Can the Democratic Center Hold? (#579)
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-A Democratic consultant defending Fox News out of the gate
-Was Mike Lindell ever really a crackhead?
-Ladies and gentlemen, the new White House press secretary, Katie Zachariah
-Did we fuck Scott Jennings?
-How does a WH press secretary actually prepare?
-Kimberly Guilfoyle’s $100,000 AmEx problem
-James Talarico’s imaginary stay in an Ohio psych ward
-the art of standing out among 435 members of Congress
-Abdul El-Sayed vs Mike Rogers in Michigan
-Jon Ossoff and the case for normal Democrats
-JD Vance’s interesting definition of socialism
-Midterm Madness on Zachariah, Alaska, and Michigan
-Trump gets it right on data centers. Until he doesn’t.
-Brian Kilmeade stands up for Ukraine against Rachel Compost Duffy
-Come watch us live in Connecticut!
-What exactly is Third Way?
-Yemisi’s heresies on crime and climate
-Immigration and the Jamaican-Nigerian experience
-Kmele and the Blacks of Connecticut
-Where is the Democratic Party headed, and how much does the DSA matter?
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