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On The Record (10-20-26).

October 23, 2026 · 31 min

Show notes

This week we went deep on the structural argument that should underpin everything else—disaster privilege, capitalism as the constant, and why the real battle isn’t between the two parties but between the status quo and something that hasn’t been named loudly enough yet. DSA isn’t the radical fringe; it’s the only thing moving the conversation in the right direction, and the in-between days matter as much as Election Day.

Chapters

Intro: 00:00:45

Housekeeping: 00:01:00

Max Notes: 00:03:13

Resources

F.D Signifier: Fallen Idols: How Black Leaders Fail Us

Cato Unbound: The Education of a Libertarian

Prison Policy Initiative: United States profile

Airmail: The View from Here

Al Jazeera English: Progressives, AIPAC & the future of the Democratic Party: Neera Tanden & Mehdi Hasan

The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder: James Carville Prays Dems Lose Midterms To GOP

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis: Share of Net Worth Held by the Bottom 50% (1st to 50th Wealth Percentiles)

Brad Onishi: American Caesar: How Theocrats and Tech Lords Are Turning America into a Monarchy

UNFTR Resources

Video: On The Record 10/20/26 (Stupid Democrats, Evil Republicans and the Future King of America.)

Video: Phone A Friend: Jared Yates Sexton: Left Activism in the Age of Trump.

Episode: Russell Vought’s 7 Point Plan To Steal the Election.

Episode: The Economics of Racism.

Episode: Don’t Stop Agitating: A Treatise on Leftism.

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