Can Democrats Actually Sweep the Midterms? SUBSCRIBE 👉 @podsaveamerica SUBSCRIBE 👉 @RunawayCountrywithAlexWagner JD Vance begs voters to give the White House "another chance" as a series of new polls show a political environment even more favorable to Democrats than the one that propelled the blue wave in 2018. Jon, Dan, and Alex break down how much "hopium" we should be huffing, a new ad from a Florida Republican breaking with Trump on immigration, and whether unexpectedly close Senate races in Minnesota and New Hampshire should have Democrats worried. They dive into JD Vance's advice to AI companies to simply stop "building Frankenstein" and unpack Trump's fixation on demolishing the Kennedy Center if he's not allowed to name it after himself. Alex talks about her new book, "The Steal: Four Right-Wing Hard-Liners, One Republican Presidency, and the Raid on America's Courts," which follows the conservative movement's deliberate takeover of the American judicial system. Then, Dan Osborn, the independent candidate for Senate in Nebraska, stops by the studio to talk to Jon about his campaign against Pete Ricketts. CHECK OUT OUR SPONSORS SIMPLISAFE: https://www.simplisafe.com/CROOKED TOMMY JOHN: https://www.tommyjohn.com Code: CROOKED ZIPRECRUITER: https://www.ziprecruiter.com/CROOKED SQUARESPACE: https://www.squarespace.com/CROOKED COOKUNITY: https://www.cookunity.com/crooked CODE: CROOKED BLINDS.COM: https://www.blinds.com CODE: CROOKED CHAPTERS 0:00 - Intro & Alex's new book 3:10 - Trump's horrible economy 13:27 - The blue wave is coming 16:13 - Ad break 18:49 - Blue wave cont. 27:42 - Trump shut down by SCOTUS 35:05 - A.I. regulations 42:53 - Ad break 45:16 - A.I. in the polls 54:01 - Trump Vs. The Kennedy Center 1:02:41 - Ad break 1:05:28 - Dan Osborn Join this channel to get access to perks like ad-free episodes and exclusive videos: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKRoXz3hHAu2XL_k3Ef4vJQ/join Head to CrookedCon.com for tickets, lineup announcements, and more! http://crookedcon.com/ For a transcript of an episode of Pod Save America, please email transcripts@crooked.com. Subscribe to our channel! https://www.youtube.com/crookedmedia?sub_confirmation=1 Photos courtesy of AP Photo Archive Crooked believes that we need a better conversation about politics, culture, and the world around us—one that doesn’t just focus on what’s broken, but what we can do to fix it. At a time when it’s increasingly easy to feel cynical or hopeless, former Obama staffers Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett, and Tommy Vietor have created a place where people can have sane conversations that inform, entertain, and inspire action. In 2017 they started Crooked with Pod Save America—a no-bullshit conversation about politics. Since then, we continue to add shows, voices, and opportunities for activism, because it’s up to all of us to do our part to build a better world. That’s it. End of mission. Learn more about Crooked at http://www.crooked.com Follow the pod on Twitter https://twitter.com/podsaveamerica Follow Crooked on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/CrookedMedia/ Follow Crooked on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/crookedmedia/