The Chuck ToddCast

Chuck Todd opens with the unraveling of Trump's Iran peace talks and the president's threat of a naval blockade, breaking down why the administration has far less leverage than it's letting on, why Iran's control of the Strait of Hormuz puts Trump in a corner with only two real choices—escalate or capitulate—and why markets have been dangerously complacent as the economic hit accelerates and consumer confidence sinks below COVID-era lows. From there, Chuck digs into the collapse of Eric Swalwell's career amid sexual abuse allegations and the bipartisan push to expel him along with three other members of Congress, the wide-open and underwhelming California governor's race left behind by a weak Democratic field and Tom Steyer's charmless self-promotion, the curious Roger Stone–Tulsi Gabbard connection and their shared Russia sympathies, and Trump's promise of preemptive pardons for White House staff—making the case for why Congress urgently needs a commission on the pardon power.
Finally, Chuck hops into the ToddCast Time Machine to revisit the Bay of Pigs debacle under John F. Kennedy and why that event still reverberates today, and answers listeners’ questions in the “Ask Chuck” segment.
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Timeline:
(Timestamps may vary based on advertisements)
00:00 Chuck Todd’s introduction
04:00 Trump threatens naval blockade after Iran peace talks fall apart
05:00 Trump admin has less leverage in talks than they’re letting on
05:30 Trump’s stupid rhetoric is not harmless
06:00 Control over the Strait is biggest piece of leverage & Iran has it
07:00 Will Trump send in ground troops if he can’t get what he wants?
08:30 Trump only has two choices: Escalate or capitulate
09:30 If Trump’s lucky he can get the Obama nuclear deal, but that’s unlikely
10:45 Markets will likely panic, they’ve been too complacent so far
12:15 Trump is begging for deal to save face and the Iranians know it
13:15 Trump keeps declaring victory despite reality being the opposite
15:00 Trump doesn’t understand regime, thinks they’re transactional like him
16:00 Iran looking like past failed military operations like Vietnam & Iraq
18:00 Iran saw Libya give up nuclear ambitions & regime was toppled
20:00 Economic hit is happening, consumer confidence lower than COVID
21:30 As Iran talks fell apart, Trump & Rubio were attending UFC fight
23:00 Rubio knows better, but has fallen in line anyway
24:30 Eric Swalwell’s campaign falls apart after allegations of sexual abuse
25:30 Rumors of Swalwell’s behavior existed for years
27:00 Swalwell is only denying criminal behavior, not all the allegations
28:45 Swalwell is trying hard to say he’s not Bill Cosby… he’s Bill Clinton
29:30 Push to expel Swalwell & possibly 3 other members of congress
31:00 It’s politically convenient for leadership to agree to boot them all
33:00 Will congress hold their members to a higher standard than the POTUS?
35:00 It’s likely all four members will get expelled
35:45 California dems had been reluctantly rallying around Swalwell
37:00 Major Democrats passed on running for CA gov, leaving weak field
38:15 Hard to blame Newsom for not setting up an “heir apparent”
39:00 Tom Steyer has spent an insane amount of money to promote himself
40:00 You need to have charm in politics, and Steyer doesn’t have it
41:30 Should prominent California dems all endorse the same person?
43:30 Schiff, Padilla, Harris & Newsom may need to play kingmaker
45:00 Likely there will be two weak candidates heading into November
46:30 Stories coming out that Roger Stone saved Tulsi Gabbard
47:15 Both Stone & Gabbard have been pro-Russia… coincidence?
47:45 Trump promises preemptive pardons for WH staff
48:45 We need a congressional commission on pardons
53:45 ToddCast Time Machine - Too many huge historical events to choose from
55:45 April 1961 - Bay of Pigs
56:30 Nixon meets with Castro after Eisenhower refused to
58:00 There a back and forth over whether to embrace or shun Castro
58:30 Cold War tensions were very high when the Bay of Pigs happens
59:15 Bay of Pigs was a presidential approved operation before JFK took office
1:01:00 Kennedy’s hands were tied by his predecessor
1:01:45 The plan required air superiority, but Castro’s air force had survived
1:02:45 Castro arrests more than 100,000 suspected dissidents
1:04:30 Most of the participants are captured
1:05:00 Kennedy promised a free Havana that never transpired
1:05:45 Cuban Americans became reliable Republican voters under Reagan
1:07:15 Ask Chuck
1:07:30 Will congress ever vote against rebuilding military after president launches war?
