Hey folks,
I joined The Left Hook this week, and we did not hold back. We dug into Trump’s State of the Union chaos, the Epstein fallout, ICE overreach, and the identity crisis inside the Democratic Party. This wasn’t cable news spin — it was a real, unfiltered conversation about where the country is and whether we’re actually ready for what’s coming next.
Here’s what we got into:
[00:01:21] I make the case that Trump has “unified” the country — just not the way he thinks. Independents are fleeing. His numbers are collapsing. Even three-time Trump voters (yes, my parents) are done tuning in.
[00:03:40] We get personal about why people still voted for Trump — inflation, distrust, Biden’s age — and what Democrats refuse to learn from it.
[00:07:01] What does Trump even run on tonight? We break down the gaslighting playbook, the tariff chaos, and why leaning on the stock market won’t save him.
[00:14:22] The Democratic civil war: progressive vs. “moderate,” righteous anger vs. electability. I explain why I care about winning first — and why that tension isn’t going away.
[00:40:30] I lay out what I actually believe Democrats should run on: break the Epstein class, go big on anti-corruption, confront AI-driven economic disruption, and stop pretending small tweaks will meet this moment.
This episode is about strategy — but it’s also about values. About whether we’re going to nibble at the edges while the ground shifts under us, or actually meet this moment with the scale it demands. We don’t agree on everything. That’s the point. But we agree the stakes are enormous. And if you value honest conversations like this — the kind that don’t dodge the hard parts — help me keep them going.
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With urgency,
—Mike
