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The blue wave hit, and the president isn’t taking it well. This week: Trump calls the midterms “crooked” and demands Alaska’s votes go to the Republican. Two Senate races, Mississippi and Alaska, are still too close to call. Rep. Thomas Massie plans to force a vote to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and Speaker Mike Johnson steps aside. Stephen Miller becomes chief of staff, and Trump offers the press secretary job to UFC’s Dana White. Plus a judge halts construction of Trump’s 250-foot arch just after it was approved.Listed under Road to the Midterms, sponsored by We Vote Too.Listen to We Vote Too on Raw Signal Media’s Spotify channel, also on iHeart, Apple, Pandora, and wherever you get your podcasts.Raw Signal, formerly MAPS Media’s We Vote Too, hosted by Leise Winny.#RawSignal #WeVoteToo #News #Midterms2026

Forget a little blue trickle—the 2026 midterms just brought a seismic Big Blue Wave that flipped both the House and the Senate, redrawing the political map overnight.In this episode, Royce and Leise break down what actually happened on Election Night: from historic upsets in South Carolina and Texas, to razor-thin margins in Mississippi, and the real reason voters are confused about what the Speaker of the House actually does. Plus, we dive into the psychology of bedroom timers, the biological myth of "fearlessness," the messy online clash between Angela Rye and content creators, and the wildest pop culture stories of the week.Hit Follow, leave us a 5-star rating, and tap into the breakdown below!Cold Open & Trending Headlines:The Palm Beach private jet crash investigation; the Golden State Valkyries bring home their first WNBA Championship; the viral debate on Halloween culture; Martha Stewart’s costume controversy; streaming shakes up with Druski joining Netflix; Kitt Shapiro (Eartha Kitt’s daughter) speaks out on biracial identity; and do we still need the Super Bowl Halftime Show?Segment 2 — Sex… Why Are We Timing It? (with Royce):Where does the invisible stopwatch come from? We unpack performance pressure, media distortion, and what happens when we replace bedroom metrics with real intimacy.Segment 3 — The Midterm Earthquake: Big Blue, Not the Little One (with Leise):The raw numbers: How Democrats captured 237 House seats and flipped 7 Senate battlegrounds.Deep-dive state flips: Dr. Annie Andrews breaks a 30-year wall in South Carolina, Mississippi’s historic nail-biter, Georgia’s realignment, and the Texas blue surge.Florida holds the line: Why the red fortress didn't budge.Record-shattering firsts: 17 women governors, the first Native American female governor and senator, and the first Black female governor in U.S. history.What changes for Trump: Subpoenas, incoming Oversight chair Robert Garcia’s warning to "lawyer up," and judicial gridlock.Civics reality check: What does the Speaker of the House actually do, and why are critics unfairly targeting Hakeem Jeffries?Segment 4 — Telling People to Overcome Their Fears Is Wrong (with Royce):Fear and courage share the exact same biological hardware. Why "fearless" is a lie, why toxic stoicism doesn't work, and why real courage requires you to be terrified first.Segment 5 — Does Angela Rye Have a Point? (with Leise):Angela Rye vs. Brandy (The Millennial Manager): Credentialism vs. grassroots critique. Did President Obama do enough for Black Americans, and do you need a Capitol Hill badge to have a valid political voice?Outro & Final Takes:Wrap-up thoughts, listener takeaways, and final sign-off.Join the Conversation:Drop your thoughts in the Spotify Q&A and poll below: Did your state surprise you this midterm, and what do you think about the Angela Rye debate?What’s in this episode:

I'm not turning the camera on for this one. This is audio only. This is serious.Tomorrow is November 3rd. And before you walk into that polling place — or before you sit down to watch the results come in — I want you to actually know what you're looking at.No guest today. Just me, the data, and the races that matter most. We're going deep on the five Senate toss-ups that could flip the majority: Maine, Michigan, Kansas, North Carolina, and Texas. We're breaking down the House math — Republicans are holding a 218-214 majority by a thread, and 22 races are rated true toss-ups going into tomorrow. We're talking about what "toss-up" actually means, what early voting numbers can and can't tell you, and what to watch for as the results come in Tuesday night.And we're talking about Susan Collins. Not just the Big Beautiful Bill. All of it. Kavanaugh. The two-term pledge. The procedural vote pattern. The whole record.This episode exists because I believe more people should be talking about politics — not fewer. You don't need a political science degree to have a voice in this. You need information. Here it is.Go vote.

