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Harry sits down with David A. Graham, Katie Phang, and Maya Wiley to discuss federal agents' on-the-ground escalations and the courts' efforts to rein them in. They then move to the early warnings that Trump may interfere in next year’s midterms before ending with a quick look at some of tomorrow's critical elections. The overlapping question that criss-crosses all 3 topics: how can Americans band together to protect the democracy, and especially to blunt the threat of a far more systematic attempt by Trump than the last time around to interfere in the elections.
Mentioned in this episode:
Amie Barrodale’s Supreme Court satire: https://www.theparisreview.org/fiction/8383/crystal-palace-amie-barrodale
David’s piece in the Atlantic: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/12/2026-midterms-trump-threat/684615/
Maya’s MSNBC piece:
https://www.msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/trump-election-monitors-california-new-jersey-legal-rcna240313
Katie’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@katiephangnews
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