The Chuck ToddCast

Lawfare senior editor Molly Roberts joins the Chuck Toddcast to walk through the "rogue clerk" scenario — the theory circulating online that House Republicans could hold power on January 3rd regardless of what voters do in November. Her piece on it has been called the most comprehensive analysis written to date, and her conclusion is genuinely nuanced: this is worth taking seriously without taking it too seriously. The mechanics matter. At noon on January 3rd the old House dissolves and, briefly, there is no House at all — only the clerk, who under 2 U.S.C. § 26 has a ministerial duty to place on the roll only those members whose credentials show they were regularly elected. Ministerial duties are enforceable by mandamus, which means courts can compel compliance before a speaker is ever seated. But the vulnerabilities are real: a speaker can unilaterally fire the clerk and install an acting one, a state certification delayed past January 3rd creates genuine chaos (Missouri is the obvious candidate), and once a speaker is elected the courts will likely bow out. She and Chuck walk through the historical precedents — the 1838 Broad Seal War, the 1984 fight over Indiana's "Bloody 8th" — and land on the reassuring and unsettling truth at once: pulling this off would require an enormous number of people at the state level and in the House conference acting in lockstep, and treating it as a foolproof hack implies it's lawful when it plainly isn't. The realistic ceiling for a rogue clerk isn't a stolen election; it's mayhem. The worry, as Roberts puts it, is that for some people mayhem is more than enough.
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Timeline:
(Timestamps may vary based on advertisements)
00:00 Molly Roberts joins the Chuck ToddCast
01:15 How Lawfare shifted from national security to rule of law
02:15 Could the administration steal the midterm elections?
04:45 The local certification weirdness that didn't work out
06:45 Many states tightened election procedures after 2020
08:15 A certification delay past January 3rd is the big "what if"
11:15 Why January 3rd is the key date — the 20th Amendment
12:00 At noon, the old House dissolves and there is no House
13:45 During that window, the clerk is effectively running things
15:30 What if Missouri's delegation can't get certified?
18:15 A late seating could flip the chamber
20:15 The 1984 fight over Indiana's "Bloody 8th"
22:15 If the clerk goes rogue, can courts step in?
23:15 Once there's a speaker, the courts likely bow out
26:15 The speaker can fire the clerk and install an acting one
30:00 The clerk's ministerial duty — and why it's enforceable
32:45 Can the House override a state certification?
35:15 How many people would have to cooperate to pull this off
37:00 The history of the Broad Seal War
42:00 Why the Senate is more immune to January 3rd chaos
48:00 The decisions that sustained democracy were mostly 52-48
48:45 What she tells people who ask "will the midterms be stolen?"
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Chuck Todd argues AI alarmism just hit its break-glass moment. Jacob Coxon, a researcher who spent three years on pretraining at OpenAI and Anthropic, resigned Tuesday and posted that neither company is acting responsibly — that they're "racing straight to self-improving superintelligence and gambling with our lives". Chuck had assumed some of this fearmongering was a marketing tactic. He no longer does. His argument is that the public is begging for guardrails while a government that's been bought off or is simply afraid of tech money does nothing, that the tech companies want regulatory capture, and that we have the worst possible president for this moment. We organized globally to prevent nuclear war; we need televised emergency congressional hearings and the same seriousness here.
From there Chuck turns to trust — the connective tissue of the whole episode. Only 45% of Americans think the midterms will be fair, in part because Trump has convinced his supporters that every election he's lost was suspicious. Republicans have to win voters with oil prices at record highs, and unlike Obama, Trump can't credibly blame his predecessor: he inherited a recovery and made it worse. Chuck previews a convention that's a base-turnout exercise rather than a persuasion play, notes Trump's instinct for gimmicks (paying stay-at-home mothers is functionally welfare), and observes that the limited-government wing of the GOP has been fully eviscerated by a party that now wants to coerce social behavior. On the 25th anniversary of 9/11, he's blunt about the Islamophobia aimed at Zohran Mamdani and argues Muslim participation in American life post-9/11 is largely a good story. The security apparatus worked, intelligence sharing genuinely improved, but emergency powers should have expiration dates, the surveillance watchdog board is effectively defunct, and Congress has abdicated oversight. We traded privacy for security and then got used to it.
