57% of Republicans vs 17% of Democrats believe in the dream
There is a 40-point partisan gap on belief in the American dream: 57% of Republicans say it holds true versus only 17% of Democrats.
Snapshot · The Rest Is Politics: US
200. Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Will Backfire
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Jun 29, 2026
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Mondani, Joy as Political Currency, and Rent Stabilisation
At 40:20 · chapter starts 40:15
Katty Kay raises Zohran Mamdani, whose Platner campaign signs dot Maine neighbourhoods she has been driving through, as a 'blow it up' figure in the Democratic race. Scaramucci's response is nuanced: he is genuinely enthusiastic about Mamdani as a politician, praising his pool-jumping, his smile (the best since Obama), and his mastery of the politics of joy — using happiness as political currency. But he draws a sharp line at the policy: Mamdani's Rent Stabilisation Board voted for a zero-percent rent increase, ignoring the reality that property taxes will still rise [1] — Anthony Scaramucci "AT&T broken up in mid-1980s: AT&T, the largest monopoly in US history, was broken up in the mid-1980s by Judge Harold Greene, which unlocke…" 34:28 . Landlords facing a cost squeeze will cut maintenance, skip boiler replacements, let paint chip. The market cannot be ordered into fairness; Keynes's animal spirits must be accommodated, not destroyed. Scaramucci caps the argument with a reference to Reagan: even the supposed icon of the right passed two tax increases in 1982 and created the Alan Greenspan Social Security Commission to stabilise a bleeding system. Good governance requires pragmatism, not ideology.
JD Vance Rehabilitating Nixon — and Why
Vance showed up at the Nixon Library to declare Watergate a 'nothing burger.' Katty Kay's read: he's pre-emptively minimising corruption so that whatever investigations follow the midterms look like a deep-state hit job rather than legitimate accountability — exactly what Trump has been saying about Nixon for 25 years.
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