Ruthless Podcast
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- Alaska probe into Dan Sullivan, 2026-10-30
Notes the governor's call for an investigation
Picks up the Alaska Senate market and the Peltola campaign's alleged recruitment of Dan Sullivan, noting the governor has asked for an investigation and that the story will dominate the race until election day. The rest is a detour into how prediction markets read the vibe. - South Carolina Senate toss-up, 2026-10-30
Cites Cook's toss-up rating for South Carolina
Turns to South Carolina as the second half of a tale of two Carolinas: Graham's 10-point 2020 win and Trump's 18-point 2024 margin against a race Cook just moved to toss-up. Recalls Harrison's $100 million haul as the cautionary precedent. - Maine Senate ad controversy, 2026-10-30
Covers the ad and the woman's response
Covers the Maine Senate race and the new Collins-orbit ad in which a woman says she was misled into a pro-Jackson spot. Frames it as a sign of Collins's campaign strength and Democratic nominee troubles, with no new reporting beyond the ad itself. - Times ties Peltola to Dan Sullivan…, 2026-10-29
Walks through the Times follow-up and firing
Walks through the Times follow-up: two months of reporting, texts and documents, a broader spoiler recruitment effort, and Peltola firing her campaign manager, who says Peltola was not directly involved but definitely aware. Reads the 'do we have a scheme for you' texts. - Times ties Peltola to Dan Sullivan…, 2026-10-29
Rehashes the first Times story and its naivety
Rehashes Kellen Browning's first Times story on the other Dan Sullivan - the Petersburg reporting, the no-case-closing-evidence line, the vote for Peltola - and argues the paper was naive to take the matching name, initials and website at face value. Sets up the follow-up without adding to it. - Times ties Peltola to Dan Sullivan…, 2026-10-29
Plays Peltola's MSNBC clips on ballot confusion
Plays two MSNBC clips of Mary Peltola answering the ballot-confusion charge directly: the ballot labels Sullivan as the incumbent Republican, and she calls it corruption on his side. A first on-the-record response from the candidate at the center of the story. - Times ties Peltola to Dan Sullivan…, 2026-10-29
Recalls Sullivan's earlier appearance and reads the lead
Recalls Sullivan's earlier appearance on the program, walks through Alaska's ranked-choice four-candidate ballot, and reads the lead of the New York Times follow-up: a Peltola staffer was told to find as many people named Dan Sullivan in Alaska as possible. - Times ties Peltola to Dan Sullivan…, 2026-10-29
Reads the denials and ties them to other states
Opens the episode with the Alaska Senate name-match allegation, reading the denials from the Peltola campaign, the DSCC, the Senate Majority PAC and Schumer, and tying it to similar claims in Montana, Idaho, Nebraska and South Dakota. - South Carolina Senate tightens, 2026-10-28
Tracks Graham's lead narrowing to three
Walks the South Carolina Senate polling graphic: Graham's lead trimmed from four points to three between October 8 and October 18, with Andrews gaining a point. Frames it against Lindsey Graham's old tight races and the special election after Senator Graham's death, and reads Kalshi's 76 percent as still safe. - Nixon's Cuba comments, 2026-10-28
Argues Nixon's Cuba answer costs Miami
Plays the clip of Nixon declining to call Cuba a dictatorship and argues it will cost her with Miami's Cuban voters, framing her as the one Democrat leaning into the DSA rather than away from it. - Obama rallies for El-Sayed, 2026-10-27
Frames the rally as a realignment unmasking
Frames Obama's Michigan rally for El-Sayed as the unmasking of a realignment the hosts date to his presidency - Appalachia turning Republican, Indiana in 2008, the false promises that led to Trump. Argument and history, not new reporting. - Obama rallies for El-Sayed, 2026-10-27
Plays the rally clip and rates the delivery
Plays a clip of Obama's rally speech mocking Republican ads and asking what is radical about wanting health care, then spends the rest of the segment on his delivery and relatability. Reaction and opinion, staying inside the rally already on the record. - Obama rallies for El-Sayed, 2026-10-27
Argues Obama gave the party permission to go left
Treats Obama's Michigan rally for Abdul El-Sayed as the payoff of a long shift, arguing Obama gave the party permission to go left. Notes that mainstream Michigan Democrats and Rahm Emanuel kept their distance while Obama did not. - Michigan Senate polling, 2026-10-23
Opens the Michigan Senate polling average
Opens a new race: the Michigan Senate polling average, where El-Sayed is pinned at 48 and Rogers has climbed to 46.3. Weighs it against Rogers's 0.34-point loss to Slotkin, El-Sayed's Detroit outreach and a coming Obama rally. - Mississippi Senate money, 2026-10-23
Frames the Mississippi buy as map-spreading
Picks up the Politico report on Senate Majority PAC's $1.2 million Mississippi buy and reads it against the polling: one Wedgwood survey exposed as fake, the other two from Democratic firms, and Kalshi at about 89 percent for Hyde-Smith. Frames the buy as a map-spreading tactic. - Omar's MSNBC interview, 2026-10-23
Works the hedge on Omar's Hayes interview
Plays the Hayes clip and works the hedge: 'not to my knowledge' on marrying her brother, the birth year changed from 1982 to 1981 on her official site, and a $30 million disclosure against her paycheck-to-paycheck line. Reaction and punditry, with no new document. - El-Sayed preterm birth study, 2026-10-22
Pivots to Obama stumping for El-Sayed
Pivots from the study to the campaign trail: the hosts say Obama is stumping for El-Sayed and want reporters to ask the former president about the paper, since he is himself the child of an interracial marriage. They confirm they tracked down the published report. - El-Sayed preterm birth study, 2026-10-22
Reads the 18% preterm figure as a purity argument
Picks up the Townhall report on El-Sayed's doctoral study and reads the 18% preterm birth figure as an argument for racial purity, tying it to his Senate bid and Black voters in Detroit. - Collins and Jackson's cousin, 2026-10-21
Plays the cousin ad and the donor disclosure
Plays the Senate Leadership Fund's Maine radio ad in full and pairs it with a Washington Free Beacon story that Jackson disclosed billionaire donors two days after denying any funded him. The segment is reaction and mockery, with the ad's cousin line as the centerpiece. - Cooper widens North Carolina lead, 2026-10-21
Walks through Cooper's widening lead
Walks through the North Carolina and Georgia Senate numbers: Cooper's lead widening to about 10 points and Ossoff above 50, with the hosts arguing both Democrats have flown under the radar while other races dominate.