Today Jason Berlin fills in for Jess and we talk about Trump's efforts to censor dissent and disrupt our elections, both of which will backfire spectacularly. Then Steve has an important conversation about our country’s move towards authoritarianism and how we beat it back with narrative communications expert, and author of “The Defiance Dispatch”, Jiggy Geronimo.

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Today we are joined by guest co-host and the Executive Director of Field Team 6, Jason Berlin. We are still celebrating Bad Bunny’s fantastic and MAGA melting performance at the Super Bowl as we call on Congress to protect the vote for millions and ramp up our work to win huge in the midterms. Then we hear from one of our Los Angeles persistence she-ros, the founder and Executive Director of Women’s March Foundation and Women’s March Action, Emiliana Guereca!

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Today we talk about Trump’s attacks on our elections and how we can fight back, the new Epstein files drop, the Senate’s DHS negotiation ramp-up and why Black History month matters now more than ever. Then, Steve has a conversation with civil rights leader, host of “Wide Awake America” and President of Color of Change, Nadine Smith.

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Today as we are grieving yet another killing at the hands of Trump’s gestapo in Minneapolis we are also witnessing cracks in the republican coalition and an ever growing opposition to the Trump regime’s fascist aspirations. To help us break down what is happening on the ground and how we fight back in the leadup to the midterms and beyond, is the co-founder and co-executive director of Indivisible, Ezra Levin.

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Today we talk about America’s shifting place on the world stage, ICE’s continuing mayhem, and Trump’s approval ratings hitting a new low. Meanwhile, republicans continue to search for their balls. Then we talk about campaign finance reform with the President of End Citizens United, Tiffany Muller.

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Today we ask for a refund on our 14 day free trial of 2026. But since we didn’t read the fine print, we are going to talk about the horrific ICE escalations in Minneapolis, hear about a focus group with disaffected Trump voters, and also talk about what’s going on in Capitol Hill. Then we catch up on the state of independent media and get a rundown on Trump’s failures in Venezuela with the Executive Editor of Occupy Democrats, Grant Stern.

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We start off the new year mourning the tragic murder of Renee Nicole Good at the hands of an ICE agent in Minneapolis, watching Trump try to literally take over the western hemisphere, and hoping that congress will pass an ACA premium tax credit extension. Welcome to 2026! Then we get ready for the work ahead of us this year with the ACLU's Chief Political and Advocacy Officer, Deirdre Schifeling.

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It’s been a horrific week. We’ll talk about the series of tragedies we witnessed over the weekend, Trump’s repugnant response… and the response to his response. The Vanity Fair bombshell (or was it)? And another overperformance in a downballot special election. Then Steve has a powerful discussion with communications expert, Anat Shenker-Osorio, about the rise of authoritarianism and weaponisation of hate all around the world, and how we stand up against it, not just by winning elections but by building a movement for real change.

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Today we talk about more big wins for Democrats in special elections, Trump’s latest racist, xenophobic, frankly completely unhinged rant, the affordability “hoax,” and the big healthcare vote coming up this week. Then we talk about the Trump regime’s disastrous foreign policy shift and what it means for us here and abroad with national security expert and former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Joel Rubin.

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Today while Hegseth tries to shift blame on heinous war crimes, and Trump sleeps through cabinet meetings, we are going over the results of yet another huge Democratic overperformance, this time in Tennessee. Then we hear about the national effort to register and turn out under-represented voters from the Executive Director of the Voter Participation Center, Tom Lopach.

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