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This Week in Democracy – Week 95: Trump White House Threatens to Charge Dems If They Investigate Admin
Zeteo’s weekly round-up, documenting the growth of authoritarianism in Trump’s second term.
3 hrs ago • Team Zeteo
Debunked! Mehdi Dismantles the Myth of Progressive ‘Underperformance’ in the Midterms
Watch Zeteo’s editor-in-chief bring the receipts, with eight reasons why centrist Dems have the narrative all wrong and why progressives and progressive…
8 hrs ago • Mehdi Hasan and Team Zeteo
10:02
There Was No ‘Liberation’ of Afghanistan
Twenty-five years after Kabul fell to the Northern Alliance and its American backers, Afghans remember a liberation that turned into a looting, and a…
13 hrs ago • Emran Feroz
First Draft: Here’s How the Blue Tsunami Could End the Electoral College
Plus: it’s official! Chris Van Hollen is challenging Chuck Schumer for the post of Senate Majority Leader. LFG!
17 hrs ago • Mehdi Hasan
The Free Press’s El-Sayed Derangement Syndrome Comes Back to Bite It
Bari Weiss’s anti-woke blog’s obsession with Abdul El-Sayed screams of Islamophobia. Meanwhile, a story from her CBS News caused an internal fight.
Nov 13 • Justin Baragona
Here’s How Right-Wingers Packed the Courts Well Before Trump
Crooked and MSNOW’s Alex Wagner talks to Mehdi about her new book and the conservatives’ decades-long plan to take over SCOTUS - and whether Trump will…
Nov 12 • Mehdi Hasan and Team Zeteo
21:25
Sex Crimes, Lies, War, Money: MAGA’s 2026 ‘Self-Immolation’ Keeps Getting Worse
Trump’s Republican Party and MAGA movement have been eating each other alive ever since their devastating midterm losses. The partywide blame games and…
Nov 12 • Asawin Suebsaeng and Andrew Perez
First Draft: Is Ayanna Pressley About to Challenge Hakeem Jeffries for Speaker?
The Squad member launches a petition about what Dems’ agenda should be, while progressives launch a petition to get her to run. Plus, Pete Hegseth…
Nov 12 • Martin Pengelly
‘The Future Is F*ck You Politics’ – Jennifer Welch and Mehdi on the Midterms, Schumer & Jeffries, and… Charlie Kirk
The co-host of the popular ‘I’ve Had It’ podcast returns to WNK for a midterms victory lap – and offers her opinion on whether the Democratic Party…
Nov 11 • Mehdi Hasan and Team Zeteo
52:45
The Dems Won Big. Now What Do They Do?
After smothering MAGA in the midterms, congressional Democrats must set their priorities, from addressing affordability to pursuing accountability. What…
Nov 10 • John Harwood
Jensen Huang’s Affair Isn’t the Only Reason the U.S. Is Losing Ground to China in the Tech War
The Nvidia boss’s tryst with a suspected Chinese spy has prompted fears of a major breach of corporate secrets, but China has been gaining on its rival…
Nov 10 • Grace Blakeley
First Draft: Run, Chris, Run!
Prem gives the case for Chris Van Hollen to become Senate majority leader, as Neera Tanden plays one of Democrats’ favorite hits: ‘It's not a time to…
Nov 10 • Prem Thakker
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