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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.politix.fm The new reality hasn’t fully settled in here in Washington, DC, but things are starting to happen. People are making moves. In this episode, Matt and Brian discuss: * The firing of Susie Wiles; * The promotion of Stephen Miller; * The impeachment of Pete Hegseth; * How to read the Kremlinology of it all. Then, holy hell,...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.politix.fm WOW that was good. We need a cigarette. Democrats won a historic realignment landslide on Tuesday, possibly the biggest many of us will see in our lifetimes. The dust is still settling, so there aren’t too many things to be conclusive about, but we do know enough to discuss: * How our predictions held up; * How various ca...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.politix.fm Haha, made you look! The wave is still on, the only real question: will it be big enough to deliver Dems a John Fetterman-proof Senate majority. In this episode, Matt and Brian discuss: * Whether any nagging doubt are harshing otherwise good vibes; * Is the right heuristic here the history and circumstances of past wave e...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.politix.fm It’s really hard to upset the dynamics of an election this late in the game; but Donald Trump and the corrupt forces that fear accountability are desperate and very powerful. In this episode, Matt and Brian discuss: * The Trump-Vladimir Putin-Elon Musk troika making moves before the voters weigh in; * TikTok and Meta medd...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.politix.fm Polls still look good for Democrats. They’re on the offensive in debates, and their opponents have no good answers. Sucks to be them! In this episode, Matt and Brian discuss: * Is the picture for Democrats getting rosier, or have they plateaued? * Should Democrats be trying to expand the map, by moving money into Florida...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.politix.fm Former GOP House Speaker Dennis Hastert died this week, and it’s almost like he never molested a bunch of children then got busted for buying their silence. In this episode, Matt and Brian discuss: * The told and untold story of Denny Hastert; * Did Democrats agree to sweep it all under the rug because they had fond profe...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.politix.fm Can Republicans really run against Mary Peltola being interpersonally mean? Or Troy Jackson enjoying something effeminate like i̶n̶t̶e̶r̶i̶o̶r̶ ̶d̶e̶c̶o̶r̶a̶t̶i̶n̶g̶ drinking bubble tea? In this episode, Matt and Brian discuss: * The Mary Peltola bad boss scandal; * Why are Democratic operatives seemingly trying to tank h...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.politix.fm It’s getting so bad out there for Republicans that some of them are even pretending to oppose war and corruption! So naturally moderate Democrats are endorsing Republicans, and one of them might switch parties! In this episode, Matt and Brian discuss: * The nature and extent of Republican peril; * Whether Democrats are op...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.politix.fm Hours after last week’s politics was in the can, all hell broke loose in the world of A.I. development. In this episode, Matt and Brian discuss: * What’s happened over the past week, and where does it leave us? * Are we anywhere close to a place where we can learn to stop worrying and love A.I.? * What can A.I. safety rea...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.politix.fm It’s Trumpapalooza; it’s the Charlie Kirkaversary; it’s been 25 years since 9/11. And that has everyone asking: Have Democrats sufficiently denounced antisemitism? In this episode, Matt and Brian discuss: * Donald Trump’s seemingly deteriorating mental state; * The political valence of antisemitism vs. Islamophobia; * Why...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.politix.fm Donald Trump says everyone should start learn to stop worrying and love data centers. Democrats say, “hey, thanks!” In this episode, Matt and Brian discuss: * Why is Donald Trump clinging so hard to the wrong side of a 25-75 issue? * Is free-floating data-center hatred a good thing, or is the public making a mistake? * Wh...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.politix.fm Donald Trump is accelerating America’s transformation into a banana republic, most recently by instigating a trade war against Canada and compromising the integrity of U.S. economic statistical agencies. In this episode, Matt and Brian discuss: * Why Donald Trump keeps doing the same kind of stupid shit over and over agai...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.politix.fm Jon Ossoff says he has no interest in running for president in 2028. But between fundraising prowess and narrative shaping and attention driving, he’s doing a better job of it than just about anyone else in the Democratic Party. In this episode, Matt and Brian discuss: * The Natalie Harp ploy, and how Ossoff yoked nationa...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.politix.fm Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders have conceded to the excesses of what we must all now call Woke One. But the concession, and that characterization of it, raise some obvious questions. In this episode, Matt and Brian discuss: * What was Woke One; * Which aspects of it do progressive leaders now concede were “cr...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.politix.fm Democratic leaders have been delivered a thrashing from the left this primary season. So naturally, the lesson they took from it is that they should…fund Trump’s crooked government before the election he’s trying to steal? In this episode, Matt and Brian discuss: * The deal Democrats struck with Susan Collins to avoid a p...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.politix.fm The Iran war’s back on, oil prices are back up, the Republican election outlook is back down. But…it’s not playing out as an existential political crisis for Donald Trump. In this episode, Matt and Brian discuss: * Why Trump was unable to make surrender stick; * The peculiar case of the missing oil crisis; * Whether Trump...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.politix.fm What if the Democratic establishment could take the wind out of the sails of the left wing insurgency by…giving in to progressives on their most morally resonant and popular issue? In this episode, Matt and Brian discuss: * The moral and political advantages of Medicare for All as an abstract concept, and how health care...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.politix.fm While Brian was away, Graham Platner’s campaign imploded, rumors circulated that Republicans were playing Weekend At Bernie’s with Mitch McConnell’s corpse. And then Lindsey Graham went and actually died. In this episode: * Matt gives an on-the-ground rundown of how the Maine Democratic Party is going about choosing Platn...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.politix.fm Brian’s vacation continues for a second week, so Matt is joined by Caitlin Legacki, a Democratic strategist and Third Way fellow, to talk about some of the less-covered but more-successful 2026 senate recruits starting with former North Carolina governor Roy Cooper. In this episode Matt and Caitlin discuss: * Why objectiv...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.politix.fm With Brian out on vacation, Matt is joined by Alex Seitz-Wald of the Midcoast Village to discuss Graham Platner and the shifting political tides of Vacationland more broadly. In this episode, Matt and Alex discuss: * Troy Jackson, the man who really is the thing Platner sort of pretends to be. * Paul Le Page, the “Trump b...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.politix.fm Donald Trump, in his haste and corruption, has wrecked the historic reflecting pool that spans the Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial. In this episode, Matt and Brian discuss: * How this lazy and corrupt endeavor went to shit so quickly; * Why it serves as a useful metaphor for Trump’s Iran war, and just about every...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.politix.fm Donald Trump will either surrender to Iran on Friday in Switzerland, or scuttle the deal—sorry, “memorandum of understanding”—in the face of overwhelming opprobrium and humiliation. Who can say! In this episode, Matt and Brian discuss: * Why the terms of the peace deal, such as we understand them, are so unacceptable to t...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.politix.fm The results from California are (mostly? almost completely?) in. They are mixed, and extremely consistent with pre-election polling. Naturally, Republicans are subjecting the country to a blizzard of lies. In this episode, Matt and Brian discuss: * The results, and the merits of the California election system, which maxim...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.politix.fm It’s a been a busy seven days, so we race through a bunch of topics, with a special focus on Graham Platner, the state of the Maine Senate race, and then some stake driving on how Democrats should prepare for the likelihood that they’ll inherit the country back in economic and budgetary shambles. In this episode, Matt and...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.politix.fm Donald Trump went back to the hospital Tuesday for his third “checkup” in just over a year, but faces fewer questions about his age and vitality than Joe Biden. He lost a war of choice, at serious cost to the U.S. and the world, but we don’t hear much about how weak and discredited he is. Why are these critiques missing?...