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The wind is at our backs, we’ve been building the momentum, and now we have to run through the tape. As Trump threatens election sabotage, our best response is massive turnout producing a historic wave impossible to ignore or subvert. And who better to discuss the art and science of electoral organizing than Abdul El-Sayed, the man at the center of the most-talked-about race in the country this year? We talk to Abdul about his upset victory in the primary and how he’s building a big coalition for a “Big America” in the general election. And as always, we take your questions live! To learn more and get involved with Indivisible, visit indivisible.org/wtp

We just pulled off the largest early-vote effort in history: 3,000 joyful, powerful, community-driven No Kings actions all over the world. In this episode, we discuss new data showing the impact of this historic effort, but that’s not all. We also dig into the ongoing tussle between No Kings and Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta, which unilaterally disabled the national No Kings social media account in the middle of this day of action. We break down their bogus excuses and the developing congressional interest in investigating the Trump-aligned tech giant. And as always, your live questions! To learn more and get involved with Indivisible, visit indivisible.org/wtp

Authoritarians win by spreading fear and confusion. Sure, there’s plenty to worry about when we’ve got a fascist in the White House threatening his opponents and promising October sabotage surprises. But we’re going to make a go at NOT giving Trump what he wants. In this episode, we’re making the case for optimism, and we’ve got a strong case to make! We go through the best arguments, then take your questions live! To learn more and get involved with Indivisible, visit indivisible.org/wtp

The Trump regime is trying to fearmonger its way to an electoral win. Our challenge is to take the threat seriously and act with confidence, without handing the regime power it doesn’t have or feeding the cynicism that demotivates our side. In this episode, Leah and Ezra talk about how the regime is ramping up its fear tactics, why that’s actually a sign of weakness, and what our strongest response looks like: No Kings, early voting, election defense, and community mobilization. We’re a little more than a week out from No Kings on October 17, the biggest effort against election sabotage in American history. We’ve all got work to do, and we’re gonna talk about how we all have a role in doing it! To learn more and get involved with Indivisible, visit ⁠indivisible.org/wtp

How do you flip a red state in a blue wave? From Texas to Iowa to Kansas to Florida, a blue wave appears to be building this fall that could transform American politics for years to come. In this episode, we talk to one of the most prominent wave builders in the country. Angie Nixon was outspent 16-to-1 in Florida's Democratic primary for U.S. Senate this summer and won by more than 10 points. Now she's running in the general election against a corrupt Trump pick. We get into the current state of the Democratic Party, the strategy for flipping Florida blue, and the role of No Kings and grassroots movements in her campaign. To learn more and get involved with Indivisible, visit indivisible.org/wtp

How do you stop an authoritarian with a mass movement? What strategies and tactics have actually worked, here in the U.S. and abroad? We ask one of the best teachers on the subject: Erica Chenoweth, the Harvard professor known for research on political violence and its alternatives. We get into the 3.5% rule, the next No Kings, and what we can achieve together. Then it's a classic What's the Plan live Q&A on Supreme Court reform, election messaging, and how to stop post-election sabotage. To learn more and get involved with Indivisible, visit indivisible.org/wtp

Whether you think the AI apocalypse is imminent or the bubble is about to burst, the political impact of this technological acceleration is only going to grow. This is our first, and likely not our last, What's the Plan on the threat. Ezra and Leah discuss what the threat is, which villains are accelerating us toward disaster, and what role a mass movement plays in this moment. Then, live Q&A: election crises and protection at the polls, what happens if Mike Johnson tries to stage a coup, and effective voter contact tactics. To learn more and get involved with Indivisible, visit indivisible.org/wtp

They want to sabotage the midterm elections, and we're not going to let them. That's the point of No Kings on October 17th. On this week's What's the Plan, we talk about how we do that together. How is this one different from No Kings 1, 2, and 3? What can we hope to achieve? How does early voting contribute to election defense? What powerful, fun, and funny community events are people around the country planning? Costumes, dog walks, Halloween themes, puppets, concerts, carnivals, and more. And we take a minute to discuss how we'll make John Fetterman irrelevant. To learn more and get involved with Indivisible, visit indivisible.org/wtp

