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Hey folks,
I watched the highlights from the Republican convention so you don’t have to—and holy shit, this one gets dark.
Trump asks his supporters to take a bizarre pledge. J.D. Vance auditions for his approval. Ted Cruz stands onstage while someone in the crowd calls for a Democrat to be shot. And underneath all of it is the same problem: an entire political party terrified to stand up to one man.
[00:00:33] Trump’s bizarre “pledge” sets the tone for a convention that goes completely off the rails.
[00:02:20] A Trump supporter openly embraces the loyalty test—and shows just how much power Trump still holds over the GOP.
[00:05:06] J.D. Vance blames immigrants for America’s problems while auditioning for an audience of one: Donald Trump.
[00:07:07] Ted Cruz attacks rising Democratic leaders as someone in the crowd calls for violence—and Cruz says nothing.
[00:10:35] The surreal convention ending leads to the question that actually matters: Are you better off than you were a year and a half ago?
This episode isn’t just about one ridiculous convention. It’s about what happens when ambition, grievance, fear, and loyalty to one man replace actual ideas for making people’s lives better. I get into Trump, Vance, Cruz, political violence, the billionaire class, the failures we still need to fix inside the Democratic Party, and why all that anger we’re feeling has to become action at the ballot box.
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With urgency,
—Mike
