Is it OVER for Establishment Dems? Batya Ungar-Sargon Explains All

About this episode

Has the Democratic Party been fully swallowed by the DSA? That's the question Stella puts to author and journalist Batya Ungar-Sargon in this episode, and Batya doesn't dodge it. They dig into the rise of Abdul El-Sayed, senate candidate in Michigan, as a case study in just how far the party has drifted. She breaks down why opposition to Israel sits at the heart of the DSA platform, calls out El-Sayed's celebrity-driven approach to politics, and unpacks how anti-Zionism has become almost indistinguishable from anti-Semitism in parts of the modern left. The conversation moves through Jewish voting patterns, the role social media plays in amplifying these narratives, and how economic populism…