1:12:00 Why is the market not really reacting to the Iran war?
1:14:30 As norms become tested, will congress every reassert its role?
1:20:45 Outside of your Top 5 senate flips, what are your 6-10?
1:25:45 Suggestions to fix the NBA
1:28:45 Does anyone use Camp David since Trump doesn’t?
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Chuck Todd opens with the unraveling of Trump's Iran peace talks and the president's threat of a naval blockade, breaking down why the administration has far less leverage than it's letting on, why Iran's control of the Strait of Hormuz puts Trump in a corner with only two real choices—escalate or capitulate—and why markets have been dangerously complacent as the economic hit accelerates and consumer confidence sinks below COVID-era lows. From there, Chuck digs into the collapse of Eric Swalwell's career amid sexual abuse allegations and the bipartisan push to expel him along with three other members of Congress, the wide-open and underwhelming California governor's race left behind by a weak Democratic field and Tom Steyer's charmless self-promotion, the curious Roger Stone–Tulsi Gabbard connection and their shared Russia sympathies, and Trump's promise of preemptive pardons for White House staff—making the case for why Congress urgently needs a commission on the pardon power.
Then, conservative talk radio host and Georgia political commentator Martha Zoller joins the Chuck ToddCast for a wide-ranging conversation about the state of politics in the Peach State and beyond. Martha and Chuck dig into why non-MAGA Republicans remain viable in Georgia, how Trump's influence has reshaped the GOP (and arguably handed Democrats two Senate seats), David Perdue's identity crisis between the Trump and Romney wings of the party, and the current landscape of Georgia's gubernatorial and Senate primaries—including why the governor's race may be Mike Collins' to lose and how Rick Jackson's entry has shaken things up.
The conversation then broadens to the deeper fault lines running through American politics: the cultural divide between traditional and progressive family values, why millennials feel left behind, neither party's failure to address affordability, and how media saturation and the collapse of bipartisan relationships in Congress have made compromise feel like treason. Martha and Chuck also explore whether Brian Kemp has presidential ambitions, why it's still harder for Republican women to break through, Jon Ossoff's political strengths, and whether figures like Obama and Trump are really two sides of the same disruption-hungry coin.
Finally, Chuck hops into the ToddCast Time Machine to revisit the Bay of Pigs debacle under John F. Kennedy and why that event still reverberates today, and answers listeners’ questions in the “Ask Chuck” segment.
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Timeline:
(Timestamps may vary based on advertisements)
00:00 Chuck Todd’s introduction
04:00 Trump threatens naval blockade after Iran peace talks fall apart
05:00 Trump admin has less leverage in talks than they’re letting on
05:30 Trump’s stupid rhetoric is not harmless
06:00 Control over the Strait is biggest piece of leverage & Iran has it
07:00 Will Trump send in ground troops if he can’t get what he wants?
08:30 Trump only has two choices: Escalate or capitulate
09:30 If Trump’s lucky he can get the Obama nuclear deal, but that’s unlikely
10:45 Markets will likely panic, they’ve been too complacent so far
12:15 Trump is begging for deal to save face and the Iranians know it
13:15 Trump keeps declaring victory despite reality being the opposite
15:00 Trump doesn’t understand regime, thinks they’re transactional like him
16:00 Iran looking like past failed military operations like Vietnam & Iraq
18:00 Iran saw Libya give up nuclear ambitions & regime was toppled
20:00 Economic hit is happening, consumer confidence lower than COVID
21:30 As Iran talks fell apart, Trump & Rubio were attending UFC fight
23:00 Rubio knows better, but has fallen in line anyway
24:30 Eric Swalwell’s campaign falls apart after allegations of sexual abuse
25:30 Rumors of Swalwell’s behavior existed for years
27:00 Swalwell is only denying criminal behavior, not all the allegations
28:45 Swalwell is trying hard to say he’s not Bill Cosby… he’s Bill Clinton
29:30 Push to expel Swalwell & possibly 3 other members of congress
31:00 It’s politically convenient for leadership to agree to boot them all
33:00 Will congress hold their members to a higher standard than the POTUS?
