NEW POD: What is the endgame in Iran? I talked to former Assistant Secretary of Defense Mara Karlin about what the apparent strategy is in Iran, conflicting messages from the White House aside. We also talked about the likeliest outcome. www.gdpolitics.com/p/what-is-th...

It's time we open up the mailbag and answer some listener questions on the GD POLITICS pod. Any questions about polls, elections, politics, the meaning of life... drop 'em below and we'll dig into them soon! 👇

Great live show last night with @claremalone.bsky.social, Nate Silver and special guest Eli McKown-Dawson! We talked Texas results, war in Iran, AI doomerism... AND did our first-ever 2028 GOP primary draft. Did Ted Cruz make the draft? Only one way to find out. 👇

After a week of think pieces and market gyrations, I sat down with @jburnmurdoch.ft.com for a data-driven conversation about how AI is impacting the world so far. It's today's episode of the GD POLITICS podcast! Is It Time To Freak Out About AI? www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FsM...

On the latest GD POLITICS episode... ➡️ Epstein fallout ➡️ DHS shutdown fight ➡️ Gallup's farewell to prez approval ➡️ Election updates w/ friends of the pod Mary Radcliffe & @lennybronner.com!

The Comedy Cellar residency continues! March 4 I'll be there with Nate Silver and @galendruke.bsky.social doing a live 2028 GOP draft. Get your tickets! www.gdpolitics.com/p/a-live-202...

After a rowdy live 2028 Dem primary draft last month, @claremalone.bsky.social, Nate Silver & I are returning to the Comedy Cellar on March 4 to tackle the GOP side of the ledger! Grab a ticket and join us for our first-ever 2028 GOP primary draft. (Plus, it’s the day after the TX primaries!)

The Texas Senate primaries are MESSY I talked to @patricksvitek.bsky.social about it: www.gdpolitics.com/p/the-texas-...

The midterms are 9 months away and the primaries begin in just 4 weeks! Jacob Rubashkin and Leah Askarinam joined me on the GD POLITICS podcast to discuss the early math heading into the 2026 elections:

We frequently get listener questions on the GD POLITICS podcast about “abundance.” After our live show this week a listener approached me to ask about specific zoning laws (beyond “make it easier to build housing” type stuff). It’s not something I’m very deep into, but what I told him is that…

This week Nate Silver, @claremalone.bsky.social and I hosted a live 2028 Democratic primary draft at the Comedy Cellar in New York City. Two moments stuck out to me. Both were when we asked the audience whether they wanted to see Kamala Harris run for president in 2028.

Is Alex Pretti's killing a turning point? On the latest episode of GD POLITICS I discussed that question with Mary Radcliffe and @baseballot.bsky.social My answer: yes

Gabe Fleisher and I tried to assess Trump's first year back in office according to his own standards of success and failure. We also looked at how Americans have reacted to him and where his new assertions of presidential power have been allowed to stand vs. batted down. Check it out!

I asked Sen. Lisa Murkowski what I thought was something of a throw away question last summer: "Is the president right that America would be better served if Greenland were part of the United States?" She was clear: "No."

Join Gabe Fleischer and me at 3pm ET to chat about year one of Trump 2.0!

Americans are facing a torrent of political news 🤪 @lennybronner.com and I answered your questions on ICE, Iran, the Senate and more on today's episode of GD POLITICS. www.gdpolitics.com/p/we-answer-...

It’s been a really slow news cycle, so I assume no one has any questions, but jic, drop them bellow. Recording a mailbag episode tomorrow! 📨

Former lieutenant governor of Georgia Geoff Duncan served as a Republican, but recently switched parties and is now running for governor as a Democrat. I asked him about another Georgian who has recently had a change of heart: Marjorie Taylor Greene.

Can a former Republican win Georgia for Democrats? I talked for former lieutenant governor of Georgia Geoff Duncan about his bid to win the governor's race as a Democrat. www.gdpolitics.com/p/video-can-...

On today's episode of GD POLITICS, I spoke with Peter Viggo Jakobsen, a leading Danish national security expert, about Trump's threats against Greenland. I asked him if the U.S. or Russia is a bigger threat...

Welcome to 2026! By year's end, presidential primary contenders are likely to have begun announcing. What are we going to do about it? @claremalone.bsky.social, Nate Silver and I are hosting a live 2028 Democratic primary draft at the Comedy Cellar in New York City on Jan. 27!

Americans didn't support U.S. intervention in Venezuela, but now that it's happened, what will the political consequences be? Mary Radcliffe, @baseballot.bsky.social and I discuss on today's episode of GD POLITICS. www.gdpolitics.com/p/how-will-a...

2026 In: anxious homo Out:

Getting ready to bury our 2025 time capsule...

Friends of the pod @baseballot.bsky.social and Mary Radcliffe helped me come up with the 10 numbers that defined 2025 in politics. Can you guess what they represent? -43 -225 -106 -62 -170 billion -271,000 -12 -1 -12 -70

On today's GD POLITICS pod... "Roman Empire" elections w/ @rubashkin.bsky.social & Leah Askarinam. In other words, the elections we just can't stop thinking about, i.e. the reboot of Star Trek indirectly leading to Barack Obama’s election or a coin flip making Glenn Youngkin’s career!

