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Navigating the chaos of today’s politics can be overwhelming —this show helps make sense of it all. In about 30 minutes each week, host Bella Goode breaks down the players, policies, and threats facing democracy — in plain language and straight talk. Your crash course in today’s politics
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Send a text This is the official trailer for Season 2, Series 1: Rigging the Rules. In this series, I examine how elections can be reshaped long before anyone casts a ballot — through gerrymandering, census manipulation, election “integrity” laws, and the weakening of federal safeguards. Follow Surviving Trump to stay informed. Support the show Bella Goode is a pseudonym — but the voice, research, and mission are all real. A Republican turned Democrat advocate in 2016, I was raised by middle ...
Send a text Surviving Trump | Season 2 In Series 1 of Surviving Trump Season 2, Bella Goode investigates how white nationalists protect political power long before Election Day. This series examines gerrymandering, census manipulation, voter suppression laws, proof-of-citizenship requirements, election administration takeovers, and the broader strategy tied to Project 2025. From redistricting maps that lock in outcomes, to census undercounts that reduce representation, to voting rules that m...
Send a text How population data is being reshaped to lock in political power before anyone votes Episode 9 examines the decisions already underway that will shape the 2030 census — changes to leadership, questions, staffing, and funding that determine who is counted, who is missed, and how representation and resources are allocated for an entire decade. This episode explains why census manipulation doesn’t require interfering with elections themselves. The impact comes earlier: by shaping the...
Send a text How Population Data Shapes Political Power — Long Before Anyone Votes Every ten years, the U.S. census quietly determines how political power and public resources are distributed across the country. In Episode 8, Bella Goode explains how the census has become a political target — and why the most consequential fights happen years before the official count begins. This episode breaks down how census manipulation works in practice: pressure on scientific standards, changes to questi...
Send a text Season 2 began by laying out the larger picture: how the policies laid out in Project 2025 are tied to white supremacy and are shaping government decisions. In Episode 6, the podcast moves from that overview to mechanics. This episode explains how redistricting and gerrymandering work, who controls the process, and how election outcomes can be shaped long before anyone votes — even when voters keep voting the same way. What This Episode Covers How congressional districts are creat...
Send a text Episode 6 explained how gerrymandering works. In Episode 7, Bella Goode examines who is driving this strategy, how it connects to Project 2025, and what responses are underway. This episode shifts from mechanics to accountability, explaining how political incentives, legal changes, and demographic pressure make aggressive gerrymandering more likely. What This Episode Covers Who controls map-drawing and why incentives matterHow weakened voting-rights protections affect redistricti...
Send a text In Episode 5 of Season 2 of Surviving Trump, host Bella Goode connects the long history of white supremacy to its modern political expression: Project 2025. This episode closes the foundation series by showing how ideas that once lived in rhetoric and fringe movements are now being written directly into federal policy. Building on the previous episode’s historical overview, Bella explains how white supremacy has adapted over time. When openly racist laws became unacceptable, the i...
Send a text In Episode 4 of Season 2 of Surviving Trump, host Bella Goode traces a straight line through American history to show that white supremacy did not reappear under Donald Trump—it adapted. From the first slave codes in colonial Virginia to Jim Crow, redlining, “law and order,” and today’s “election integrity” and “replacement” politics, the same hierarchy has been rebuilt again and again. The language changes. The goal does not. Each time democracy expands, new terms and new strateg...
Send a text In Episode 3 of Season 2 of Surviving Trump, host Bella Goode examines the demographic data underneath the fear driving Trump’s second-term agenda and Project 2025. The question is straightforward: is the panic about demographic change grounded in reality — or is it being weaponized to justify authoritarian power? Building on earlier episodes, Bella returns to the season’s core argument: Trump and his allies are using the machinery of government to preserve White political dominan...
Send a text Episode Summary In Episode 2 of Season 2 of Surviving Trump, host Bella Goode examines the psychology driving Trump’s second-term agenda and Project 2025. This episode explains why fear — not economic hardship — is the force binding the MAGA movement and sustaining its political power. Building on Episode 1’s core argument that Trump’s second term is focused on preserving White political dominance, Bella introduces two concepts from political psychology that explain why this strat...
