John,

Have you heard of Bloc Party? It’s a podcast hosted by Waleed Shahid and Amira Hassan, JD’s communications and political directors.

New episodes will be released every other Thursday, starting today, with the first episode of season 3. We’ll also bring on more JD staff members and surprise guests to share their insights, expertise, and perspectives with the entire movement community — including you!

Will you take a moment to subscribe to the Bloc Party and listen to today’s episode?

Today’s episode of Bloc Party is about Kevin, the never-Kevins, the I guess-it’s-fine-we’ll-take-him Kevins, and what we should take away from the Right buckling down for 15 rounds before electing Kevin McMarthy as speaker. Amira explains a history of Kevin McCarthy’s journey from California Republican to “Young Gun” to Freedom Caucus, to losing 15 rounds of votes before becoming Speaker.

This episode also asks, what did the far-right win? And is there something for the left bloc to learn from the Freedom Caucus’ tactics of holding the line?

If you’re interested in hearing the inside scoop about the progressive movement in this country and learning more about the work behind the scenes, then listen to Bloc Party today!

More soon,

Team JD