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Wide World of News · Aug 18, 2026

It or Not It?

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Mark Halperin · Wide World of News

What happens when the It Candidate doesn’t seem to want to be it?

In today’s new episode of “Next Up,” I share my latest reporting on Jon Ossoff’s rising profile and whether he could emerge as the next leader of his party.

I also sit down with Evan Barker, who explains why she defected from the Left—and why she believes the movement is betraying the Democratic Party.

Read Evan’s new book: Nothing Left: Confessions of a Democratic Operative

Robby Soave, co-host of “The Group Chat,” joins me to examine the 2026 midterms.

And Jessica Reed Kraus, Substack’s illustrious chronicler of American life, grades the political styles of some of the country’s most prominent political figures.

Find Jessica on Substack at: House Inhabit

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Jim Kessler, VP for Policy at Third Way, and Republican strategist Austin Barbour join me LIVE at 5pm ET on “2WAY Tonight.”

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