The Breakdown

Straight from the DNC!

Big DNC energy in Chicago!

Join us as we cover all the action this week at the 2024 Democratic National Convention!

We are talking about Trump's decision to rehire Cory Lewandowski, JD Vance's controversial comments and behaviors, and Trump's ongoing obsession with Vice President Kamala Harris

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The episode covers the positive political energy and increased public engagement, critiques the National Association of Black Journalists for platforming Trump, and highlights Trump's unpreparedness and disrespect in a recent interview. It contrasts Trump's handling of questions with Rachel Scott's professionalism, examines his racist comments about Kamala Harris, and celebrates her powerful prese...

Turnout was always going to be a thing in November, but the rise of Kamala Harris has juiced democrats in way we haven’t seen in almost twenty years. That seems especially true with Gen Z. Voters of Tomorrow founder Santiago Mayer joins Rick, Joe, & Stuart to talk about the next generation of strategists, leaders, and voters. Will all this excitement carry us through? Is this the generational...

A terrific bipartisan roundtable of Jonah Goldberg, Ali Vitali and Rick Wilson analyzes how Harris ascended so quickly and whether the excitement at her candidacy is a sugar high or a bonafide reconfiguration of the election.

Join us as we dissect President Joe Biden’s powerful decision to step down and endorse Vice President Kamala Harris as his successor. Biden’s decision to step down and endorse Kamala Harris Media coverage of Biden's age vs. Trump’s mental state Highlights from the Lincoln Project Town Hall Kamala Harris' digital campaign strategies Financial support dynamics in the current political landscape GOP...

Join Rick Wilson, Stuart Stevens, Ryan Wiggins, Jeff Timmer, and Maya May for a discussion on the state of the 2024 race.

Recap of the RNC

Today, Wilson will discuss everything from the fallout over Trump’s conviction to the plan to keep the Biden-Harris team in office, so let’s go now to that conversation.

Rick Wilson & Molly Jong-Fast are here to give their takes on Donald Trump being guilty of all 34 counts in the hush money case. 

TRUMP FOUND GUILTY ON ALL COUNTS A New York jury has found Donald Trump guilty on 34 counts of falsifying business records in an effort to conceal a porn star hush money payment ahead of the 2016 presidential election. Join Tara Setmayer and Rick Wilson on The Breakdown to discuss newly convicted felon Donald J. Trump.

Rick is on fire! Join us as he riffs on Trump, his sons "Uday and Qusay", 'his GOP sycophants, and 'veepstakes'; 'Nikki Haley; the November election; the NY trial; and more!

There will be no new The Breakdown episode this week, but we have another treat for you: The "unified Reich" reference was no accident: Trump is aiming to both fire up the base and court public controversy. Meanwhile, Giuliani is hawking sedition coffee, Marco Rubio is auditioning for secretary of state, and the UN had a dumbass reaction to the Iranian president's death. Rick Wilson joins Tim Mill...

Lincoln Project Senior Advisor Stuart Stevens joins The Breakdown to discuss the latest at Trump's Trial, Haley strikes again -- this time in Indiana, MTG rebuffed in DC, and the State of the 2024 Race six months out.