Election Day is Tuesday, so we’re starting there. Where the midterms stand one week out: the odds in the House and Senate, the toss-up states, and a Justice Department plan to put about 1,000 personnel at polling places. Listed under Road to the Midterms, sponsored by We Vote Too.Plus the stories everyone’s talking about. Nicki Minaj hits the trail with Trump, and the press secretary job that lasted five days is still open. Mike Tyson, Floyd Mayweather and other athletes join the president on the campaign trail. Dez Bryant is cited after a tense run-in with Texas police. The viral 3-year-old soccer star whose game brought out the police. Jay-Z picks himself for the Super Bowl halftime show. Why Halloween candy sales are down. And Black unemployment jumps to 7%.Listen to We Vote Too on Raw Signal Media’s Spotify channel, also on iHeart, Apple, Pandora, and wherever you get your podcasts.Raw Signal, formerly MAPS Media’s We Vote Too, hosted by Leise Winny.#RawSignal #WeVoteToo #News #Midterms2026

Leise Winny and Royce kick off with the week’s headlines, then get into clothes, plural marriage, and what people will do for a paycheck.In this episode:Trump on the trail: Tyson, Mayweather and Dez Bryant are in Trump’s corner. Nicki Minaj rode Air Force One to his Michigan rally, and he made comments about her backside and Jon Husted’s. Stephen A. Smith defends his White House dinner.Press secretary: Katie Zacharia lasted five days, and Nicki is joking about the open job.Dez Bryant: the former Cowboy was held at gunpoint by Southlake police in front of his daughters, and he’s now facing an assault citation.Blueface: he was swatted again. Is it dangerous or content?Halloween candy: sales are down, and we rank the worst candy.Black women and unemployment: the September jobs numbers.Jay-Z: he picked himself for the 2027 Super Bowl halftime show. Are people over him?A 3-year-old and the police: police were called at his youth soccer game, and the league says it was about the parents.Midterm outlook: one week out, covering key races, federal poll monitors, and what a Democratic majority could actually do.Criminalization of fabric: a hoodie, a durag, a bonnet, lashes and locs are called “thuggish,” while a suit and tie is called success. Is professionalism a standard or a preference?Sister Wives culture: an Ohio pastor and his wife, also a pastor, introduce a second wife at church, and Matthew Judon’s household goes viral.Betrayal becomes a business model: when the paycheck depends on the position, is it ambition or a failure of character?Am I the Asshole? She’s been her brother’s emergency contact for six years, and it’s cost her a job interview.

Every two years, you hear the word "midterms," and you're either deeply plugged in or quietly wondering what exactly that means and why everyone keeps saying it like you already know. This episode is for both.On November 3rd, the midterms decide who controls Congress for the rest of Trump's second term. And whether you get two more years of unchecked Republican power — or something that looks like a wall — comes down to a handful of races and whether the Democratic Party is actually running this right.I brought in someone who's been inside this work for a long time. Charly Carter is a Democratic strategist, founder of Step Up Maryland, and has worked with the ACLU, Maryland Working Families, and the Democracy Initiative — a national coalition of over 75 labor, civil rights, and environmental organizations fighting for voting rights and civic infrastructure. She knows what it takes to win. And she doesn't sugarcoat what breaks down when they don't.We get into what the midterms actually mean, why the margin matters as much as the win, whether the Democratic Party is even running the right play, and how the public is responding to two years of unchecked Republican power.Eight days. Let's go.Charly Carter:🌐 stepupmaryland.org📩 Substack: Charly Says📸 Instagram: @theprogressiveadvocate🔗 linktr.ee/gocharlyWe Vote Too:📩 TikTok: rwsignal🌐 Website: rawsignalmedia.com📸 Instagram: rwsignal

