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Bonus - Dead End Democrats w/ Ross Barkan (Preview)

September 28, 2025

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Danny and Derek talk with writer Ross Barkan about his new essay collection Fascism or Genocide. They get into the “uncommitted” revolt during the 2024 primary and what that says about the Democratic Party’s failures, the decline of party elites from the Hillary coronation in 2016 to Biden’s cognitive decline, generational change inside the party like Zoran Mamdani, Democrats resistance to their own base, Trump’s enduring but limited appeal, the failures of “woke” politics to build lasting institutions, and the need for a future progressive president to wield executive power as ruthlessly as the right does.

Ross’s Substack Political Currents.

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