Chris and Chuck Chop It Up

How Donald Trump’s foreign policy vision will outlast him 🌎⏳ Marco Rubio: Anakin Skywalker or Darth Vader? 🧑‍🚀⚔️😈 The Ricky Bobby rule of presidential politics 🏁🇺🇸 The Texas Senate primaries 🤠🗳️🔥 Reflections on Jesse Jackson Jr. 🕊️🧠 Our favorite Winter Olympic sport! ❄️🥇

What’s the  next  piece of good news for Trump in Iran? 🇮🇷🤔 How to get Trump to do what you want isn’t super complicated 🎯🧠 The Iran war — and the political prediction markets 📊💰🌍 What we’re watching for in the Texas primary 👀🗳️⭐ What the Clinton-Sanders primary in 2016 can tell us about Crockett-Talarico 📚🔎 Is Kansas in play for Democrats in the Senate? 🌻🗳️🔵 The biggest problem for in...

Our takes on how Democrats should act at the SOTU speech 🔥🎤 (Chuck gets fiery!) What the official Democratic response has in common with Spinal Tap drummers 🥁🎸 Is this the year of the independent candidate? 🗳️🤔 The “impeach vs don’t impeach” divide among anti-Trumpers ⚖️🔥 Chuck’s theory that  we are entering an era of reform  🏛️🔄 Why you should read up on the late 1800s to understand today’...

This week Chuck and I talked about: Trump’s colossally bad first six weeks of 2026 🤦‍♂️🔥📉 Lines in the sand on Trump 🏖️⚔️🚫 How Trump turned the GOP into the kleptocracy party 💰🐘😬 This amazing New York Times op-ed  on Nixon 📰✨👀 Why Jasmine Crockett vs. Ken Paxton is the Senate race we deserve 🥊🏛️🍿 A  long  sidebar about the craziness of the Carter presidency (and Chuck’s favorite presid...

In this episode Chuck and Chris talk about: How everything is political now 🏛️🧠🔥 Gavin Newsom’s tell-all 2028 book 📘👀🇺🇸 Politicians’ sell-by date ⏰📉🗳️ How gun control explains Trump’s current polling with Republicans 🔫📊🐘 What if Susan Collins decides NOT to run… 🤔🏃‍♀️🗳️ The “Trump Sheikh-Down” > Teapot Dome 💰🛢️😳 The ONE argument Democrats need to make to win in November 🎯🗓️🔵 What...

What are you missing if you don’t subscribe? This week Chuck and I talked about: 🔥🖐️ How Donald Trump touches the hot stove and doesn’t suffer the worst consequences 🌍🎤 The single most important speech at Davos (and why it wasn’t given by Trump) 🤔📊 Does conventional political analysis even work anymore? 🏛️🙅‍♂️ Will Senate Republicans ever stand up to Trump? ⚖️📚 Bill Cassidy as object lesson...

Why Kristi Noem is likely going to get fired for the Minneapolis debacle. Plus: 📰💥 The collapse of the Washington Post 🚔🔥 Why Minneapolis looks a lot like Ruby Ridge 📉🇺🇸 How the past month has been disastrous for Trump (and the country) 🧠⏳ Why Chuck has Terri Schiavo on his mind these days 🤝⚡ What Ted Cruz and Al Gore have in common 🥊🤝 The “fighter” vs. “uniter” dynamic in the Texas Dem...

Chris Cillizza and Chuck Todd discuss the politics of the day, week and month. Highlights: How Trump 2026 looks a lot like Joe Biden 2022 🇺🇸🔁 The rising number of GOP elected officials willing to stand up to Trump 📈🤨 The “resistance” vs “renewal” debate in Democratic messaging 🔥🔄 Who’s the most popular Cuban in Miami right now? And why it isn’t Marco Rubio. 🇨🇺🏆❓ Why Cuba’s days are numbered...