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Every single day, Donald Trump provides Democrats with opposition fodder — yet our leaders in Washington are largely not meeting the moment. The Democratic Party is in a deep hole, largely of its own making. The leadership is sclerotic, listening to the same consultants who got us into this mess. We have forgotten how to communicate, too terrified of putting the wrong foot forward and appearing po...

Thank you to so many of you for joining us for this week’s episode of Pax Americana. I’ve never been happier to be home and back at the mic. If you are a paid subscriber, please join Olga Lautman and me for a Pax Americana Town Hall on Thursday, June 26 at 7 PM. It was so wonderful to meet so many of you virtually at our last town hall and to have a chance to chat and get to know you. Look out for...

Thank you to the wonderful Michelle Kinney for joining me today to talk about my crazy four continent journey to get my family out of Israel and back to NYC this weekend. Please watch and let me know your thoughts. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit saltypolitics.substack.com/subscribe

I have been traveling, so a belated thank you to everyone who tuned into my weekly Pax Americana show with Olga Lautman on Thursday. As a reminder, we are off next Thursday but will pick up again for our regular show on June 19th at 11 AM ET. In the meantime, please join us for a Pax Americana Town Hall Zoom Meeting on June 17 @ 3:00 PM EST Our virtual town hall on June 17 is for paid subscribers....

Thank you so much to so many of you who joined my Substack Live with Gretchen Carlson ! The corporate media has been reporting on the death of the #metoo movement pretty much ever since it launched — but that’s just false. We break down why this movement is very much alive, why survivors have more ways to speak out today than ever before and why this movement’s not going away. Catch the conversati...

Salty friends! Over the past few days, Ukraine has stuck it to the Kremlin over and over. Olga Lautman and I convened an emergency Substack Live today to break it all down (and discuss a few details that only people from the former Soviet Union could catch about how Ukraine psychologically really stuck it to the Russians). If you missed it, please catch it above. Stay salty and Slava Ukrainii! Jul...

Thank you to everyone who joined my chat with Ken Harbaugh of the The Ken Harbaugh Show , who is on the ground in Ukraine. Ken is in Ukraine this week, delivering much-needed supplies to the Ukrainians, as they courageously fight not just for their own country’s sovereignty but for the western world order and what is left of the Pax Americana. In the meantime, Russia has increased its genocidal wa...

Thank you to everyone who joined us for today’s episode of Pax Americana. A special thank you to the paid subscribers who joined Olga Lautman and me for our very first Zoom town hall yesterday. We were completely blown away by the turnout and the great back and forth discussion. It was wonderful to meet so many members of this community and to put faces to some of the names in our comments. Based...

Thank you P. J. Schuster , john king (MY HUMBLE OPINION) , A. Hofferkamp , Politics And Aphrodisiacs , Ronna Smith , and many others for tuning into my live video with Olga Lautman ! Join me for my next live video in the app. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit saltypolitics.substack.com/subscribe

It’s a dark time for the United States. The First Amendment is under assault. Today, after spending several days with leaders who occasionally dismember unfriendly journalists with chainsaws, Trump threatened Bruce Springsteen after the music icon called him “treasonous” at a concert in England. You can read more about this chilling development here. My Over It! cohosts Michelle Kinney and Tara Se...

Thanks to everyone who joined Olga Lautman and me for this week’s episode of Pax Americana. We got through a lot on today’s show, from updates on the war in Ukraine to what is happening in Europe and how it all affects our national security (and our personal security). If you missed it, check out the show and the notes below. Unlike legacy media, we are unafraid. To support my work, consider becom...

That was a rhetorical question. Of course the media is failing us. While they spend all their time breathlessly reporting on a book about Joe Biden’s deteriorating health, they have completely missed the story of Donald Trump’s declining mental state. Like, for instance, this gem from his conversation with the president of the United Arab Emirates today, where he said , “We have a term 'groceries....

