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Republicans Are Abandoning Trump Now (opens the original)
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Republicans are abandoning Trump over the Iran war and gas prices — six weeks before the 2026 midterms, is it too late? Democrat Matt Robison and Republican strategist Matt Wylie break down GOP candidates scrubbing Trump from their websites and breaking with him on the Iran war, Trump's UN speech, Xi Jinping's state visit, the Trump TV flop, the AI arms race, and why the 2026 midterm map is collapsing for Republicans.Get Matt's weekly analysis at Worth Knowing with Matt Robison: https://worthkno
The Money, the Court, and the Blackout — with Washington Monthly's Bill Scher (opens the original)
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Bill Scher of the Washington Monthly joins Matt Robison to argue about the three stories driving the 2026 midterms: what campaign spending actually reveals about the battlefield, whether the Supreme Court is breaking the republic or quietly saving it, and what happens when the White House bans three news organizations and the networks respond by turning the cameras off. Republicans have booked more than $110 million in ads since August 1 in House districts Trump won by double digits — while cutt
Republicans Are in Serious Trouble 8 Weeks Out (opens the original)
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Eight weeks out from the midterms, Republican strategist Matt Wylie says his own party is in serious trouble. The Fed defied Trump, the courts blocked him twice, and House Republicans went home for six weeks rather than take a vote. And all the polling is getting worse for the GOP.This week on Political Rehab, our mashup of PTI and The Daily Show: Kevin Warsh — Trump’s handpicked Fed chair — led a unanimous quarter-point rate hike, the first increase in three years, after Trump spent a year dema
"Can Anyone Stop AI Now?" — Bruce Mehlman & Katie Harbath (opens the original)
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Can anyone actually stop AI right now? This week: a viral resignation warning AI "could kill us all by the end of the decade," a rogue AI agent cyberattack, Dario Amodei calling on the industry to slow down, and the President of the United States calling the whole thing a "hoax."I sat down with Bruce Mehlman — Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Technology Policy under George W. Bush, and author of the Age of Disruption newsletter — and returning guest Katie Harbath, former Public Policy Directo
$5,000 Bribe Means Republicans Know They're Losing (opens the original)
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A Republican strategist just called his own party's midterm convention "the worst plan I have ever seen in the history of politics." Then Trump promised every American $5,000 — but only if Republicans keep the House and Senate.Democratic strategist Matt Robison and Republican political consultant Matt Wylie break down the GOP's first-ever midterm convention, Trump's $5,000 "dividend" offer, the AI safety warning that has both parties in Congress suddenly paying attention, the Canada trade war tu
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