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Tom LoBianco

24sight News by Tom LoBianco brings you the most important voices to cut through the fog, from Chris Cuomo and Michael Cohen to Tara Palmeri, Charlie Sykes and many more across the political spectrum. We cover the second Trump administration, Congress, immigration, democracy and more. Support independent journalism, find more at www.24sight.news www.24sight.news

  1. Adam Klasfeld on the Diddy trial, Trump lawfare and standing up to power

    05/18/2025

    Adam Klasfeld on the Diddy trial, Trump lawfare and standing up to power

    Support independent journalism, a free subscription gets you most 24sight gems, but paid supporters get full access, including Substack Live Recordings over at the Super Secret Members Page. $5/month, $50/year Programming Notes Look for updates on upcoming 24sight Live guests on Substack, including a check-in soon with Elise Labott on the rewiring of the global power structure and a special interview with best-selling author Laurence Leamer, whose newest book, “Warhol’s Muses” goes inside the world of Warhol to answer the lure and abuse of celebrity and power. Ready for more Congressional action? Juliegrace Brufke has you covered at “Hill Pass”, check out her latest dispatch on House Republican leaders regrouping on their sweeping tax and budget measure after a flop Friday. Show Notes If you don’t already, make sure you subscribe to Adam Klasfeld, editor of the newly launched All Rise News, who does indispensable reporting from inside the courtroom on all manner of cases (as we discuss here). * Why is the Diddy defense leading with by saying Diddy is a sex abuser? * “If people wanted evidence that wealth and power confer a certain degree of impunity, they would have a lot of evidence for that. … And cases like this have been challenging that assumption.” * A very interesting Supreme Court exchange on the “catch me if you can” dynamic of what would happen if the courts no longer wielded national injunction power (this in consideration of the Trump deportation cases.) * “The government keeps losing. This isn’t one judge in New York, this isn’t one judge in D.C., these are judges across the country.” * The repeated threats being made against judges and Klasfeld’s interview with Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) * On a big ruling on federal worker rights, the contrast of political bombast versus court filings and one Milwaukee judge citing Trump v. U.S. in her defense. * On former CPAC staffers going the distance and winning an acquittal in the ongoing battling stemming from the Matt Schlapp scandals Reach DC, VA, PA Powerbrokers Sponsors of 24sight News get in front of our highly engaged audience of decisionmakers, professionals, thought leaders, national media and more. Top readers span the nation, including heavy engagement throughout Northern Virginia, the suburbs of Philly and Pittsburgh and around Capitol Hill. Get in touch to discuss options: sales@24sight.news. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.24sight.news/subscribe

    39 min
  2. So you just got fired. Advice from author Beth Solomon

    11/22/2024

    So you just got fired. Advice from author Beth Solomon

    Beth Solomon’s claim to fame, she told me earlier today, is getting fired from more jobs than anyone she knows. So she knows a bit about getting up, restarting and cranking away. (I, like many other Substackers, empathize with this and have even turned it into a strategic career decision.) Solomon started out as a journalist working with ABC News and Voice of America, then as a former speechwriter for former Sen. Sam Nunn, and later a host of C-Suite jobs — which she talks about with much levity and wisdom. You can pick up her book here or your favorite local bookstore, it’s got a blend of some very amusing anecdotes (in hindsight) and practical advice on how to build a network for yourself, setting out on your own and putting on your gameface after receiving an HR-sterilized punch to the gut. ** Programming note: No 4p ET livestream today, doing some emergency HVAC work here at the house with some remote help from 24sight family member Sean Boston. In case you missed it yesterday, here was my absolute laugh romp with The Julie Mason on SiriusXM Channel 124. Friends, support me with a paid subscription. It’s $5/month, $50/year. Your support keeps the lights on here, my family fed and even the heat on. It also frees me to work the field to bring back good reporting, from the Capitol to the mean streets of Washington, D.C. and beyond. And paying subscribers can sign up for a one-on-one 30-minute Zoom call with me. (Email - tom@24sight.news to schedule.) Some topics Solomon and I covered: * Navigating the jungle of workplaces and the cold realities of office and organizational politics * Why employers are so keen on new workers, and overlook dedicated employees — leading to high turnover * What are some options for workers who, having chosen careers in the Washington region for their stability, could now be facing the axe if the incoming president and his team follow through on their promises of mass layoffs. * Setting out on your own with the help of the internet * Handicapping votes in the U.S. Senate, as Cabinet nominees angle for big jobs, or are blocked This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.24sight.news/subscribe

