Episode Details

Today on Nobody Knows Anything, Rob and Jesse break down the halfway point of Trump-a-palooza, the RNC's Trump-branded midterm convention, and ask why vulnerable Republicans like Mike Lawler are lining up to be seen next to a president who's deeply underwater in his own party's target states. They dig into the GOP's $49 million midterm ad blitz, the states where Republicans are playing defense versus quietly writing off the map, and whether any candidate can actually escape Trump's unpopularity this cycle.

From there, they turn to Texas, where Ken Paxton's AI-generated attack ad against James Talarico reignites the debate over deepfakes in political advertising—Rob and Jesse spar over where the line sits between satire and deception, and whether Congress should step in. That leads into the week's biggest AI story: an Anthropic alignment researcher's viral resignation and warnings about existential risk, which Rob and Jesse use to unpack the industry's murky safety debate, the odds of a catastrophic AI event forcing Washington's hand, and why neither party seems ready to legislate any of it.

Back on the campaign trail, they cover Chris Pappas' surprisingly competitive Senate race against John Sununu in New Hampshire and why Democrats are quietly nervous about a state that wasn't supposed to be in play. Then it's a 2028 whip-around covering Gavin Newsom's swing through the South, Wes Moore's not-quite-a-denial about his future plans, and J.B. Pritzker's new $20 million PAC targeting vulnerable House Republicans. Finally, Rob and Jesse close out with Stock Up, Stock Down, crowning campaign merch's latest questionable trend and delivering a definitive verdict on Vivek Ramaswamy's batting cage form.

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