Victory & Tragedy

Majority 54

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🗓️ 28 August 2025

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Jason Kander and Ravi Gupta break down the stunning upset in Iowa as Democrat Catelin Drey flips a ruby red state Senate seat with an 11-point margin, ending the GOP’s supermajority and signaling a major warning for Trump’s Republican Party. They analyze what Drey’s victory means for the balance of power in Des Moines, how her message on child care and abortion rights resonated with voters, and why Republicans are scrambling to protect their maps. Kander and Gupta also dive into Trump’s increasingly authoritarian behavior, from embracing the “dictator” label to attempting to fire a Federal Reserve governor, while lying about mortgage records and pointing to foreign autocrats as models for U.S. policy. Plus, they discuss Gavin Newsom’s surge in early 2028 polling, the aging of Congress, and what the California governor’s rise says about the Democratic bench. This and more on the podcast that helps you, the majority of Americans who believe in progress, convince your conservative friends and family to join us—this is Majority 54! Shopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial and start selling today at https://SHOPIFY.com/majority Subscribe to Ravi's Substack: https://realravigupta.substack.com/ Majority 54 on Twitter: https://twitter.com/majority54 Jason on Twitter: https://twitter.com/JasonKander Jason on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jasonkander/ Ravi on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RaviMGupta Ravi on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ravimgupta Ravi on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@LostDebate Remember to subscribe to ALL the MeidasTouch Network Podcasts: MeidasTouch: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/meidastouch-podcast Legal AF: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/legal-af MissTrial: https://meidasnews.com/tag/miss-trial The PoliticsGirl Podcast: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-politicsgirl-podcast The Influence Continuum: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-influence-continuum-with-dr-steven-hassan Mea Culpa with Michael Cohen: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/mea-culpa-with-michael-cohen The Weekend Show: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-weekend-show Burn the Boats: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/burn-the-boats Majority 54: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/majority-54 Political Beatdown: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/political-beatdown On Democracy with FP Wellman: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/on-democracy-with-fpwellman Uncovered: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/maga-uncovered Coalition of the Sane: https://meidasnews.com/tag/coalition-of-the-sane Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	For 30 years, we've been opening doors, opening doors for small businesses and large, opening fully stocked fridges and same-day deliveries, opening birthdays and graduations and new homes and happy tears and new shouldn't-havs, opening ambulances and life-saving support, opening roads that open up cities and countries and continents, opening up the
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0:28.9	dealer today. Democrats flipped an Iowa state Senate seat. They had no business flipping. Trump goes
0:36.5	even more authoritarian. Gavin Newsom is having a
0:39.7	moment. And once we've gone through the politics today, we'll talk about the awful news out of Minnesota.
0:44.6	It's not that anything else is more important, but this story is unfolding. So we're going to give
0:48.9	it another 45 minutes to make sure that we're discussing it with the most up-to-date information.
0:53.1	Welcome back to the podcast
0:54.1	for the 54% of Americans who regularly vote for progress in every election. And when I convince
0:58.5	their friends and family members to join our majority, this is majority 54. Well, Jason, we are often
1:05.4	harping on the doom and gloom in this podcast. And obviously today we were brought even more devastating news. And we'll
1:12.4	get to that. But we also, uh, overnight got some good news for once politically. And I'll read a
1:21.2	tweet. While you were sleeping Iowa Democrat Caitlin Dre flipped a ruby red state Senate seat with a 20
1:27.4	point swing against Trump
1:28.5	breaking the GOP supermajority. If you're wondering why Republicans are rigging maps, this is what
1:36.2	they're afraid of. So I think this is the second seat to flip, and breaking supermajority is no
1:41.4	small feat. It's a huge deal to break a super majority. I mean,
1:46.0	for those who are not aware of what that means, it means particularly in Iowa where there's
1:50.7	currently a Republican governor, it, you know, but there's a, but that Republican governor is not
1:56.9	running for reelection. And you might actually get, you know, a Democratic governor this next time around.
2:03.1	Like, for instance, when the Republicans have a supermajority, it means that if they pass
2:06.6	something really, really terrible and then a Democratic governor vetoes it, they could just
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