In today's episode:

• DSA chalks up record victories

• Trump adds 4 trillion to a 40 trillion dollar debt — and says you should thank him for data centers

• Melania returns after nearly 30 days — as questions swirl around Natalie Harp

• Why Democrats need just 4 seats to take the Senate — and why Cook says they have multiple paths

• Ohio data centers blow up in Republicans' faces — Sherrod Brown now leads Ohio Senator Jon Husted by 8 points

• Alaska, Texas, and Arkansas — three Senate races Republicans thought were safe

• The phony polls — how fake ones almost broke the averages in Wisconsin

• Who the Democratic party left behind in Arkansas — and why it still matters

Key figures covered:

Donald Trump, Melania Trump, Natalie Harp, Sherrod Brown, Jon Husted, Mary Peltola, Dan Sullivan, Ken Paxton, Jame Talarico, Tom Cotton, Hallie Shoffner

Subscribe for sharp nightly takes on the people who run the country Recorded live August 20, 2026

In this episode:

• 72 days to midterms — the clock is ticking • Trump's executive order to take over mail in ballot counting • Texas meltdown — Paxton has no money and no friends • James Talarico — the Democrat who could shock Texas • Ohio is no longer a swing state — but Democrat Sherrod Brown might beat Republican John Husted • Michigan — Dr. Abdul El Sayed vs Mike Rogers and the AIPAC money fight continues

Key figures covered:

Donald Trump, Samuel Alito, Ken Paxton, James Talarico, John Husted, Sherrod Brown, Amy Acton, Vivek Ramaswamy, Abdul El Sayed, Mike Rogers, Mike Johnson

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70 days to go — and the plan to keep Democrats from ever taking power on Jan 3 is already in motion.

In this episode:

• The real reason Hakeem Jeffries met with Jared Kushner

• The 70-day countdown to Nov 3 and why early voting starts in just 60 days

• How Jan 6, 2021 became a dry run for Jan 3, 2027

• The clerk of the House — the one job that decides who gets sworn in

• How flipping a red seat blue could trigger fake fraud claims and recounts

• Why Mike Johnson firing the clerk is "just legal enough" to work

• From chaos to the Supreme Court — and talk of the Insurrection Act

• What the Green Bay sweep has to do with all of it

Key figures covered: Donald Trump, Mike Johnson, Hakeem Jeffries, Jared Kushner, JD Vance

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Recorded live on August 25, 2026 in New York City.