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September 2, 2026 at 10:00 AM

MAGA Turns on Itself

View this post on the web at [link removed] There’s a wonderfully bleak rule of revolutionary politics I’ve shared with you before [ [link removed] ]: eventually, the people who build the guillotine find that their own necks fit perfectly into the National Razor. Maximilien Robespierre learned t…

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September 1, 2026 at 4:31 PM

RFK Jr. Under Fire | The Weekly Assignment with Dr. Rob Davidson

View this post on the web at [link removed] With the biggest measles outbreak in the U.S. in decades, a growing number of food recalls, and rising health care costs, we need medical experts more than ever. That’s why Dr. Rob Davidson joins The Weekly Assignment this week. He’s the Executive Dire…

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September 1, 2026 at 12:53 PM

As Summer Fades, America Prepares to Take Back Our Future

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September 1, 2026 at 10:07 AM

From Drones to Limited Incursions: How Russia Could Test NATO’s Red Lines

View this post on the web at [link removed] Brian Daitzman is the Editor of The Intellectualist [ [link removed] ]. Subscribe to his Substack. [ [link removed] ] New U.S. intelligence indicates that Vladimir Putin may be increasingly willing to test NATO, including through provocative actions ex…

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August 31, 2026 at 7:32 PM

Will We Ever See the Epstein Files? | Ellie Leonard, The Panicked Writer, Joins The Frank Figliuzzi Show

View this post on the web at [link removed] Legacy newsrooms have been failing us, but not always out of negligence. The news cycle is continuous, a firehose of shocking stories one after another after another. Any newsroom — even those well-staffed national newsrooms — can’t possibly have the ba…

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August 31, 2026 at 4:17 PM

You Live in a White Christian Nationalist Dual State | Unholy Ground with Edwin Eisendrath

View this post on the web at [link removed] Edwin Eisendrath recently wrote a piece on his incredible Substack about the “Dual State,” a phrase coined by scholar and lawyer Ernst Fraenkel, who had survived the early days of the Nazi regime and later fled to America. The idea — in ‘30s Germany …

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August 31, 2026 at 1:11 PM

Nobody Owes Them an Audience: The Manufactured Moderation Paradox, Explained

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August 31, 2026 at 10:01 AM

The Ice that Held the Rock Together

View this post on the web at [link removed] We thought we’d watch the movie Clue. It’s cinematic comfort food. Earlier in the day, my oldest texted me, RIP Wadsworth. I’ve made them watch it perhaps a thousand times, since well before they got most of the jokes. I’m not sure they get the jokes …

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August 30, 2026 at 10:39 PM

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Fellow Democracy Defender, There are only 64 days left until the midterms. This is the moment that defines our future. Corporate media is already missing the story. Legacy press is cowering, hoping to escape the wrath of Trump and his minions. At Lincoln Square, we don’t pull punches. We will neve…

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August 30, 2026 at 7:01 PM

Former UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson Joins History of the Present

View this post on the web at [link removed] The United States is in the midst of a leadership crisis stemming from its depleted diplomatic ranks. We are in trouble in the Middle East, of course, but crises are brewing among NATO states, as well as in Ukraine and Russia. Without American leaders…

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August 30, 2026 at 3:23 PM

Fact-Based Journalism Isn’t Dead. But We Need to Work to Keep It Alive.

View this post on the web at [link removed] I’ve been wrestling with a disturbing question for the last several months: Do people even want fact-based journalism anymore? For most of my 25 years working in media, I would have told you that question was absurd. Verified, on-the-record reporting w…

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August 30, 2026 at 12:57 PM

Trump Administration Prepares Plans for 3,000-Child Immigrant Detention Facilities

View this post on the web at [link removed] Brian Daitzman is the Editor of The Intellectualist [ [link removed] ]. Subscribe to his Substack. [ [link removed] ] The Trump administration is preparing contractors to build and operate large detention camps for unaccompanied migrant children across…

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August 30, 2026 at 10:01 AM

Angie Nixon Doesn’t Need Your Labels, and Neither Does Florida

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August 29, 2026 at 5:56 PM

Where’s the Beef? Turns Out, It’s Everywhere! | That Trippi Show

View this post on the web at [link removed] Joe weighs in on the recent primary results — can Angie Nixon and David Jolly both win in Florida? Can anything stop this change wave? What is the media missing about it? Unsubscribe [link removed]?

