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Marianne Williamson has run for president twice, and now keeps a public countdown clock on her Substack marking the days until the 2026 midterms. In this conversation with Jeff, she argues these midterms carry more weight than any recent cycle, not because of a single race but because of what happens if Democrats fail to win by a margin too large to contest.
The conversation moves between the mechanics of the moment, including redistricting, the Justice Department under new attorney general Todd Blanche, and the prospect of ICE at polling places, and something more personal: what Williamson’s own two campaigns taught her about how the Democratic National Committee actually operates, including an FBI briefing on her campaign and a private apology from the party’s current chair. She and Jeff also trace how the Democratic Socialists of America and candidates like Zohran Mamdani are pulling the party’s economic center of gravity back toward Franklin Roosevelt, and where Williamson thinks that shift helps the party and where it does not.
They explore:
Why Williamson believes 2026 may be the last clean look at a free election before 2028, and why she keeps a public countdown to prove it
How mass redistricting across Texas, Florida, Ohio, and half a dozen other states turned a razor-thin House margin into a bigger climb than a normal blue wave can close
Why she sees the DSA and candidates like Zohran Mamdani as a course correction back toward FDR rather than a lurch toward the fringe
What an FBI briefing on her own campaign’s infiltration, and a later apology from DNC chair Ken Martin, revealed about how the party treats challengers
Her case for why hope and forgiveness are still possible, even after what she calls a brutal 2024
Follow Marianne Williamson across social media, or check out her Substack. Learn more at mariannewilliamson.com.
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