Weekly Roundup: The Midterms Stopped the End of American Democracy
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Summary
The midterms are over, and the results were bigger than almost anyone expected. Brad Onishi and Dan Miller go through the wins, the firsts, and what the results mean for the religious right and the Republican Party.
In this episode:
Why Texas flipping matters, symbolically and for the electoral map
Georgia’s statewide results and what they say about decades of organizing in the face of voter suppression
Why the margin was too big for the “rigged election” and fraud narratives to work
How Trump has responded since Election Day
The first trans and non-binary lawmakers elected in several states
The Republicans leaving office, and the 2028 hopefuls distancing themselves from the Iran war
Why Republicans are going after Pete Hegseth, and what his exit could mean for Doug Wilson’s influence
Whether this is the peak of the Christian nationalist movement, or only a setback
Why the work isn’t finished, including the anti-trans ballot measures that passed in some blue states
Timestamps
00:00 Intro: the blue wave
02:09 Texas
10:18 Georgia and the Reconstruction comparison
22:27 Mississippi and Republicans in crisis
31:11 Trump after the election
33:06 New trans and non-binary lawmakers
37:01 Who’s leaving office
42:39 Generational turnover and the Supreme Court
44:22 What Democrats should do first
46:45 Hegseth, Wilson, and the religious right
58:52 Closing hopes and a note of caution
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Books mentioned:
📕 American Caesar: How Theocrats and Tech Lords Are Turning America into a Monarchy by Brad Onishi — out September 15: https://static.macmillan.com/static/e...
📗 Defying Tyrants: Following Jesus in a World of Christian Antichrists by Matthew D. Taylor — out October 6: https://www.broadleafbooks.com/store/...
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