Happy Election Day. Depending on where you’re from in the country, this may be the culmination of months of unhinged Dr. Oz candidacy ads popping up on your TV, increasingly desperate pleas from Nancy Pelosi filling your email inbox, and other elements of the wild rigamarole that is the current state of American electoral politics. Today’s results may shift the balance of the Senate toward a Republican majority, opening the possibility of bigger conservative decisions on abortion, economic programs, and more. How did we get here? Did the Democrats make the most of their past few years with a Senate majority, and if not, have they convinced people that renewing their majority will bring about positive change this time?
These are major questions for us to tackle this week with an equally major guest: none other than KK&F show alum Marianne Williamson, who’s joined us in the past to discuss the future of the Democratic Party. Now we have an opportunity to discuss how that future will be shaped by the November 8 midterm election, how the Democrats have ruled during Biden’s admin, and what a Republican majority could look like. We hope you’ll join us to enjoy Marianne’s unique and brilliant perspective on what could be a decisive moment for the future of the Democratic Party.
Krystal and her co-host Saagar are thinking about this exact kind of future on Breaking Points, where you can watch the following analysis of how tonight could mean an upset in favor of the Democrats. Meanwhile, on Secular Talk, Kyle has his own analysis of how tonight’s election will unfold; watch it here. See you Friday if you’re a paying subscriber; everyone else can listen to the full episode when it drops on Spotify, Pandora, Apple Podcasts, and more this Saturday.
