The Big Picture with Edwin Eisendrath

Joe and I both condemn political violence. We talk about the crazy way so many on the right are calling for war, the chances that they will back off (Joe thinks that’s zero), and what we can do about it. We also talk about the important stories this week that went unheard because of the ubiquitous coverage of the shooting in Utah. Get full access to It's the democracy, stupid at edwineisendrath.su...

Simon Rosenberg is the longtime Democratic strategist who turned his attention to building a community of support for candidates, capacity building, and expanding the base. That effort is, of course, Hopium Chronicles By Simon Rosenberg , which has grown into a powerful force, exchanging ideas between candidates and the growing base, and bringing a new source of funding to races that need it. From...

On today’s edition of Unvarnished Politics with Joe Walsh and Edwin Eisendrath we talk about how the morally bankrupt Republicans are also extremely vulnerable. Trump’s 38%-40% approval rating does not make him and his party invincible. Will Democrats be able to go on the offensive to capitalize on that weakness or will party leadership keep listening to wrong headed consultants? Also today: * How...

We covered a lot of ground in this week’s conversation including: * Trump’s musings about being a dictator * Illinois Governor JB Pritzker’s tough stand against Trump’s threats on Chicago * Fallout from the Texas extreme gerrymander * The country is having buyers remorse * Trump is still failing on the Ukraine War * Where are America’s bankers on Trump’s attack on Fed board member Lisa Cook? That...

On this episode of Unvarnished Politics: * Is Texas the new Fort Sumter? * The real socialist in America? Donald Trump * Our rapid descent in a police state * Things are going to get worse before they get better * Trump’s revenge attack on his former national security adviser, John Bolton * Will ICE troops patrol polling places to intimidate voters? * What if troops patrol Chicago streets? That an...

Joe and I continue our conversation about how to fight for our democracy and take the fight to the MAGA crowd. This week? * Texas’ mid-decade gerrymandering scheme * A war criminal visits Alaska * Republicans are vulnerable on…..everything * Democrats and Mamdani * 2026 is everything- Democrats have to take back the House * Seeking straight-talking Dems Joe and I are having a lot of fun… I hope yo...

Joe Walsh and I are are two guys untouched by political consultant speak. We say what we think. We also laugh a lot. Today we talked about the Texas Dems walkout, JD Vance raising a lake for a canoeing trip and other political news. We also dug into what we might learn from the Tea Party movement. I hope you’ll give it a listen. You can subscribe to Joe’s Substack here: Here’s the link for mine: T...

Taxpayers give Trump $1 billion. Meanwhile, he's raising our taxes with each tariff deal. And, of course, it turns out he's one of those rich predators implicated in the Epstein crimes and breaking his promise to come clean with the files and the videos. I hope you’ll listen to this week’s chat with Susan Demas. Thanks for reading It's the democracy, stupid! Subscribe for free to receive new posts...

I love talking to Ezra. He’s focused, strategic, and determined to build the largest mass pro-democracy movement in American history. It turns out, we Americans aren’t ready to sit on our hands and let Donald Trump and his band of oligarchs entrench their power over us. 150,000 people showed up for Indivisible’s first ever training session in strategic non-violent non-cooperation. That’s a mouthfu...

A lot of Democrats are positioning themselves against the party's brand. This is a huge mistake. (I wrote about that problem here.) In this conversation, Susan Demas gave me the opportunity to say what Dems ought to be doing instead. I didn't hold back. Trump and the billionaires declared class war on working Americans- stripping away healthcare, raising prices, adding regulatory paperwork, all to...

I'm grateful for the conversation with Andrea Pitzer. She explained how we've been thinking about concentration camps in the wrong way & how other countries that have been through this have gotten rid of them. We have a lot of work to do and everyone has a role to play. I hope you will give it a listen. Edwin Eisendrath is joined by Andrea Pitzer , journalist and author of One Long Night: A Global...

Here’s my latest chat with Lincoln Square’s Susan Demas. Here we talk about Dismantling the Department of Education, the corrupt and captured Supreme Court and how there's still room for optimism in America. It's all here in my discussion with I hope you'll give it a watch: Thanks for reading It's the democracy, stupid! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. Get full access t...

