Episode Details

Wisconsin Democrats narrowly stop DSA candidate Francesca Hong while Peggy Flanagan cruises to victory in Minnesota. The fellas breaks down the socialist movement’s evolving strategy, Abdul El-Sayed’s football problem, foreign money flowing into U.S. political groups, and a round of one of our favorite games, Hard Pivot. Plus, Jayme Franklin joins to discuss her viral White House moment and the internet conspiracy theories that followed. #RuthlessPodcast #DSA #Wisconsin #Minnesota #Politics

00:01:59 Francesca Hong Falls Short in Wisconsin’s Democratic Primary

00:09:55 Peggy Flanagan Wins Minnesota’s Democratic Senate Primary

00:15:56 Michele Tafoya Wins Minnesota’s Republican Senate Primary

00:17:03 Steve Kornacki Gets Stumped by Wisconsin’s Missing Election Results

00:19:19 Did the DSA Actually Benefit From Francesca Hong Losing?

00:24:35 Jayme Franklin on Her Viral White House Moment

00:26:55 The Internet’s Bizarre Trump Conspiracy Theory

00:31:34 How Online Conspiracy Culture Took Over Politics

00:37:25 DSA Leader Struggles to Explain a World Without Jails

00:40:19 Gavin Newsom Brands Himself an Establishment Insurgent

00:43:43 Abdul El-Sayed Calls Football Toxic Masculinity

00:49:13 Foreign Money Floods U.S. Political Nonprofits

00:53:48 Hard Pivot Returns

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