Showing the Democrat is the Spoiler. 250,000 Miles Meeting the People. Tomato Seeds and Philly’s Hero Crossing Guard.
Mississippi is showing the outage growing across America. It’s supposed to be a lock for Republicans. Fifteen straight Senate losses for Democrats. Five straight gubernatorial losses. A state both parties have written off as settled. Ty Pinkins is inspiring as hell — Army veteran, three combat tours in Iraq, son of cotton-field workers — isn’t buying it. On an inspiring Episode 514, he talks with Paul Rieckhoff to lay out why the rigged two-party system is finally cracking, why $89 to fill a tank is doing more political damage than any TV ad, and why a 27-year-old white Republican mechanic just told him he’s voting independent for the first time in his life. The people of Mississippi have had enough of all of it.
This is a no-BS conversation about what’s actually moving voters six months out from the midterms: the war in Iran, Trump’s lies, Netanyahu’s grip on American foreign policy, AIPAC money flowing to both his opponents, the stock-trading scandal swallowing Congress, and the quiet revolt of the angry middle that partisan polling refuses to measure. Pinkins makes the case that the Democrat in his race is the real spoiler, that corruption crosses every party line, and that fighting against overwhelming odds is the most American thing a candidate can do. If you’re tired of hiring the same two failing contractors to patch the same leaking roof in our democracy, this one’s for you.
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