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Kate and Josh assess the election threat landscape and pearl-clutch over Obama's MAJOR faux pas.

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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.

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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.

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Kate and Josh talk new polls and data on the midterms, Alito's assertion that he'll stay until the end of the term and Trump's doxing of Tom Cotton over...daylight saving time.

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Kate and Josh talk September surprises for some Republican incumbents, SCOTUS' return to Trump's side, and Missouri Senator Eric Schmitt's rake step.

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Kate and Josh discuss recent midterm polling and major race rating changes, and check in on the bizarre gerrymandering battle in Missouri.

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Kate and Josh discuss a dire new poll for Republicans, the politics of AI and a surprisingly good Supreme Court ruling.

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Kate and Josh discuss Trump’s attempts to mess with the midterms, which feel much closer on this side of Labor Day.

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Kate and Josh discuss of Mike Collins' white nationalist woes, Pete Hegseth's presidential ambitions and Jim Clyburn's support for Supreme Court reform.

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Kate and Josh discuss South Carolina's esteemed new Republican Senate candidate, Trump's Canadian tantrum and the right's fixation on the WNBA.

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Kate and Josh discuss the (most recent) polling freakout, Tuesday's primary results in the Florida and Alaska Senate races and renewed interest in "human printer" Natalie Harp.

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Josh and Joe are joined by Joel Christensen, classics professor at CUNY Graduate School to discuss The Odyssey, both the Homerian epic and Christopher Nolan's recent adaptation. The three talk through the differences between the movie and the original, what modern actor could fit the bill for Odysseus, and what Gods we should all be worshipping and sacrificing to.

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Kate and Josh talk Abdul El-Sayed's Michigan victory, big progressive ballot wins and more in this post-primary day special.

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Kate and Josh talk Ken Martin's woes, a new Democratic primary calendar and Trump's self-defeating obsession with the SAVE Act.

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Kate and Josh talk Senate primaries and new innovations in the Trump corruption space.

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Kate and Josh talk the McConnell/Graham conspiracy theories, recent ICE killings and SCOTUS' foray to the Hill.

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Kate and Josh monitor the Maine and Michigan Senate campaigns, as well as the mysterious hospitalization of Mitch McConnell.

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Kate and Josh convene for an emergency pod following the publishing of a rape allegation against Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner.

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The TPM Show and TPM Social Club collide in their first ever crossover episode to chat about the end of the Supreme Court term, the pathetic state fair and how it feels to be American under the Trump regime.

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Kate and Josh talk about the ascendant left's new electoral victories, Trump's inevitable schism with Netanyahu and the reflecting pool debacle.

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