Susan J. Demas

Should TikTok Be Banned in the US and What's Next for AI? | First Draft with Susan Demas & Dr. Anthony Vinci AI’s expansion into culture, media, and daily life creates openings for authoritarian narratives to infiltrate without detection.

ICYMI: @sjdemas.bsky.social had Anthony Vinci on First Draft to discuss AI’s expansion into culture, media, and daily life (and our governments).

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How Mamdani Charmed Trump in the Oval Office | The Weekly Assignment with Susan Demas, Sam Osterhout, & Evan Fields Trump’s fixation on relevance was on full display in his thirsty interaction with Zoran Mamdani at the White House.

ICYMI: @sjdemas.bsky.social and @samosterhout.bsky.social welcomed @evanfieldsnfu.bsky.social live for The Weekly Assignment to look at Mamdani working his charm on the man who loves a good-looking winner, Trump…

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Deepfakes, Misinformation & More: How AI is Rewiring Politics | LIVE with Susan Demas, Nathan Sanders, & Bruce Schneier AI’s biggest political risk isn’t deepfakes — it’s the consolidation of wealth and power around a handful of trillion-dollar companies.

ICYMI: @sjdemas.bsky.social welcomes Nathan Sanders and Bruce Schneier, co-authors of Rewiring Democracy: How AI Will Transform Our Politics, Government, and Citizenship, out now!

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Justice for Epstein Survivors | Jess Michaels joins Susan Demas LIVE Survivors forced Congress to act, proving public pressure can break years of institutional indifference.

ICYMI: @sjdemas.bsky.social was joined by Epstein Survivor @jessmichaelsspeaks.bsky.social to discuss the Epstein Files Bill.

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What Is John Fetterman Doing? | First Draft with Susan Demas and Sean Kitchen Pennsylvania’s 2025 elections upended expectations and signaled a shifting political map.

ICYMI: @sjdemas.bsky.social welcomed @seankitchen.bsky.social, political correspondent for The Keystone, on the broadcast for this week’s edition of First Draft to discuss John Fetterman and PA politics.

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This week on First Draft @sjdemas.bsky.social welcomed former White House press secretary @karinejean-pierre.bsky.social to discuss her new book and our broken system.

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ICYMI: @sjdemas.bsky.social sat down with @karinejean-pierre.bsky.social to discuss her new book Independent: A Look Inside a Broken White House, Outside the Party Lines, out now!

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About that Epstein 'Bubba' Email ... | The Weekly Assignment with Susan Demas, Sam Osterhout, & Andra Watkins Public pressure matters now—this vote is a line between transparency and authoritarian obedience.

ICYMI: @sjdemas.bsky.social, @samosterhout.bsky.social and guest Andra Watkins discussed those emails…

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ICYMI: @sjdemas.bsky.social welcomes @shadihamid.bsky.social for this weeks episode of First Draft to discuss his new book The Case for American Power, out now!

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ICYMI: @sjdemas.bsky.social and @eisendrath.net went live to discuss how the administration's assault on freedom is coordinated and deliberate.

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Are Dems Playing 14D Chess or ... No? | Edwin Eisendrath & Susan Demas And Trump’s latest pardon spree underscores a presidency without limits or shame.

ICYMI: @sjdemas.bsky.social and @eisendrath.net had their weekly sit down to discuss the Senate Dems capitulating to the GOP and taking first steps towards ending the shutdown.

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@theintellectualist.bsky.social joined @sjdemas.bsky.social and @samosterhout.bsky.social on the Weekly Assignment to talk grassroots movements to AI driven inequality.

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Trump's Attacks on Justice | Pulitzer Prize Winners Carol Leonnig & Aaron Davis Join Susan Demas Career DOJ staff have been purged, leaving deep institutional scars and a chilling effect across federal law enforcement.

ICYMI: @sjdemas.bsky.social was joined by Washington Post reporters/writers @carolleonnig.bsky.social and Aaron Davis to discuss the current state of the Department of Justice (and how we got to this state).

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WTF Are Senate Democrats Even Doing?!?! | The Weekly Assignment Senate Democrats’ shutdown cave reveals a moral and strategic failure, not a compromise.

ICYMI: @sjdemas.bsky.social and @samosterhout.bsky.social were joined by @The Intellectualist (Brian D.) to discuss Senate Democrats’ shutdown cave reveals a moral and strategic failure, not a compromise.

