According2Sam Podcast

The number of people shocked by Zohran Mamdani's victory in the New York City mayoral primary is remarkable—particularly within the Democratic Party. For over a decade, the party has been fractured, held together largely by a shared opposition to President Trump and the perception of him as a singular existential threat. However, since Bernie Sander’s 2016 campaign, Democratic Socialism has gained...

Over the past few months, Democrats have given President Trump a pointed nickname: “TACO,” which stands for Trump Always Chickens Out. They've even created AI-generated memes depicting the president in a chicken suit, suggesting he backs down and rarely follows through on his tough talk. The nickname reportedly originated on Wall Street, where traders coined it in response to Trump’s tariff and tr...

The “No Kings” protest last weekend drew large crowds across the country and is being billed as the largest protest in American history. An estimated 5 to 6 million people turned out to demonstrate in opposition to the Trump administration. The protest was organized by over 200 NGOs and other groups, with significant support from wealthy donors, such as Walmart heiress Christy Walton. While the sh...

The rise of political violence in the United States is deeply concerning. Over the past decade, incidents of politically motivated violence have become increasingly frequent. The recent murder and attempted murder of lawmakers in Minnesota have prompted many to ask: Is this the new normal? In just the past few weeks, a Jewish couple was murdered outside the Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., and a...

The City of Los Angeles was forced to issue a curfew this week in the downtown area following three consecutive nights of violent protests, looting, and vandalism. Mayor Karen Bass announced the curfew on Tuesday, reporting that 23 businesses had been looted, with extensive additional property damage and destruction. Similar demonstrations—and accompanying violence—have spread to other cities, inc...

The state of California has operated as a sanctuary state for illegal immigrants for nearly two decades. They have extended benefits to these individuals, including access to driver's licenses, healthcare services, and protections from federal immigration enforcement. However, this arrangement has been mutually beneficial to the Democratic Party in California, which has championed these policies....

Former White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre announced this week that she is leaving the Democratic Party to become an independent. She also revealed that she is writing a book titled 'Independent’, which will explain her decision. The book will focus on the three weeks between the presidential debate between President Biden and President Trump—a period she previously described as a “firi...

One of the most surprising revelations from the 2024 presidential election is how Donald Trump managed to win with what was once considered the "Obama Coalition." When Barack Obama won in 2008 and 2012, he did so with the support of a younger, more diverse electorate. President Trump also won with significant support from young voters and people of color—an outcome that runs counter to the prevail...

The progressive voter data firm Catalist recently published its comprehensive analysis of the 2024 presidential election, titled "What Happened in 2024." The report provides a detailed picture of how Kamala Harris lost and how Donald Trump won. Trump won by assembling a broad coalition of voters across age groups, genders, races, education levels, and income brackets. Compared to the 2020 election...

Former First Lady Jill Biden told The Washington Post —in her final sit-down interview while in the White House—that she was disappointed in Nancy Pelosi for her role in pressuring President Biden to withdraw from his 2024 reelection campaign. "We were friends for 50 years," she said. She clearly viewed the move as a betrayal, especially given the long-standing nature of their relationship. The Bi...

During the early stages of the 2020 Democratic primary, Joe Biden pledged to choose a woman as his running mate if he secured the nomination. After winning the nomination, many Black activists within the Democratic Party demanded Biden select a Black woman. Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer was being vetted, as her selection could have helped in a key swing state. However, these Black activists w...

The belief that a woman cannot be elected President of the United States is often supported by pointing to the losses of Hillary Clinton and Kamala Harris. However, both were among the most unpopular presidential candidates in recent history. Clinton not only lost to Donald Trump in the 2016 general election, but she was also defeated by Barack Obama in the 2008 Democratic primary. Similarly, in 2...

With several books now being released about President Biden’s cognitive decline during his presidency, the blame game has begun. It’s becoming increasingly clear that there was a conspiracy to cover up and hide his condition —yet no one wants to take responsibility for being part of that effort. President Biden and his wife deny any conspiracy, claiming the anonymous sources cited in these books a...

When President Clinton signed the Telecommunication Act that deregulated corporate media and allowed ownership to concentrate in the hands of just a few companies, critics warned of potential dangers. They feared that as media ownership became concentrated among a few large corporations, the public would increasingly perceive news outlets as serving corporate interests rather than the public good,...

Reporters Without Borders recently released their annual World Press Freedom Index for 2025. Using a variety of metrics, the index ranks nations' press freedom as good, satisfactory, problematic, difficult, or very serious. This year, for the first time, more than half of the countries were rated below satisfactory, and the number of nations classified as very serious increased. The United States...

Now that we are more than three months into President Trump’s second term, questions are being raised about President Biden’s cognitive decline and whether there was a cover-up to conceal it before the election. The key questions are: who knew, when did they know, and who helped hide it from the American people? The blame game has begun, with much of the criticism directed at the media. Journalist...

The agenda of the Democratic Party is virtually indistinguishable from that of the mainstream media, so it should come as no surprise that as support for the Democratic Party declines, so does trust in the media. Gallup has been tracking Americans’ trust in the media for over 50 years, and in a recent poll, only 33% of Americans reported having a great deal or a fair amount of trust and confidence...

The first hundred days of President Trump’s second term have been encouraging for those who supported the agenda he campaigned on last year. While not every promise has been fulfilled, the administration appears to be moving in the direction voters expected—and it's still early in the term. Democrats argue that these initial months have been a failure, with no accomplishments. They point to a decl...

The United States is a consumer powerhouse, responsible for about one-third of all global consumption of goods and services. This dynamic once worked in favor of American workers, particularly when the U.S. was also a leading manufacturing nation, producing much of what it consumed. However, the landscape began to shift when corporations started leveraging free trade and cheap labor overseas to ma...

When China was granted permanent normal trade relations (PNTR) status and admitted to the World Trade Organization (WTO) during the Clinton administration, it marked the end of the annual requirement for Congressional waivers to maintain free trade status with the United States. This major policy shift allowed American corporations to enter into long-term agreements with China without the uncertai...

Democrats have been accusing China of human rights abuses and unfair trade practices for years. Back in 1996, Nancy Pelosi gave an impassioned speech making a strong case against granting China Most Favored Nation status and argued in favor of using tariffs to address our trade deficit. Similarly, Chuck Schumer, Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, and many others on the left have consistently critic...

President Trump has referred to his second term as the beginning of a "golden age" in America. So far, he has enacted several major transformative policies. While not all of his efforts have been successful, he is actively working to end the war in Ukraine, reduce the size of the federal government, and reset global trade to better benefit American workers and consumers. You may not agree with his...

Democrats in Congress are accusing President Trump of insider trading following a series of social media posts he made on Wednesday. Early that morning, he posted, “This is a great time to buy. DJT.” Approximately nine hours later, he announced that he was ending reciprocal tariffs on nations that had not retaliated. In contrast, China, because they had retaliated, would see their tariffs raised t...

The Walt Disney Company is one of many American corporations that has formed partnerships with China over the past few decades. China has become a significant market for Disney's films and entertainment, and the company even opened a resort and amusement park in Shanghai. For China, this partnership offers influence over one of the few major media corporations in the United States. This influence...

In business, margins refer to the difference between the price of a good or service and the cost to produce it. This difference determines profit. Since the 1970s, the United States has entered into trade agreements worldwide to maximize the profits of American corporations and their investors by reducing labor costs and cutting margins. While some Americans have become wealthy from these deals, t...