They will react exactly the same as they have in every election of my 59 years. They will move more to the right. More war. More cops. More austerity. Until every neo-liberal is dead.
Ÿ̤ Ŭƹ šǒ ŭǒ ŢDž ŤĦǀ ŤĦǑ Ź̙ ų̦ Źř Ť̟Ħ Ţǀ Ŭǐ ŨŎ ŧ̦̔ ŹƩƪ ųǑ ų̥ ŮŴǒǑ ųǑ Ťŕŋ Ůǐ Ŭǀ Ūũ ţů ŭǐ Ţǁ Ūŕʼn Ŭō Ź̙ Ŭǒ ųǃ ŬŎ ŧ̦̔ ŮŪƹ ŗ̦̔ ŹƩƪ ź̗ Ŭō Źř Ť̟Ħ Ŷǁ ŴĦǁ šǒ ŭǒ ŢDž ŶƸ ŤĦǀ ŧĦǁ ŭ̕ Ūǁ, Ű̌̔ Ūũ ţƪ ŭǐ Ūǁ Ťŕũ ŪǑǀ ŷǑ Űʼn, Ť̗Ħ Ŭō ŧǁ ŬDž Ťŕũ Ṳ̙̄ ŗǒǀ Ť̌Ħ Ŷĺ Ÿ̤ ŬĻ šǒ ŭǒ Ť̕ Ūǎ ūǒ ŮƩ ŭƪ ŧ̦̔ Ūʼn ŭŋ ųDž Ź̙ Ŭǒ ųǃ ŬŎ Ŭŵ ŧ̦̔ ŧŕů Ūǁ Ŷǁ ŴĦǁ ŮƩ ŭƪ ŧ̦̔ Ůǐ űʼn ŭŋ ųDž Ťŕũ Ţũ ţō ŤƸǀ ŧǃ ŮŴŵ ŭƪ Ťǐ Ť̌̔Ħ ŧǁ ūǒ ųǑ ų̥ ŮŴǒǑ ųǑ ŧĦǒ Ÿō Ŭō Ť̕ ŮǑ ŮŪƹ Ṳ̄ Ťƫ ŧĦǀ ŹƩƪ Ŵǁ ŤĦ̌̔ Ť̕ ŧĦǑ ŮŪƹ, Źř Ť̟Ħ ŭǐ ŤDž Ţň Ŭǐ Ũň ŧ̦̔ ŹƩƪ Ŵǁ Ť̗Ħ Ŭō ųǐ źǑ ųǑ ų̥ Ť̗Ħ ŮūůŮŪƹ Źř Ťǃ ŭǐ ŤDž Ţň Ŭǐ ŨŎ šǃ, Ůǃ Źř Ťǃ Ŭŵ Ťŕǀ Ůǐ ŭǑ ŧǁ ūǒ ŧ̦̔ ŮǐǑųǑ ŭŋ ŮũŎ, Ť̗Ħ Ŭōšǃ Ţ̗Ħ Ț̌ šǒ ŭǒ Ťŕŋ Ŭǀ Ůŋ ūŕŵň ŧ̦̔ Ūŕʼn ŤLJ ŬDž Űǁ, Űů šǐ ųǀ Ŭǐdž Ŷǁ ŴĦǁ Ť̗Ħ ŧǃ ŶƸ ŤĦǀ ŤĦǑ Ÿ̤ Ŭƹ ūŕŵň ūĦǒǀ ŭǑ ųǑ ų̥ ŮŴǒǑ Ŭ̗ ūǒǀ ŧĦǒ Ŭō Ũů Ūǐ ŭǑ Ť̌̔Ħ Ť̕ ŮǑ, ŪǑǀ ŤĦǀ ŭǑ ŧŕů Ť̥Ħ ŤǑ ųǑ Ůǐdž Ţũ ţō Ť̌̔Ħ Ŵǐ Ţǀ Ṳ̆ ŨŎ ŧ̦̔ ţǐ, Ť̌̔Ħ Ţǁ Ť̙ Ů̌̔ Ũů Ūǐ ŭǑ š̗ ŮūǑǀ źǑ ŤĦǀ ŭǑ Ť̕ ŮǑ Ŭũ, ŸǒǑ ŷǑ Ţũ Ťō Űů Ť̕ Ťŕĺ Ŭō, ŰǑ Ůǐ ŧǁ Ŭũ Ťŕũ Ṳ̙̄ ŗǒǀ Ť̌Ħ Ŭũ Ū̕ Ť̌̔Ħ šǒ ŭǒ Ť̕ Ūǎ Ţũ ţō ţ̕ ţǐ Ť̌̔Ħ Ūũ ţƪ ŭǐ ŧŕů Űʼn ŪǑǀ ŤĦǀ ŭǑ, Ŭŵň ţō Ť̌̔Ħ Ṳ̙̄ Ūŕʼn ųƹ, ţ̦ ţǒ ŭǑ ųƹ š̗ ŮūǑǀ źǑ Ūǁ ŭǐ ŤDž ŪĦǐ, Ţũ ţō ŧ̗ Ť̗Ħ ŧǁ ŮǑ Ť̌̔Ħ ŪǑǀ ŤĦǀ ŭǑ ŷǑ Űʼn Ū̌̔ ŪƸǀ Ŭ̙ Ŭũ Ũĺň ŧ̦̔ ŪĦǐ š̗ ŮūǑǀ źǑ Ťǐ Ť̗Ħ ŭDž ŭŋ Ŭǐ Źǃ ŷǑ Űʼn Ţũ ţō š̗ ŮūǑǀ źǑ Ṳ̙̄ ŗǒǀ Ť̌Ħ Ŵ̦̔ ţǒ Ţŕŵ ŨǑ ŸǑǀ Ťǐ Ÿǐǁ ŭŵ Ťǐ ŧ̦̥Ħ ŴĦǐ Ÿǐǁ Ůǐdž ŪƸ Ÿō Ťŕũ Ū̙ ųǑ ų̥ ŮŴǒǑ Ŷǁ ŴĦǁ Ź̤ ŭǃ ŧǁ ŧǒ ųĺň ŢĦǑŤ̌̔Ħ ŭ̥, ŢǑŸǐ Ŭƹ Űʼn Ŭũ ŭŋ Űǁţ̙ Ť̗Ħ Ŭō, Ţ̗Ħ Ṳ̊̚ Ūƫƪ ŭƪ Ūŕʼn ŢǑ ū̥ ţǑ