2. Beto's campaign never hired a pollster. It's questionable whether he hired conventional political advisors or strategists. He claimed that he didn't want to be constrained by what others told him was possible.
Politics Watch (@politics_watch1) on X
Beto O'Rourke tells @LeftReckoning podcast he never hired a pollster in the 2018 Texas Senate campaign:
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2. Beto's campaign never hired a pollster. It's questionable whether he hired conventional political advisors or strategists. He claimed that he didn't want to be constrained by what others told him was possible.
Twitter Abundance Bros V Shawn Fain
Featuring @LeftReckoning (@davidgriscom and @mattlech)
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Featuring @LeftReckoning (@davidgriscom and @mattlech)
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April 24, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Twitter Abundance Bros V Shawn Fain
Featuring @LeftReckoning (@davidgriscom and @mattlech)
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Featuring @LeftReckoning (@davidgriscom and @mattlech)
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HUGE Sunday Show Double for @LeftReckoning patreon members.
First, @ericblanc.bsky.social on his new book, "We Are the Union."
Then, Edward and Ben from Philly Wholefoods Workers United on organizing grocery workers.
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First, @ericblanc.bsky.social on his new book, "We Are the Union."
Then, Edward and Ben from Philly Wholefoods Workers United on organizing grocery workers.
www.patreon.com/posts/sunday...
Sunday Show: We Are the Union ft. Eric Blanc & Philly Whole Foods Workers United | Left Reckoning
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February 17, 2025 at 2:18 AM
HUGE Sunday Show Double for @LeftReckoning patreon members.
First, @ericblanc.bsky.social on his new book, "We Are the Union."
Then, Edward and Ben from Philly Wholefoods Workers United on organizing grocery workers.
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First, @ericblanc.bsky.social on his new book, "We Are the Union."
Then, Edward and Ben from Philly Wholefoods Workers United on organizing grocery workers.
www.patreon.com/posts/sunday...
I have almost no followers so almost no one will see this, but Matt Lech as the co-host of @leftreckoning and a producer on @theMajorityReport is awesome. Everyone should follow him here!
Pretty much this entire year I had been resolving to mature from angry young man to wise chill sage and I think that project will continue to experience delays
November 12, 2024 at 4:45 AM
I have almost no followers so almost no one will see this, but Matt Lech as the co-host of @leftreckoning and a producer on @theMajorityReport is awesome. Everyone should follow him here!
Seb Gorka Wants to Put Us (and you) in Jail.
Featuring @LeftReckoning (@davidgriscom and @mattlech)
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Featuring @LeftReckoning (@davidgriscom and @mattlech)
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April 23, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Seb Gorka Wants to Put Us (and you) in Jail.
Featuring @LeftReckoning (@davidgriscom and @mattlech)
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Featuring @LeftReckoning (@davidgriscom and @mattlech)
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whoopsie. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yj5B...
August 31, 2026 at 12:35 PM
whoopsie. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yj5B...
Texas Wasn’t Always "Conservative"
Texas isn’t as Right-Wing as people think. David Griscom (The Myth of Red Texas author & @LeftReckoning co-host) talks his book & the forgotten southern history of populists, socialists & working-class movements that once challenged elites
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Texas isn’t as Right-Wing as people think. David Griscom (The Myth of Red Texas author & @LeftReckoning co-host) talks his book & the forgotten southern history of populists, socialists & working-class movements that once challenged elites
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March 12, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Texas Wasn’t Always "Conservative"
Texas isn’t as Right-Wing as people think. David Griscom (The Myth of Red Texas author & @LeftReckoning co-host) talks his book & the forgotten southern history of populists, socialists & working-class movements that once challenged elites
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Texas isn’t as Right-Wing as people think. David Griscom (The Myth of Red Texas author & @LeftReckoning co-host) talks his book & the forgotten southern history of populists, socialists & working-class movements that once challenged elites
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"Just Tax Them." The Argument Against Billionaire Philanthropy
David Griscom (The Myth of Red Texas author & @LeftReckoning) talks on James Talarico's big win in the recent Texas primary as well as reacting to democrat claims that "billionaires are our friends!"
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David Griscom (The Myth of Red Texas author & @LeftReckoning) talks on James Talarico's big win in the recent Texas primary as well as reacting to democrat claims that "billionaires are our friends!"
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March 13, 2026 at 2:17 PM
"Just Tax Them." The Argument Against Billionaire Philanthropy
David Griscom (The Myth of Red Texas author & @LeftReckoning) talks on James Talarico's big win in the recent Texas primary as well as reacting to democrat claims that "billionaires are our friends!"
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David Griscom (The Myth of Red Texas author & @LeftReckoning) talks on James Talarico's big win in the recent Texas primary as well as reacting to democrat claims that "billionaires are our friends!"
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Politician Argues Workers Don’t “Have Skin in the Game” w/ @LeftReckoning (@davidgriscom and @mattlech)
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April 22, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Politician Argues Workers Don’t “Have Skin in the Game” w/ @LeftReckoning (@davidgriscom and @mattlech)
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Rep. Flood (R Nebraska) should be asked about the $64.8m in USAID money to Nebraskans that was cut. @janekleeb.bsky.social www.usaidstopwork.com/usaid-state-... @usaidstopwork.bsky.social @mattlech.bsky.social will about it to Kowalski in Nebraska tonight 7ET www.youtube.com/@LeftReckoning
March 18, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Rep. Flood (R Nebraska) should be asked about the $64.8m in USAID money to Nebraskans that was cut. @janekleeb.bsky.social www.usaidstopwork.com/usaid-state-... @usaidstopwork.bsky.social @mattlech.bsky.social will about it to Kowalski in Nebraska tonight 7ET www.youtube.com/@LeftReckoning
@graceblakeley.bsky.social talks on the excellent Left Reckoning podcast. Always worth a listen...
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205 - How Capitalism Devours Itself & Trump's Imperialist Ruin w/ Grace Blakeley & Assal Rad by Left Reckoning
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Capitalism is failing, and the vultures are circling. We talk with Grace Blakeley, (@...
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January 31, 2025 at 10:43 AM
@graceblakeley.bsky.social talks on the excellent Left Reckoning podcast. Always worth a listen...
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@chipgibbons.bsky.social Excellent hit on @leftreckoning!
April 2, 2025 at 10:21 PM
@chipgibbons.bsky.social Excellent hit on @leftreckoning!
What Can We Learn from Previous Rural and Urban Populist Alliances?
David Griscom (@DavidGriscom) co-host of @LeftReckoning joins us to talk about his upcoming new book "The Myth of Red Texas" as well as his Jacobin article "Populism Was Born From a Rural-Urban Alliance."
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David Griscom (@DavidGriscom) co-host of @LeftReckoning joins us to talk about his upcoming new book "The Myth of Red Texas" as well as his Jacobin article "Populism Was Born From a Rural-Urban Alliance."
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July 17, 2025 at 2:17 PM
What Can We Learn from Previous Rural and Urban Populist Alliances?
David Griscom (@DavidGriscom) co-host of @LeftReckoning joins us to talk about his upcoming new book "The Myth of Red Texas" as well as his Jacobin article "Populism Was Born From a Rural-Urban Alliance."
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David Griscom (@DavidGriscom) co-host of @LeftReckoning joins us to talk about his upcoming new book "The Myth of Red Texas" as well as his Jacobin article "Populism Was Born From a Rural-Urban Alliance."
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I love Sam, I loved Michael, I love Emma, but Matt is the smartest person on the show, and the most well-read and knowledgeable.
Check out @leftreckoning with @davidgriscom.bsky.social if you don't already listen.
Check out @leftreckoning with @davidgriscom.bsky.social if you don't already listen.
November 26, 2024 at 4:53 AM
I love Sam, I loved Michael, I love Emma, but Matt is the smartest person on the show, and the most well-read and knowledgeable.
Check out @leftreckoning with @davidgriscom.bsky.social if you don't already listen.
