Surviving Trump. Saving America

Send us Fan Mail Voters delivered a clear verdict on Tuesday. After two years, my work here is done. Surviving Trump · Final episode On Tuesday, voters gave Democrats control of both the House and the Senate, by a wide margin. In this final episode, Bella Goode looks at what voters said and why. She also explains why this is the right moment to sign off. What's in This Episode The results. Democrats won eight of the nine Senate races we followed all season, flipped at least five governor's of...

Send us Fan Mail Democrats lead in the House and in the national mood. The Senate could come down to one state, and turnout will decide it. Overview On the first day of early in-person voting in Michigan, Barack Obama spoke to a packed rally in Detroit. When the crowd booed, he gave the answer he has given for years: "Don't boo. Vote." That is the message of this episode. In the last episode before Election Day, Bella Goode takes stock of where the midterms stand. Democrats lead on almost eve...

Send us Fan Mail Overview No candidate has given this speech yet. I wrote the one I want to hear from Democrats running this fall. The speaker is invented. Every number and every quote is real and on the record. In this episode What voters are paying: tariffs, utility bills, gas prices, and Affordable Care Act premiums that more than doubled for millions of peopleThe jobs picture, and the people behind it: a skate shop owner in New Hampshire and a laid-off worker in North CarolinaThe White Ho...

Send us Fan Mail The federal, state, and local efforts to tilt the 2026 midterms, and the fight to stop them Overview Democrats lead in all nine Senate races that will decide the chamber, and they need just three seats to win the House. When the races are this close, small changes in who votes can decide who controls Congress. Trump can't afford to lose, and his administration and his allies are working to make sure he doesn't. This episode follows those efforts from Washington to your pollin...

Send us Fan Mail We have been fooled before. In 2016, the forecasters gave Hillary Clinton strong odds, and she lost. In 2020, Susan Collins trailed in nearly every public poll in Maine, and she won by almost nine points. Now Democrats lead the polling average in all nine races that will decide the Senate. Most of those leads are within a few points. This episode takes a clear look at the candidates in each race: who they are, where the race stands, each side's strengths and weaknesses, and w...