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Siliconsciousness: Is AI Moving Too Fast for Government or Media to Keep Up? Oct 23, 2026

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The midterms are just over a week away and for the first time, artificial intelligence will play a major role in motivating voters. Data centers have become a major point of concern across party and state lines. Jeff Jarvis joins David Rothkopf to ask the question: is AI too quick for our government and media to hold accountable? As oligarchs and major companies move to self-regulate, the answer is sobering.

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The Daily Blast: Dimwit Trump Praise of Vile Ramaswamy Ad Backfires as GOP Panic Erupts Oct 23, 2026

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In dense and convoluted remarks, Donald Trump defended that disgusting ad in the Ohio gubernatorial race. The ad from Republican Vivek Ramaswamy featured the mother of Democrat Amy Acton calling her a liar. But it quickly emerged that Acton was apparently raped by her step-father, the mother’s husband. The move backfired spectacularly, as numerous Republicans, including Ohio governor Mike DeWine strongly condemned the ad and GOP panic over the race erupted. Even MAGA appears divided. We talked to Jim Swift, a senior editor at The Bulwark, who wrote a good piece on this fiasco. We discuss the deeper reasons Ramaswamy decided this ad would energize the MAGA base, how it could cost Republicans the Ohio gubernatorial and Senate contests, and what this ugly saga says about the depravity of Late-Stage MAGA and the growing mainstream backlash to it.

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Words Matter: Ignore America’s Young Voters at Your Peril Oct 22, 2026

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The 52nd Harvard Youth Poll makes it clear: America’s young voters demand change. Corruption and political polarization have jaded America’s youth, but there are even more reasons to be optimistic about America’s future in the hands of this massive voting bloc. Norm Ornstein and David Rothkopf return to break down the poll’s findings and share why the key to winning elections lies in winning over the hearts of youth voters.

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NTK: America’s Young Voters Demand to Be Heard Oct 22, 2026

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Harvard Kennedy School just released its 52nd Harvard Youth Poll and the results are striking: Americans are increasingly losing faith in the promise of a better future. America is at a crossroads with its youth, who are grappling with political and economic disillusionment yet still striving for meaningful change. What does this polling tell us about America’s future? John Della Volpe,Director of Polling at the Harvard Kennedy School's Institute of Politics, joins David Rothkopf to discuss the revelations from their latest poll.

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DSR Daily October 22: US and Israel Prepare for Fresh Attacks on Iran Oct 22, 2026

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On the DSR Daily for Thursday, we break down reports of a new attack on Iran after the midterms, Meta paying out a historic $25 billion in New Mexico, Trump’s plans to begin construction on his arch soon, and more.

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The Daily Blast: Trump Blurts Out Bizarre Election-Theft Admission as Polls Bottom Out Oct 22, 2026

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Donald Trump just unleashed a panicky string of posts—see here, here, here, and here—in which he frantically urged Republicans to vote by mail early. Amusingly, this comes after he told Republicans for months that mail-balloting is fraudulent to pass his SAVE America Act. Now that his efforts to nix vote-by-mail have flopped, he’s prodding Republicans to adopt it—effectively admitting his attacks on vote-by-mail were a scam to help him rig the election. Mail voting is an essential piece of pre-election-day voting, so his “fraud” nonsense could be discouraging GOP early voting, too. So what does the data say? To find out, we talked to Michael McDonald, who tracks the early vote at the UF Election Lab and on his Substack. He explains why the data suggests Democrats and independents are far more energized than Republicans, what we can extrapolate from it about the election, and how Trump screwed himself on early-vote-by-mail. We also discuss the latest New York Times poll showing Democrats leading by 11 points and Trump at a new low, which suggests the bottom is falling out for him.

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Thanks to Trump and Putin the Risk Russia Poses Is Only Likely to Grow Oct 21, 2026

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"Keep your friends close and your enemies closer." Or is it keep your enemies close and kick your friends to the curb? The Trump administration certainly seems to think the latter when it comes to Ukraine. Between a lifeline deal to buy Russian diesel and Steve Witkoff calling Putin a "humanitarian," it is clear this administration has a fondness for Moscow and contempt for just about everyone else. Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Senior Fellow and Director of the Transatlantic Security Program at CNAS, joins Rosa Brooks and David Rothkopf to discuss why this pivot to Russia is so dangerous—not just for Ukraine, but for the U.S. as well.

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DSR Daily October 21: Trump Official Praises Putin as American Freed in Russia Oct 21, 2026

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On the DSR Daily for Wednesday, we cover Steve Witkoff’s praise for Putin, Trump’s approval hitting record lows, Trump’s $8 billion support program for farmers, and more.

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The Daily Blast: Abdul El-Sayed’s Viral Takedown of GOP Heckler Shows How to Fight MAGA Oct 21, 2026

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With less than two weeks until Election Day, the Michigan Senate race is more or less on a knife’s edge. Amid all this, Democrat Abdul El-Sayed has had some hugely viral moments lately, tangling with a MAGA plant over a question about the Muslim Brotherhood and battling with JD Vance over the vice president’s vile attacks on him. We think El-Sayed is developing an interesting way of doing politics that seems attuned to the information wars of the Trump era. Will it work in a swingy state that’s coming down to the wire? We talked to El-Sayed about the state of the race, the affordability crisis, his high-profile viral battles, and how it all reflects his deeper theory of politics in the Trump-MAGA era.

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DSR Daily October 20: Justice Department SUES California as War on Voting Escalates Oct 20, 2026

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On the DSR Daily for Tuesday, we discuss the Justice Department suing California, Trump using an anti-Semitic slur (again), the administration holding up Patriot missiles for Ukraine, and more.

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