Skip to content
Artwork for Ruthless Podcast
Ruthless Podcast · August 13 · 1 hr 13 min

Socialism IMPLODES in Wisconsin

Wisconsin Democrats narrowly stop DSA candidate Francesca Hong while Peggy Flanagan cruises to victory in Minnesota. The fellas breaks down the socialist movement’s evolving strategy, Abdul El-Sayed’s football problem, foreign money flowing into U.S. political groups, and a round of one of our favorite games, Hard Pivot. Plus, Jayme Franklin joins to discuss her viral White House moment and the internet conspiracy theories that followed. #RuthlessPodcast #DSA #Wisconsin #Minnesota #Politics 00:01:59 Francesca Hong Falls Short in Wisconsin’s Democratic Primary 00:09:55 Peggy Flanagan Wins Minnesota’s Democratic Senate Primary 00:15:56 Michele Tafoya Wins Minnesota’s Republican Senate Primary 00:17:03 Steve Kornacki Gets Stumped by Wisconsin’s Missing Election Results 00:19:19 Did the DSA Actually Benefit From Francesca Hong Losing? 00:24:35 Jayme Franklin on Her Viral White House Moment 00:26:55 The Internet’s Bizarre Trump Conspiracy Theory 00:31:34 How Online Conspiracy Culture Took Over Politics 00:37:25 DSA Leader Struggles to Explain a World Without Jails 00:40:19 Gavin Newsom Brands Himself an Establishment Insurgent 00:43:43 Abdul El-Sayed Calls Football Toxic Masculinity 00:49:13 Foreign Money Floods U.S. Political Nonprofits 00:53:48 Hard Pivot Returns Advertise on the Progrum: Ads@RuthlessPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

0:00-1:13:27

transcript

No transcript — this publisher did not publish one.

show notes

Wisconsin Democrats narrowly stop DSA candidate Francesca Hong while Peggy Flanagan cruises to victory in Minnesota. The fellas breaks down the socialist movement’s evolving strategy, Abdul El-Sayed’s football problem, foreign money flowing into U.S. political groups, and a round of one of our favorite games, Hard Pivot. Plus, Jayme Franklin joins to discuss her viral White House moment and the internet conspiracy theories that followed. #RuthlessPodcast #DSA #Wisconsin #Minnesota #Politics

00:01:59 Francesca Hong Falls Short in Wisconsin’s Democratic Primary

00:09:55 Peggy Flanagan Wins Minnesota’s Democratic Senate Primary

00:15:56 Michele Tafoya Wins Minnesota’s Republican Senate Primary

00:17:03 Steve Kornacki Gets Stumped by Wisconsin’s Missing Election Results

00:19:19 Did the DSA Actually Benefit From Francesca Hong Losing?

00:24:35 Jayme Franklin on Her Viral White House Moment

00:26:55 The Internet’s Bizarre Trump Conspiracy Theory

00:31:34 How Online Conspiracy Culture Took Over Politics

00:37:25 DSA Leader Struggles to Explain a World Without Jails

00:40:19 Gavin Newsom Brands Himself an Establishment Insurgent

00:43:43 Abdul El-Sayed Calls Football Toxic Masculinity

00:49:13 Foreign Money Floods U.S. Political Nonprofits

00:53:48 Hard Pivot Returns


Advertise on the Progrum: Ads@RuthlessPodcast.com

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

links1