    34 min
  3. 10/25/2024

    Profane insights into Trumplandia and The Realignment with Charlie Sykes (Ep. 3)

    “Now I’m a conservative, and I remember we’re all rolling our eyes at Bernie Sanders, ‘The millionaires and the billionaires’. And it’s like, ‘f*** me.’ The billionaires have decided it’s not enough for us to be really, really wealthy and to have the biggest yacht. We actually want power.” That’s the great Charlie Sykes on the latest episode of The Ground Game Pod (get it here on the Substacks, on YouTube or wherever you listen to quality pods.) Sykes is a veteran conservative, radio legend and recently moderated a talk between Kamala Harris and Liz Cheney onstage in Wisconsin. If your political compass isn’t spinning you haven’t been paying attention. But even for the time of The Realignment, this has been momentous. And Charlie’s here to make sense of it all. Show notes * “That event Monday was pretty much dogs and cats lying down together” * The receding Republican vote in Milwaukee’s “WOW” counties * Are there shy Kamala Harris voters? * How the Democratic ground game in Wisconsin usurped the old power of the Priebus, Paul Ryan ground game the GOP used to have a decade ago * In 2016, Trump closed with message discipline and won. Eight years later, that discipline is gone * Should Gen. John Kelly go on TV for Harris? * How the neomonarchists moved from the fringes of conservative movement to the crown princes of The Swamp * Clinton avoided the Rust Belt in ‘16, Harris has swarmed it And for the real heads in the 24sight News community, catch this 24sight Pod with Charlie from a few months ago. Lots more coming as we barrel into Election Day. Keep it here, friends. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.24sight.news/subscribe

    1 hr
  4. 10/23/2024

    "Like talking to the Irish about the Potato Famine" - Mike Madrid on the Latino shift to Trump (Ep. 2)

    Mike Madrid knows Latino voters. The co-founder of The Lincoln Project, former political director of the California Republican Party and author most recently of The Latino Century explains the stakes in the closing days of the 2024 race and what Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are doing right and wrong in courting this pivotal (and soon to be dominant) group of Americans. If you’ve got a good guest who understands the dynamics shaping this race, email tom@24sight.news - patrick@theillinoize.com. And make sure to subscribe on all your favorite podcast apps. You can find the YouTube here. Full list on our YouTube Page. Show notes: Why American latinos are slamming the door shut on new immigrants Why the 2012 GOP autopsy was wrong, historicall wrong “There’s very little evidence that shows Latinos becoming getting more conservative, there’s a lot of evidence showing them becoming more populist” “Latinos don’t believe he (Trump) is talking about them” “43% of latinos think we should be building a wall … The Overton Window on latinos has changed dramatically” “It’s kinda like talking to the Irish about the potato famine. Like let’s go over our import policy in Ireland. (3rd and 4th gen Latin-Americans) view it as so far back that they think they’re not talking about them, or, increasingly, they believe those people should be here illegally either.” “Back in the day, the Irish were not viewed as white, the Italians were not viewed as white … Generationally, we have melted in to the pot and moved on” “They’re voting like their non-college educated white counterparts on the construction sites” “That ethnic anchor is much weaker by the third generation” Madrid’s up at the 26’ mark. Before that we’ve got our four downs, and after our Q n A. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.24sight.news/subscribe

    1h 12m

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24sight News by Tom LoBianco brings you the most important voices to cut through the fog, from Chris Cuomo and Michael Cohen to Tara Palmeri, Charlie Sykes and many more across the political spectrum. We cover the second Trump administration, Congress, immigration, democracy and more. Support independent journalism, find more at www.24sight.news www.24sight.news