Daily Kos' The Brief

65. A Democratic senator in a swing district was knocking on doors when draft Roe decision came out. Here's what happened next

May 18, 2022

Today’s guests are Washington state Sen. Emily Randall, who has been knocking on doors in her tough swing district in the Kitsap Peninsula and Matt Hildreth, executive director of RuralOrganizing.org. Both have been on the ground talking with voters in rural areas and urban areas before, during, and after the leaked...

64. Can Democrats make the GOP pay for Roe v Wade in midterms? Yes. They can.

May 11, 2022

We speak with Christina Reynolds, VP of Communications at EMILY's List. EMILY’s List, along with NARAL and Planned Parenthood have announced intentions to spend at least $150 million to center abortion rights in this November’s elections.

63. Christine Pelosi talks to us about what Democrats must do to save women’s rights

May 4, 2022

Christine Pelosi has been a Democratic Party strategist for decades. She joins Markos and Kerry the day after Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s first draft decision obliterating decades of settled law protecting Americans’ reproductive rights to discuss what Democrats can do now and in the weeks and months ahead.

62. An update on Ukraine and Democrats win by hitting Republicans hard in Wisconsin

Apr 27, 2022

Democrats need to go on the offensive. Today's guest, Ben Wikler, chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin, can prove that because that is what the Democratic Party of Wisconsin did a couple of weeks ago in local elections and they won big time. You can also read Wikler’s report about it on Daily...

61. Democrats and “messaging." Sigh. Can it be solved?

Apr 20, 2022

Jennifer Fernandez Ancona from Way to Win, is our guest on this week’s Daily Kos’ The Brief. Unlike many messaging “gurus” Jennifer has data to back up what Democrats can say to help defuse Republican culture war attacks, and what the chances are of Democrats adopting this—or any—unified message.