Saltier Politics

Trust in legacy media is quickly disappearing (if it hasn’t evaporated already), and it’s because of for-profit, self-inflicted wounds, cough, Washington Post, cough. Media institutions are compromising their integrity to avoid antagonizing power (here’s looking at you, ABC News). Julie looks at the broader implications, showing how the normalization of abnormality (here’s looking at you too, Trump and MAGA) has alienated readers a...

Donald Trump, the MAGA Congress, and the Trumpy Supreme Court, -- there's no one to blame for the Democrats' failure to regain win but the Democratic Party itself. Four years ago, there was an insurrection at the U.S. Capitol and the man who incited it is taking back power, along with the enablers who once denounced him. Julie explains what the Democrats need to do to dig themselves out of the hole, to rise up, and to win the battl...

Saltier Politics: Co-hosts Julie Roginsky and Emily DeCiccio reunite! The two get salty and discuss the recent Dominion defamation lawsuit against Fox. Emily recalls the culture and the subversive work she did with Julie. Julie weighs in on her time working with Tucker Carlson and some conversations with him. Julie also reveals why she thinks Tucker is the only Republican who could actually beat former President Donald Trump. Liste...

Saltier Politics: Co-hosts Julie Roginsky and Emily DeCiccio get salty and discuss the failure of democratic messaging, especially as the news of Roe v. Wade potentially being overturned comes to light. Julie explains why Donald Trump is the "useful idiot who made Mitchell McConnell's dreams come true." The two salty co-hosts discuss why so many people tune into Sean Hannity and Tucker Carlson and how MSNBC hosts are missing the ma...

Saltier Politics: Co-hosts Julie Roginsky and Emily DeCiccio get salty and discuss the devastating war waged by Russian in Ukraine. Emily asks Julie to deliver her insights on how the U.S. and world should react and the current message being sent to President Vladimir Putin. Julie explains why "KGB thug" Putin must "win" and why optics for him matter so immensely. Julie also discusses "Lift our Voices" and some major updates from h...

Saltier Politics: Co-hosts Julie Roginsky and Emily DeCiccio get salty and discuss the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Julie explains why going after the hidden wealth of Russian oligarchs will be critical in weakening President Vladimir Putin. Julie and Emily also discuss the psychological toll that Ukrainian refugees face and how the Russian population will be impacted as a result of the country's weakened economy. It's a discussion...

Saltier Politics: Co-hosts Julie Roginsky and Emily DeCiccio get salty with Republican pollster Adam Geller. The founder and CEO of National Research, Inc discusses how polling has evolved and reveals what it was like to present polls to President Donald Trump. He breaks down the art of polling and talks about his impressive career trajectory. It's an end-of-year discussion you won't want to miss, so don't forget to bring your salt...

Saltier Politics: Co-hosts Julie Roginsky and Emily DeCiccio get salty with Dave Spencer. He’s the host of “Practically Political,” a pragmatic Republican, and Rockefeller heir who breaks down the current state of the GOP, why he’s become disillusioned, and what he’s doing about it. Find out who, if anyone, he considers the next big star of the Democratic Party. Dave also delivers one of the top “two truths and a lie” and stumps bo...

Saltier Politics: Co-hosts Julie Roginsky and Emily DeCiccio get salty and discuss why we shouldn't be calling Liz Cheney "brave" for simply doing the right thing. Julie reveals her deep British history knowledge as she discusses the recent headline about the Mary Queen of Scots and her stolen rosary. Find out why Julie will never use Airbnb again and what Emily is salty about this week. It's another informative, entertaining discu...

Saltier Politics: Social Psychologist at the University of Toronto Jason Plaks joins co-hosts Julie Roginsky and Emily DeCiccio for a deep dive in identifying specific motivations and emotions that guide people toward different ends of the political spectrum. Plaks uses his expertise to break down the motivations of not only Trump supporters but also democratic voters. The salty co-hosts get a lesson in political psychology and it'...

Saltier Politics: Co-hosts Julie Roginsky and Emily DeCiccio get salty and discuss Julie's viral tweet on Ted Cruz's "escape" from Texas, the absence of logic in political discussions, and the #FreeBritney movement.  Julie explains why she's no longer engaging with certain individuals on Twitter and Emily explains why she's, yet again, salty towards her home state. It's an informative, entertaining discussion you won't want to miss...

Saltier Politics: Co-hosts Julie Roginsky and Emily DeCiccio get salty with Bill Baroni. He tells them what his experience was like before, during, and after the infamous Bridgegate scandal. Baroni explains what the most difficult part of being in prison was and why Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan is his father's favorite Justice. The former deputy executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey discusses how ...

Saltier Politics: Yale professor and author of “How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them” Jason Stanley returns to the pod and gets salty with co-hosts Julie Roginsky and Emily DeCiccio. The trio  discuss fascism and the insurrectionist mob that stormed the Capitol on January 6th. Jason expounds on the infiltration of white supremacists into law enforcement and what needs to be done to rework a system that props up nationalis...