Your morning 10-minute rundown of the most important stories in news and politics, hosted by veteran political strategist @mattwhitlock. New episodes T/Th.
🤖AI doomerism: genuine danger or coordinated political psyop
From a viral twitter thread, synchronized with a major news story, a barrage of coordinated tweets from Democrat, and a new suite of self-serving regulations, the doomer news boomlet feels like a well-planned psyop.
📰 Todd Akin lost a Senate race over ONE comment about rape.
Roy Moore lost Alabama over accusations involving underage women.
Mark Robinson lost a governor’s race after praising Nazis.
Graham Platner has the makings of ALL of them — at the same time.
And Democrats are still defending him to beat a moderate Republican.
🏦 Jamie Dimon vs. innovation
Whether it's his war against open banking - the ability to use financial apps without fees - or his war against the Clarity Act and Crypto, Jamie Dimon, architect of political debanking, is at war with any innovation that cuts into his bottom line.
🍗Meet Steve Cohen: the old white man who chose retirement over losing his seat to a black Republican woman.
Cohen argued that he was entitled to his seat representing a majority minority district - but is a perfect representation of the absurdity of Democrat arguments.
🚩If at first you don't succeed, just play the race card
After self-inflicted redistricting setbacks removed Democrats structural advantage, they're pivoting to the age-old playbook: play the race card to gin up turnout.
Will it work for them?