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One in five Trump voters now regrets their vote, but apparently admitting you got conned is the hardest part. Janesh and Markos dig into MAGA buyer’s remorse, Democrats’ chronic inability to just say the damn thing, and why culture-war politics hit differently when nobody can afford groceries. Plus, Cory Booker gets some unsolicited campaign advice, the beef transitions into horse, and this week’s social media star gets dangerously close to discovering class consciousness.───────────────Small-dollar donations support everything we do. Can you donate $5 today? Donate Here!─────────────── Sign up for Daily Kos newsletters: Join our Newsletter! ───────────────Create a free Daily Kos account: Sign Up Here!───────────────Follow Daily Kos Facebook: Daily Kos on FacebookBluesky: Daily Kos on BlueskyThreads: Daily Kos on ThreadsX(Twitter): Daily Kos on TwitterInstagram: Daily Kos on InstagramTikTok: Daily Kos on TikTok

Trump is renaming lakes while screwing with ballots, Canada is staging an economic intervention, and data centers have accomplished the impossible: pissing off basically everyone. Janesh and Markos dig into a country on a political bender, Democrats’ chance to finally stop playing nice, and one MAGA voter discovering that the social safety net is pretty useful when you’re the one who needs it.

Natalie Harp is never far from Trump, Republicans are finally learning that pearl-clutching isn’t a strategy, and “America First” ranchers are getting served mystery beef with a side of buyer’s remorse. From presidential grocery circulars to a viral farmer revolt, this week’s news has officially outrun the satire.

Janesh and Markos take on Flock’s “we’ll surveil you a little less” reforms, whether Woke 2.0 can keep the progressive ideas and lose the lecture, and one Arkansas MAGA voter’s slow realization that Trump may have sold him a bill of goods. Turns out privacy, groceries, rent, and healthcare are pretty good politics. Who knew?

Janesh and Markos have a few questions: Why is the surveillance state tracking your car? Why are Democrats afraid of the “govern” button? And when the flock did JD Vance become a socialist? Privacy is dead, words have lost all meaning, and the cameras caught the whole thing.

Janesh and Markos are back to roast Andrew Tate's arrest outfit, dig into the billion-dollar manosphere machine, ask why Trump supporters keep inventing promises he never made, and laugh through another week where reality refused to cooperate with the MAGA narrative.

Janesh and Markos are back to unpack Elon Musk's spectacular fall from real-life Tony Stark to terminally online billionaire, why the ultra-rich can't stop chasing validation, and another Social Media Star who somehow thinks food stamps and chemtrails belong in the same conversation.

Janesh and Markos are back to break down America's World Cup moment, Zohran Mamdani's messaging advantage, the internet's saddest MAGA dating story, and why fixing real problems has become the most radical idea in politics.

Janesh and Markos are back to unpack Lindsey Graham's bizarre political legacy, the people eager to replace him, and another week of internet delusion—from DEI panic at 30,000 feet to imaginary Trump promises and Facebook generals convinced they've solved foreign policy. When reality becomes optional, everything starts making sense ... at least to these people.

Janesh and Markos are back to break down Mitch McConnell's latest health rumors, Trump's magical Walmart sale, a World Cup curse, crypto bros losing their shirts, and the MAGA voters slowly discovering that the guy who promised to fix everything is mostly fixing his own bank account.