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Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar

5/13/26: GOP Midterm Bloodbath, Trump's Oligarch Trip To China, Prof Pape On China Advancing Rapidly

Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar

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Politics, News, Society & Culture, Philosophy, Government

4.310.2K Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2026

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Krystal and Saagar discuss GOP midterm bloodbath, Trump brings oligarchs on China trip, Professor Pape says China is eating our lunch as US empire declines.

 

Andy Browne: https://www.semafor.com/author/andy-browne

Semafor: https://www.semafor.com/vertical/china 

Robert Pape: https://escalationtrap.substack.com/ 

 

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0:02.6

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0:04.1

Hey guys, Saga and Crystal here.

0:06.1

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0:32.4

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0:37.8

So we have some new fairly bombshell reporting from Atlas Intel, which, if I'm not mistaken,

0:43.3

Sagar was the most accurate pollster both in 2020 and in 2024.

0:47.9

So let's go ahead and put this piece up on the screen here with regard to the midterms.

0:53.8

So this is what they call the generic ballot.

0:55.6

They say just like, okay, Democrat versus Republican, not putting specific candidates in.

1:00.5

Who do you prefer? The Democrats are winning here by 14 and a half points on the generic ballot

1:08.0

for the House. That is a shocking margin.

1:13.1

You know, all the concerns, justified concerns about the way maps are being redrawn, et cetera.

1:18.1

Like, you are not, if Democrats are winning the national vote by something approaching 14 points,

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