Moderates cannot fail, they can only be failed... progressives on the other hand. The boys dive deep into Francesca Hong’s loss in the Wisconsin Democratic Gubernatorial Primary to moderate David Crowley. POLITICO thinks the progressive left has hit its ceiling but the situation surrounding Crowley's win is more complicated and offers useful lessons for a progressive movement that is expanding its electoral ambitions. Peggy Flanagan won her Senate Primary in Minnesota in a landslide, but you won't hear much about it from the people trying to punch left. Stay tuned to the end of the show where the boys interview Oliver Larkin! Larkin is a DSA backed candidate for Florida's 25th Congressional district, running against Jared Moskowitz – the AIPAC backed, do nothing, “DeSantis Democrat” incumbent.

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(0:00) Moderates can never fail

(3:45) Intro

(9:22) ELECTION WATCH: Wisconsin

(40:45) ELECTION WATCH: Minnesota

(44:00) Fox News coverage of Abdul El-Sayed

(51:55) Interview with Oliver Larkin

(1:34:10) Ending

Seen on this episode:

Election watch: Wisconsin & Minnesota - https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/12/dsa-progressive-francesca-hong-wisconsin-01035101 

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/08/11/us/elections/results-wisconsin-governor-primary.html

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/08/11/us/elections/results-minnesota-primary.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/12/us/politics/crowley-hong-wisconsin-governor-primary-polls.html

It says “safety” so how could it be bad? On today's episode, the boys dive into the topic of Flock surveillance – the cameras put up across the nation to spy on everyone that are receiving a propaganda boost recently. In other news, we are one week into the general election in Michigan and there's already so much Discourse™: Kamala Harris endorsed Abdul, zionist Democrats are threatening to vote for Mike Rogers, and Hillary Clinton thinks she's qualified to give advice on winning Michigan. The WNBA was also in the news this week when two washed-up former NBA players announced they were signing up for the WNBA draft to raise awareness about “men in women's sports”. The only men in women's sports are the conservative men that think they're making a point by doing the thing they claim trans women are doing.  

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(0:00) Sam Altman is a total freak

(3:05) Intro

(4:45) Panopticon 2: Flock Surveillance & Controversies

(27:55) ELECTION WATCH: Abdul El-Sayed, Will Lawrence

(1:06:55) WNBA & the trans panic

(1:21:45) Reviews/ending

Seen on this episode:

AI & surveillance - https://thehill.com/policy/technology/6016998-flock-camera-map-how-many-are-in-your-neighborhood/ 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/08/02/how-police-officers-used-vast-network-cameras-spy-their-exes/ 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2026/07/17/flock-ceo-sorry-for-labelling-activists-terrorists/

Abdul news - 

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/07/rogers-el-sayed-michigan-voters-01028511

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-world-veteran-issues-stark-warning-abdul-el-sayed-crosses-party-lines

WNBA - 

https://19thnews.org/2025/02/ncaa-transgender-womens-sports-trump/

https://www.newsweek.com/how-many-transgender-athletes-play-womens-sports-1796006

https://www.foxnews.com/outkick-sports/former-nba-player-royce-white-declaring-next-wnba-draft-enes-kanter-announcement

Abdul El-Sayed is Michigan's Democratic nominee for Senate! Today, the boys delve deep into the DISCOURSE surrounding El-Sayed's primary win, what it meant to beat Haley Stevens, and how much work is needed to get him the win in November's general election. They also talk about down ballot races, most notably in MI-7 with Will Lawrence, and in MI-13 with Donavan Mckinney and their possible up ballot effects. This general is going to be messy and Republicans have already started launching vicious attacks against Abdul. From his full name to his association with Hasan Piker, there will be no (racist) stone unturned when it comes to associating this man with terrorism for the crime of being Muslim in America. 

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Election news - https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/05/michigan-senate-primary-progressives-unclear-01025096

https://bridgemi.com/michigan-government/michigan-democratic-senate-primary-results-abdul-el-sayed-haley-stevens/

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/us/politics/aipac-michigan-general-election.html?eafs_enabled=false

https://michiganadvance.com/briefs/mike-rogers-florida-voter-registration-has-finally-been-canceled/ 

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/08/05/us/elections/el-sayed-michigan-senate-precinct-maps.html?eafs_enabled=false

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/6011344-el-sayed-rogers-michigan-senate-race/

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/08/04/us/elections/results-michigan-us-house-13-primary.html

https://www.michigan.gov/micrc/-/media/Project/Websites/MiCRC/District-Maps-by-County/MI_AllDistricts_byCounty_Wayne.pdf?rev=dc9730cf204c42649c7d111ac77a95fa&hash=4EC6481DC1FA2E1EF1FAA39A6173DD66

https://www.wlns.com/your-local-election-hq/polling-predicted-a-much-larger-win-for-el-sayed-what-happened/

It's almost Election Night in Michigan! The boys dropped an early election night special to dive deep into the state of the Michigan Senate Primary in its final days as Haley Stevens crashes out on Twitter, runs away from influencers at her own events, and generally runs a bad campaign. With Michigan Primaries wrapping up, the boys also zoom out to talk about the DNC’s money and Ken Martin problems, and well as whatever is going on with the Iran war. 

