What DC Democrats Still Don’t Understand

Watch my latest conversation with David Pakman on the midterm battles driving the Democratic party

This week on Gloves Off, I sat down with David Pakman, one of the longest-running progressive voices on YouTube, for a no-BS conversation about the broken state of the Democratic Party, the wave of insurgent candidates challenging the establishment in the midterms, and the very real threats coming for independent media under this administration.

We started out by discussing the DNC’s very tough few weeks: posting a huge fundraising deficit against the RNC, seeing the lowest party approval numbers ever recorded, and Chair Ken Martin’s bizarre decision to keep the 2024 election autopsy under wraps. We also debate whether Democrats are actually learning the right lessons from Trumpism, why outsider candidates are gaining steam, and how social media platforms are reshaping our democracy in real time.

Watch our full conversation on YouTube here:

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