Day: November 2, 2026

The Importance of Abdul El Sayed’s US Senate Victory in Michigan

We begin with the erratic behavior of Congresswoman Haley Stevens who after endorsing her rival Adbul El Sayed, who won the primary against her, has suddenly endorsed the Republican for US Senate in Michigan Mike Rogers. Joining us is Andy Levin, a former Michigan congressman who was elected in the same 2018 Blue Wave and was defeated by Haley Stevens later in the 2022 primary with help from a lot of AIPAC money. He is an American union organizer, human rights activist, attorney and politician who served as the U.S. representative from Michigan’s 9th congressional district from 2019 to 2023. Previously, he served as deputy director and acting director of Michigan’s Department of Energy, Labor & Economic Growth, and as Michigan’s first chief workforce officer, and in the Clinton administration, he worked in Secretary of Labor Robert Reich’s office to fend off Speaker Newt Gingrich’ efforts to weaken worker protections and served as staff attorney for the president’s Commission on the Future of Worker-Management Relations.

How Trump Revived and Rescued the Democratic Party

Then we assess Trump’s closing remarks at of all places, the scene of his crime of cheapskate incompetence, the reflecting pool. Joining us is Jacob Heilbrunn, the Editor at the National Interest and a non-resident senior fellow at The Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center and a columnist for The Spectator. His books include They Knew They Were Right: The Rise of the Neocons and America Last: The Right’s Century-Long Romance with Foreign Dictators. He is also editor-at-large of The Jerusalem Strategic Tribune and his latest article at The Spectator is “What Explains Haley Stevens’s ‘Despicable Betrayal’ of Abdul El Sayed?“

The Director of the University of Florida’s Election Lab Who Has Provided the Media With the Latest on Voting So Far

Then finally we speak with Dr. Michael McDonald, a Professor of Political Science at University of Florida and the Director of the University of Florida’s Election Lab. His latest book is From Pandemic to Insurrection: Voting in the 2020 US Presidential Election and he does regular voting analysis of the 2026 elections for the US Election Project at michaelmcdonald.substack.com where he has been providing the media with the latest information on voting so far in this election.