I had some technical difficulties with the lighting, but the conversation was fun. Let’s just say, we are not happy with MAGA. Thank you Nick P , Patrick Schelling , Colette Holt , and many others for tuning into my live video with Lincoln Square ! Get full access to It's the democracy, stupid at edwineisendrath.substack.com/subscribe

Lincoln Square Media and Susan Demas are countering the false narratives that too often find their way into our news ecosystem. We recently talked about the implementation of the BBB- basically enacting Project 2025 into law. We managed to talk about a lot more too! Get full access to It's the democracy, stupid at edwineisendrath.substack.com/subscribe

Ezra Levin co-founded Indivisible after the 2016 election and ignited an outpouring of political engagement across America. Indivisible’s first guide helped tens of thousands to organize and support each other in their effort to make build a stronger democracy. Now as Donald Trump returns to White House determined to remake America along the lines of post-democratic Hungary, Indivisible has publis...

The lies, the laws limiting voting in state after state. Project 2025- a user manual for one party rule, Trump himself promising to be a dictator on day one. It is a multi-front attack. I recently talked with Sam Levine, the voting rights reporter for The Guardian U.S . and he helped put some more of the pieces together. Sam told me, I think it's a little bit of a different scenario from 2020 when...

Longtime Democratic strategist and incredibly productive polymath Simon Rosenberg is my guest in this “Big Picture” interview. In addition to being consistently spot on reading of the political moment, he is a talented writer, a savvy entrepreneur, and a tireless fighter for democratic values. His latest effort is one of the best uses of Substack. He created Hopium Chronicles , which you simply mu...

Hendrell Remus is chair of the Tennessee Dems. In 2021 he became the first Black person ever to hold that position, and his passion for community, his commitment to democratic values, his tireless get-the-job-done work ethic puts him in that cohort of new democratic leaders who are remaking the way the party works on the ground and in communities across America.  I talk with a lot of party chairs....

John Nichols is the associate editor the Cap Times in Madison Wisconsin. He an author of many books, and serves as national correspondent for The Nation Magazine, helps explain our politics to the folks across the pond as a commentator for the BBC and is often seen on TV here in America as well. In this conversation, we talked politics from Wisconsin to Ohio and beyond. I hope you’ll give it a lis...

David DeWitt is the greatly-relieved-for-a-change Editor-in-Chief of the Ohio Capital Journal. He’s been covering the goings on in that state for more than 15 years. He joins me from time to time to help understand what’s going on in that important state. In this conversation, David weighs in on the big win for Democracy in Ohio’s August special election. We also talked about: * Going from defense...

Ken Martin Chairs the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor (DFL) Party. He is President of the Association of State Democratic Committees , and a vice chair of the Democratic National Committee. He is a superb organizer, a savvy campaign strategist, and he was done amazing things up in Minnesota. In our recent “The Big Picture” conversation on WCPT 820AM/ Heartland Signal , we talked about the incred...

Sarah Posner is an investigative journalist and author. She is the author of Unholy , why white evangelicals worship at the altar of Donald Trump. Her research and writing focus on the fusion of the religious right and today’s GOP. In our recent “The Big Picture” conversation on WCPT 820AM , we talked about where things stand with the white nationalist movement. I also asked Sarah if she sees any...

Dean Baker founded The Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) in 1999. The organization promotes democratic debate on economic and social issues that affect people’s lives. He is a prolific writer- author of many books and studies, and he joins us from time to time. Recently in a WCPT 820AM conversation, we talked about the US economy with a special focus on Bidenomics. If you are curious...

Seth Cotlar is a Professor of History at Willamette University. Author of Tom Paine's America . He has fabulous new substack account called Rightlandia . And he’s been diving into the archives of GOP leader named Walter Huss and showing us that history is very much alive. I hope you’ll listen to our conversation in this WCPT 820AM podcast where we talked about: * How Seth is tracking the far-right...

Billy Ball is the award winning Managing Editor of Cardinal & Pine in North Carolina. He’s covered local, state and national politics, government, education, criminal justice, the environment and immigration in North Carolina for almost two decades.  In this WCPT 820AM podcast, we talked about attacks on public education and school voucher efforts including: * How North Carolina republicans are tr...