The South just moved left, and not by a little. Texas went blue, Kansas broke a 93-year streak, and even Alabama and Arkansas posted double-digit swings. Andy sits down with Robert Arnold of Defiance 13 for an autopsy of MAGA’s midterms: what flipped, why the national party keeps sleeping on the South, and why voters want progress and accountability. Take a day to celebrate. Then get back to work.

00:00 The South Shifted Left

06:08 Outspent 10 to 1

11:47 Governor Tuberville and the Data Centers

15:05 Texas Is Proof Voting Matters

18:06 Accountability Starts Now

21:42 Progress and Justice

27:06 Making Hegseth Pay

31:07 What Comes After MAGA?

36:30 What About Former MAGA Voters?

45:17 Why Young Men Swung Left

52:28 Russian Money and Right-Wing Podcasters

55:22 Turning Down Polymarket and Kalshi

59:36 What the South Looks Like Now

1:03:43 A Message to the DNC

1:04:49 Back 40 Action and Where to Find Robert

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“Can you please let people know we didn’t treat you like an animal?” That’s what an ICE agent asked King Trivv on his way out of Delaney Hall. What happened before that moment is a story he’s never told on TikTok, and it raises a hard question about who gets to walk out of these facilities and who doesn’t.

From making Vines in a group home to documenting ICE operations from Minneapolis to New York, Trivv also breaks down what organizing really looks like when the cameras are off, and what it takes to show up for the people these raids leave behind.

Follow King Trivv: @whoiskingtrivv on TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube

Chapters:

0:00 Intro

1:01 Starting Out on Vine

3:03 Homelessness, the Military, and Starting Over

4:44 Where “Breaking News” Came From

8:13 Why He Headed to the Front Lines

11:27 Balancing Fatherhood and Activism

12:29 Facing Off in Minneapolis

17:59 The Work You Don’t See on Camera

20:36 The Creator Coalition

25:02 Choosing What Not to Cover

28:42 Fixing Policing Starts at the Roots

35:32 The Myth of Unbiased Journalism

37:24 Comment Sections and Parasocial Weirdness

43:36 Detained by ICE

53:47 Wrap-Up

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