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
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
Interview:
