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Lester Tellez joined us to discuss finding from polls his firm On Point Politics has conducted in recent weeks. Additionally, Tim, Wendy and David made predictions of a myraid of races from across the nation including: Texas Senate, North Carolina Senate, Georgia Senate, Michigan Governor, Arizona Governor, Pennsylvania Governor and Both statewide posts in Alaska.

We discussed elections in Rhode Island, Michigan, and Georgia with Kevin Olasanoye. In addition to our discuss with Kevin we discussed:  the early vote in states across the nation, Trump's visit to Dalton Georgia, Obama's visit to Georgia on October 28th, the 5 day tenure of press secretary Katie Zacharia, the politically movitated investigations of Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, and the blame game surrounding the manipulation of speeds of Starsheild in Ukraine.

In addition to to our Texas political discussion with Sonia, we led off the show with another week of chaotic decisions from Donald Trump and we finished the show with a recap of 3 big political debates: Georgia Governor, Georgia US Senate, and Maine Senate.

Our guest was former GOP spokeswoman Cheri Jacobus. Additionally, Tim, Wendy and David discussed the September jobs report and the economy overall. In the final segment the team discussed the latest controversial Rick Jackson mailer in the Georgia Governor's race featuring a grieving mother. We also previewed what is likely the only debate in the Goergia Governor's race on Tuesday evening.

Dr. Rachel Bitecofer joined us to discuss her Midterm forecast from her Substack The Cycle In addition to the interview with Dr. Bitecofer, Tim, Wendy, and David discuss various topics coming on of the White House including: Trump's attempted rebranding of AI to SI, his floating of allowing China to sell BYD  electric vehicles in America, and the Supreme Court's 6-3 ruling allowing Homeland Secuirty to vet the voter rolls of states.  In our final segment, we discussed Tommy Tubberville's discussion of furries in the airline industry. and if this will prove to be another opening for Doug Jones in the race for Alabama Governor.

Tom Jensen of Public Policy Polling shared polling results and his thought now how voters are view races from all over the United States. States discussed included: Texas North Carolina Georgia Alaska Maine.  New York Montana Kansas Iowa Florida Ohio and more!

Andre Stafford attended the Republican midterm convention in Dallas last week and gave us a full report. In the second segment, Brian Reisinger joined us to discuss both agricultural issues and the upcoming elections in Wisconsin. In the final segment, Wendy, Tim and David discuss the fascinating race for US Senate in Kansas bewtween incumbent  Roger Marshall and Methodist minister Adam Hamliton.

Kyle Tromley joined us to discuss politics in the Buckeye State and her current role running the coordinated campaign in Georgia to elect Democrats in the Peach State.

We discuss thst and more with Chris Harden who is running for Congress in Georgia's 11th District (https://www.electharden.com/). We also discussed the latest trade war with Canada and if randoming renaming lakes is a war to win a trade war. We ended the show with a discussion of how mail in voting is attempted to be limited by Donald Trump.

To further explore that question we interviewed Georgia State Representative Dr. Jasmine Clark. Dr. Clark is running for Congress in Georgia's 13th Congressional District and if elected will be the first Ph.D. in STEM sciences elected to Congress. Additionally, Tim, Wendy, and David discussed the DNC eleminating Atlanta as the host city for the 2028 Democratic National Convention. The team also looked at conflicts of interest that GOP nominee Rick Jackson has in his race for governor of Georgia. Finally, we discuss results in primaries in South Carolina & Florida and looked ahead to the Fall campaign in both states.

We discussed that and more with Kathie Obradovich, Editor of the Iowa Capital Dispatch. In addition to an in depth discussion of the politics of the Hawkeye State, Tim, Wendy, and David began the show with the shocking interview where Donald Trump discussed measures he could take to halt the 2026 elections. Finally, the Kudzu Vine team explored the conditions on the USS Abraham Lincoln.

In addition to discussing moving around Atlanta with Eric; Tim, Wendy, and David discussed this past week's election results in Tennessee, Missouri, and Michigan. In the final segment, the team discussed Tucker Carlson's 10 point "manifesto" for his possible formation of a new third party.

Tim, Wendy and David discussed the 2026 Democratic Party of Georgia Convention that happened in Savannah. The also discussed new polling in Texas, Michigan, and Ohio. Finally, they discussed the inability of of the Trump Administration to get Todd Blanche confirmed as Attorneyt General.

Political analyst Logan Phillips joined to discuss key races from across the United States. Before Logan joined us  Tim, Wendy and David discussed the latests twists in the ongoing situation with Iran and the poltical implications of it. In the final segment, the panel discussed the proposed 2028 DNC calendar that places the South Carolina as first in the nation. We also discussed the latest in the South Carolina US Senate race.

Kartik Krishnaiyer joined us to discuss the economic, social, and even political side of the 2026 World Cup. Additionally, Wendy and David remembered the career of South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham. They also discussed the health and rumors surrounding Mitch McConnell and closed the show with a discussion of the US Senate race and Maine in light of Democratic nominee Graham Platner dropping out of the race.