Midterms, Primaries and Get Out the Vote: Send the Blue Dogs to the Pound.
Unf*cking The Republic
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🗓️ 16 April 2022
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Dems are already in the fetal position crying over races they have yet to lose and blaming progressives for losing them. Fuck that. Today we look at three upcoming races (two Senate, one House) that demonstrate how much the landscape has changed for progressives and the importance of primaries. The Democratic establishment is lining up against very capable progressive candidates in key races in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Texas. Two of these races are messy, but hold great promise for the balance of power in the Senate. The third is one that we invite everyone to support because it’s a no-fucking-brainer.
Chapters
Intro: 00:00:28
Prologue: 00:01:23
Battleground- Wisconsin: 00:09:44
Battleground- Pennsylvania: 00:21:30
Battleground- Texas: 00:28:06
Closing Thoughts: 00:31:45
Post Show Musings: 00:35:21
Outro: 00:50:35
Resources
Ballotpedia: United States Senate election in Wisconsin, 2022
Ballotpedia: Alex Lasry
Rolling Stone: Can Justice Democrats Pull Off a Progressive Coup in Congress?
NPR: The top 10 Senate seats that are most likely to flip to the other party
Politico: D.C. Dems get out of frontrunner Fetterman's way in Pennsylvania
The New York Times: John Fetterman, Senate Candidate, Revisits Gun Incident Involving Black Jogger
Ballotpedia: Jessica Cisneros
The New Republic: Georgia Is the Midterm Ground Zero for America’s Political Future
UNFTR Episode Resources
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| 0:26.4 | When the world is a mean and nasty little place |
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| 1:24.4 | Apologies again to our international community of unfuckers as we're going to go parochial once again, |
| 1:29.9 | though this is, after all, unfucking the republic, meaning this fucked republic. |
| 1:35.5 | Fear not, there are lessons to be learned, and as always, it's likely fun to eavesdrop on the |
| 1:40.3 | madness of our electoral politics. Today's Quickey focuses on three important races coming up in the United States. |
| 1:47.1 | Each one paints a different picture of Democratic candidates looking to broaden the ranks of the |
| 1:52.0 | Progressive Caucus. And like many of you, I'm frustrated with the conventional wisdom surrounding |
| 1:57.1 | midterm elections. There's a sense of failure that has already taken hold among |
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