In this episode, the hosts discuss a variety of topics, spanning from the Signal message leaks to special elections around the country. Additionally, the hosts discuss the meaning and new direction the democratic seems to be taking, along with a mini-mini debate on Voter ID.

In this episode the hosts talk about a variety of topics. These are topics from the past couple of weeks ranging from the new government spending bill to words being removed from government websites in the second Trump Administration. This is a bit of a longer episode that might be more opinionated than others, however this episode is filled with valuable and important information. PLEASE disregard the pronunciation of Mahmoud Khalil, we made a mistake when typing up notes.

Article about disappearing words: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/03/07/us/trump-federal-agencies-websites-words-dei.html?searchResultPosition=2

This offers a thorough analysis of the current condition of the Democratic Party, potential leaders of the party, and recent legal actions involving it. The hosts engage in a short debate regarding the impact of gender on political candidates.

Link to Writing: https://pspproj.wordpress.com/2025/01/08/the-surprising-conflation-between-median-voter-theory-and-trumps-win/

This is a deep dive episode where the hosts focus on the concerns of Bird Flu. They discuss how RFK may react, the issues seen so far with the health stance of the Trump Administration. as well as if there are worries of a new pandemic on the rise. Please remember the Ryan, Luciana, and Elle are not doctors or medical professionals in any way, so as they do their best to understand such a difficult and changing topic please be gracious.

In the 8th installment of season 2, the hosts recap the past 2 weeks in politics. Some highlights of this episode include Trump’s Appeal to the Supreme Court, Renaming of the Gulf of Mexico, Steve Witkoff, and more.

In the 7th episode of season 2, the hosts focus on what President Trump's first week in office has consisted of, mainly regarding Executive Orders he has signed. They also talk about the hostages being released to Israel and Gaza, as well as Columbia's reaction to Trump's plan of mass deportation, and a few other topics.

All Executive Orders, with descriptions, signed by Trump thus far can be found at:

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/

In the first episode back from the break Ryan and Luciana discuss multiple topics including TikTok, California Fires, Trump Inauguration Plans, and more. Elle was not able to join for this episode but will be back for the next one. Below are links to things talked about in the episode.

California Relief:

https://lacity.gov/LAstrong

Podcast Recommendation:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-indicator-from-planet-money/id1320118593?i=1000684160361

In this episode the hosts (just Ryan and Elle today) talk about the political state of Syria, the upheaval in German Parliament, the state of Canada, and much more.