @amandabecker.bsky.social, Washington Correspondent @19thnews.org, @igorbobic.bsky.social, Senior Politics Reporter @huffpost.com, @evanmcs.bsky.social, Reporter @notus.com bit.ly/Click-2-Listen youtu.be/r7TjVvlvOwU

"Trump is not on the ballot in any of those states. But he might as well be. Those three contests have become a referendum on the Orange Man: the first chance for voters to say thumbs down on Trump's second term. And it looks like he will lose all three." bit.ly/My-Column

"In many ways, Trump’s destruction of the East Wing is a metaphor for his entire administration: forget applicable law, tradition, precedent, or protocol, act as if you have absolute power, do whatever you want, and crush anything that gets in the way."

Check out this exchange with @anatosaurus.bsky.social on why the Democrats need to get real and strengthen their language when describing the regime the GOP is imposing on America. The word "pedophile" comes up. As it should. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen youtu.be/kusyZ5d50vE

Along with setting the agenda to be favorable to Democratic candidates, we need to blunt the GOP's "issues" by literally PERFORMING our own narrative. Spoiler alert: @anatosaurus.bsky.social cites The Portland Frog and the other inflatables. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen youtu.be/kusyZ5d50vE

I asked Democratic Strategist, and messaging guru @anatosaurus.bsky.social what we can learn from @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social and his so far successful campaign for NYC Mayor. A lot. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen youtu.be/kusyZ5d50vE

According to @anatosaurus.bsky.social , Democrats spend too much time polling and not enough time setting the agenda. Not the GOP. Setting the agenda means the political battle is fought on the terms of the Party setting the agenda. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen youtu.be/kusyZ5d50vE

Very smart Democratic Strategist, and brilliant messaging guru @anatosaurus.bsky.social says Democrats have to start using strong language to get people's' attention. You can't persuade anyone if they are not listening. Some examples. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen youtu.be/kusyZ5d50vE

A lively and insightful group today makes sense of the week’s news: Emily Goodin, White House Correspondent for McClatchy Media, @allansmith.bsky.social, Political Reporter @NBCNews.com and @kirk-bado.bsky.social, Editor, @NationalJournal.com Hotline. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen youtu.be/s4OycElbDSY

"Trump's destruction of the East Wing is the perfect metaphor for his 2nd term. In 10 months, he has bulldozed everything we once thought untouchable: the Constitution, the DOJ, the FBI, the DOD, the NIH, and USAID. To that list now add: the White House." bit.ly/My-Column

"We love our country, but we oppose a president who acts like a king and hints he may violate the Constitution by seeking a third term. We oppose a House Speaker who refuses to call members of the House back to try ending the government shutdown." thehill.com/opinion/whit...

Chief Justice John Roberts is no moderate. At his confirmation hearing he said he was just going to call "balls and strikes" on the Court. I asked @elienyc.bsky.social if that now (in)famous statement was ever true. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen youtu.be/Beb0av_ENVs

It looks like SCOTUS is going to allow gay "conversion therapy." @elienyc.bsky.social says that dead gay kids will be the result. Oh, and he has a few choice words for the conservative majority. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen youtu.be/Beb0av_ENVs

On today's pod, @elienyc.bsky.social torches Justice Kavanaugh for his specious argument in the Louisiana Voting Rights Act Case. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen youtu.be/Beb0av_ENVs

@ElieNYC.bsky.social breaks down the SCOTUS Louisiana Gerrymander case that could wipe out 11-19 Black seats in the House. White people are suing to overturn the State's 4-2(majority minority) Congressional District split. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen youtu.be/Beb0av_ENVs

In the past, when SCOTUS ruled on a law/case on the "Shadow" or Emergency Docket, the strong preference was to leave the law or status quo in place until they considered the matter in regular term. Not this court. @elienyc.bsky.social drops the facts. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen youtu.be/Beb0av_ENVs

Another wild week really got the going panel today: Jason Dick, Editor-in-chief of CQ-Roll Call, @svdate.bsky.social, Sr. White House Correspondent @huffpost.com and @cameronjoseph.bsky.social, Senior Washington Reporter for the Christian Science Monitor. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen youtu.be/9Q7peudRywk

"All the guardrails we thought would prevent an authoritarian presidency don't exist. This Congress won't stop him. This Supreme Court won't stop him. Nobody inside his administration will stand up to him. It's up to us. Only we, the people, can stop him. And must." bit.ly/My-Column

"All the guardrails we thought would prevent an authoritarian presidency don't exist. This Congress won't stop him. This Supreme Court won't stop him. Nobody inside his administration will stand up to him. It's up to us. Only we, the people, can stop him. And must." bit.ly/My-Column

"Most Americans today don’t realize that we’re witnessing an historic change in governance: the disappearance of the U.S. Congress as a meaningful and essential institution. We are getting close to the point where Congress doesn’t matter anymore."

