Connect with Jacob Soboroff

August 15, 2026; 12pm: Horrific reports from the USS Abraham Lincoln detail unlivable conditions for some of our nation’s servicemembers. Natalie Oliverio and Congressman Mike Levin react to the president and Defense Secretary’s handling of this crisis; Attorney General Todd Blanche is already creating loopholes to protect President Trump on a personal level. Rep. Robert Garcia shares the answers...

August 15, 2026; 11 am: As 24,000 undocumented minors face deportation, their legal representation and only hope has deep ties to the Trump administration. Lindsay Toczylowski and Bridget Cambria explain the huge red flags in that arrangement; Teresa Benitez-Thompson is a Nevada Democrat on the rise. She joins with updates in her run for Congress; Pete Buttigieg explains why he is getting very inv...

August 15, 2026; 10am: Disturbing conditions reported from the USS Abraham Lincoln are alarming Americans, but President Trump says sailors haven’t been out at sea “long enough.” Priya Sridhar and Rep. Seth Moulton react to this executive level gaslighting; Jacob Soboroff does a deep dive on the growing price tag for taxpayers to fund Trump’s obsessions; More Muslims are running for office, which...

August 9, 2026; 12pm: A jaw-dropping 95% of Americans are feeling the strain of Trump’s affordability crisis. Tara Raghuveer shares insight into the stunning amount of people struggling with homelessness and the underlying causes; MS NOW’s Brandy Zadrozny explores Charlie Kirk’s death and how it’s fueling the MAGA conspiracy wave; Jacob Soboroff speaks to Michiganders at Eastern Market in Detroit...

August 9, 2026; 11am: President Trump and his administration are leaning into historically violent and inhumane tactics for their anti-immigration agenda. Pablo Espinoza and Maria Hinojosa explain why this dangerous recreation of “Operation Wetback” should raise red flags for everyone; Shannon Heffernan shares her Marshall Project reporting on severe abuse and desperation within a mental health tr...

August 9, 2026; 10am: Many Americans are still struggling with affordability in all areas of life. Carlos Rodriguez shares astonishing statistics about hunger in America’s largest city and the human cost of Trump’s lack of seriousness on this major issue; Jacob Soboroff explains Trump’s newest moneymaking venture that looks a lot like insider trading; California Attorney General Rob Bonta has beat...

August 8, 2026; 11am: The Trump administration is once again targeting protesters by skirting the First Amendment. Rev. Dr. Michael Woolf joins with ways to protect free speech and sound the alarm on the way protesters are being targeted as accused domestic terrorists; Melissa Murray takes us to law school with the ways newly confirmed Attorney General Todd Blanche can harm Americans, specifically...

August 8, 2026; 12pm: Election deniers are trying to infiltrate our election system from the ground up. Mike Romano explains why federal prosecutors are demanding lawmakers stop confirming some of the people the president endorses; As millions lose their insurance this year, the Trump administration deduces that those losing coverage must be committing fraud. Julie Rovner and Johnathon Cohn join J...

August 8, 2026; 10am: Much of the national midterm focus is on big races for the U.S. Senate or Congress, but Mo Ivory explains why Americans need to pay attention to what is happening in smaller, local elections as election deniers try to infiltrate the election system; A gerrymandered Tennessee has selected its nominees for the midterm elections in November. Congressional candidate and Democrati...

August 2, 2026; 12pm: The results of the primary elections in Michigan could make a huge difference in the Democrats’ mission for control of the Senate. Pennsylvania Congresswoman Summer Lee explains why she has thrown her support behind Abdul El-Sayed; Katie Phang and Steve Benen discuss the obstacles Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche must get over to secure his confirmation; There is a food s...

August 2, 2026; 11am: Nevada’s Secretary of State Francisco Aguilar explains why the Trump administration is hyper-fixated on non-citizen voting without evidence; Nnamdi Egwuonwu reports on why the Black voting bloc in Michigan could determine whether Democrats take control of the Senate this November; Immigration attorney Allen Orr explains how immigrants should navigate a new reality now that IC...

August 2, 2026; 10am: Major primary elections are just days away. Vaughn Hillyard gives an update on where those races stand with Rep. Debbie Dingell and Eugene Daniels; Trump says there is another rough framework for an agreement to end the war with Iran. Inzamam Rashid explains what is different this time; Todd Blanche is facing some unexpected Republican resistance in his confirmation as Attorn...

