The Readback: Senate Dems face a tough map

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🗓️ 16 August 2025

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Anna and Jake take the reins of the Readback Podcast this week to talk about the tricky map Senate Democrats will face next year. Plus, the results of the Scoop of the Year poll and a dispatch from the Punchbowl News Cornhole Tournament. Want more in-depth daily coverage from Congress? ⁠Subscribe⁠ to our free Punchbowl News AM newsletter at ⁠punchbowl.news. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Ah, Benny's parents, thanks for coming.
0:02.3	Hiya.
0:02.9	So, Benny has really blossomed this term.
0:05.6	You're telling me, he outgrew his bike. We sold it, on eBay.
0:09.6	Oh, that's not quite what I meant.
0:11.1	It's free to sell on there.
0:12.3	Free to sell?
0:13.4	Easy too. Sold Benny's bike, your guitar, my jacket.
0:16.8	You sold my guitar?
0:19.9	Shall we talk about Benny?
0:22.1	When it's this easy to sell for free,
0:24.3	you can't help but say you when it's eBay.
0:26.7	Things people love.
0:28.0	T's and C's Apply, Exclused vehicles. Welcome to the Readback podcast. I am Jake Sherman.
0:45.4	And I am Anna Palmer. Surprise.
0:48.0	This is unfamiliar territory for me and Anna. But in August, we have a lot of people who take vacations as they should with, I mean,
0:57.3	God, famous last words with Congress relatively quiet, Anna.
1:01.3	No one's in town.
1:02.5	It's hot.
1:03.3	Don't see that.
1:04.2	That's when things happen.
1:05.9	It's surprising to nobody.
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