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(0:00) Haley Stevens generational crash out

(6:55) Intro

(8:55) McMorrow accused of being DSA

(17:45) More Haley Stevens hate

(35:08) The DNC is BROKE

(55:05) Geopolitics: Iran War updates

(1:05:10) Reviews/ending

Seen on this episode:

Michigan Senate Race - 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bU-WMUPZ6U

https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2026-07-31/haley-stevens-departs-rally-amid-shouting-influencer-cancels-second-event

https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/02/politics/michigan-senate-democrats-abdul-el-sayed-haley-stevens

The DNC is broke lowkey - https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/26/us/politics/ken-martin-dnc-democrats.html?eafs_enabled=false

https://www.notus.org/democrats/dnc-headquarters-collateral-loan-ken-martin-phone

Iran war - 

https://apnews.com/article/trump-iran-strait-hormuz-israel-gaza-mideast-f4c225f6667d9fd171616304701825a0

The left is insurgent, and the establishment could not be more worried. In the closing days of this Michigan primary, the boys bring you TWO banger segments. First, Haley Stevens recently signal boosted a diabolical article written by a never-Trump conservative ideologue titled "Now the Democratic Party's Self-Destructive Wing Turns to Michigan". Naturally, the boys break down the think piece and explain how the establishment is mortified at the prospect of no longer having to moderate to win swing state elections if Abdul El-Sayed is victorious. Second, Gage sits down with Donavan McKinney, current State Representative and Congressional candidate for Michigan's 13th District, to discuss Shri Thanedar's failures, what Detroit needs from D.C., and the progressive left movement broadly.

Phone bank for Abdul (Gage’s session is 7/31 at 4PM): https://go.abdulforsenate.com/jeremy-and-gage-phone-bank-takeover

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(0:00) PHONEBANK FOR ABDUL

(1:54) Intro/announcements

(5:05) Opinion Piece about Abdul

(35:40) Interview with Donavan McKinney

Seen on this episode:

Opinion piece about Abdul - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/07/22/sanders-warren-aocs-support-el-sayed-hurts-democratic-hopes/

The E in elections stands for evil. Join the HITO boys as they recount the weekend's happenings, including Jim Clyburn blaming black voters for the 2024 election loss, Updates on the Michigan Primary, and what's going on with Mamdani and Iran. With the Michigan Senate Primary reaching its final days, the Democratic establishment is desperate to spend all of its political capital on supporting Haley Stevens. $60 million dollars of outside spending has flooded into this race to support Haley Stevens, and Stevens has benefited from AIPAC’s largest single race investment in history. It's the many vs the money, and Abdul needs all the help he can get to fight this historic spend against him. 

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(0:00) Jim Clyburn with a wild take

(10:05) Intro/announcements

(14:15) ELECTION WATCH: Michigan, Whitmer Endorsement, Haley Stevens phoniness

(1:01:10) House passes NDAA & Mamdani pressed about Netanyahu

(1:19:20) Reviews/ending

Seen on this episode:

ELECTION WATCH: Michigan - 

https://michiganadvance.com/2026/07/23/stevens-campaign-parts-ways-with-consultant-after-palantir-work-comes-to-light/

https://www.ap.org/news-highlights/elections/2026/aipac-has-spent-a-record-amount-on-michigans-senate-primary-the-biggest-test-of-its-influence-yet/

https://michiganadvance.com/2026/07/08/new-poll-shows-el-sayed-stevens-statistically-tied-in-michigans-democratic-u-s-senate-primary/

https://www.instagram.com/p/C-qeSsyxA46/

https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/27/politics/black-voters-michigan-senate-stevens-el-sayed

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/27/el-sayed-backlash-leaked-comment-michigan-senate-01012659?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

https://bridgemi.com/michigan-government/pro-stevens-groups-erase-el-sayed-fundraising-edge-in-michigan-senate-race/

House Passes NDAA - https://www.npr.org/2026/07/22/nx-s1-5903130/house-vote-iran-war-funding-reconciliation

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5984555-democrats-join-gop-vote-ndaa/

Aisha Farooqi, candidate for Michigan’s 11th Congressional district, joins the show to discuss her campaign, her primary opponents, the necessity of abolishing ICE and holding ICE agents accountable, the complicity of the establishment in genocide, and much more. 

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 The boys doom about the prophesied Michigan Senate primary with two weeks left in the critical race! Obama has refused to condemn the AIPAC ad using his words from 2018 to deceive voters into supporting Haley Stevens. Jake Tapper attacked Abdul El-Sayed during an interview, comparing him to Trump, saying he was too mean to Stevens, and trying to sow discord between him and Mamdani. Michigan isn't the only race where money is backing moderate Democrats bigly; Minnesota – another M state – sees Angie Craig getting 12 million dollars in outside spending to defeat her more progressive challenger Peggy Flanagan. Also, the Iran war is lowkey on again but maybe not, who knows!!!