Check out @leftreckoning with @davidgriscom.bsky.social if you don't already listen.
Discourse Around the Texas Floods Have Been Spiritually Poisonous
Texan David Griscom (@DavidGriscom), co-host of @LeftReckoning and author of upcoming book "The Myth of Red Texas," joins us to talk about the deadly Texas floods and the overall response to the disaster.
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Texan David Griscom (@DavidGriscom), co-host of @LeftReckoning and author of upcoming book "The Myth of Red Texas," joins us to talk about the deadly Texas floods and the overall response to the disaster.
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July 15, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Discourse Around the Texas Floods Have Been Spiritually Poisonous
Texan David Griscom (@DavidGriscom), co-host of @LeftReckoning and author of upcoming book "The Myth of Red Texas," joins us to talk about the deadly Texas floods and the overall response to the disaster.
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Texan David Griscom (@DavidGriscom), co-host of @LeftReckoning and author of upcoming book "The Myth of Red Texas," joins us to talk about the deadly Texas floods and the overall response to the disaster.
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I went on LeftReckoning to talk about the NDP’s failures in the Alberta election and how having a viable third party federally is not all it’s cracked up to be.
June 15, 2023 at 7:13 PM
I went on LeftReckoning to talk about the NDP’s failures in the Alberta election and how having a viable third party federally is not all it’s cracked up to be.
This @leftreckoning pod with @davidgriscom.bsky.social was so good! Ms. Rawlings is fascinating!
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Does The LEFT Struggle To Talk About MOTHERHOOD?
YouTube video by Left Reckoning
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November 19, 2024 at 5:14 AM
This @leftreckoning pod with @davidgriscom.bsky.social was so good! Ms. Rawlings is fascinating!
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"[The Democrats are] loading the pistol up... and then they're handing it to the madman."
-- David Griscom (@davidgriscom.bsky.social) on #LeftReckoning
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-- David Griscom (@davidgriscom.bsky.social) on #LeftReckoning
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Why All Your Money Goes To ICE & Policing Not Healthcare
YouTube video by Left Reckoning
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June 28, 2025 at 7:17 PM
"[The Democrats are] loading the pistol up... and then they're handing it to the madman."
-- David Griscom (@davidgriscom.bsky.social) on #LeftReckoning
youtu.be/wGx3Qraky_8
-- David Griscom (@davidgriscom.bsky.social) on #LeftReckoning
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Another one who bizarrely believes AIPAC has an outsized role in directing US policy.
Never liked him, thought his stans were creepy, would only have grudgingly voted for him in 2020 if it came down to it (COVID).
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Never liked him, thought his stans were creepy, would only have grudgingly voted for him in 2020 if it came down to it (COVID).
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September 1, 2026 at 10:10 AM
Another one who bizarrely believes AIPAC has an outsized role in directing US policy.
Never liked him, thought his stans were creepy, would only have grudgingly voted for him in 2020 if it came down to it (COVID).
x.com/politics_wat...
Never liked him, thought his stans were creepy, would only have grudgingly voted for him in 2020 if it came down to it (COVID).
x.com/politics_wat...
Come check out Matt from the #MajorityReport team on his stream #LeftReckoning
Golden Dome
Trump Pardons
CDC Vaccine Change
Charles III
Pentagon Scandal
NPR Lawsuit
www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0VL...
Golden Dome
Trump Pardons
CDC Vaccine Change
Charles III
Pentagon Scandal
NPR Lawsuit
www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0VL...
222 - Ro Khanna on DOGE, China & Gaza & Dodgin' Dave Rubin ft. Straighterade
YouTube video by Left Reckoning
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May 27, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Come check out Matt from the #MajorityReport team on his stream #LeftReckoning
Golden Dome
Trump Pardons
CDC Vaccine Change
Charles III
Pentagon Scandal
NPR Lawsuit
www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0VL...
Golden Dome
Trump Pardons
CDC Vaccine Change
Charles III
Pentagon Scandal
NPR Lawsuit
www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0VL...
