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Hey folks,
Jessiah and I got together for what was supposed to be a quick conversation about Trump, the press, and the midterms. It did not stay quick.
We get into Trump’s fight with the press, what we’re seeing in the final stretch before the midterms, and why Democrats have real opportunities across the map. And then, naturally, things go completely off the rails with improv, Parks and Rec, Andrew Tate impressions, and an alarming amount of discussion about Liquid Death.
A few highlights:
[00:01:07] We improvise our own dialogue over a silent Trump clip, and somehow our version still feels plausible.
[00:07:24] We dig into Trump’s fight with the press, the First Amendment, and why I think so much of this is about changing the subject.
[00:14:54] I tell Jessiah about the surreal moment the FBI called because agents had apparently spent 48 hours trying, and failing, to find me.
[00:22:22] We get serious about the midterms: what the polling is showing, where I’m skeptical, and the Senate races I’m watching closely.
[00:30:50] Politics gives way to Parks and Rec, presidential fan fiction, Jeremy Jamm, and an argument for why sometimes four minutes of political news is enough.
This one is politics, comedy, anxiety, optimism, and two friends going wildly off topic in real time. But underneath all the jokes is something important: the midterms are getting close, the stakes are real, and there are opportunities worth fighting for. If you value independent conversations where we can actually say what we think, laugh through the insanity, and keep building something outside the traditional media machine, help me keep them going.
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With urgency,
—Mike
