Air Date: 11-4-2025

Elections are always coming up, some sooner than others, so we thought we would take a look at the state of our democracy and what we must do to maintain it in the face of the greatest direct assault on our institutions we've seen in our 250 year history.

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KEY POINTS

KP 1: Trump 2028? - Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie - Air Date 10-29-25

KP 2: Why Im Voting YES On Prop 50 - Robert Reich - Air Date 10-28-25

KP 3: Trumps 'Crowd Control' Plan For Midterm Election Is Real - The Majority Report W/ Sam Seder - Air Date 10-27-25

KP 4: Exposing Trumps 2026 Election Mastermind Part 1 - Democracy Docket - Air Date 10-22-25

KP 5: Trump's Predictable Bad Faith on Election Security Gives His Opponents an Advantage - The Rachel Maddow Show - Air Date 10-28-25

KP 6: ‘They’re Spending More Than I’d Tax Them’: Mamdani Slams Mega-donors Funding Cuomo - All In with Chris Hayes - Air Date 10-28-25

KP 7: What If Zohran Loses? Part 1 - Zaid Tabani - Air Date 10-29-25

KP 8: My Message to Muslim New Yorkers — and Everyone Who Calls This City Home. - Zohran Mamdani for NYC - Air Date 10-24-25

(00:49:12) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR

On the willingness to sound the alarm

DEEPER DIVES

(00:58:05) SECTION A: MAGA POLITICS

A1: Why Bannon's Third Term Talk Isn't Bluster: A Historians Warning About Constitutional Fragility - Tad Stoermer - Air Date 10-24-25

A2: Why Trumps Plot to Secure His Grip on Power Beyond 2028 Could Backfire - The Humanist Report - Air Date 10-28-25

A3: Will Trump Be President After 2028? Steve Bannon Says He Will And That The Constitution Agrees - Tad Stoermer - Air Date 10-24-25

A4: Exposing Trumps 2026 Election Mastermind Part 2 - Democracy Docket - Air Date 10-22-25

(01:25:25) SECTION B: GENERAL POLITICS

B1: All The Toothless Attacks on Zohran Mamdani - EVEN MORE NEWS Part 1 - Some More News - Air Date 10-29-25

B2: Voting Rights, But Mainly for White People - Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, Justice, and the Courts - Air Date 10-18-25

B3: Right-Wing Radicalization in a Fractured America with Beth Macy - Why Is This Happening? The Chris Hayes Podcast - Air Date 10-28-25

B4: How to Change People's Minds | Sarah Stein Lubrano - Planet: Critical - Air Date 6-12-25

(02:01:21) SECTION C: PROGRESSIVE POLITICIANS

C1: Can Progressive Politicians Save Us? - Leeja Miller - Air Date 10-28-25

C2: Former Military Intelligence Explains the Graham Platner Tattoo - Jolly Good Ginger - Air Date 10-22-25

C3: I Have Been Federally Indicted by Trump’s DOJ | Kat Abughazaleh For Illinois - Kat Abughazaleh - Air Date 10-29-25

(02:25:17) SECTION D: ZOHRAN MAMDANI

D1: WATCH: Trump and Zohran Demolition and Rebuilding - Anand Giridharadas - Air Date 10-27-25

D2: Cuomo Goes Full Racist With Vile Anti-Mamdani Ad - The Majority Report W/ Sam Seder - Air Date 10-24-25

D3: All The Toothless Attacks on Zohran Mamdani - EVEN MORE NEWS Part 2 - Some More News - Air Date 10-29-25

D4: What If Zohran Loses? Part 2 - Zaid Tabani - Air Date 10-29-25

SHOW IMAGE CREDITS

Description: Close up photo of a “I voted early!” sicker from the City of New York Board of Elections

Credit: “I voted early!“ by Eden, Janine and Jim | CC BY 4.0 | Changes: Heavily cropped, slight increased saturation and decreased contrast

Produced by Jay! Tomlinson

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