35:00 It’s likely all four members will get expelled
35:45 California dems had been reluctantly rallying around Swalwell
37:00 Major Democrats passed on running for CA gov, leaving weak field
38:15 Hard to blame Newsom for not setting up an “heir apparent”
39:00 Tom Steyer has spent an insane amount of money to promote himself
40:00 You need to have charm in politics, and Steyer doesn’t have it
41:30 Should prominent California dems all endorse the same person?
43:30 Schiff, Padilla, Harris & Newsom may need to play kingmaker
45:00 Likely there will be two weak candidates heading into November
46:30 Stories coming out that Roger Stone saved Tulsi Gabbard
47:15 Both Stone & Gabbard have been pro-Russia… coincidence?
47:45 Trump promises preemptive pardons for WH staff
48:45 We need a congressional commission on pardons
55:30 Martha Zoller joins the Chuck ToddCast
57:30 There’s a lot of diversity under the umbrellas of the two parties
58:15 Non-MAGA Republicans are still viable in Georgia
59:45 Georgia Democrats used a legal, mail-in voting loophole
1:00:45 Trump is the reason there are two Democratic GA senators
1:01:45 Thoughts on David Perdue trying to primary Brian Kemp?
1:03:45 Perdue lost identity being caught between Trump & Romney wings
1:05:00 Trump has been an MRI for Republican politics
1:06:15 Trump wasn’t loyal to David Perdue
1:07:15 Margins in statewide Georgia races are close
1:09:00 With Roe gone, has it made it harder to court Republican voters?
1:10:15 Abortion pills are most common method, have 7% complication rate
1:12:30 What is the one major dividing line in American politics?
1:13:45 Independents are disaffected by both parties
1:14:30 Dividing line is traditional family values vs progressive ones
1:15:45 Millennials aren’t having kids and feel like life has passed them by
1:16:15 Neither party is offering affordability solutions
1:17:30 Shutdown fights are stupid and wasteful
1:19:15 People view people in the other party as a caricature
1:20:00 Compromise with the other party is treated as treason
1:21:30 Congress doesn’t stay in DC & build bipartisan relationships
1:23:30 Media exposure makes it harder to campaign for office
1:25:45 Many Republicans learned how to run from Newt Gingrich tapes
1:27:00 Jon Ossoff’s youth & good looks are a political asset
1:28:15 Ossoff is not as progressive as his consultants make him sound
1:29:30 State of the Georgia Republican primary?
1:31:00 Race is Mike Collins race to lose
1:32:45 Rick Jackson’s entry has upended the governor's race
1:34:15 Kemp is focused on getting Derek Dooley across the finish line
1:35:15 Former governors hate working in the senate
1:38:00 The case for state legislatures electing senators
1:40:00 State legislators engage in the most corruption due to lack of coverage
1:41:15 Kelly Loeffler lost her political identity quickly after taking office
1:42:15 Is Brian Kemp going to run for president?
1:44:30 MTG says Republican party doesn’t make it easier for women to run
1:46:15 It’s harder for women to get traction in politics, easier for Dems
1:48:30 Have we crossed a line in how ugly our politics has become?
1:50:00 Voters wanted disruption, Obama & Trump two sides of same coin
1:52:00 Obama moderated in order to fit in
1:54:45 Trump couldn’t fake grace over deaths of Rob Reiner or Robert Mueller
1:57:30 Polling is less reliable than ever
2:02:45 ToddCast Time Machine - Too many huge historical events to choose from
2:04:45 April 1961 - Bay of Pigs
2:05:30 Nixon meets with Castro after Eisenhower refused to
2:07:00 There a back and forth over whether to embrace or shun Castro
2:07:30 Cold War tensions were very high when the Bay of Pigs happens
2:08:15 Bay of Pigs was a presidential approved operation before JFK took office
2:10:00 Kennedy’s hands were tied by his predecessor
2:10:45 The plan required air superiority, but Castro’s air force had survived
2:11:45 Castro arrests more than 100,000 suspected dissidents
2:13:30 Most of the participants are captured
2:14:00 Kennedy promised a free Havana that never transpired
2:14:45 Cuban Americans became reliable Republican voters under Reagan
2:16:15 Ask Chuck
2:16:30 Will congress ever vote against rebuilding military after president launches war?