Send a text Season Two of Surviving Trump examines the coordinated effort behind Trump's second term and the role of Project 2025 in reshaping American democracy and political power. Support the show Bella Goode is a pseudonym — but the voice, research, and mission are all real. A Republican turned Democrat advocate in 2016, I was raised by middle class parents in Pennsylvania. I’m a former marketing executive, entrepreneur, and lifelong learner with an MBA from Wharton and a Master’s ...
Send a text In this bonus episode launching Season Two of Surviving Trump, host Bella Goode names the ideology beneath the policies, chaos, and power consolidation of Trump’s second term. Season Two begins with a central hypothesis: fear of demographic change has become fear of losing power — and that fear is now reshaping governance in the United States. This episode deepens that hypothesis by identifying the moral worldview giving it direction. Drawing from a recent column by Robert Reich, ...
Send a text Episode Summary Season 2 of Surviving Trump begins with a clear question: Is the chaos of Donald Trump’s second term accidental, or is it intentional? In this episode, host Bella Goode explains why the daily flood of executive orders, court fights, immigration raids, and power grabs should not be seen as random. She argues that these actions are connected—and that they all point to a single goal: preserving White political dominance in a country that is rapidly changing. What This...
Send a text In this bonus episode of Surviving Trump, Bella Goode closes out Season 1 — a year of straight talk about what’s happening inside our government, who’s driving the agenda, and how those decisions affect everyday Americans. Over 56 episodes, this season broke down Trump’s second-term plans with a singular mission: expose the unqualified people running his administration and the egregious actions and policies shaping the future. Season 1 covered: the Pillars of Democracy (5 ep...
Send a text Episode Summary Welcome to Surviving Trump. I’m Bella Goode. This is the first episode in a new five-part series on Project 2025 — a sweeping plan already reshaping the U.S. government from the inside out. Drafted by the Heritage Foundation and backed by more than 100 right-wing organizations, Project 2025 is not a theory. It’s a 900-page blueprint for dismantling the federal system as we know it — eliminating checks and balances, replacing public servants with ideological loyalis...
Send a text Episode Summary In Episode 28, Bella Goode lays out a bold and urgent strategy to fight back against Trump’s second-term agenda and the authoritarian blueprint known as Project 2025. After covering the MAGA base, the donor class, and the fractured opposition in previous episodes, this one delivers something different — a clear, coordinated plan of action. It's called the Democracy Defense Plan (DDP), and it’s more than messaging. It’s infrastructure, execution, and survival. This ...
Send a text Episode Summary: In Part Three of our four-part series on Donald Trump’s first 100 days of his second term, we’re shifting perspectives to examine how anti-Trump voices are responding to his chaotic and controversial return to power. For Trump’s critics — from journalists and activists to everyday Americans — these 100 days are not just a rocky start but a dangerous turning point. From executive overreach to economic fallout, from mass deportations to media crackdowns, we explore ...
Send a text Episode Summary: In the second instalment of our four-part series examining Trump’s first 100 days, Episode 26 of Surviving Trump explores the intense loyalty of the MAGA base — the voters who see Trump not just as a political leader but as a personal champion. We dive into the cultural, emotional, and economic drivers of this loyalty and why, despite economic uncertainty and political chaos, Trump’s most fervent supporters remain more committed than ever. We also examine how righ...
Send a text Episode Summary: In the first of a four-part series examining Donald Trump’s second-term first 100 days, Episode 25 of Surviving Trumptakes us into the minds of the Wealth Protectors — the high-income donors, corporate executives, and conservative insiders who see Trump as a powerful tool to protect their interests and expand their influence. This episode unpacks how these elites view Trump as a strategic asset, a bulldozer clearing a path for profit and deregulation. We examine...
Send a text Episode Summary: Some of the most powerful figures in Trump’s national security circle don’t hold formal titles. They don’t lead federal agencies or appear in press briefings — but their influence is vast. In Part One of this episode, we meet the "whisperers" behind Trump’s authoritarian shift: Stephen Miller, Russell Vought, Ric Grenell, and Peter Navarro. In Part Two, we dive into Signalgate — a stunning security breach where top officials coordinated a military strike usi...
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