Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Jomi Adeniran joins Rachel and Van to react to the Dodgers winning a classic World Series before discussing the Trump administration’s efforts to cut the funding for SNAP. Then, Karine Jean-Pierre, the White House press secretary for the Biden administration, joins to talk about her new book, ‘Independent: A Look Inside a Broken White House, Outside the Party Lines’; the response to her book tour; and the reasons behind her exit from the Democratic Party.

00:00 Dodgers' World Series win
(18:20) Efforts to end SNAP
(1:01:06) Ignoring the blackface costumes
(1:08:39) Karine Jean-Pierre joins the show
(1:12:46) A look into the book
(1:22:11) A broken White House
(1:38:17) Where should the party go?
(2:13:38) Graham Platner’s campaign

Hosts: Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay
Guests: Oluwajomiloju Adeniran and Karine Jean-Pierre
Producers: Donnie Beacham Jr. and Ashleigh Smith
Video Supervision: Chris Thomas

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