The DSR Network

On the DSR Daily for Monday, we discuss Stephen Miller as the new Chief of Staff, Trump’s 60 Minutes interview, a massive scandal hitting NVIDIA, and more.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Republicans are “panicking” about what the midterm debacle has done to their presidential map for 2028, Politico reports. Some Republicans fear Texas is now very gettable for the Democratic electoral college map. Other worry that Ohio and Iowa have reverted to true swing states. One Republican suggests the Trump “brand” has become a weapon against the party. Meanwhile, Trump seethed that if he’d been on the ballot, Republicans “WOULD HAVE WON IN A LANDSLIDE.” He fumed that the stock market downturn is the fault of “Dumocrats.” He suggested he will still vanquish Democrats by delivering gains that are “BIGGER AND STRONGER THAN EVER BEFORE.” He even raged at America for the “sad” outcome, declaring: “you only have yourselves to blame!” We talked to Paul Waldman, who’s been writing well about the midterm fallout. We discuss why Democratic gains in the South and Rust Belt have hidden significance, how to make them truly transformative, and whether a new Democratic Party is being born.  Looking for More from the DSR Network? Click Here: https://linktr.ee/deepstateradio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Trump family is pillaging our country. Their naked corruption only grows more brazen by the day as Trump uses the highest position in the land to achieve higher levels of wealth. With huge Democratic victories across the country, we have to ask: will they get away with it? New York Times and WIRED contributor Noah Shachtman joins David Rothkopf to consider what comes next for the Trump crime family.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the DSR Daily Live for Friday, the Contrarian’s Jen Rubin joins Minnah Stein and David Rothkopf to discuss the seismic demographic shifts in the midterms, outstanding results in Alaska and Mississippi, a judge blocking the construction of Trump’s arch, and more.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’re still buzzing from Tuesday. How could we not? Democrats won basically everywhere that was possible to win. More importantly, progressives won big. So why are so many outlets trying to convince us that now is the time for bipartisanship? The Left Hook’s Wajahat Ali joins David Rothkopf and Riley Fessler to break down why progressives are rising and why the Democrats have a clear mandate for change. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Donald Trump’s war on Iran was a big cause of the GOP electoral drubbing, and Pete Hegseth is in trouble. Trump told ABC News that he “has every intention” of keeping the Defense Secretary. But then came the twist. Trump said: “I get these calls” from people taking aim at Hegseth, adding: “I don’t know why.” And Trump admitted it would be easier to get a replacement confirmed before Democrats take over the Senate, a hint that he’s seriously thinking of dumping him. This is exactly how Trump talks when he’s getting rid of someone. Meanwhile, story after story reports that the GOP knives are out for Hegseth in a serious way. We talked to Representative Adam Smith, the next head of the Armed Services Committee. Smith discusses why it’s 50-50 that Trump will remove Hegseth and what a disaster he’s been. Smith also explains how Democrats will seek to defund the war if necessary and details how they’ll investigate Trump’s illegal Caribbean boat strikes and bombing of a girls’ school in Iran. Looking for More from the DSR Network? Click Here: https://linktr.ee/deepstateradio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For all intents and purposes, MAGA is dead. Unfortunately, Donald Trump is still in the White House, and despite the enormous victory this week, Dems have a long road ahead. What do they need to do to capitalize on this electoral victory? What can we expect from a lame-duck Trump? Norm Ornstein and David Rothkopf discuss the hard work that needs to be done to save our democracy. Looking for More from the DSR Network? Click Here: https://linktr.ee/deepstateradio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the DSR Daily for Thursday, we break down the shocking results from the LA Mayoral race, the nail-biter results from Alaska and Mississippi, Republican divisions over the Supreme Court, and more.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Donald Trump fired quite a warning shot at JD Vance as the epic scale of GOP losses sank in. Asked about Vance and the political way forward, Trump employed his best mob-speak and declared that in 2028, maybe “a lot of people” will run for president, adding of Vance: “Maybe he won’t run.” Translation: If you distance yourself from me, your presidential ambitions are dead and others should feel free to run instead. This comes as Vance just posted a long statement blaming GOP losses squarely on the war. That’s a clear bid by Vance to repair relations with MAGA voters alienated by Trump by (subtly) getting distance from him. Meanwhile, Republicans are angrily pointing fingers squarely at Trump, with one declaring that he’s “optimistic for the future because Trump’s going to be gone in two years.” The infighting is growing truly vicious. We talked to international relations professor Nicholas Grossman, author of a good piece discussing the centrality of Trump’s war to GOP losses. We discuss Trump’s shivving of Vance, how Vance is trying to salvage his 2028 ambitions by hitching himself to the Tucker Carlson wing of MAGA, and why the GOP crackup will get much worse. Looking for More from the DSR Network? Click Here: https://linktr.ee/deepstateradio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Democrats have won bigly and they’ve won everywhere. From Kansas to South Carolina, the MAGA blowout is near total. But what exactly does it mean about how the electorate has changed and how American politics changes for the next two years? Norm Ornstein joins David Rothkopf and Riley Fessler for a special episode to answer all this and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices