PN Pod

This week’s episode of the PN Pod features Paul and me discussing “Trumpapalooza” and why it’s likely to backfire on Republicans, Trump’s self-defeating trade war with Canada, and Paul’s growing concerns about the administration’s tampering with mail voting and what it could mean for the midterms. We close by getting into how Supreme Court reform is becoming table stakes for the 2028 Democratic primary.If you’d like to support the podcast and ask us live questions during future episodes, please become a paid subscriber to Public Notice if you aren’t one already.Though we recorded on Thursday this week due to the impending long weekend, we’ll be back next week at our normal time of around 2pm Eastern on Friday.Until then, enjoy the show! Get full access to Public Notice at www.publicnotice.co/subscribe

This week’s episode of the PN Pod features Paul and me going deep on the Natalie Harp saga, including why it’s causing Trump’s MAGA cronies to go ballistic on anyone who talks about it. We also discussed Trump’s dire polling and the likelihood his approval rating sinks into the 20s yet this year.Despite battling through some tech issues at the start of the show, a record 1,300+ viewers joined us live today, so thank you to all who tuned in!If you’d like to support the podcast and ask us live questions during future episodes, please become a paid subscriber to Public Notice if you aren’t one already.The PN Pod goes live every Friday around 2pm Eastern. Aaron is traveling next week so we are taking the week off, but we’ll be back on Friday, September 4 and then foreseeably every Friday after that as the midterm campaigns heat up. Get full access to Public Notice at www.publicnotice.co/subscribe

The latest PN Pod features special guest Dan Shafer, author of the highly recommended Recombobulation Area, offering his expert insight into Wisconsin’s wild Democratic gubernatorial primary, the rise of Francesca Hong and underrated strength of her campaign, presumptive Republican nominee Tom Tiffany and why he may be even worse (if that’s possible) than Ron Johnson, why Trump’s numbers have really cratered in Wisconsin and the challenge that presents to Republicans, and much more. If you’d like to support the podcast and ask us live questions during future episodes, please consider becoming a paid subscriber to Public Notice if you aren’t one already.The PN Pod goes live every Friday at around 2pm Eastern, though we’ll be recording earlier in the week next week (stay tuned for details). Until then, we hope you enjoy the show! Get full access to Public Notice at www.publicnotice.co/subscribe

In today’s PN Pod, Paul and I discuss Republicans coming down with a real bad case of FDS (Fauci Derangement Syndrome) and why they’re suddenly trying to rewrite the history of one of Trump’s signature failures, the unholy power of gas prices to shape American politics, why centrist Dems are mostly losing the fight with the left flank of the party, and much more. We had over 1,000 viewers join us live today, so thank you to all who tuned in!If you’d like to support the podcast and ask us live questions during future episodes, please consider becoming a paid subscriber to Public Notice if you aren’t one already.The PN Pod goes live every Friday at around 2pm Eastern. Paul is out next week, but I’ll be joined by special guest Dan Shafer to discuss Wisconsin and the upcoming midterms. Until then, we hope you enjoy the show! Get full access to Public Notice at www.publicnotice.co/subscribe

In today’s PN Pod, Paul and I discuss the dud that was Trump’s primetime speech and how he’s lost whatever power of persuasion he once had, why his nominees have to obfuscate pathetically about who won the 2020 election, Low-T Pete Hegseth and his truly beyond parody testosterone announcement, and much more. We had another record live audience today, so thank you to all who tuned in!If you’d like to support the podcast and ask us live questions during future episodes, please consider becoming a paid subscriber to Public Notice if you aren’t one already.The PN Pod goes live every Friday at around 2pm Eastern. We’ll be back next week. Enjoy the show! Get full access to Public Notice at www.publicnotice.co/subscribe

In the latest edition of the PN Pod, Paul and I discuss Trump’s tantrum at the NATO summit and how nobody at home or abroad seems to really care at this point, Graham Platner’s spectacular implosion and what it says about the importance of vetting and appealing to voters with something more than vibes, Mitch McConnell’s health crisis and his sad legacy of obstruction, and more. We had a record live audience today, so thank you to all who tuned in!If you’d like to support the podcast and ask us live questions during future episodes, please consider becoming a paid subscriber to Public Notice if you aren’t one already.The PN Pod goes live every Friday at around 2pm Eastern. We’re off next week because Aaron will be on vacation, but will be back on July 24. Until then, we hope you enjoy the show! Get full access to Public Notice at www.publicnotice.co/subscribe

In the latest edition of the PN Pod, Paul and I discuss the sad spectacle that was Trump’s rally commemorating America’s 250th birthday, then get into his housing bill tantrum and what it says about the sad state of public policy in Trump 2.0. We then turn to Paul’s piece about this week’s New York elections and why he thinks primaries are a good and health thing for the Democratic Party. If you’d like to support the podcast and ask us live questions during future episodes, please consider becoming a paid subscriber to Public Notice if you aren’t one already.The PN Pod goes live every Friday at around 2pm Eastern. We’re off next week for the July 4 holiday but will be back in two weeks. Until then, enjoy the show, and have a nice holiday! Get full access to Public Notice at www.publicnotice.co/subscribe

In this week’s edition of the PN Pod, Paul and I unpack the Iran MOU and the unconditional humiliation it represents, how “chief negotiator” JD Vance is being set up by MAGA to take the blame, Israel’s newly precarious position vis-a-vis the Trump regime, our level of concern about Trump possibly refusing to leave power, and more.If you’d like to support the podcast and ask us live questions during future episodes, please consider becoming a paid subscriber to Public Notice if you aren’t one already.The PN Pod goes live every Friday at 2pm Eastern (though we started at a special earlier time this week to avoid the World Cup). We’ll be back next week. Until then, we hope you enjoy the show! Get full access to Public Notice at www.publicnotice.co/subscribe

In this week’s PN Pod, co-host Paul Waldman and I discussed the outlines of the emerging Iran deal, which looks like something close to a complete Trump cave, and unpacked whether the president can sell his humiliating loss as a win to the American people.But before that, we got into this weekend’s UFC fight at the White House, how the whole thing seems like a deleted scene from Idiocracy, and why Trump prefers bloodsport to sleeping through NBA games. We also talked about war crimes becoming official US policy and what it says about the direction of the military (spoiler alert: nothing good).If you’d like to support the podcast and ask us questions during future episodes, please consider becoming a paid subscriber to Public Notice if you aren’t one already.The PN Pod goes live every Friday at 2pm eastern. We’ll be back at the same time and same place next week. Until then, we hope you enjoy the show! Get full access to Public Notice at www.publicnotice.co/subscribe

The debut episode of the new PN Pod is in the books! I’m thrilled to have the great Paul Waldman onboard as my regular co-host.We had a lively conversation about why Trump’s insurrectionist slush fund went bust and corruption as the dominant narrative of the ‘26 cycle. We also talked at length about whether Graham Platner’s personal foibles are sabotaging Dem efforts to pick up a key Senate seat in Maine, and also got into Trump’s Iran debacle and why President Deals has been unable to negotiate his way out of it.If you’d like to support the podcast and ask us questions during future episodes, please consider becoming a paid subscriber to Public Notice if you aren’t one already. The PN Pod goes live every Friday at 2pm eastern. We’ll be back at the same time and same place next week. Until then, we hope you enjoy the show! Get full access to Public Notice at www.publicnotice.co/subscribe