Then, Lawfare senior editor Molly Roberts joins the Chuck Toddcast to walk through the "rogue clerk" scenario — the theory circulating online that House Republicans could hold power on January 3rd regardless of what voters do in November. Her piece on it has been called the most comprehensive analysis written to date, and her conclusion is genuinely nuanced: this is worth taking seriously without taking it too seriously. The mechanics matter. At noon on January 3rd the old House dissolves and, briefly, there is no House at all — only the clerk, who under 2 U.S.C. § 26 has a ministerial duty to place on the roll only those members whose credentials show they were regularly elected. Ministerial duties are enforceable by mandamus, which means courts can compel compliance before a speaker is ever seated. But the vulnerabilities are real: a speaker can unilaterally fire the clerk and install an acting one, a state certification delayed past January 3rd creates genuine chaos (Missouri is the obvious candidate), and once a speaker is elected the courts will likely bow out. She and Chuck walk through the historical precedents — the 1838 Broad Seal War, the 1984 fight over Indiana's "Bloody 8th" — and land on the reassuring and unsettling truth at once: pulling this off would require an enormous number of people at the state level and in the House conference acting in lockstep, and treating it as a foolproof hack implies it's lawful when it plainly isn't. The realistic ceiling for a rogue clerk isn't a stolen election; it's mayhem. The worry, as Roberts puts it, is that for some people mayhem is more than enough.
Finally, he answers listeners’ questions in the “Ask Chuck” segment and previews the upcoming weekend in college football.
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Timeline:
(Timestamps may vary based on advertisements)
00:00 Chuck Todd's introduction
02:00 AI alarmism may have hit its break-glass moment
03:15 The viral resignation post — and the colleagues who confirmed it
04:30 Chuck had assumed some of this was a marketing tactic
05:45 The public is begging government for AI guardrails
07:15 We have the worst possible president for this moment
08:15 We stopped nuclear war globally — we need the same for AI
09:15 Officials are bought off or afraid of tech money
10:00 The tech companies want regulatory capture
13:00 Shouldn't we pause everything to work on this?
16:30 The virality feels like a primal scream from the public
18:30 Only 45% of Americans think the midterms will be fair
21:00 Trump convinced supporters every election he lost was suspicious
23:30 Republicans have to win with oil prices at record highs
26:15 Obama could blame his predecessor — Trump can't
30:00 A convention Trump can only use to talk to his own voters
34:30 Trump's instinct for finding the right gimmick
36:00 Paying stay-at-home moms is basically welfare
38:00 The GOP now wants government to coerce social behavior
40:30 Democrats should have fought harder for the Child Tax Credit
42:30 Friday marks the 25th anniversary of 9/11
44:15 The blatant Islamophobia aimed at Zohran Mamdani
47:00 Muslim participation in America post-9/11 is mostly a good story
51:30 We gave up a lot of freedoms — it's time to get them back
54:45 More surveillance power was granted, but oversight never followed
56:30 Emergency powers should have an expiration date
59:30 The surveillance watchdog board is basically defunct
1:03:00 Trust has collapsed, and that's dangerous for a pluralistic society
1:07:15 The terrorists win if we fight each other
1:17:30 Molly Roberts joins the Chuck ToddCast
1:18:45 How Lawfare shifted from national security to rule of law
1:19:45 Could the administration steal the midterm elections?
1:22:15 The local certification weirdness that didn't work out
1:24:15 Many states tightened election procedures after 2020
1:25:45 A certification delay past January 3rd is the big "what if"
1:28:45 Why January 3rd is the key date — the 20th Amendment
1:29:30 At noon, the old House dissolves and there is no House
1:31:15 During that window, the clerk is effectively running things
1:33:00 What if Missouri's delegation can't get certified?
1:35:45 A late seating could flip the chamber
1:37:45 The 1984 fight over Indiana's "Bloody 8th"
1:39:45 If the clerk goes rogue, can courts step in?
1:40:45 Once there's a speaker, the courts likely bow out
1:43:45 The speaker can fire the clerk and install an acting one
1:47:30 The clerk's ministerial duty — and why it's enforceable
1:50:15 Can the House override a state certification?
1:52:45 How many people would have to cooperate to pull this off
1:54:30 The history of the Broad Seal War
1:59:30 Why the Senate is more immune to January 3rd chaos
2:05:30 The decisions that sustained democracy were mostly 52-48
2:06:15 What she tells people who ask "will the midterms be stolen?"
2:09:15 Ask Chuck
2:09:30 Where have you heard a musical performance that left an impression?
2:14:15 Examples of presidents making painful short-term decisions for long-term gain?
2:18:45 Reaction to Sen. Kennedy telling Kristen Welker he likes her better?
2:19:15 Who needs to sell their MLB team first?
