Oct 7, 2026 · 1h 24m
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El-Sayed’s deleted posts collide with a DOJ fight over parental rights
El-Sayed's Deleted Tweets: The DSA Ties He's Hiding From Voters + AG Blanche Joins the Progrum
The episode links battleground Senate races and campaign opposition research to a broader dispute over election enforcement, parental rights, and prosecutorial power.
- 1Hosts scrutinize Abdul El-Sayed’s deleted posts and DSA associations as Michigan’s Senate race tightens.
- 2The discussion weighs polling, advertising, and Republican turnout across competitive races in Michigan, Maine, Texas, and Wisconsin.
- 3Todd Blanche defends DOJ actions on parental protests, illegal voting investigations, public safety, and politicized prosecutions.
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The brief
The episode opens with Abdul El-Sayed’s deleted posts, DSA appearances, and climate activism, questioning how his current campaign positioning fits his earlier affiliations.
The hosts move through Michigan, Maine, Texas, and Wisconsin races, testing polling, advertising, opposition research, and the theory that Republican turnout will decide close contests.
Attorney General Todd Blanche discusses the Garland-era school-board memo, saying parents were improperly treated as domestic terrorists and describing efforts to close related FBI files.
Blanche also outlines the administration’s approach to citizenship checks, illegal voting investigations, public safety, and concerns about politicized prosecutions involving Letitia James.
The episode’s central tension is whether old political records and aggressive government enforcement reveal accountability—or become instruments in increasingly polarized campaigns.
What was said on this episode
36 statements · 11 positive · 19 negative · 1 mixed · 5 neutral
Abdul El-Sayed is hiding DSA ties and would implement DSA priorities after taking office.
“He's trying to hide his past. He's trying to hide that he's down with DSA. He'll go and he will lie because that's the game plan. You lie until you get into office. And then you do whatever the DSA wanted.”
Listen at 0:04
DSA Detroit tweets show El-Sayed was keynote speaker at its events for an extended period.
“the DSA Detroit tweets that show that El Syed was their keynote speaker at every single event for who knows how long”
Listen at 0:33
Abdul El-Sayed attended DSA meetings, spoke at events, and deleted tweets to conceal ties.
“This guy shows up to basically every DSA meeting, speaks at every DSA event, roses galore, deletes all his tweets to hide his tracks.”
Listen at 0:59
The rose symbol in online handles is widely used by DSA members.
“the rose in the handle is a ubiquitous symbol for DSA members online”
Listen at 7:25
Detroit DSA welcomed Abdul El-Sayed as a new team member in 2019.
“Detroit DSA replied, you did it. Welcome to the team, comrade Abdul El-Sayed.”
Listen at 8:45
Researching El-Sayed should lead voters to conclude he would harm Michigan.
“if you do your research on this guy, you will conclude that he is bad for your state”
Listen at 19:28
El-Sayed is misleading Michigan voters through his campaign advertising.
“He's humping the voters in Michigan and bamboozling them.”
Listen at 22:04
El-Sayed could win a Senate seat despite being characterized as an Islamic extremist socialist.
“any deficit at all, the fact that we have to talk about whether we've got this Islamic extremist socialist that's going to win a Senate seat”
Listen at 23:18
Susan Collins won her 2020 race by double digits despite never leading polls.
“Susan Collins never led that race. In fact, was never particularly close to leading that race and won by what was the total is double digits.”
Listen at 24:47
Susan Collins won a 2008 election by nearly 20 points despite adverse conditions.
“she won by damn near 20 points”
Listen at 25:15
Susan Collins currently has the advantage in the Maine Senate race.
“I think Susan Collins is doing the humping here”
Listen at 26:51
Negative information about Talarico is damaging his public image.
“the information flow against Tallarico is way, way, way negative against him. And that is having an impact on his image.”
Listen at 31:57
Talarico’s declining image may eventually lead to Paxton winning.
“whether that image goes down enough to translate to the ballot and then ultimately Paxton wins”
Listen at 32:08
The Senate Leadership Fund currently has the advantage in Texas.
“I think the Senate Leadership Fund is doing the humping”
Listen at 34:47
Democrats trail Republicans substantially in advertising spending across contested races.
“Democrats are way behind Republicans in terms of ad spend on the map.”
Listen at 38:17
Democrats have not persuaded reliable Republican voters in red states to switch parties.
“I just don't think that Democrats have made a case in these red states to make somebody who is a reliable Republican vote Democrat.”
Listen at 43:04
Party affiliation strongly predicts midterm voting behavior.
“Republicans vote Republican, Democrats vote Democrat.”
Listen at 44:11
Texas should vote Republican in the Senate race.
“Place like Texas should vote Republican.”
Listen at 45:25
Matt Dunlap reaffirmed support for increasing Maine’s gas tax.
“Matt Dunlap doubles down on increasing Maine's gas tax”
Listen at 49:56
Matt Dunlap voted against lifetime probation and child-solicitation legislation.
“Matt Dunlap voted against lifetime probation for repeat sex offenders and bills targeting child solicitation.”
Listen at 50:29
William Lawrence supports abolishing the United States Senate.
“his answer is abolish the Senate.”
Listen at 55:06
The Garland memo directed the FBI to investigate parents protesting school policies.
“The memo comes out and it tasks the FBI with investigating these parents.”
Listen at 1:02:39
The FBI files opened on targeted parents have been closed.
“those have all been closed”
Listen at 1:05:23
DOJ is allowing targeted parents to review allegations made against them.
“We're also letting those parents, to the extent they want to, look at what was said about them”
Listen at 1:05:34
DOJ grants will equip state attorneys general with parental-rights information.
“we're spending money in grant programs where we're making sure state AGs are equipped with the information they need to know”
Listen at 1:08:03
Thousands of noncitizens are registered to vote, according to DOJ findings.
“there are thousands. of people who are not eligible to vote. That's illegal aliens, but also people who are here legally but are not citizens. They can't vote either who are registered to vote.”
Listen at 1:09:52
Federal authorities charged nearly 100 people, including over 50 recently, in voting cases.
“We've charged nearly 100 and over 50 in the past several weeks”
Listen at 1:10:17
Voters should present identification before voting.
“Show your driver's license or your passport before you vote.”
Listen at 1:10:42
A former postal worker discarded approximately 200–300 ballots and was arrested.
“We arrest and announce a former postal worker who threw away like 300 ballots, between 200 and 300 ballots.”
Listen at 1:11:50
Federal investigations do not identify every person who votes illegally.
“we don't catch everybody”
Listen at 1:13:58
Every attorney general has provided federal election resources since the 1960s.
“every single attorney general has done this since the 60s”
Listen at 1:14:46
The Trump administration aims to make the country safer than during the prior four years.
“we are going to make this country safer than it was the past four years”
Listen at 1:15:57
The DOJ expects its public-safety efforts to continue producing good results.
“we see great results and we're going to continue to see good results”
Listen at 1:16:59
Letitia James campaigned against Donald Trump and pursued that agenda after election.
“that attorney general ran on a campaign, a vendetta against one man. and then executed on that vendetta when she was elected and failed.”
Listen at 1:19:55
Letitia James’s conduct gives Blanche serious concern about her future actions.
“her character and the way that she's done things in New York as the attorney general, which is an extraordinarily powerful position, gives me grave concern for anything she does.”
Listen at 1:20:38
Letitia James weaponized prosecutorial power against Donald Trump.
“weaponize her power to prosecute”
Listen at 1:22:45
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