2:21:00 Why is the market not really reacting to the Iran war?
2:23:30 As norms become tested, will congress every reassert its role?
2:29:45 Outside of your Top 5 senate flips, what are your 6-10?
2:34:45 Suggestions to fix the NBA
2:37:45 Does anyone use Camp David since Trump doesn’t?
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Conservative talk radio host and Georgia political commentator Martha Zoller joins the Chuck ToddCast for a wide-ranging conversation about the state of politics in the Peach State and beyond. Martha and Chuck dig into why non-MAGA Republicans remain viable in Georgia, how Trump's influence has reshaped the GOP (and arguably handed Democrats two Senate seats), David Perdue's identity crisis between the Trump and Romney wings of the party, and the current landscape of Georgia's gubernatorial and Senate primaries—including why the governor's race may be Mike Collins' to lose and how Rick Jackson's entry has shaken things up.
The conversation then broadens to the deeper fault lines running through American politics: the cultural divide between traditional and progressive family values, why millennials feel left behind, neither party's failure to address affordability, and how media saturation and the collapse of bipartisan relationships in Congress have made compromise feel like treason. Martha and Chuck also explore whether Brian Kemp has presidential ambitions, why it's still harder for Republican women to break through, Jon Ossoff's political strengths, and whether figures like Obama and Trump are really two sides of the same disruption-hungry coin.
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Protect your family with life insurance from Ethos. Get up to $3 million in coverage in as little as 10 minutes at https://ethos.com/chuck. Application times may vary. Rates may vary.
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Timeline:
(Timestamps may vary based on advertisements)
00:00 Martha Zoller joins the Chuck ToddCast
02:00 There’s a lot of diversity under the umbrellas of the two parties
02:45 Non-MAGA Republicans are still viable in Georgia
04:15 Georgia Democrats used a legal, mail-in voting loophole
05:15 Trump is the reason there are two Democratic GA senators
06:15 Thoughts on David Perdue trying to primary Brian Kemp?
08:15 Perdue lost identity being caught between Trump & Romney wings
09:30 Trump has been an MRI for Republican politics
10:45 Trump wasn’t loyal to David Perdue
11:45 Margins in statewide Georgia races are close
13:30 With Roe gone, has it made it harder to court Republican voters?
14:45 Abortion pills are most common method, have 7% complication rate
17:00 What is the one major dividing line in American politics?
18:15 Independents are disaffected by both parties
19:00 Dividing line is traditional family values vs progressive ones
20:15 Millennials aren’t having kids and feel like life has passed them by
20:45 Neither party is offering affordability solutions
22:00 Shutdown fights are stupid and wasteful
23:45 People view people in the other party as a caricature
24:30 Compromise with the other party is treated as treason
26:00 Congress doesn’t stay in DC & build bipartisan relationships
28:00 Media exposure makes it harder to campaign for office
30:15 Many Republicans learned how to run from Newt Gingrich tapes
31:30 Jon Ossoff’s youth & good looks are a political asset
32:45 Ossoff is not as progressive as his consultants make him sound
34:00 State of the Georgia Republican primary?
35:30 Race is Mike Collins race to lose
37:15 Rick Jackson’s entry has upended the governor's race
38:45 Kemp is focused on getting Derek Dooley across the finish line
39:45 Former governors hate working in the senate
42:30 The case for state legislatures electing senators
44:30 State legislators engage in the most corruption due to lack of coverage
45:45 Kelly Loeffler lost her political identity quickly after taking office
46:45 Is Brian Kemp going to run for president?
49:00 MTG says Republican party doesn’t make it easier for women to run
50:45 It’s harder for women to get traction in politics, easier for Dems
53:00 Have we crossed a line in how ugly our politics has become?
