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The People Who Broke American Politics Are Finally Leaving. Now What?
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June 17, 2026
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1:01:51Now PlayingThe People Who Broke American Politics Are Finally Leaving. Now What? Ten years ago, a faction of Republicans set out to stop Donald Trump. Today, inflation is running at 4.2%, the US just pulled a third of its fighter jets from NATO, our intelligence director was briefly a housing official with zero intelligence experience, and nearly every Republican who stood against Trump has been driven out of public life.
Never Trump was right about everything. And it changed almost nothing.
Melissa Amour spent seven years as a ghostwriter inside the Never Trump movement — writing op-eds, speeches, and blog posts for some of its most prominent figures. Now she's writing under her own name, delivering an honest inside account of how the movement that was right about Trump failed to stop him — and asking the bigger question: what happens to American politics when the Baby Boomer generation that created this mess finally leaves the stage?
Matt and Melissa cover the week's biggest stories, the inside story of Never Trump's collapse, and Melissa's new project XYZ: Politics After the Boom — which asks what American politics looks like when Gen X, Millennials, and Gen Z take over from the generation that broke it.
🔴 TOPICS THIS EPISODE:
Inflation hits 4.2% — tariffs, Iran, and who's paying the price
The US pulls a third of its fighter jets and all its submarines from NATO
DNI chaos: Gabbard out, Pulte briefly in, FISA expires, Jay Clayton nominated
The Iran war and the near-total silence of congressional Republicans
Never Trump Republicans run as Democrats — and lose badly
Who sold out, who burned out, and what the ghostwriter saw from the inside
The generational handoff: what comes after the Boomers?
📬 MELISSA AMOUR:
The Inside Outsider on Substack →
XYZPolitics After the Boom (launching Summer 2026) →
📬 ALSO WORTH READING:
Marcus Flowers With All Due Respect →
📬 MATT ROBISON:
Worth Knowing with Matt Robison →
#NeverTrump #Trump #AmericanPolitics #BabyBoomers #GenX #Millennials #GenZ #GOP #Republicans #FISA #NATO #Inflation #Tariffs #Iran #PoliticalAnalysis #Politics2026 #Midterms2026 #Democrat #Republican #Substack #WorthKnowing #MelissaAmour #TheInsideOutsider #XYZPolitics #MarcusFlowers
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