August 1, 2026; 12pm: Democrats are eyeing Senate control ahead of the midterms and with every passing primary, their hopes gain traction. Joshua Cowen and Abby Livingston explain why Senate control should matter to everyone, not just lawmakers; Maya Eaglin interviews Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson; Jacob speaks to people at Dekalb Market in Brooklyn for this week’s edition of Prediction Markets wh...

August 1, 2026; 11am: James Sample breaks down how the Supreme Court’s decision to allow political parties to spend unlimited amounts of money on their candidates has helped the GOP amass a $500 million advantage over Democrats; Michigan college students Stella Camerlengo and Mason Pressler explain what’s motivated them and their peers to become actively involved in politics ahead of the Michigan...

August 1, 2026; 10am: Immigration is top of mind for American voters and with less than 100 days until midterms, ICE is doing nothing to calm tensions. Yasmin Cader and Memo Torres react to disturbing new reports exposing ICE officers using racial slurs and abusive tactics; Elon Musk is back in the political fold, Jacob Soboroff breaks down where Musk’s money will be going during this election cyc...

July 26, 2026; 12pm: A new State Department report links American left-wing groups with Cuban influence; Inzamam Rashid joins from the Strait of Hormuz as talks with Oman continue; Chris McMillan and Sarah Leonard react to this week’s edition of Prediction Markets covering a potential AOC presidential campaign, parasitic lettuce, Canadian tariffs and more To listen to this show and other MS podcas...

July 26, 2026; 11am: Arizona Republicans have chosen a slate of election deniers to be their nominees in the top three statewide offices. Incumbent Governor Katie Hobbs reacts to her opponent, Andy Biggs and how she plans to hang onto her seat; Strategist Ben Wikler provides some examples of lessons the Democratic Party could learn from the state of Wisconsin after its Red Wave in 2010; Texas Cong...

July 26, 2026; 10am: Democrats need to flip 4 Republican Senate seats and defend all their current seats to take control of the senate, but Rep. Robert Garcia feels confident about Democrats’ upcoming performance; Iowa’s “clean water candidate” Chris Jones is energizing local politics in his state and shows the power in campaigning on the issues that really matter to voters; a look at the Memphis...

July 25, 2026; 12pm: Maine’s Democratic nominating convention wraps up and Chris Jansing reports on the momentum behind the party as they fight for control of the Senate in November; Jacob Rubashkin reacts to Troy Jackson’s win and what it could mean for Susan Collins’ campaign; Akbar Ahmed combs through the inconsistencies of Trump’s rhetoric around the Iran war and where it goes from here; Faiza...

July 25, 2026; 11am: Listen to the moment Maine officially elected Troy Jackson to be its Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate. Chris Jansing reports from the convention center live as the final vote count comes in; Bayliss Wagner walks through the mind of the average Maine voter and what they are prioritizing in this key election; Emma Davis joins from the convention with key insight into the v...

July 25, 2026; 10am: Chris Jansing gives a play-by-play from inside Maine’s Democratic nominating convention as delegates decide who will face Senator Susan Collins in November; Rep. Chellie Pingree details what Mainers are looking for in a Senate candidate and what it will take to defeat Collins; Erika Andiola reacts to vigils and rallies nationwide as Americans band together for a day of action...

July 19, 2026; 12pm: After President Trump’s election fraud speech, threats have started to roll in against election workers. Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold talks about the new arena for election misinformation; The U.S. Treasury is rolling out a $1 gold coin with Trump’s face on it; How American politics got in the way of The World Cup; Jacob heads to Brooklyn for this week’s edition o...

July 19, 2026; 11am: United Nations Special Rapporteur Margaret Satterthwaite explains how the termination of dozens of immigration judges by the Trump administration has undermined America’s democracy; California Polytechnic State University student Tobias Halpern explains why he fought to get Flock cameras off his college campus and journalist Adrian Carrasquillo uncovers why those cameras are r...

July 19, 2026; 10am: President Trump is undermining American elections again, this time with a team of loyalists and without guardrails. Ellen Weintraub, whom Trump fired without cause from the FEC, explains why this is cause for alarm; David Rohde provides updates on two American servicemembers killed in Jordan and Trump’s election task force; Victoria Eavis details new reporting of a massive ICE...

July 18, 2026; 12pm: President Trump took to the primetime airwaves this week to cry election fraud once more ahead of this year’s midterm elections. Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes and former Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer share their message for the administration; Paola Ramos and Jonathan Blitzer react to a chilling report of dire conditions inside Camp East Montana in El Paso...