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This Week in Democracy – Week 80: Musk Plans to Spend $100 Million to Help GOP in Midterms and ICE Ramps Up Airport Arrests
Zeteo’s weekly round-up, documenting the growth of authoritarianism in Trump’s second term.
23 mins ago • Team Zeteo
EXCLUSIVE: New Poll Shows Swing District Voters Prefer 'Outsiders' to Boring Centrists
Survey shared with Zeteo has a sample skewed towards Trump voters but shows strong support for Israel is the least appealing candidate trait. Plus, is…
8 hrs ago • Prem Thakker
The Ugly Misogyny of Trump's Movement
MAGA gets lost in the ‘manosphere.’
18 hrs ago • John Harwood
This Black Democratic Socialist Could Be the Next Democrat to Unseat an Incumbent
Donavan McKinney is vying to channel the new surge of socialism in Michigan, and show why Black voters shouldn't be treated as a monolith.
22 hrs ago • Prem Thakker and Team Zeteo
45:48
Blame Elon Musk and Donald Trump for the Out-of-Control Ebola Crisis
Jeremy Konyndyk, who helped lead the U.S. response to the 2014 Ebola outbreak, writes about the deadly consequences DOGE's dismantling of USAID has had…
Jul 30 • Jeremy Konyndyk
First Draft: 📺 Trump Advisers Trash Fox for Nearly Convincing Him to Blow Up the World
Our TV-addled president took the world to the brink of calamity because a bunch of talking heads told him to do it. Their GOP allies, meanwhile, put…
Jul 30 • Asawin Suebsaeng
Why Did Iran Launch a Surprise Attack on U.S. Bases in Jordan?
Tehran is using a risky strategy that's based on the idea that deterrence now requires demonstrating a willingness to accept the risks of total war…
Jul 30 • Trita Parsi
Mamdani Derangement Syndrome: Murdoch Media Lets Its Islamophobic Flag Fly
From Fox to the NY Post and WSJ, the media's embrace of anti-Muslim rhetoric just got worse. Plus, why CBS News staff are telling Zeteo its flagship…
Jul 29 • Justin Baragona
Meet the Comedian Who Was Raised Republican, Then Became One of Mamdani’s Earliest Supporters
Mary Beth Barone joins ‘We’re Not Kidding’ to talk about why establishment Dems “should retire,” whiny male comedians, and why war criminals like…
Jul 29 • Mehdi Hasan and Team Zeteo
35:05
First Draft – EXCLUSIVE: Dem Poll Finds Trump’s Iran War ‘Expanded the Senate Map’
Trump’s war in Iran has cratered his approval on cost of living and created new toss-up races. The president gave one of the war's architects, Lindsey…
Jul 29 • Andrew Perez
Are AIPAC and Haley Stevens... Working Together?
Mehdi explains in this video why it’s no coincidence that AIPAC’s ads look exactly like what pro-Israel candidate Stevens has been asking for, despite…
Jul 28 • Mehdi Hasan and Team Zeteo
3:42
Meet All the New Progressives and Democratic Socialists Heading to Congress
The gravity inside Congress is already poised to radically shift – and the primary season is far from over.
Jul 28 • Prem Thakker
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