2:22:30 Is there more Dems can do to sustain focus to counter Hegseth at the Pentagon?
2:26:15 Any question of which map will be used in Missouri election?
2:30:15 College football preview
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Chuck Todd argues AI alarmism just hit its break-glass moment. Jacob Coxon, a researcher who spent three years on pretraining at OpenAI and Anthropic, resigned Tuesday and posted that neither company is acting responsibly — that they're "racing straight to self-improving superintelligence and gambling with our lives". Chuck had assumed some of this fearmongering was a marketing tactic. He no longer does. His argument is that the public is begging for guardrails while a government that's been bought off or is simply afraid of tech money does nothing, that the tech companies want regulatory capture, and that we have the worst possible president for this moment. We organized globally to prevent nuclear war; we need televised emergency congressional hearings and the same seriousness here.
From there Chuck turns to trust — the connective tissue of the whole episode. Only 45% of Americans think the midterms will be fair, in part because Trump has convinced his supporters that every election he's lost was suspicious. Republicans have to win voters with oil prices at record highs, and unlike Obama, Trump can't credibly blame his predecessor: he inherited a recovery and made it worse. Chuck previews a convention that's a base-turnout exercise rather than a persuasion play, notes Trump's instinct for gimmicks (paying stay-at-home mothers is functionally welfare), and observes that the limited-government wing of the GOP has been fully eviscerated by a party that now wants to coerce social behavior. On the 25th anniversary of 9/11, he's blunt about the Islamophobia aimed at Zohran Mamdani and argues Muslim participation in American life post-9/11 is largely a good story. The security apparatus worked, intelligence sharing genuinely improved, but emergency powers should have expiration dates, the surveillance watchdog board is effectively defunct, and Congress has abdicated oversight. We traded privacy for security and then got used to it.
Finally, he answers listeners’ questions in the “Ask Chuck” segment and previews the upcoming weekend in college football.

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Timeline:
(Timestamps may vary based on advertisements)
00:00 Chuck Todd's introduction
02:00 AI alarmism may have hit its break-glass moment
03:15 The viral resignation post — and the colleagues who confirmed it
04:30 Chuck had assumed some of this was a marketing tactic
05:45 The public is begging government for AI guardrails
07:15 We have the worst possible president for this moment
08:15 We stopped nuclear war globally — we need the same for AI
09:15 Officials are bought off or afraid of tech money
10:00 The tech companies want regulatory capture
13:00 Shouldn't we pause everything to work on this?
16:30 The virality feels like a primal scream from the public
18:30 Only 45% of Americans think the midterms will be fair
21:00 Trump convinced supporters every election he lost was suspicious
23:30 Republicans have to win with oil prices at record highs
26:15 Obama could blame his predecessor — Trump can't
30:00 A convention Trump can only use to talk to his own voters
34:30 Trump's instinct for finding the right gimmick
36:00 Paying stay-at-home moms is basically welfare
38:00 The GOP now wants government to coerce social behavior
40:30 Democrats should have fought harder for the Child Tax Credit
42:30 Friday marks the 25th anniversary of 9/11
44:15 The blatant Islamophobia aimed at Zohran Mamdani
47:00 Muslim participation in America post-9/11 is mostly a good story
51:30 We gave up a lot of freedoms — it's time to get them back
54:45 More surveillance power was granted, but oversight never followed
56:30 Emergency powers should have an expiration date
59:30 The surveillance watchdog board is basically defunct
1:03:00 Trust has collapsed, and that's dangerous for a pluralistic society
1:07:15 The terrorists win if we fight each other
1:14:45 Ask Chuck
1:15:00 Where have you heard a musical performance that left an impression?
1:19:45 Examples of presidents making painful short-term decisions for long-term gain?
1:24:15 Reaction to Sen. Kennedy telling Kristen Welker he likes her better?
1:24:45 Who needs to sell their MLB team first?
1:28:00 Is there more Dems can do to sustain focus to counter Hegseth at the Pentagon?
1:31:45 Any question of which map will be used in Missouri election?
