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-Which party will win the Senate?

-Dirty Dems in Alaska done found another Dan Sullivan

-the TX Senate race…are we sure Texans are that titillated by Talarico?

-Fake polls, election interference, and Bolsonaro in Miami

-Maine and Trump’s last-minute tariff maneuvering

-Trump is an effective campaigner…until he has to campaign on his own record

-Vivek, the great Ohio slime impresario

-the LA mayoral race nobody seems happy about

-WHO DESERVES TO LOSE? WHO DO YA HATE THE MOST? Kmele’s answer may shock you

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-we found someone from the DSA brave enough to come on this show

-The Cajun French of Indians

-If you’re pro-abundance, why are you a socialist?

-DSA and the midterms

-Biden’s heart was in the right place, but his body was...not

-AOC, DAC, and Zohran

-The Left’s remarkable talent for self-sabotage

-Cuba, the embargo, and the pesky issue of free elections

-Socialism and its rather unfortunate historical baggage

-Bhaskar’s three camps of socialism and capitalism

-Worker-owned companies, public banks, and making socialism work in practice

-Hasan Piker, good or bad for the DSA

-Somehow we are talking about Sweden again

-Midterm Madness: California’s billionaire tax

-AI, data centers, and the politics of saying no

-Socialism is gaining popularity. Just don’t run as a socialist.

-Bhaskar’s most right-wing position

-Moynihan’s unsolicited advice to the DSA

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-Don Jr.’s corruption and a Watergate every day for 18 months

-Serbia’s student-led anti-corruption movement

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