Now that we've won primaries all over the country with a new generation of Democratic fighters, how do we win over voters in enough battleground states to take the House and Senate in November? We do a deep dive on a new polling project with pollster extraordinaire Celinda Lake on what the data says and how we can use it to crush this corrupt regime in the midterms. In the live Q&A we talk about combating cynicism on our own side, what acts of courage inspire us, how we enforce big-tent unity, and the next No Kings. To learn more and get involved with Indivisible, visit indivisible.org/wtp

The Supreme Court is not your friend, and it's no friend to our democracy. It is a friend to Donald Trump and the MAGA movement. This week it handed Trump a partial victory in his attempt to undermine mail-in voting, the latest in a string of MAGA rulings on abortion, voting rights, campaign finance, and executive branch immunity. So what do we do about it? We talk with Elie Mystal, the brilliant and fearless justice correspondent for The Nation, about how the court is broken, what reforms could actually fix it, and how organizers around the country can bring accountability sooner rather than later. Then we hit a lightning round of listener Q&A on general election unification, the SAVE Act, and immigrant defense. To learn more and get involved with Indivisible, visit indivisible.org/wtp

Trump is doing what all fascist losers do in the lead-up to a catastrophic electoral wipeout: he's preparing to sabotage the election. And repression of civil society and activists is a key part of the playbook. In this episode, Leah and Ezra run through four real-world scenarios pro-democracy organizers may face in the coming months and explain what your rights are and how to exercise them. Then it's lots of live Q&A on election sabotage, scam PACs, Democratic messaging for the general election, and more! To learn more and get involved with Indivisible, visit indivisible.org/wtp

We're nearing the end of primary season with ten Senate and House wins under our belt. We're technically on vacation with our kids this week, but we couldn't wait to talk about our very last primary endorsement. So while the kids play with grandma and grandpa, we sit down with Patrick Roath, who is taking on a multi-decade do-nothing incumbent in a safe blue district, to discuss ICE accountability and rejuvenating the Democratic Party. Then in live Q&A: the Delete DoorDash campaign, ICE at the polls, ranked choice voting, and mobilizing in response to regime-instigated emergencies. To learn more and get involved with Indivisible, visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠indivisible.org/wtp

What makes up a pro-democracy media diet? We've got data straight from the Indivisible movement! Where does the movement get its facts, its breaking news, its analysis, its historical context, its action items...and its emotional regulation? We dig into all of it, then sit down for some emotional regulation of our own with the always incredible Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota, Peggy Flanagan. She updates us on the state of her race and what we all can do to get her across the finish line. Plus, as always, live Q&A: the next major mobilization, unifying after primaries, and messaging for a general election audience. To learn more and get involved with Indivisible, visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠indivisible.org/wtp

Most of us who aren't walking, talking embodiments of a corporate super PAC agree that campaign money is infecting and perverting our politics. But very few people actually do something about it. Today we talk with Hawaii State Senator Jarrett Keohokalole, lead author of a first-in-the-nation state campaign finance law — designed, passed, and enacted earlier this year — to constitutionally get money out of politics. He also happens to be challenging a corporate Democrat in a deep blue district in a primary next week. After talking shop with Jarrett, Leah and Ezra take listener questions: Do Democrats need a positive vision? Why don't people vote on democracy, and what do we do about it? And how do we fight back against the ongoing attacks on elections? To learn more and get involved with Indivisible, visit indivisible.org/wtp

Today we're joined by a modern-day political hero: Justin J. Pearson. An elected state representative from Tennessee, Justin has taken on the state's MAGA political leadership and Elon Musk's data centers, and is now wading into the fight against Trump's national gerrymandering by running for Congress to represent Memphis. Ezra and Leah give an update on the crypto corruption crisis in Congress, and take questions on trustworthy news sources in today's fractured media environment, depriving the trolls of our attention, and planning for this weekend's nationwide actions in solidarity with immigrant communities under threat. To learn more and get involved with Indivisible, visit indivisible.org/wtp