Big news first: We Vote Too won a Signal Award for Best Driveway Moment, a Silver, and Listener’s Choice. We’re celebrating what the show is all about: breaking down complicated politics so everyday people can understand it and get involved.Then the stories from this week. The latest on the Bend, Oregon school shooting. An intel memo warning that Iranian plots against U.S. officials have reached “advanced stages.” On the Road to the Midterms, sponsored by We Vote Too: Ohio’s ugly governor’s race and Texas early voting breaking records. And Jay-Z closes out 30 years of music at SoFi Stadium.Listen to We Vote Too on Raw Signal Media’s Spotify channel, also on iHeart, Apple, Pandora, and wherever you get your podcasts.Raw Signal, formerly MAPS Media’s We Vote Too, hosted by Leise Winnie.#RawSignal #WeVoteToo #News #Midterms2026

Five stories, five minutes. This week: a school shooting in Bend, Oregon, that left three children and a teacher dead. A fatal fall on a Six Flags coaster in Georgia, and why no federal agency checks these rides. Trump’s new press secretary, Katie Zacharia, reportedly fired after five days on the job. Diddy’s prison transfer and the claims of a cushy life behind bars. And Road to the Midterms, sponsored by We Vote Too: the Senate map 18 days out.Raw Signal, formerly MAPS Media’s We Vote Too, hosted by Leise Winnie. Follow, share, and make sure you’re registered to vote.#RawSignal #WeVoteToo #News #Midterms2026

Leise Winny and Royce are back with a no-filter show and no easy answers. They start with the week’s chaos and then move into the questions most people avoid.In this episode:The opening hot takes: Tyson, Humphrey, and Dez come out supporting Trump. Then there’s Trump’s Russian oil deal and the talk of a live execution.Anti-hero or villain? Jason was supposedly a good guy, but did we paint him as a villain? We rank the scariest characters and pick who we’d want on our team.Pop culture pit stop: Would you still pay for the HBO app if it came with ads? Is there a rule on black spaghetti? Is Buffy the Body really 40??? And is Interview with the Vampire a better vampire movie than Sinners?Comedy beef: People are attacking Mojo Brooks and claiming internet people aren’t funny at stand-up.Black churches and “the smoke”: Why do black churches and conservative black folks have so much more smoke for homosexuality than for racism, child abuse, or poverty? Do religion and capitalism teach us to look forward to death?Should we keep the death penalty? We break down the Christa Pike execution debacle and ask whether the death penalty actually leads to less crime.Accountability vs. punishment: Why do so many people hear “accountability” and think “punishment”?Who is to blame? A six-year-old shot his teacher. We play the body-cam video and ask who is responsible. We also discuss the Baltimore case of a 12-year-old who robbed someone, which led to a fatal hit-and-run, and no charges were filed.New episodes drop weekly. Follow, rate, and share with the friend who always has a hot take.

Let's be real. People are out here genuinely asking if there's even going to be an election. And the answer is yes — but not because everything is fine. Because people are fighting like hell to make sure it happens.In this episode, we're breaking down exactly how we got here. From the Big Lie that didn't start in 2020 — it started in 2012 — to what they did to Fani Willis in Georgia, to voter roll purges happening right now, to the SAVE Act that could wipe out one in three voter registrations. We're talking about Dick Durbin on the Senate floor calling out the DOJ. We're talking about what Black people have always known about voter suppression — and the blood that was shed so we could even have this conversation.They are playing in your face. They win only if you stay home.This episode is for everybody who said: "What's the point?" This IS the point.🗳️ RESOURCES — CHECK YOUR STATUS. KNOW YOUR RIGHTS.Check your voter registration: vote.orgFind your polling place & get voting info: iwillvote.comState election offices & official voting info: usa.gov/state-election-officeWhen We All Vote — nonpartisan voter participation: whenweallvote.orgLawyers' Committee for Civil Rights — voter protection & legal resources: lawyerscommittee.org