Episode 382
Paul Rieckhoff
As we head into Thanksgiving we’ve got a special Veterans Day “Winners Circle” town hall that brings together Independent Veterans of America (IVA) candidates who are changing American politics from the ground up.
The Brief
→ Four things from today’s episode
01
Ty’s thesis. the national Democratic Party uses Black voters in Mississippi as sacrificial lambs to juice presidential-year turnout — and has since 1982
02
The receipts. Musgrove 2000, Childers, Barria, Espy 2018, 2020, Presley 2023 — the same “it’s this close” playbook every cycle
03
“The only group that’s offered me money to drop out is Democrats”. the summer-long pressure campaign nobody’s reporting on
04
Why the DNC asked Democrats to clear the field in South Dako. Why the DNC asked Democrats to clear the field in South Dakota, Idaho, and Nebraska for independent veterans — but refused to do it in Mississippi
