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DSR's Words Matter

In Search of Optimism About 2026

DSR's Words Matter

Riley Fessler

News, Government

4.62.9K Ratings

🗓️ 23 December 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

It’s been a disastrous year in American politics. Donald Trump is going around naming everything after himself and proclaiming everything is great while the economic realities for millions of Americans continue to sour. Is there anything to be optimistic about as we approach 2026? David Rothkopf and Norm Ornstein take stock of our current situation and look forward to the new year. Looking for More from the DSR Network? Click Here: https://linktr.ee/deepstateradio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:56.9

across America and around the world.

1:00.7

Hello and welcome to DSR's Words Matter this Christmas week.

1:05.4

I'm David Rothkoff, your host, and we're joined by the Christmas elf himself, Norm Ornstein, who's in some sunny climb enjoying the season while tan it.

1:18.6

Right, Norm?

1:20.3

If only.

1:21.7

But it is a sunny climb, I have to say.

1:24.9

I will also say that I am in Florida, but I would not come to Florida if it weren't out of necessity.

1:31.8

Because Florida, I am in a place called Longboat Key, which is right by Sarasoga.

1:38.5

It's a beautiful, beautiful spot, ravaged by the hurricanes last year.

1:43.9

But it's also become the home of the proud boys and

1:46.7

the oath keepers. Michael Flynn lives down here. They actually tried. This is, Longboat Key is this

1:55.0

very narrow spit with the bay on one side and the Gulf on the other. And it's on one road, Gulf of Mexico Drive.

2:06.1

They tried, DeSantis tried, to change every Gulf of Mexico drive to Gulf of America drive.

2:15.4

And this MAGA area, when they heard that they would have to replace all the

2:20.6

signs and raise taxes to do so, said, no thank you. So at least I wouldn't call it a bright

2:29.2

spot because it was all about money. But this remains the Gulf of Mexico Drive.

2:36.5

Well, that was just what he was getting started with the naming thing.

2:41.4

Now he's real John.

2:44.1

Right.

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