Episode 221: Jackson Franklin and Kat Abughazaleh

Aftyn Behn joins the show to talk about her run for Congress and her strong performance as a progressive in Trump country.

We talk to the comedian about how the Rogansphere messed up comedy.

We talk to Usamah Andradi and Geoff Simpson of Justice Democrats about how Trump’s failures in office call for Democratic leadership, why the old guard isn’t meeting the moment, and what we can do about it.

We talk to New York Governor-hopeful Antonio Delgado about his campaign, and we discuss the revelations of the released Epstein emails.

Ryan Grim of Drop Site News joins us to discuss the election of Zohran Mamdani.

Max Flugrath joins us to talk about the past, present, and future of Trump’s election rigging.

Rep. Ro Khanna tells us about his work with Rep. Thomas Massie to get the Epstein files released.

Illinois Congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh joins us to talk about how Chicago is peacefully fighting back against ICE an her unorthodox campaign organized around mutual aid and livestreams.

In our conversation with Abdul El-Sayed, a Democrat running for US Senate in Michigan, we cover the past two years of American coverage and political responses to a genocide in which our government and tax dollars are directly involved.

Ken Klippenstein lets us in on Trump’s demonic plan to crush dissent.