America's mob war foreign policy continues with the weekend's #war launched on #Iran
We welcome #AnnelleSheline of #ResponsibleStatecraft and #TMBS regular guest #DjeneBajalan
#LeftReckoning #MattLech #DavidGriscom www.youtube.com/live/IcOzbF_...
We welcome #AnnelleSheline of #ResponsibleStatecraft and #TMBS regular guest #DjeneBajalan
#LeftReckoning #MattLech #DavidGriscom www.youtube.com/live/IcOzbF_...
The Catastrophic Iran War Is Here ft. Annelle Sheline & Djene Rhys Bajalan
YouTube video by Left Reckoning
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March 3, 2026 at 9:10 PM
America's mob war foreign policy continues with the weekend's #war launched on #Iran
We welcome #AnnelleSheline of #ResponsibleStatecraft and #TMBS regular guest #DjeneBajalan
#LeftReckoning #MattLech #DavidGriscom www.youtube.com/live/IcOzbF_...
We welcome #AnnelleSheline of #ResponsibleStatecraft and #TMBS regular guest #DjeneBajalan
#LeftReckoning #MattLech #DavidGriscom www.youtube.com/live/IcOzbF_...
Here's my owwn special creation
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#DarshunKendrickGeorgiaStateRepBILLproposal #TheTesticularBillOfRights 💪🤩
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#MRlive GauntletTaken😆#MRcrew👉🚫🌰 #TesticularBillOfRights rebuttal #MRlive #GOPZEROdropNOFAPBANEffect
Now that's #AlphFauxCONTaintmen't
#AlphaMalesAreBack
#DarshunKendrickGeorgiaStateRepBILLproposal #TheTesticularBillOfRights 💪🤩
m.youtube.com/watch?v=_6CJ...
#MRlive GauntletTaken😆#MRcrew👉🚫🌰 #TesticularBillOfRights rebuttal #MRlive #GOPZEROdropNOFAPBANEffect
#LeftIsBest #LiteraryHangover#LeejaMillerReactsToProject2025#emmavigeland #manufacturingconsent #LeftReckoning #bodilyautonomy #iykyk #medicare4all#SederForL...
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Here's my owwn special creation
#MRlive GauntletTaken😆#MRcrew👉🚫🌰 #TesticularBillOfRights rebuttal #MRlive #GOPZEROdropNOFAPBANEffect
Now that's #AlphFauxCONTaintmen't
#AlphaMalesAreBack
#DarshunKendrickGeorgiaStateRepBILLproposal #TheTesticularBillOfRights 💪🤩
m.youtube.com/watch?v=_6CJ...
#MRlive GauntletTaken😆#MRcrew👉🚫🌰 #TesticularBillOfRights rebuttal #MRlive #GOPZEROdropNOFAPBANEffect
Now that's #AlphFauxCONTaintmen't
#AlphaMalesAreBack
#DarshunKendrickGeorgiaStateRepBILLproposal #TheTesticularBillOfRights 💪🤩
m.youtube.com/watch?v=_6CJ...
Talked to #Leftreckoning about my research! I talk about some of my main results, some conclusions, and also what surprised me during my year talking to autoworkers and coal miners about climate change and their jobs. Check it out on Spotify! open.spotify.com/episode/7mBQ...
December 20, 2023 at 9:57 AM
Talked to #Leftreckoning about my research! I talk about some of my main results, some conclusions, and also what surprised me during my year talking to autoworkers and coal miners about climate change and their jobs. Check it out on Spotify! open.spotify.com/episode/7mBQ...
“Quick Fixes: Drugs in America from Prohibition to the 21st Century Binge,” by Associate Director Ben Fong, will be released TOMORROW!! You can learn more about the new book by listening to Ben’s feature in Left Reckoning.
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Check out the podcast here:
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“Quick Fixes: Drugs in America from Prohibition to the 21st Century Binge,” by Associate Director Ben Fong, will be released TOMORROW!! You can learn more about the new book by listening to Ben’s feature in Left Reckoning.
Check out the podcast here:
Check out the podcast here: