Elon Brown: I'm a tech guy. I can fix the tech. The actual question is, when are you going to stop being such an asshole? Like, because we'd like to buy ads. We'd like to sell Fitbits. He seems smart when you do this and he's funny sometimes. That was an Elon I encounter quite a lot. And he doesn't know much about advertising, it seems. But obviously Twitter cannot simply be some extension of me as then anyone who doesn't agree with me will be put off. No. He's merged them together.
After Kara and Nayeema have a chat about — what else? — Elon Musk’s latest moves, we dive into democracy and the midterms. The results are (mostly) in, and the “red wave” that Republicans predicted never came. To understand why, Kara gets deep into political reporting in three key swing states: Arizona, Georgia and Pennsylvania.
Our guests are three veteran journalists who know their respective states' politics inside out: Yvonne Wingett Sanchez, democracy reporter covering Arizona for The Washington Post; Tia Mitchell, Washington correspondent for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution; and Chris Potter, government and accountability editor for WESA FM, Pittsburgh’s NPR news station. Together, the panel unpacks the midterm results and the decision by Democrats to focus on democracy, Dobbs and, yes, Donald Trump.
Plus, stay tuned for Kara’s RANT about why she’s savoring John Fetterman’s win — and why President Biden deserves more credit than he’s gotten.
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You can find Kara and Nayeema on Twitter @karaswisher and @nayeema.
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