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Defending Democracy with Marc Elias

The New Rules for the Post-Trump Era | Brian Tyler Cohen

Defending Democracy with Marc Elias

Democracy Docket

News, Politics

4.9702 Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2026

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Brian Tyler Cohen joins Marc Elias to discuss why an eagerness to fight should be the Democratic Party’s North Star. In this interview, they break down Donald Trump's increasing desperation, the importance of a Democratic media-ecosystem, and Brian's new book, "The Day After: How to Wield Power in a Post-Trump World."


Brian Tyler Cohen — The Day After: How to Wield Power in a Post-Trump World

https://www.harpercollins.com/pages/thedayafter


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00:00 Today’s Guest: Brian Tyler Cohen

00:51 Trump’s Desperation & What Happens Before the Midterms

03:19 Why Republicans Stay Loyal to Trump

07:09 Why Democrats Are Overperforming Right Now

09:28 The Day After: Brian Tyler Cohen’s New Book Explained

13:14 Why Democrats Fail to Use Power Effectively

17:14 The Rise of Progressive Media & Digital Influence

23:34 Why Collaboration Matters in Political Media

27:13 Redistricting Battles & The Fight for the House

38:38 Obama Interview, Viral Moments & Final Takeaways

Transcript

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0:00.0

Donald Trump is desperate and the more he tries to cling to power, well, the more it seems to backfire.

0:05.2

Democrats can win, but the real question is, how far are they willing to go to make that win count?

0:10.6

Today's guest, Brian Tyler Cohn, has been thinking about exactly that.

0:14.4

He's the host of one of the largest political channels on YouTube, and he's got a brand new book

0:18.8

coming out called The Day After, How to Weal Power in a Post-Trump World. In this conversation, we break down the tactics that

0:26.2

Trump and the Republicans are using to undermine free and fair elections. How far they're willing

0:30.7

to go to hold on to power and the concrete blueprint we need to build a strong, vibrant,

0:36.7

and functional democracy. But before we get into it,

0:39.2

Democracy Docket is made possible by viewers like you. To learn how you can support our mission and help

0:44.5

defend democracy, click the link in the description, or go to Democracydugget.com slash YouTube

0:50.1

for more information. Brian Tyler Cohn, welcome back to defending democracy. Mark, thanks for having me.

0:55.0

So we got a lot to cover.

0:57.2

And I want to start with kind of what is going on right now, which is an ever increasingly

1:04.0

desperate White House, a desperate president.

1:06.7

He's very unpopular.

1:07.9

This is something you cover regularly on your YouTube channel and on your

1:13.2

podcast and your substack, all of which I highly recommend. But you talk about this a lot about how

1:19.5

he has gotten more and more unpopular and more desperate. So walk us through where you think

1:25.8

this brings us, right? We're in the spring. We've, you know,

1:29.2

we got midterm elections. What do you think happens between here and there? I mean, I think it's clear

1:34.1

that as we see both his unpopularity rise, as we see all of these metrics on which his popularity is based,

1:41.5

continue to get worse. And I'm talking gas prices, prices

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