Josh & Joe are joined by Layla A. Jones to talk about Scott Colom’s win in Mississippi and the many ways in which it’s significant, historic, and simply interesting. What does it mean for the future of the senate? Future of Mississippi? They also talk about Josh K’s latest feature
Kate and Josh talk about the triumph of Senator-Elect Scott Colom (D-MS), Democratic leadership squabbles and Kate’s reporting on what went wrong with the Montana Senate race.
The TPM Show’s Kate and Josh and TPM Social Club’s Joe and other Josh meet up to talk about a generational night for Democrats.
Josh and Joe are joined by Alaskan journalist Matt Acuña Buxton to discuss all the drama emanating from the far northwest. What’s going on with the Dan(s) Sullivan? What do Alaskans think of Mary Peltola? How about all those Alaska shows? Plug your car in so it doesn’t freeze and settle in for a good one.
Kate and Josh assess the election threat landscape and pearl-clutch over Obama’s MAJOR faux pas.
Josh and Joe are back in the Social Club for another episode. This week they are discussing some of the Trump administrations more authoritarian moves, such as National Security Presidential Memorandum-17, raiding Representative Ilhan Omar’s home, and other intimidation tactics. As Josh says, it feels like we’re in the early innings of authoritarianism. So we also talked about the World Series.
Kate and Josh talk some of the last polls of the cycle, a repulsive new ad from the Vivek Ramaswamy campaign and the persecution of Ilhan Omar.
Correction: While discussing the fall out over the Ramaswamy/Amy Acton ad, Kate and Josh misstated the outcome of Acton’s stepfather’s case. He was indicted by a grand jury, but because he fled his case never went to trial.
Justin Miller, News and Politics Editor for the Texas Observer, joins to discuss all things Texas politics – the invincible Henry Cuellar, the upcoming fates of Greg Abbott and Ken Paxton, and why the state’s agriculture and railroad commissions play such big roles in areas that have nothing to do with their names.
Kate and Josh discuss Kimberly Guilfoyle’s fall from grace, the new White House press secretary’s debut and a baffling conspiracy theory around James Talarico’s illness.
Josh and Joe are joined by Dr. Alex Washburne, a mathematical biologist who studies and writes about many things, most notably how pathogens can be manipulated and spread. We discuss reports of a possible plague outbreak in Siberia, the theory of COVID’s origins lying in a lab leak, how easy it is to make mice glow green, and more.