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August 29, 2026 at 3:01 PM

The Onion, Reborn | Ben Collins Joins Edwin Eisendrath on It's the Democracy, Stupid

View this post on the web at [link removed] Comedy and satire are fascist-killers. In a time when our media ecosystem is broken, when consolidation is eliminating diverse voices, Ben Collins and the Onion are winning. Collins is a former NBC News reporter on right-wing extremism. He joined Edwi…

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August 29, 2026 at 1:03 PM

RFK Wants Cancer to Win

View this post on the web at [link removed] It would be one thing, and an accurate one, to say Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is going to get people killed. But he’s better understood as a wannabe slow-motion serial killer. The man Donald Trump put in charge of the Department of Health and Human Service…

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August 29, 2026 at 10:02 AM

Edward Abbey Warned Us About This. Trump Is Doing It Anyway.

View this post on the web at [link removed] “Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit.” — Edward Abbey The first time my daughter saw a giant sequoia was hiking in Yosemite National Park when she was just 8 years old. We’d made the trek into the Mariposa Grove as a late …

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August 28, 2026 at 7:16 PM

SCOTUS OKs Trump's Crackdown on Mail-In Voting | Susan Demas & Edwin Eisendrath LIVE

View this post on the web at [link removed] Trump’s Trade War continues as negotiations between the U.S. and Canada collapse with new tariffs in sight. Ontario Premier Doug Ford had some choice words for Trump, calling him a “loser” and inviting him to “kiss my ass.” In related news, President …

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August 28, 2026 at 4:37 PM

Trump's Hamburger Helper Hail Mary | Two Joes Show

View this post on the web at [link removed] Our national debt hit a record high, the economic D-Day was a dud, but Donald Trump wants to know: Where’s the beef? MAGA’s economic failures continue to mount as we get closer to Election Day, and Trump’s finally getting desperate enough to take affo…

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August 28, 2026 at 12:55 PM

The Revolution with Maya May & Michael Fanone

View this post on the web at [link removed] It’s no secret democracy is under pressure, and waiting for someone else to magically fix it is out of the question. On this edition of The Revolution, Maya May and Michael Fanone talk about the growing threats to our democratic institutions, the need f…

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August 28, 2026 at 10:03 AM

What Should a Post-Trump Governance Coalition Look Like?

View this post on the web at [link removed] Don Moynihan is the J. Ira and Nicki Harris Family Professor of Public Policy at the University of Michigan Ford School of Public Policy. Subscribe to his Substack, Can We Still Govern [ [link removed] ]? To simplify a bit (a lot): there are two parts …

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August 27, 2026 at 7:27 PM

The End of Our Empire | Anchor Watch with Bobby Jones

View this post on the web at [link removed] We are failing. We’re failing in our responsibility to our allies (Canada, Ukraine, NATO, et al). We’re failing to consider the short-, medium-, and long-term impacts of our actions (tariffs, the war in Iran, Venezuela, murdering sailors on the open sea…

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August 27, 2026 at 3:59 PM

Can We Stop Trump's Election Meddling? | Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes Joins The Frank Figliuzzi Show

View this post on the web at [link removed] Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes joined Frank Figliuzzi to discuss election security, the multi-faceted role of state secretaries, and pushback against Trump’s extensive federal overreach. As the midterms close in, Frank is talking with top elec…

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August 27, 2026 at 12:43 PM

Katie Phang on Why She’s Suing the DOJ over the Epstein Files | Six Questions with Steven Beschloss

View this post on the web at [link removed] "The future of the Justice Department is bleak, and that is a generous construction." — Katie Phang In this episode of Six Questions, Stephen Beschloss interviews independent journalist and former prosecutor Katie Phang about her ongoing legal battle…

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August 27, 2026 at 10:06 AM

Flock's Spy System Has to Die

View this post on the web at [link removed] I’ve written the speech Flock CEO Garrett Langley gave last week on YouTube. [ [link removed] ] Not that exact speech, but speeches of that genus, species, and subspecies. Every political or crisis-communications operative dragged into the conference r…

