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✍️ Its signature

the motifs it tells far more than the other shows we follow do

🧩 Campus sexual assault 🧩 Disinformation campaign 🧩 Voter suppression 🧩 Intimidation 🧩 They're going to steal it 🧩 It's the economy, stupid

👯 Tells the most alike

the shows whose stories overlap most with its own, whatever their lean

• 🎙️ Pod Save America 45% alike · left
• 🎙️ Today, Explained 31% alike · left
• 🎙️ NPR Politics Podcast 28% alike · center
• 🎙️ Bannon's War Room 26% alike · right
• 🎙️ The Majority Report (podcast) 24% alike · left

🧩 Its repertoire

every motif its claims came up in, the most first

🧩 Voter suppression ×3 🧩 They're going to steal it ×3 🧩 Campus sexual assault ×2 🧩 Disinformation campaign ×2 🧩 Intimidation ×2 🧩 It's the economy, stupid ×2 🧩 Rigged election ×1 🧩 Executive overreach ×1 🧩 The buck stops here ×1 🧩 Immigration policy backlash ×1 🧩 Pain at the pump ×1 🧩 Showman politician ×1 🧩 Good old boys ×1 🧩 Leopards Eating People's Faces Party ×1 🧩 Antisemitic left ×1 🧩 Own goal ×1 🧩 Bread and circuses ×1 🧩 Voter fraud ×1 🧩 Inflation ×1 🧩 Look at California ×1 🧩 Solution in search of a problem ×1 🧩 Crooked ×1

🎙️ Lately on the show

its latest claims, in our words, with their motifs

• 2026-10-27 “Donald Trump is peddling false claims about election fraud to undermine Democratic officials.”
  🧩 Disinformation campaign 🧩 Rigged election
• 2026-10-27 “Trump's approval rating is tied directly to gas prices.”
  🧩 The buck stops here 🧩 Pain at the pump 🧩 It's the economy, stupid
• 2026-10-27 “Hispanic voters are shifting away from the Republican party due to economic pressures and targeting by ICE.”
  🧩 Immigration policy backlash 🧩 Leopards Eating People's Faces Party
• 2026-10-27 “Latino voters are moving away from Republicans because of the economy and cost of living.”
  🧩 It's the economy, stupid 🧩 Inflation
• 2026-10-27 “The Democratic Party has become increasingly anti-Semitic.”
  🧩 Antisemitic left
• 2026-10-27 “Ken Paxton is a criminal who committed bribery and fraud.”
  🧩 Crooked
• 2026-10-22 “The Department of Homeland Security is attempting to project an image of widespread voter fraud.”
  🧩 Disinformation campaign
• 2026-10-22 “The Department of Justice is unlawfully attempting to obtain unredacted voter files from states.”
  🧩 Executive overreach 🧩 They're going to steal it
• 2026-10-22 “DHS field operations use flawed data to target legal voters and intimidate them.”
  🧩 Intimidation 🧩 Voter suppression
• 2026-10-22 “Donald Trump and his administration are attempting to subvert midterm elections through thuggish intimidation of election officials and voters.”
  🧩 Intimidation 🧩 They're going to steal it
• 2026-10-22 “Donald Trump attempted to take control of the USPS to disenfranchise mail-in voters.”
  🧩 Voter suppression 🧩 They're going to steal it
• 2026-10-22 “Non-citizen voting cases stem from mistakes and confusion rather than nefarious conspiracies to sway elections.”
  🧩 Solution in search of a problem
• 2026-10-13 “Pete Hegseth confirmed that a former Army psychiatrist will be executed by firing squad and live-streamed.”
  🧩 Showman politician 🧩 Bread and circuses
• 2026-10-12 “Decades of scandals at campus institutions include recent gang-rape allegations at Cornell.”
  🧩 Campus sexual assault 🧩 Good old boys
• 2026-10-12 “A plaintiff filed a civil suit against Cornell, her sorority, a bar, and seven fraternity brothers for alleged rape.”
  🧩 Campus sexual assault
• 2026-10-08 “Republicans have championed voter ID policies across the country.”
  🧩 Voter fraud 🧩 Voter suppression
• 2026-10-07 “Scott Wiener's use of an AI chatbot to mock Connie Chan was a significant campaign mistake.”
  🧩 Own goal
• 2026-10-05 “California has the highest unemployment and poverty rates in the country.”
  🧩 Look at California

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