@NormOrnstein.bsky.social on peeling away the soft Trump supporters(forget the cultists) and how long the shutdown will last. That and more expert insight and fighting words on today's Pod. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen youtu.be/aqvrStaGvIU

We've had disgraceful Attorneys Generals before. But Pam Bondi, at the direction of Donald Trump is in a corrupt class all by herself. Political Scientist @NormOrnstein.bsky.social on what The Founders would think. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen youtu.be/aqvrStaGvIU

Reports-White House: "Congress is our bitch." Sad but true. Leading Congressional Scholar @NormOrnstein.bsky.social on Donald Trump's destroying the trust necessary for bi-partisan legislation. More wisdom on the Bill Press Pod. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen youtu.be/aqvrStaGvIU

While we are focused on 2026, so is Donald Trump. He's afraid of what might happen to him if it looks like the @Democrats will take back the House. @NormOrnstein.bsky.social is worried he won't accept it. We should all be worried. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen youtu.be/aqvrStaGvIU

The cowardice of Republican Senators in the face of Donald Trump is unprecedented. Even @NormOrnstein.bsky.social who has studied Congress for decades during both its high and its lows, is stunned by what he sees today. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen youtu.be/aqvrStaGvIU

A consequential week and our panel puts it all in context. With @dcdufour.bsky.social, Editor-in-chief @nationaljournal.com, @bennettjohnt.bsky.social, WH Correspondent at CQ @rollcall.com and @miacmccarthy.bsky.social, Political Reporter @politico.com m bit.ly/Click-2-Listen youtu.be/r4PhUaFtQqE

Here's what Bondi and other Trump lapdogs around her don't realize: Revenge works both ways. Someday, the tables will be turned. If I were AG Pam Bondi, Deputy AG Todd Blanche or FBI Director Kash Patel, I'd already be hiring my own attorney." bit.ly/My-Column

"Had Hegseth spent more time on Wikipedia and less time in the makeup room, he might have learned that women have been serving in the military, in one form or another, for more than 200 years — from the Revolutionary War to Iraq and Kuwait." thehill.com/opinion/nati...

Folks ask me all the time if Trump can/will cancel the Midterms. Presidential Historian Doug Brinkley thinks not. BUT lays out the other ways the GOP can manipulate the vote to hold on to power and protect their Boss, Donald Trump bit.ly/Click-2-Listen YouTube: bit.ly/4h2XvJt

I asked Presidential Historian Doug Brinkley why more Americans are not fighting back against Donald Trump's authoritarian actions. There are a number of factors and he points to some responsibility for Democrats. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen YouTube: bit.ly/4h2XvJt

No President in recent memory has exercised such complete control of his own party. Donald Trump uses fear and online power to keep the GOP in line. The GOP once put Country over slavish devotion to a President. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen youtu.be/_FEw8XbDR1I

Remember when Steve Bannon said MAGA wanted to dismantle the administrative state? Well, it's happening and the feckless GOP is too scared of Donald Trump to protect even their own voters who often need government assistance. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen youtu.be/_FEw8XbDR1I

You know who doesn't get enough blame for the tenuous state Donald Trump has put us in? Republican officials. Presidential historian Doug Brinkley on how Trump's delusional "mandate" has cowed the GOP. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen youtu.be/_FEw8XbDR1I

A furiously wild news week broken down by @linda-feldmann.bsky.social, WH Correspondent, DC Bureau Chief for The Christian Science Monitor, @pbump.com, former Columnist for @washingtonpost.com and @delaneyrules.bsky.social, Senior Reporter @huffpost.com bit.ly/Click-2-Listen youtu.be/P1kTLc92Yl4