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August 26, 2026 at 7:01 PM

We Need a Reckoning on Polling | Simon Rosenberg Joins First Draft

View this post on the web at [link removed] As the 2026 midterms approach, some polling is becoming harder to trust, with cheap new technology flooding the ecosystem. Low-quality surveys and partisan pollsters have been working to manufacture narratives about who’s winning — a pattern Simon Rosen…

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August 26, 2026 at 3:55 PM

Goodbye, Dolly & World War III | The Strategy Session with Wajahat Ali & Rick Wilson

View this post on the web at [link removed] Americans don't agree on much, but we agree on Dolly Parton. Her music career, as legendary as it was, was no match for her generosity and the good she brought to the world. There are a lot of things to talk about tonight, but in light of all the bad ne…

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August 26, 2026 at 12:52 PM

Memo to Hakeem Jeffries: Change Means Doing Things Differently

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August 26, 2026 at 10:01 AM

Pardons, Guns, and Cash: Inside the Changes at Trump's Department of Justice

View this post on the web at [link removed] Frank Figliuzzi hosts The Frank Figliuzzi Show on Lincoln Square. He is an FBI Assistant Director (retired); 25-year veteran Special Agent; and author of the national bestseller, The FBI Way, and Long Haul: Hunting the Highway Serial Killers. Subscribe …

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August 25, 2026 at 7:54 PM

Rep. Jared Huffman on the Christian Nationalist Plot | The Weekly Assignment

View this post on the web at [link removed] Donald Trump’s use of Christian nationalism in his campaigns and political rhetoric has contributed to a blurring of the lines between political and religious identity. This gray area is what Congressman Jared Huffman explores in his book, No Prophets:…

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August 25, 2026 at 5:43 PM

Admiral William McRaven (Ret.) on Trump, the Military, & Iran | The Frank Figliuzzi Show

View this post on the web at [link removed] As the American military faces extraordinary challenges—both internal and external—it’s also saddled with hyperpartisan, questionable civilian leadership. This could be a perfect storm for American might abroad, and even for our democracy, but for one t…

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August 25, 2026 at 12:53 PM

My First Love

View this post on the web at [link removed] I fell in love with her when I was very young. Youth has a way of blindly looking at the world with optimism and hope. And often times we look over obvious flaws and problematic issues that others older and wiser can see much more clearly. Many other…

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August 25, 2026 at 10:09 AM

The Monster We Made: Trump and the Politics of Audience Capture (Part II)

View this post on the web at [link removed] Kristoffer Ealy is a political scientist, political analyst, and professor in Southern California. He teaches American Government and political behavior, with a focus on political psychology, voting behavior, and political socialization. Subscribe to hi…

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August 24, 2026 at 8:10 PM

A Russian Hostage’s Journey Back to Normalcy | History of the Present with Paul Whelan

View this post on the web at [link removed] Imagine traveling to celebrate a friend’s wedding abroad, only to be targeted by a foreign agency for reasons that you’re still trying to figure out today. That’s exactly what happened to Paul Whelan, a veteran who was accused by Russia of spying and sp…

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August 24, 2026 at 5:09 PM

Stuart Stevens on Ukrainian Liberation Day

View this post on the web at [link removed] Stuart Stevens comes to us live from Poland before heading back to Ukraine for another humanitarian aid trip. And he brings a special message for Americans on Ukrainian Liberation Day. Let us know what you think in the comments. Unsubscribe [link re…

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August 24, 2026 at 1:01 PM

God's Money & the Homeless | Unholy Ground

View this post on the web at [link removed] In an hour-long webinar, a team of government officials laid out a pitch for organizations: apply for funding that will help you in your mission to house the homeless. It seems pretty straightforward. The Department of Housing and Urban Development (H…

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August 24, 2026 at 10:00 AM

Trump and El Niño

View this post on the web at [link removed] Our world is about to get weird, and nobody is ready. Not politicians. Not a hungry, thirsty third world. Certainly not the American political system. The coming 18 months will be a stress test for civilization as we know it. I’m talking about the colo…

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August 23, 2026 at 5:18 PM

Former Ambassador Bob Rae: The End of American Alliances? | The History of the Present

View this post on the web at [link removed] Bob Rae, the former Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations, joined Brian Daitzman of The Intellectualist for a blunt look at the growing rupture between the United States and its closest allies on this edition of History of the Present. Drawing on …

