Best of the Program | Guests: John Solomon & Jake Altman | 10/14/26

In a Michigan Senate race that should be a slam dunk for Republicans, a candidate tied to the Muslim Brotherhood is leading or tied in every poll. The obvious question—"What is wrong with Michigan voters?"—is the wrong one. The episode argues that Republicans are losing because they are fighting the last war, using scare words like "Muslim Brotherhood" on voters who have never heard of it, while the other side talks about grocery receipts.

The Three-Point Platform That Needs No Policy Paper

The central insight of the episode is that El-Sayed is winning not by offering plans but by naming what everyone already believes but no one else will say. His three slogans function as emotional shorthand rather than legislative proposals.

"Money out of politics" sounds like a call for campaign finance reform. To a voter under 30, it means something else entirely: the rich and powerful always get away with it. The host argues that young voters do not see Hunter Biden's laptop and Donald Trump's sons' business deals as separate partisan scandals. They see one story: the children of powerful people get rich while the voter gets a rent increase. El-Sayed is simply the only candidate saying this out loud.