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** THE WEEKLY REVEAL
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Saturday, June 14, 2025


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** 2024 Broke the Democrats. Can They Put Themselves Back Together?
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For the first time in two decades, the Democratic Party has found itself without a clear party leader or even an obvious frontrunner. Angry and adrift, politicians and voters are clashing over how to fight back.

They’re also grappling with an uncomfortable new reality: The places that shifted hardest away from Democrats last fall were the kinds of communities that formed the backbone of the Democratic coalition for years—working-class, nonwhite, and heavily immigrant areas of blue cities and states.

Now the battle for the party’s future and reckoning over its recent past is coming to a head in New York City, where support for Democrats has cratered among Latino and Asian voters. In one of the first big tests of the party’s direction after Donald Trump’s reelection, Democrats will choose between radically different options for mayor: a centrist former governor in his 60s who resigned in disgrace and a millennial democratic socialist whose rise in the polls has shocked the political establishment.

This week on Reveal, we head to New York to talk to voters who abandoned Democrats in November and take you inside the bitter fight to win them back.
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** Trump’s Trade War Is Stressing Red State Farmers
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Hi, it’s Josh Sanburn, producer with More To The Story.

Growing up in southern Indiana, I was surrounded by fields of corn and soybeans. As a kid, I never knew where it all ended up. My small-town grocery store? Feed for the cows? But back in the ’90s and early 2000s, many of those crops were increasingly going from Midwestern farms to Chinese dinner tables. Markets were globalizing. Countries were intertwining. And US agriculture exports were growing.

Over the last few months, President Donald Trump has tried to reverse many of the long-term economic forces that have sent farm goods overseas and closed factory doors in the US. He’s imposed a series of sky-high tariff rates on Chinese goods that have led China to impose its own set of tariffs on US exports. Sometimes, Trump describes the moves as a negotiating tactic. Other times, he says it’s a way to bring back American manufacturing. But whatever the slippery rationale, it’s particularly affecting farmers.

Planning is essential for farmers, whether it’s trying to predict a wet or dry summer (Farmers’ Almanac, anyone?) or what the market will be like for wheat in October. The tariff upheaval from the Trump administration has injected a dose of uncertainty for farms that have already planted their crops, with little idea what markets will look like come harvest time.

One of those farmers caught in limbo is Bryant Kagay in the northwest corner of Missouri, a red state that voted overwhelmingly for Trump—as did Kagay, even though he knew this tariff upheaval might be coming and potentially threaten his business. On this week’s More To The Story ([link removed]) , Kagay talks with host Al Letson about why he still voted for Trump and how he’s managing the farm while keeping an eye on Washington and Beijing. I hope you’ll listen.

—Josh Sanburn, More To The Story producer

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** We Asked, You Answered!
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** David Hogg is spending $20 million to challenge Democratic incumbents. Our listeners had a LOT to say about it.
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In case you missed last week’s episode of More To The Story, host Al Letson sat down with the gun control activist and now-outgoing ([link removed]) DNC Vice Chair David Hogg to hear about his strategy to elect younger Democratic legislators and other ways he’s shaking up the Democratic Party.

Producer Josh Sanburn wanted to know our listeners’ thoughts on Hogg’s strategy and posited the question through Mother Jones’ newsletter ([link removed]) .
And the responses came pouring in.

Here are a few of our favorites:

I’m very frustrated with the Democrats! I want them to fight for us. They will be voted out if they don’t. —Laurie Frachey-Dargin

I'm really ticked off that Hogg wants to focus on young white men—does he really want to compromise party positions and potentially drive out Blacks and women? —S. Young

The Democrats have proven beyond any doubt "The Message" ain't gettin' through. And, as a 64-year-old who has experienced age discrimination, Hogg is absolutely RIGHT in that new blood (AND YOUNGER BLOOD) is needed in Democrat leadership. —John Glavin

DNC needs younger candidates. I am 75, the old goats running the Democratic Party need to get their heads out of their dark place and realize that the next generation needs representatives that will work to create a livable country. We won't be here, they will. Give it up old farts, time to move on. —Eduvijen Thomas

Since we spoke with Hogg, his brief tenure at the Democratic National Committee is already over. On Thursday, the activist was effectively ousted from his position as vice chair, with Hogg stating that he has no plans to run in the party’s redo election this year.

“It is clear that there is a fundamental disagreement about the role of a Vice Chair—and it’s okay to have disagreements. What isn’t okay is allowing this to remain our focus when there is so much more we need to be focused on,” Hogg said in a statement ([link removed]) .

Haven’t listened to the episode? It’s not too late. You can check it out and every other episode of More To The Story on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your favorite place to stream podcasts. And don’t forget to tune in every Wednesday for new episodes.

—Arianna Coghill


** In Case You Missed It
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** 🎧 David Hogg’s Fight for the Future of the Democratic Party ([link removed])
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The gun control activist and DNC vice chair is targeting “asleep at the wheel” incumbents.

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** 🎧 50 States of Mind ([link removed])
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From the podcast “The Competition,” as Roe v. Wade fell, high school girls at a national pageant must process what it means for them and their future.

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** 🎧 The EEOC’s Identity Crisis ([link removed])
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Trump is redefining “discrimination”—rolling back transgender protections and reshaping a civil rights–era agency to benefit white men.
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** 🎧 Rage and Resentment Are Killing the Great American Road Trip ([link removed])
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Author Sarah Kendzior talks about how her new memoir on America’s political turmoil is really a love letter to the country.
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This issue of The Weekly Reveal was written by Arianna Coghill and copy edited by Nikki Frick. If you enjoyed this issue, forward it to a friend ([link removed]) . Have some thoughts? Drop us a line (mailto:[email protected]) with feedback or ideas!

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