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Thank you to everyone who joined Michelle Kinney and me for our very impromptu Live, which we started as soon as Cardinal Dominique Mamberti walked out to the St. Peter’s balcony and announced, “Habemus papam.” (For the record, I am very proud that I actually understood the Latin as he was speaking and shrieked to Michelle over our group chat, “I think it’s Prevost!!!” Never let it be said that st...

I had a fantastic chat over at THE LEFT HOOK with Wajahat Ali tonight! We covered a huge amount in just a little over an hour, including why it’s time for the old Democratic guard to exit stage left, why Democrats need to stop playing on the Republicans’ field, what John Fetterman needs to do next and much more. I hope you check it out and if you are not already subscribing to THE LEFT HOOK with W...

Thank you to everyone who tuned into my Substack Live conversation with Michelle Kinney tonight about Senator John Fetterman. As you may have heard, New York Magazine recently ran a story about Fetterman’s struggle with mental health, where many of his staffers spoke on background about their concerns for his health and well-being. His former chief of staff went on the record to describe an alarmi...

If you missed this morning’s absolutely fascinating conversation with Olga Lautman and Lev Parnas , I strongly urge you to check it out. Seriously, take 90 minutes out of your weekend, close the door and watch this whole thing, because it is bonkers — and aside from Rachel Maddow, mainstream media has been asleep at the switch about covering the connection between Trump, the Russian mob and the Kr...

Thank you to everyone who tuned into this week’s episode of Pax Americana, where we broke down the Russian “ceasefire” proposal, the Ukrainian mineral deal and how Russia is building a deep dossier on those of us who criticize their genocidal war. (It’s scary and you should tune into the show to learn more.) Independent journalism is the key to preserving our democracy. If you are able, please con...

Thank you to so many of you for tuning into my live video with Michelle Kinney and Tara Setmayer earlier today. If you missed it, please check it out, because what’s happening is important. We threw this one together very quickly right after I published this newsletter this morning. We’ll break all this down some more on tomorrow’s Coffee and Conversation, which you can catch here at 12 PM ET. In...

Thank you to so many of you who joined Olga Lautman ’s and my most recent episode of Pax Americana yesterday. If you missed it, you can watch the full episode above. Below are the topics we covered this week and the show notes, courtesy of Olga. As always, please join us every Thursday at 11 AM ET for new episodes of Pax Americana. * ‘We are all afraid’: Murkowski says fear of retaliation from Tru...

Thank you to so many of you who joined Olga Lautman and me last night for Authoritarian Tactics: Trump, Putin and the Global Playbook . We discussed the similarities between how Putin has turned the Russian Federation into an authoritarian regime and what Donald Trump is attempting to do here in the United States. The legacy media has utterly failed in describing how Trump’s assault on universitie...

Thank you to so many of you for tuning into today’s episode of Pax Americana. Olga Lautman and I are deeply grateful that we keep growing this audience and community every week. We connected the dots that legacy media just won’t when it comes to the Trump family’s relationship with Russia. Don’t turn away from what is so apparent. In case you missed this episode, you can catch it above. Join us ev...

Thank you to everyone who joined JoJoFromJerz , Michelle Kinney and me for our emergency Substack Live tonight! Why is Trump tanking the economy? We have some ideas about that one. Watch more above. Salty Politics is a reader-supported publication. If you find this content to be of value to you, please consider becoming a paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this wit...

Thank you to everyone who joined Olga Lautman and me for today’s episode of Pax Americana. We covered so much ground in just over an hour — much of it hiding in plain sight but completely ignored by legacy media. I invite you to watch the whole show above if you missed it live. Courtesy of Olga, here are the show notes: Show Notes * Ukrainian children — Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirmed the...

Spotlight PA : Democrat James Malone wins Pa. Senate race in Trump +15 district, a major upset CNN : Republicans grow concerned about Trump’s handpicked candidate in Florida special election Newsweek : Democrats' Chances of Flipping House Seat Trump Won by 30 Points: Poll New York Times : Trump Asks Stefanik to Withdraw Bid to Be U.N. Ambassador This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss t...