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(0:00) Jake Tapper being incredibly smug

(8:50) Intro

(12:25) ELECTION WATCH: Michigan

(42:10) ELECTION WATCH: Minnesota

(1:04:50) Iran War

(1:12:20) Review/ending

Seen on this episode:

ELECTION WATCH: Michigan - 

https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/17/politics/obama-michigan-senate-stevens-el-sayed-ads

ELECTION WATCH: Minnesota - https://www.startribune.com/dark-money-mn-senate-democrat-primary-flanagan-craig-super-pac-ads/601863328 

https://integrityindex.us/candidate/angie-craig-97448a85 

https://integrityindex.us/candidate/margaret-flanagan-e0cf3f94 

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/democratic-group-launches-ice-attack-rep-angie-craig-minnesota-senate-rcna345888 

Iran - https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/us/politics/troops-injured-jordan-iran-war.html?eafs_enabled=false

Plagues are descending upon Michigan, and it's because Haley Stevens has a chance. On today's episode of ELECTION WATCH, the HITO boys dissect the $50 million in outside spending flooding into the Michigan Senate race to support Haley Stevens and attack Dr. Abdul El-Sayed. $28 million of that money came straight from AIPAC, and part of it is being used to lie about Obama's support of Stevens. As the #1 geopolitical podcast, the boys also take the time to deliver wartime updates since the Iran war is heating up and shows no signs of stopping. 

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The State of the MI Senate Race - 

https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/aclu-condemns-house-passage-of-dangerous-bill-that-would-chill-free-speech

https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/abdul-el-sayed-tops-rivals-015349994.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAADr7hs7hVWPJqDR9YBkwH9wOepKAk0mDuInNQ-NeM5RmLawxLkK_VgpAnlGElCKIacSESX_cKQ_yDDUoiAnUXXjeSOjqOdEbWDVEbjbcMwFpLG8DmdyDvWM1996yEtn5UGnKyz0DHwe_kxYxpRr99v3rWt7PO4PyTrjBnXmkS6QQ

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/16/us/politics/haley-stevens-michigan-senate-israel-aipac.html

https://secure.actblue.com/directory

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5970084-michigan-el-sayed-tax-returns/

https://www.deadlinedetroit.com/articles/34825/stevens_defends_her_congressional_vote_on_israel_el-sayed_attacks

https://bridgemi.com/michigan-government/outside-spending-floods-michigans-us-senate-race-most-for-haley-stevens/

https://www.metrotimes.com/news/uaw-slams-pro-stevens-super-pac-over-misleading-campaign-ads/

https://bridgemi.com/michigan-government/fact-check-where-does-barack-obama-stand-on-michigans-senate-race/

https://san.com/cc/did-obama-uaw-endorse-haley-stevens-no-but-voters-think-so/

War updates - https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/16/world/middleeast/iran-war-us-strikes.html 

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2026/7/16/iran-war-live-sirens-in-bahrain-kuwait-us-disables-iranian-oil-tanker 

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2026/7/16/iran-war-live-sirens-in-bahrain-kuwait-us-disables-iranian-oil-tanker 

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5970608-pelosi-clark-massie-israel-amendment/

NOTE: After honorably recounting his harrowing experience in the West Bank, Ro Khanna then said some dumb shit: https://x.com/SpookySocialist/status/2077073429610590290?s=20

To everyone's surprise, on the same day Mitch McConnell announced he was indeed alive, Lindsey Graham died, and you wouldn't believe who eulogized him. Ro Khanna was detained by Israeli settlers and the IDF during a trip to the West Bank, the Iran war seems to be back on with announcements of Trump's very own tolls for safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz. Finally, the boys continue the critically acclaimed ELECTION WATCH series to once again talk about the Michigan Senate Primary and Cori Bush’s race against Wesley Bell in Missouri.

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(0:00) Goodbye Lindsey Graham

(6:55) Intro

(10:07) ICE took another innocent life

(16:35) Rep. Ro Khanna detained by Israeli settlers and IDF

(33:45) Iran War begins again

(45:00) ELECTION WATCH: Missouri and Michigan

(1:11:00) Reviews/ending

Seen on this episode:

Ro Khanna detained - 

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/11/us/politics/ro-khanna-west-bank.html?eafs_enabled=false

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/rep-ro-khanna-says-he-was-detained-by-the-israeli-military-and-settlers-in-the-west-bank

Iran war - 

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/07/13/world/iran-war-us-trump-hormuz

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/11/us-airstrikes-iran-strait-hormuz.html

ELECTION WATCH: MISSOURI & MICHIGAN - https://www.axios.com/2026/07/09/aipac-missouri-israel-cori-bush-bell-primary 

https://integrityindex.us/candidate/wesley-bell 

https://apnews.com/article/haley-stevens-endorsement-peters-michigan-senate-democrats-57b6f5dbd306093cbd5ea2e774da5bd5 

https://theintercept.com/2026/05/22/haley-stevens-center-forward-corporate-pac-portugal-michigan/