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Lessons from the American Revolution | First Draft with Susan Demas & Historian Richard Bell In a time of resurgent nationalism and mythmaking, we still need to take an honest look at history if we want to understand where we are today.

ICYMI @sjdemas.bsky.social welcomed author and historian Richard Bell to discuss his new book The American Revolution and the Fate of the World, which shows The American Revolution was a global conflict, not a local uprising.

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Pulitzer Prize winners Carol Leonnig & Aaron Davis join @sjdemas.bsky.social to reveal new details on ignored intelligence before January 6th and the DOJ’s internal breakdown.

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Going from Obama to Trump: How Did America Get Here? | Susan Demas & Pulitzer Prize Winner Paul Starr From freedom and slavery to Fox and X — Paul Starr traces how America’s old contradictions built our current crisis.

ICYMI: Paul Starr traced how America’s old contradictions built our current crisis in his new book American Contradiction: Revolution and Revenge from the 1950s to Now, with @sjdemas.bsky.social!

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Last week @sjdemas.bsky.social discussed Trump’s quiet rollback of reproductive rights with author Irin Carmon.

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ICYMI: @sjdemas.bsky.social and @eisendrath.net went live to discuss how the current administration’s policies are nothing but cruelty—from weaponizing ICE to food.

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ICYMI: @eisendrath.net hosted @jaimeharrison.bsky.social on It's the Democracy, Stupid.

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ICYMI: Andrew Wilson joined @sjdemas.bsky.social and @samosterhout.bsky.social on the Weekly Assignment to break down the latest polling before Tuesday's elections.

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LIVE TODAY AT 10 AM ET - @sjdemas.bsky.social and @samosterhout.bsky.social take a look at Trump’s most recent Marie Antonette-esq move: throwing a Gatsby themed party over the weekend!

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The Forgotten War on Women's Health | First Draft with Susan Demas & Author Irin Carmon The Trump administration’s quiet rollback of reproductive rights continues under the guise of 'health' and 'states’ rights.'

ICYMI: @sjdemas.bsky.social had author @irincarmon.bsky.social on First Draft to discuss Irin’s new book UNBEARABLE and The Trump administration’s rollback of reproductive rights.

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Trump Won't OK Disaster Relief for Blue States | The Weekly Assignment with Special Guests Joe Trippi & Joe Klein And why the Democratic Party’s language and messaging habits are often a roadblock to connecting to voters.

ICYMI: @sjdemas.bsky.social and @samosterhout.bsky.social hosted campaign guru @joetrippi.bsky.social and veteran journalist Joe Klein (hosts of the Two Joes Show) for this week’s edition of The Weekly Assignment!

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LIVE AT 2:20 PM ET - Executive Editor @sjdemas.bsky.social welcomes Rep. @rokhanna.bsky.social (D-CA) to discuss the Epstein Files and the fight against the worst cover-up attempt in history.

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LIVE AT 10 AM ET: The Weekly Assignment with @sjdemas.bsky.social and @samosterhout.bsky.social, with @joetrippi.bsky.social and Joe Klein of the Two Joes podcast, joining live!

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ICYMI: @johnfabianwitt.bsky.social joined @sjdemas.bsky.social on First Draft to discuss his new book The Radical Fund and the lessons of a century ago that can guide real social change today.

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A 1920s Roadmap for Today's Resistance | First Draft with Susan Demas and author John Fabian Witt Author and Yale Law Professor John Fabian Witt wanted distance from the chaos of the present, so he went back a century — and found its mirror image.

Yale Professor @johnfabianwitt.bsky.social went back a century and found our present

The Radical Fund tells the story of Charles Garland who refused his inheritance to see it fuel resistance

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ICYMI: @sjdemas.bsky.social sat down with @jaketapper.bsky.social to talk about his new book, Race Against Terror: Chasing an Al Qaeda Killer at the Dawn of the Forever War -plus Trump’s personal revenge tour against journalism!
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ICYMI: @sjdemas.bsky.social welcomed @jaketapper.bsky.social to discuss his new book Race Against Terror: Chasing an Al Qaeda Killer at the Dawn of the Forever War plus Trump’s personal revenge tour against journalism!

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