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Barbara on Obama's Detroit rally for El-Sayed and Slotkin, the red-green alliance burning France, Data Republican's Insurrection Act files, and making the November 3 midterms too big to rig.
Barbara Boyd starts with Barack Obama's October 24 rally in Detroit for Abdul El-Sayed and Elissa Slotkin and the red-green alliance, then looks at El-Sayed's 2012 statement backing Mohamed Morsi's government, Slotkin's posts at the National Security Council and the Pentagon, and the Sunrise Movement's board and funders. She follows Data Republican's files on former officials preparing around the Insurrection Act and 2028, the Democratic Socialists of America's platform, this month's riots in France and Noëlle Lenoir's interview with Michael Shellenberger, and closes with Marco Rubio and Jared Isaacman on the President, the American System, and making the November 3 midterms too big to rig.
00:00 The Monday Brief - The Red-Green Alliance Burning France (Obama, Slotkin and El-Sayed Bring It Home) - October 26, 2026
01:21 Who Are El-Sayed and Elissa Slotkin, Really?
04:59 The Democrats Will Bring the French Revolution Here
09:06 This Battle Is 250 Years Old
Barbara Boyd
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