It's time to open the mailbag on the GD pod! 📬 As we approach the end of the year, I want to hear your questions. Did 2025 develop the way you thought it would? What remains unanswered and what are the big unknowns for the new year? Drop your questions here!

Is Venezuela the next Iraq? I talked to Michael O'Hanlon about some of the similarities and differences as the Trump administration quickly ramps up pressure on Venezuela. www.gdpolitics.com/p/video-is-v...

The Obamacare subsidy cliff is here. Republicans may be right that the system is broken, but the politics are still bad for them. Plus... Indiana gerrymandering & Trump's approval rating w/ Mary Radcliffe & @baseballot.bsky.social. Listen to today's GD POLITICS pod!

Got a great pod in the GD POLITICS feed today w/ THE @rubashkin.bsky.social! We discuss Crockett's entrance into the TX Sen race & how 2026 primaries are shaping up across the country. We also look at recent elections in Tennessee & Miami AND the campaign finance case before SCOTUS. 😅

David Runciman, Helen Thompson, and I reassembled what once would have been a FiveThirtyEight x Talking Politics podcast crossover while I was in London. Call it the ghosts of two podcasts past! It'll be in the GD POLITICS podcast feed later today!

They’re letting anyone into parliament these days! A big thanks to the BBC’s Vicki Young for showing me around! 🙏

Today on GD POLITICS: Celebrity Politicians, Dummymandering, And The Texas Primary w/ @lennybronner.com! www.gdpolitics.com/p/celebrity-...

Happy Thanksgiving! Enjoy those "cousin walks" before the tide turns against marijuana! We talked about this plus Mamdani + Trump's bromance, MTG's departure, & the state of gerrymandering on the latest GD POLITICS pod w/ @baseballot.bsky.social & Mary Radcliffe! www.gdpolitics.com/p/mamdani-is...

1. The possibility of a crisis in which AI is seen as playing a central role is... non-zero 2. Americans are not polarized along party lines on AI Those two things potentially put AI in a position to upend US politics. That's the topic of today's GD POLITICS pod w/ @databyler.bsky.social!

Is the MAGA coalition coming apart? I talked to GOP pollster @patrickruffini.bsky.social on the latest GD POLITICS pod to get his take. www.gdpolitics.com/p/is-the-mag...

Had a nice chat with @jessicatarlov.bsky.social on today's installment of Raging Moderates! www.youtube.com/watch?v=iC9w...

id a 2025 post-mortem on the latest GD POLITICS pod w/ @lennybronner.com, @linleyann.bsky.social & Lakshya Jain. We discussed the who, where & why behind Democrats' impressive performance + what it portends for '26. There's some Epstein file polling and moderates vs. progressives discourse too.

We're going to record a 2025 election post-mortem on the GD POLITICS pod tomorrow. Drop your questions below! 👇

The latest GD POLITICS pod is up! I chatted with Gabe Fleisher about who "won" the government shutdown and why it's ending right now. We also checked in on how Washington is processing last week's elections and the latest SCOTUS news. www.gdpolitics.com/p/who-won-th...

TONIGHT: REVENGE OF THE NERDS -- GD POLITICS @ 7PM ET @baseballot.bsky.social @rubashkin.bsky.social @lennybronner.com @erincovey.bsky.social

Had a blast last night at the Comedy Cellar with @claremalone.bsky.social and Nate Silver! We shared final pre-election takes, played "Guess What Americans Think," and discussed the latest political controversies. Check it out!

NEWS: We've got merch! gdpolitics.com/merch

All signs point toward a Zohran Mamdani victory in NYC on Tuesday. But will he win with a majority of NYC voters? On the latest GD POLITICS pod, @michaellangenyc.bsky.social explains why the answer to that question will shape Mamdani's likely tenure.

I’ve lived in Wisconsin and the TV news political ads in NYC right now are next level. (I’m at the gym, I don’t watch TV news on weekday mornings at home 🙃)

The Virginia gov polls are kind of all over the place. TBC, variation isn't a bad thing. It suggests pollsters aren't herding, but Mary Radcliffe also picked up on an interesting trend that could be responsible. She and @chaznuttycombe.bsky.social discussed it on the latest GD POLITICS pod:

There's just one problem with trying to get NYC Republicans to vote for Andrew Cuomo...

Tonight is the final New York City mayoral debate 🗽 Last debate featured lots of questions about daily life in NYC... parades, rent, bodega orders, groceries, subway ridership. Here's Leah Askarinam's take on asking the candidates how much they spend on groceries.

"I think [Susan] Collins is definitely endangered." -- @geoffreyskelley.com on the latest GD POLITICS pod

I talked to Steven Pinker on the latest GD POLITICS podcast episode. We covered a lot, but one important takeaway was the social value of "Netflix and chill" and other euphemisms and innuendos 😉