1:35:45 College football preview
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Chuck Todd reads the New Hampshire results as a straightforward establishment win — the progressive dog didn't bark, outside groups largely stayed out, and Jeanne Shaheen's decades of organization-building still define the state party. He expects a four-to-six point Senate race and would be surprised, though not shocked, if it flipped, since Sununu's politics run a bit conservative for New Hampshire. Then he turns to the redistricting chaos in Missouri, where the state's electoral process has been thrown into genuine disarray: Secretary of State Denny Hoskins sat on 300,000 referendum signatures until primary election day before rejecting them, the state Supreme Court unanimously ruled the 2025 map never took effect and ordered November run on the old lines with the new map going to a statewide vote with the August primary already conducted on a map that isn't law. Chuck argues Hoskins created this mess through partisan hackery, points to Texas in 1996 as precedent, and says a special election would be the fairest resolution. He also flags Dan Osborn's tricky balancing act in Nebraska, and a New York Times report that Roger Marshall's practice sued roughly 700 patients over unpaid medical bills — some for just a few hundred dollars — before he later voted to limit hospitals' collection powers. Chuck’s read: damaging material doesn't land on a reporter's desk by accident, the timing could matter enormously in a race Democrats have put in play.
Then, Anthony Tommasini — chief classical music critic for the New York Times from 2000 to 2021 — joins the Chuck Toddcast to discuss Voice of a Century: The Life and Artistry of Marian Anderson, out September 8th as part of the Significations series curated by Henry Louis Gates Jr. Tommasini didn't seek the project; he was asked to write it. His argument is that Anderson has been flattened into two civil rights milestones — the 1939 Lincoln Memorial concert before 75,000 people after the DAR barred her from Constitution Hall, and breaking the Met's color line — when the reason she mattered in the first place was the voice. He describes her extraordinary range, her European breakthrough (and the promoters who essentially whitewashed her race to sell her), her decision not to learn Italian because she knew American opera was closed to her, and the fact that had she been born thirty years later she'd have had an opera career.
The human material is remarkable: conscripted into a church choir at six, largely self-taught at piano, denied a hotel room and put up by Albert Einstein, who became a friend and pushed her to speak out more than she wanted to. Anderson's aim was to be a great artist, not an activist. They also get into the state of classical music in 2026 — why symphonies are so expensive to sustain, why live performance can't be replicated, and which American orchestra he'd send you to first.
Finally, Chuck presents his ToddCast Top 5 potential red state sweeps for the Democrats and answers listeners’ questions in the “Ask Chuck” segment.
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Timeline:
00:00 Chuck Todd’s introduction
02:30 The establishment got its way in NH primary elections
04:45 The progressive dog didn’t bark in New Hampshire
05:15 Outside groups mostly stayed out of NH races
06:45 Jeanne Shaheen built & basically is the NH Democratic Party
08:15 NH senate race will likely be in a 4-6 point range
09:45 Sununu’s politics are a bit conservative for NH
11:30 Would be surprised but not shocked if NH senate goes Republicans
13:30 Missouri election map battle risks disenfranchising voters
14:00 Federal court puts temporary restraining order on the map
14:45 Missouri Republicans drew new maps to achieve 7-1 or 8-0 result
15:45 Voters collected enough signatures for referendum on map
16:30 Missouri secretary of state delayed until day of primary election
18:30 State Supreme Court unanimously ruled new map didn’t take effect
19:30 The old map is still in effect, but primary voters voted on the new map
20:15 SCOTUS declined to intervene, it’s a state issue
21:00 After SCOTUS decision, federal judge in Missouri issued an injunction
23:45 The electoral process in Missouri has been thrown into chaos
25:15 Secretary of state created this mess with partisan hackery
26:30 Texas was in a similar situation in 1996, held a special election
29:30 The special election is the fairest way to resolve this problem
31:30 There could be voter backlash to the redistricting effort
33:30 Dan Osborne trying to pull off a difficult balancing act in Nebraska
34:45 Osborne admits there’s a difference between campaigning & governing
36:30 Dem candidate in Ohio joked he’d lie to voters about being DSA
37:45 Hitting your opponent with their own words is highly effective
40:30 Trump is doing everything he can to screw up the Kansas economy
42:00 NYT reports Roger Marshall sued 700 patients for unpaid medical bills
42:45 Some of the debts were small, in the hundreds of dollars
43:30 Later, Marshall voted to limit hospitals’ ability to collect debts
44:30 Damaging material doesn’t randomly appear on a reporter’s desk
45:30 Report raises a character & empathy question about Marshall
48:15 Story also raises questions about the state of U.S. healthcare
50:15 Timing of the story could seriously impact the election
59:00 Anthony Tommasini joins the Chuck ToddCast
1:01:15 The origin of "Voice of a Century"
1:03:00 Marian Anderson as barrier breaker
1:05:15 Conscripted into the church choir at age six
1:08:00 Anderson became popular in Europe first
1:10:00 Promoters practically whitewashed her race to sell her
1:11:30 Why she never learned Italian
1:14:30 If born 30 years later, she'd have sung opera
1:17:30 Seeing Roland Hayes and the epiphany that followed
1:18:15 She wanted to be a great artist, not a civil rights activist
1:19:15 Denied a hotel room, invited to stay with Albert Einstein
1:21:30 Why she came back to America instead of staying in Europe
1:25:45 Ending every recital with negro spirituals
1:29:30 The Lincoln Memorial concert and the nerves behind it
1:36:00 What Anderson meant as a model for the Black community
1:37:45 Two Anderson recordings everyone should hear
1:43:30 The state of classical music in 2026
1:47:00 Why classical music has to be experienced live
1:52:45 The premiere symphony to attend in America
1:56:00 "Voice of a Century" is out September 8th
1:56:30 ToddCast Top 5 red states where Dems could sweep statewide
2:00:00 #5 Florida
2:01:15 #4 Kansas
2:03:30 #3 Iowa
2:06:15 #2 Texas
2:09:15 #1 Ohio
2:12:00 Ask Chuck
2:12:15 How would history be different if we treated 9/11 as criminal acts rather than war?