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August 23, 2026 at 2:08 PM

Primaries, Police Cams, & Presidential 'Assistants' | It's the End! ... of the Week

View this post on the web at [link removed] Max Burns and Sam Osterhout dive into a hectic week of political drama and civil liberties concerns on this week’s edition of It’s the End! … of the Week. They rip a Fox News segment obsessed with the looks of progressive Democrats, contrasting it with…

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August 23, 2026 at 10:01 AM

The Dual State: How Trump Is Using Ernst Fraenkel’s Playbook to Fracture the Law

View this post on the web at [link removed] Edwin Eisendrath is the former CEO of the Chicago Sun-Times and Chicago Alderman who hosts It's The Democracy Stupid [ [link removed] ]on Lincoln Square [ [link removed] ] and a weekly radio show on WCPT820AM/ Heartland Signal. [ [link removed] ] Subsc…

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August 22, 2026 at 5:04 PM

‘We Need BIG Ideas Going into 2028’| That Trippi Show with Reed Galen

View this post on the web at [link removed] Friend of the show Reed Galen fills in for Joe Trippi this week with his take on the rapidly finishing primary season. What should we learn from Florida? What does money buy a campaign — and what doesn’t it? How did a candidate get outspent 16:1 and w…

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August 22, 2026 at 3:55 PM

Dissent is Under Threat. Here is How We Fight Back.

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August 22, 2026 at 12:57 PM

The Next Generation’s Done Waiting | Run for Something’s Amanda Litman on It's the Democracy, Stupid with Edwin Ei…

View this post on the web at [link removed] As the general election quickly approaches, Edwin Eisendrath sat down with Amanda Litman, co-founder for Run for Something, to talk about the next generation of Democratic leaders and how they’re changing the way politics get done. Run for Something h…

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August 22, 2026 at 10:01 AM

The Death of Beauty

View this post on the web at [link removed] I saw an article earlier this week on the end of beauty, and the theme triggered something in me, an itch to write about it, but I couldn’t quite nail the approach. Then I drove past a house yesterday on a road in one of Tallahassee’s old neighborhoods…

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August 21, 2026 at 7:42 PM

Who Exactly Is Natalie Harp? | Michelangelo Signorile & Heather 'Digby' Parton

View this post on the web at [link removed] Trump’s leadership is in shambles, particularly because he’s rejected traditional U.S. diplomacy, including withdrawing from the Iran nuclear agreement. And now we’re trapped in a war that he and his Department of “War” have no idea how to end. Meanwhi…

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August 21, 2026 at 1:37 PM

MAGA Propaganda Has Played People For Fools. Now They’re Waking Up. | The Revolution with Michael Fanone, Maya May…

View this post on the web at [link removed] Racism didn’t disappear because people stopped talking about it. It just got harder to spot. Color of Change [ [link removed] ] President and CEO Nadine Smith joins Maya May [ [link removed] ] and Michael Fanone [ [link removed] ] to expose how racism s…

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August 21, 2026 at 10:11 AM

The Monster We Made: Trump and the Politics of Audience Capture (Part I)

View this post on the web at [link removed] Kristoffer Ealy is a political scientist, political analyst, and professor in Southern California. He teaches American Government and political behavior, with a focus on political psychology, voting behavior, and political socialization. Subscribe to hi…

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August 20, 2026 at 11:24 PM

ICYMI: Mary Trump on Donald Trump’s Decline | Six Questions with Steven Beschloss

View this post on the web at [link removed] "I think what we're seeing is that a stripping away ... his cognitive decline is actually revealing who he's been all along." — Mary Trump on her uncle, Donald Trump If you missed this episode of Six Questions, you’ll want to tune in, as host Stephen…

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August 20, 2026 at 5:15 PM

Which Way, Florida Man? | Two Joes Show

View this post on the web at [link removed] Primary season may be coming to a close, but the twists keep coming. While Democratic establishment veterans Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Jared Moskowitz persevered in their Florida congressional primaries, despite redistricting and challengers from the…

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August 20, 2026 at 1:09 PM

Shock Gloves for Shock Troops | The Frank Figliuzzi Show

View this post on the web at [link removed] Frank opened his show by looking at the small cracks in the MAGA machine, with six Trump-endorsed candidates losing their primaries Tuesday night and Sarasota, Florida voters flipping a school board that had been conservative for years. He also took a…

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