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Israel First - Americans Last: This is Chuck Schumer Aug 13, 2026

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Pair that with Jon Stewart's interview of John Fetterman, where Stewart calmly walked him to the admission that support for Israel is the line. Agreement on nearly everything else does not matter if a Democrat breaks on that one.

Meanwhile Zohran Mamdani ran on affordability and taxing the rich and won. That is the pattern across these races, and it keeps getting explained as anything other than candidates listening to voters.

Then Wisconsin. Francesca Hong lost a very close primary to David Crowley, who would be the first Black governor in the state's history. Hawk's frustration is with the response already appearing in comments, that the winner now has to earn a vote in November. The primary was that. Whoever the nominee is, the alternative in Wisconsin and in Texas is the Republican.

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Trump Eyes A National Emergency to Steal The Midterms Aug 12, 2026

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The constitutional answer is straightforward. Article I gives Congress limited authority over federal elections, which states and county officials actually administer. Article II gives the president none.

The political picture explains the interest. Nate Silver's model has Democrats around 85 percent to take the House and better than even odds in the Senate. Trump's approval is at record lows and Republican enthusiasm is weak with him off the ballot.

Jacob Soboroff covered the interview, and Eddie Glaude discussed the restriction strategy with Alicia Menendez. Hawk's larger worry is the eight or nine weeks between election night and swearing in, and his ask is simple: register, check that registration weekly, and have an actual plan to vote.

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Criminals Preparing to Lose the Midterms Aug 12, 2026

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The timing is the story. Legal historian Holly Brewer's read is that the document was written while Blanche was still acting AG and kept from the senators voting on him, Republicans included. Amanda Carpenter put it simply: a new Attorney General and a new immunity. Chuck Todd's point is that the memo's existence is an admission the White House expects subpoenas aimed at the private parties who did business with Trump and his family.

Josh Gerstein noted it landed while courts are already fighting over testimony from outside advisers, Boris Epshteyn in particular. Marcy Wheeler added the background there. This is aimed squarely at congressional oversight, and it works alongside a White House that has no intention of complying with subpoenas anyway.

Former federal prosecutor Paul Butler discussed the memo's reach with Peter Alexander.

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Trump Just Signed An Order Rewriting The Childhood Vaccine Schedule Aug 11, 2026

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The underlying science has not moved. There is no link between vaccines and autism. That question has been studied for decades across millions of children in multiple countries, and autism has a substantial genetic component.

Spreading the schedule out is not a neutral change. It means more office visits, more billing, more needle sticks per child, and protection arriving later than it should, against diseases that are already returning. The country has seen its worst measles outbreaks in decades, concentrated in undervaccinated communities.

NOTUS found that RFK Jr.'s 72 page MAHA report on chronic childhood disease cited at least seven studies that do not exist, alongside broken links and misstated findings. Epidemiologist Katherine Keyes was among the named authors who said they never wrote the papers attributed to them.

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Mainstream Media is Cooked - TURN IT OFF Aug 11, 2026

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This started in April, when Piker appeared at a campaign event with Dr. Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan and El-Sayed climbed in the polls. Third Way then organized a denunciation with members of Congress.

Zohran Mamdani ran on free buses, cheaper housing, childcare, groceries, and taxing the rich, and most New York Democrats still would not endorse him. Hawk connects that to Kirsten Gillibrand's language about Mamdani after the primary.

Third Way now plans 15 million dollars against Democrats who have already won their primaries. Not against Republicans.

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Morning Joe Is Afraid to Even Say Hasan Piker's Name Aug 11, 2026

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The record backs the frustration. Roe was never codified when Democrats had the chance. Medicare for All has been a talking point for 25 years. The federal minimum wage is still 7.25 an hour, under 15,000 dollars a year. Six or seven Democrats reliably cross over on defense authorization and funding bills, and then Chuck Schumer writes a letter.

Nicolle Wallace made the point that stuck with Hawk: elected Democrats have spent decades treating their base as captive, because that base will never vote Republican.

Then there is Hasan Piker, quoted out of context and never named on air. Hawk's standing dare to Morning Joe, Jake Tapper, and Dana Bash is to book him and have the argument directly.

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They Are Eating Each Other Alive Aug 10, 2026

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On Monday morning's War Room, Navarro's complaint was that Jeanine Pirro has not fired John Crabb, the Justice Department prosecutor who handled both cases. Bannon pushed back, because he likes Pirro. Hawk's observation is that Crabb remains employed in good standing, which says something about how much pull Navarro actually has.

Then there is the older footage. Navarro sat with Ari Melber on MSNBC and described the Green Bay Sweep, the plan to keep Trump in office after the 2020 election, on camera and unprompted. That interview became part of the basis for the committee's subpoenas to him.

Hawk's throughline: put a microphone in front of these men and they will describe what they did, every single time.

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Ken Paxton Thinks You Are Stupid Aug 10, 2026

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The second one borrows from 1964. The original Daisy ad ran exactly once, cast Barry Goldwater as a threat to American children, and closed with Lyndon Johnson's line about loving each other or dying. Johnson won in a landslide and the spot became the most famous attack ad in American political history.

In the remake, the girl picking daisies is regenerated with AI and placed on an operating table in front of a synthetic Talarico while a narrator lists procedures. Talarico's campaign says he has never supported gender reassignment surgery for minors and calls the ad a lie. The reported buy is 10 million dollars.

Hawk's point is that none of this is a policy argument. It is a bet on whether voters can tell a fabricated video from a real one.

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Netanyahu Just Rejected Trump's Plan To Disarm Hamas Aug 09, 2026

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The framework paired Hamas disarmament with an Israeli withdrawal from Gaza. Hawk's read is that the withdrawal was never happening, because the objective has been the land.

Then there is the history. For nearly a decade Netanyahu's government permitted Qatari cash to flow into Gaza, delivered by hand on monthly trips. Netanyahu defended it as buying quiet. Critics and intelligence assessments say it helped Hamas govern and arm itself, and former officials allege a deliberate strategy to keep Hamas and the Palestinian Authority divided so that pressure for a two state solution never built.

There is also Jericho Wall, the 40 page Hamas battle plan Israeli intelligence held for over a year, and a September 2023 IDF report, both dismissed as beyond Hamas's reach.

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El-Sayed Won And The Pundits Only Want To Talk About Hasan Piker Aug 08, 2026

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Then there is the commentary. John Heilemann gave a long stretch of Impolitic to Hasan Piker rather than to the money in the race, with Ben Wikler as his guest. Hawk's response is simple: Piker is not on the ballot and El-Sayed is the nominee.

The money is the actual story. AIPAC spent heavily to get Stevens through the primary and has signaled it will spend against El-Sayed in the general, on behalf of Republican Mike Rogers. Third Way plans 15 million dollars aimed at DSA endorsed Democrats. El-Sayed was outspent roughly nine to one and won regardless.

Hawk ties it to New York City, to Colorado, and to Francesca Hong's Wisconsin primary next week. These candidates are running on affordability, and elected Democrats keep doing everything except listening to their own base.

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