Pod Save America's Jon Lovett on Mamdani & the Democratic Party - The Fifth Column Members Only #284

This is a special UNLOCKED Members Only episode (#284) of The Fifth Column. Normally, you have to be a paid subscriber over at but this is a special occasion as it's Election Day in NYC and we've got Jon Lovett of @podsaveamerica & @lovettorleaveitpodcast joining us to talk Mamdani and the future of the Democratic Party, so please enjoy, and subscribe!

•Don’t mess with the Zoran

•The opacity of hope

•Inspiration is overrated

•Wait, what if none of these proposals actually work…

•The return of identity politics?

•Is offline politics “additive, human, humane, and empathetic?”

•The Dem doom loop

•The online left vs. Jon Lovett vs. reality

•Purity tests, left and right

•The one thing that didn’t shock Hillary Clinton

•Harvey Milk died so you could be governor

•The right denounces its loony fringe. Sort of.

•Has the left done the same?

•Has Jon’s baggage shifted to the right on anything? Well…

•Can you be buddies with Barack?

•Is it bad to have an enormous Nazi tattoo on your chest?

If you're in DC, catch John on Nov 7 at Crooked Con a chance to hear from smart people inside and outside the Crooked universe about how to galvanize a prodemocracy movement

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