54:30 Voters wanted disruption, Obama & Trump two sides of same coin
56:30 Obama moderated in order to fit in
59:15 Trump couldn’t fake grace over deaths of Rob Reiner or Robert Mueller
1:02:00 Polling is less reliable than ever
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Pulitzer Prize finalist and historian Megan Kate Nelson — author of the new book The Westerners: Mythmaking and Belonging on the American Frontier — joins the Chuck Toddcast for a fascinating conversation about how the story of the American West we all grew up with is largely a myth, and what the real history reveals about who actually built the country. Nelson explains that the dominant narrative was essentially invented by historian Frederick Jackson Turner in 1893, who argued the American creed was rooted in conquest and expansion — a framing that conveniently allowed white Americans to rally around westward expansion as a unifying project while papering over the uncomfortable realities of slavery and the brutal treatment of indigenous peoples.
She walks through her seven central characters whose stories reclaim that history: Sacagawea (who wasn't actually famous until the 20th century), biracial fur trader Jim Beckwourth, Hispana saloon owner María Gertrudis Barceló (whose Santa Fe establishment inspired the modern Vegas casino), gold miner and newspaperman Ovando Hollister (who believed in human equality and later moved to Salt Lake City to agitate against the Mormons), Northern Cheyenne chief Little Wolf, Canadian immigrant rancher Ella Watson, and Chinese immigrant Polly Bemis. Nelson reveals the most surprising research findings — including how digitized old Colorado newspapers helped her discover stories that had been lost for generations — and discusses how Hollywood created and popularized the caricatures of the West that still dominate pop culture today.
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Timeline:
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00:00 Megan Kate Nelson joins the Chuck ToddCast
01:30 What got you interested in the topic for The Westerners?
03:45 People still have a very entrenched idea of what the west is
05:00 The portrayal of the west has been improved in pop culture
06:45 Frederick Jackson Turner created the “myth” of the west
08:15 Turner argued the American creed was based on conquest & expansion
10:00 Turner’s narrative became the standard telling of American history
11:00 Western expansion papered over uncomfortable 19th century history
11:45 White Americans could rally around the west & avoid slavery
13:00 How did you get your research on the subjects of The Westerners?
13:45 Sacagawea wasn’t famous until the 20th century
14:30 Lewis & Clark was a core piece of context for the book
15:45 Most unique source material you found that filled in gaps?
19:00 Old local newspapers from Colorado were digitized, allowing discovery
20:15 Hollywood created and popularized caricatures of the west
21:15 Fears and hopes for the new “Little House on the Prairie" reboot?
23:00 How much did Laura Ingalls Wilder book create their own mythology?
24:00 White settlers received a great deal of help from the federal government
25:00 Transcontinental railroad enables the explosion of the cattle industry
25:30 Military deployed to protect white settlers, annihilate the indigenous
26:45 Expansion wasn’t just an east-west story, it was also a north-south story
30:00 Vegas casinos inspired by Maria Barcelo’s Santa Fe saloon
32:30 The story of southern migration from Canada
34:30 Timeline of the book is most of the 19th century
35:15 Role of Chinese workers/immigrants in the story of the west
37:00 Chinese workers came on a false promise, were trapped in their labor
40:30 Impact of the Chinese Exclusion Act
42:00 The story of Ovando Hollister
44:00 Hollister believed in the equality of all people. Went from military to newspapers
45:45 Hollister moved to Salt Lake City & agitated against the Mormons
46:30 Stories of the Native Americans are finally being depicted better
47:15 The story of Little Wolf
49:00 Little Wolf was a great military strategist and leader for his people
52:00 Histories of the west were heavily shaded by original bias
53:00 Balancing objectivity with your personal bias when writing history
54:30 Connecting individual stories in history to larger movements & moments
55:30 How would improve school curriculum to honestly depict the west?
59:45 The west was fairly violent before law enforcement became normalized
1:00:45 Next project is the story of a Kiowa and Comanche raid on ranching town
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Chuck Todd unleashes a fierce indictment of Trump's Iran war, walking through a series of devastating prophetic quotes from Trump's own 2016 Republican rivals, now supporters — Lindsey Graham calling his foreign policy "gibberish," Marco Rubio warning that turning the nuclear codes over to an erratic individual "wouldn't end well," Ted Cruz suggesting Trump could "nuke Denmark," and Nikki Haley raising alarms about his "irresponsible behavior" — all of which now look less like campaign rhetoric and more like haunting predictions of exactly the moment America finds itself in. He argues that whether you're a hawk or a dove on Iran, Donald Trump has failed you: he's pissed away American prestige and trust around the world, the Strait of Hormuz is now effectively in Iranian hands, the United States doesn't even know who it's negotiating with given uncertainty about the Ayatollah's status, and Trump is so desperate to escape the war he started that he was bizarrely celebrating a "ceasefire and joint venture with Iran" — a phrase that captures just how thoroughly this is turning into a massive humiliation for the United States.
