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September 01, 2026
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Is Trump Trying to Lose the Midterms?

In This Episode

Weeks after a Republican campaign committee called AI data centers the “anchor hanging around” GOP candidates’ necks, Trump weighs in to say that all Americans who oppose data center construction are “backwards and poor” — while he digs in on the trade war with Canada and the hot war with Iran.

 

No wonder a leading Republican senator tells Politico that Trump — and the whole party — are “in serious trouble.” Jon, Lovett, and Tommy try to make sense of Trump’s choices at home and abroad, process the latest from the courts on mail-in voting and the White House ballroom, discuss Abdul El-Sayed’s apology to Michigan’s Jewish community, and react to the latest racist provocation from Laura Loomer.

 

Then, Tommy sits down with Aaron Ford, the Democratic nominee for governor in Nevada.

 

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