2:19:30 Do voters have recourse if an elected official is refusing to do the job?
2:23:30 Why do you shy away from using racism as a voting motive?
2:29:30 If the senate ties 50-50 & one becomes incapacitated, does the chamber flip?
2:33:30 As a Steelers fan, which college QB should I be keeping an eye on?
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Anthony Tommasini — chief classical music critic for the New York Times from 2000 to 2021 — joins the Chuck Toddcast to discuss Voice of a Century: The Life and Artistry of Marian Anderson, out September 8th as part of the Significations series curated by Henry Louis Gates Jr. Tommasini didn't seek the project; he was asked to write it. His argument is that Anderson has been flattened into two civil rights milestones — the 1939 Lincoln Memorial concert before 75,000 people after the DAR barred her from Constitution Hall, and breaking the Met's color line — when the reason she mattered in the first place was the voice. He describes her extraordinary range, her European breakthrough (and the promoters who essentially whitewashed her race to sell her), her decision not to learn Italian because she knew American opera was closed to her, and the fact that had she been born thirty years later she'd have had an opera career.
The human material is remarkable: conscripted into a church choir at six, largely self-taught at piano, denied a hotel room and put up by Albert Einstein, who became a friend and pushed her to speak out more than she wanted to. Anderson's aim was to be a great artist, not an activist. They also get into the state of classical music in 2026 — why symphonies are so expensive to sustain, why live performance can't be replicated, and which American orchestra he'd send you to first.
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For free and unbiased Medicare help, dial (980) 734-3985 to speak with my trusted partner, Chapter, or go to askchapter.org/chuck / *Paid Partnership

Chapter and its affiliates are not connected with or endorsed by any government entity or the federal Medicare program. Chapter Advisory, LLC represents Medicare Advantage HMO, PPO, and PFFS organizations and stand alone prescription drug plans that have a Medicare contract. Enrollment depends on the plan’s contract renewal. While we have a database of every Medicare plan nationwide and can help you to search among all plans, we have contracts with many but not all plans. As a result, we do not offer every plan available in your area. Currently we represent 50 organizations which offer 18,160 products nationwide. We search and recommend all plans, even those we don’t directly offer. You can contact a licensed Chapter agent to find out the number of products available in your specific area. Please contact
Timeline:
00:00 Anthony Tommasini joins the Chuck ToddCast
02:15 The origin of "Voice of a Century"
04:00 Marian Anderson as barrier breaker
06:15 Conscripted into the church choir at age six
09:00 Anderson became popular in Europe first
11:00 Promoters practically whitewashed her race to sell her
12:30 Why she never learned Italian
15:30 If born 30 years later, she'd have sung opera
18:30 Seeing Roland Hayes and the epiphany that followed
19:15 She wanted to be a great artist, not a civil rights activist
20:15 Denied a hotel room, invited to stay with Albert Einstein
22:30 Why she came back to America instead of staying in Europe
26:45 Ending every recital with negro spirituals
30:30 The Lincoln Memorial concert and the nerves behind it
37:00 What Anderson meant as a model for the Black community
38:45 Two Anderson recordings everyone should hear
44:30 The state of classical music in 2026
48:00 Why classical music has to be experienced live
53:45 The premiere symphony to attend in America
57:00 "Voice of a Century" is out September 8th
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.