He notes that Netanyahu spent years trying to drag America into a war with Iran and finally found his sucker in Trump, that no advisor had the guts to challenge him before the strikes began, and that Obama's old foreign policy doctrine of "don't do stupid shit" has been violated in spectacular fashion. He flags an absurd new development — Trumpworld is now threatening the Vatican because the Pope spoke against the war, a politically idiotic move given how many Catholics live in swing states — and reiterates that success in the conflict would require ground troops Trump refuses to commit, meaning the damage is done and markets will take a long time to recover. Todd argues that the United States has become an erratic and unreliable ally to every country in the world, that the only nation benefiting from Trump's presidency is Russia. He closes on a political note: Democrats massively overperformed again in recent elections, including a shocking blowout in Wisconsin, the war is accelerating the GOP's problems heading into the midterms, and Republicans who distance themselves from Trump now will be very glad they did by 2028 — because the current political climate is pointing toward a massive blue wave.
Finally, he answers listeners’ questions in the “Ask Chuck” segment.
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Timeline:
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00:00 Chuck Todd’s introduction
00:30 Trump was celebrating the ceasefire & joint venture with Iran??
01:00 This is turning into a massive humiliation for the United States
02:00 Trump’s biggest GOP supporters sounded the alarm on him in 2016
02:45 We have pissed away American prestige and trust around the world
04:00 In May 2016, Lindsey Graham said Trump’s foreign policy is jibberish
05:15 March 2016, Rubio said Trump was the opposite of what America stands for
05:45 Rubio warned about turning over nuclear codes to an erratic individual
06:30 Rubio warned that electing Trump “wouldn’t end well”
07:30 If you’re a hawk or dove on Iran, Donald Trump has failed you*
08:00 In 2016, Ted Cruz warned that Trump could “nuke Denmark”
09:30 In 2016, Nikki Haley also warned about Trump’s “irresponsible behavior”
10:30 Netanyahu tried to drag U.S. into war for years, found a sucker in Trump
11:15 No Trump advisor had the guts to challenge Trump on Iran before war
11:45 Obama’s strategy was “Don’t do stupid shit” - This war is “stupid shit”
12:30 Trump is desperate to get out of war, willing to take any deal
15:00 The Strait is now in the hands of the Iranians
15:30 We don’t know the state of the Ayatollah…who are we negotiating with?
16:30 The Pope spoke against the war, now Trumpworld threatening the Vatican
17:15 There are a lot of Catholics in swing states, picking fight w/pope is idiotic
18:30 Success requires ground troops & Trump doesn’t want to do that
20:00 The damage has been done, it will take time for markets to recover
21:15 The U.S. has become an erratic and unreliable ally
22:15 Trump gravitates toward being sold the best possible outcome
24:00 The word of the United States used to mean something
25:00 Trump has made our relationship with every country worse
26:30 The mistake people make is thinking they can control Trump
27:30 The next president will have to fix or apologize for things Trump did
29:30 Only one country is benefitting from Trump’s presidency…Russia
30:45 Rubio’s quote “this won’t end well” will live in infamy
31:15 Democrats massively overperformed again in recent elections
32:00 Wisconsin election was a shocking blowout for the Democrats
32:30 War is accelerating GOP’s problems heading into midterms
33:15 Republicans that distance from Trump will be glad they did by 2028
34:45 Current political climate portends a massive blue wave
40:00 Ask Chuck
40:15 What is being missed that will bite us in the future?
46:00 What’s the most “Veep” thing you’ve seen in DC?
49:30 Why haven’t Democrats tapped into talk radio like Republicans have?
55:00 Didn’t mention Washington state in one party drought Top 5 list?
58:30 If the war ends, can Republicans run on the economy in 2026?
1:01:30 Forcing ownership changes if sports teams underperform?
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