Pod Save America - What Will Democratic Governance Look Like? + Lina Khan (Crooked Con)

Live from Crooked Con, Alex Wagner hosts a discussion with Sen. Brian Schatz, Sen. Ruben Gallego, and Rep. Pramila Jayapal about what America would look like with Democrats in charge of one or both chambers, and how we sell Americans on that vision. Then, former FTC Chair Lina Khan joins Tommy Vietor to talk about the power of good ideas and how progressives can keep up the fight against the tech monopolies threatening to swamp America.For a closed-captioned version of this episode, click here. For a transcript of this episode, please email [email protected] and include the name of the podcast.
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Duration: 1h 39m
Broadcast on: 23 Nov 2025
Audio Format: other

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Senator Ruben Gajego of Arizona next to me and the Inimitable Congresswoman from Illijia Paul of Washington. So before we get to the sort of meat of the issue, as a matter of housekeeping I have to bring up sort of where we sit right now and the two senators on the panel I would ask you. There has been some renewed optimism and enthusiasm in the Democratic Party because of the victories sizable this week. And it has led some people to say maybe we shouldn't just set our sights on the House turning blue in 2026. Maybe we should think about the Senate turning blue. And I ask you as creatures of the upper chamber is that misplaced optimism should Democrats try and envision a near-term future where the Senate falls back into Democratic control. Brian, why don't you start? First of all, thank you for having me very exciting. I can't see any of you, but it sounds very loud. And so, yeah, I think it is reasonable to have optimism and here's the way I would look at it. I mean, I could take you through all the races, but that's not the purpose of this panel. We have, statistically speaking, we have roughly

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