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Next Up with Mark Halperin

New Details on Biden Decline Cover Up, Final Mamdani NYC Election Forecast, Plus: Ro Khanna 2028?

Next Up with Mark Halperin

MK Media

News, Daily News, Politics

4.6 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 30 October 2025

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

Mark opens today’s episode with a new reported monologue on one of the most consequential stories of this century: how senior Biden officials attempted to cover up the president’s cognitive decline—and how the Dominant Media was complicit in that effort. Drawing on newly released testimony from top administration officials, he examines how threats, denial, and silence shaped coverage before the 2024 election, and why the lack of accountability continues to plague both political and media institutions, deepening the public’s distrust. Then, Representative Ro Khanna joins to discuss how to restore faith in the American Dream. The Silicon Valley Democrat weighs in on the economy, the shutdown’s impact, and how the Left can reconnect with working-class voters. Plus, is Khanna 2028 on the horizon? Finally, Mark speaks with New York Post journalists Rikki Schlott and Lydia Moynihan, along with Alex Seitz-Wald, Deputy Editor of the MidCoast Villager in Maine. They analyze shifting voter sentiment ahead of Tuesday’s elections and the rise of Democratic figures Zohran Mamdani and Graham Platner—and unpack why local media remains vital for holding power accountable, rebuilding community trust, and understanding the nation’s political mood. Forward Mobile: Help protect the American vaping industry before it’s too late! Visit https://vaportechnology.org Unplugged: Switching is simple, Visit https://Unplugged.com/Mark and order your UP phone today! Chapter: For free and unbiased Medicare help, dial 262-454-0503 or go to https://askchapter.org/mark Disclaimer: Chapter and its affiliates are not connected with or endorsed by any government entity or the federal Medicare program. Chapter Advisory, LLC represents Medicare Advantage HMO, PPO, and PFFS organizations and standalone prescription drug plans that have a Medicare contract. Enrollment depends on the plan’s contract renewal. While we have a database of every Medicare plan nationwide and can help you to search among all plans, we have contracts with many but not all plans. As a result, we do not offer every plan available in your area. Currently we represent 50 organizations which offer 18,160 products nationwide. We search and recommend all plans, even those we don't directly offer. You can contact a licensed Chapter agent to find out the number of products available in your specific area. Please contact Medicare.gov, 1-800-Medicare, or your local State Health Insurance Program (SHIP) to get information on all your options.

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0:00.0

Hey everybody, welcome back.

0:04.0

Mark Halpern here, all the nexters from all across the globe,

0:07.0

convening together here in one happy place on a Thursday.

0:10.0

Thank you for being here.

0:11.0

I'm Mark Kalprin, editor-in-chief of the interactive video platform two-way

0:15.0

and your host here to everything.

0:17.0

Next up, my exclusive reporting analysis, great conversations,

0:20.0

the new stories that matter most of all.

0:23.4

With us today, Roe Kana, Democratic Congressman from California, someone who's pondering, running for

0:28.3

president and has been at the center of a lot of the most important hot issues, the Epstein

0:33.7

Files and Israel and all sorts of things.

0:36.2

So Congressman Kana will be back with us today

0:38.4

here on our 50th episode, a bit of an anniversary. And then a great panel of reporters to talk about

0:43.8

elections coming up presently and soon. My two friends from the New York Post who I'll be doing

0:49.6

election night coverage with on two-way, Ricky Schlaught, columnist and reporter at the New York Post,

0:54.0

and Lydia Moynihan, also of Schlaught, columnist and reporter at the New York Post,

0:59.2

and Lydia Moynihan, also of the post, a columnist and reporter there.

1:04.0

And then to talk about the incredible story of the Senate race in Maine,

1:06.1

Alex Seitzwold will be here.

1:11.7

He left national media to be the deputy editor of something called the Midcoast Villager up in Maine. And he's been covering the heck out of this Platiner story. And so he'll be here in just a moment. The three

1:16.9

of them will be and we'll talk politics. That'll be fun. But first, next up is my reported monologue.

1:23.1

That'll be coming up right after this. Stay with us. Don't go away. Everything's coming next up.

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