Alex Wagner

work from an empathetic center, but I do think that I am... I feel the chaos and pain more acutely, and I think that that's good for all of us who can get, as consumers and journalists, who can get real desensitized to this. It's very abstract in a lot of ways, and it's ongoing. It's a fire hose of... you know, hell and so, and chaos.

work from an empathetic center, but I do think that I am... I feel the chaos and pain more acutely, and I think that that's good for all of us who can get, as consumers and journalists, who can get real desensitized to this. It's very abstract in a lot of ways, and it's ongoing. It's a fire hose of... you know, hell and so, and chaos.

work from an empathetic center, but I do think that I am... I feel the chaos and pain more acutely, and I think that that's good for all of us who can get, as consumers and journalists, who can get real desensitized to this. It's very abstract in a lot of ways, and it's ongoing. It's a fire hose of... you know, hell and so, and chaos.

And so this helps really distill, like, I think it's really important to hear individual stories and that's been like profoundly enlightening for me. But in terms of like, like a hot take that I wouldn't have had, um, I got to say, and I think it's probably more on the Trump side that I've had the revelation.

And so this helps really distill, like, I think it's really important to hear individual stories and that's been like profoundly enlightening for me. But in terms of like, like a hot take that I wouldn't have had, um, I got to say, and I think it's probably more on the Trump side that I've had the revelation.

And so this helps really distill, like, I think it's really important to hear individual stories and that's been like profoundly enlightening for me. But in terms of like, like a hot take that I wouldn't have had, um, I got to say, and I think it's probably more on the Trump side that I've had the revelation.

This guy, I think, has refashioned American politics and expectations that are set for presidents. I don't agree with almost a single thing he's ever done, let alone in this second term. But he has delivered in a huge way. And the people who believed him when they voted for him feel so vindicated.

This guy, I think, has refashioned American politics and expectations that are set for presidents. I don't agree with almost a single thing he's ever done, let alone in this second term. But he has delivered in a huge way. And the people who believed him when they voted for him feel so vindicated.

This guy, I think, has refashioned American politics and expectations that are set for presidents. I don't agree with almost a single thing he's ever done, let alone in this second term. But he has delivered in a huge way. And the people who believed him when they voted for him feel so vindicated.

And it is both a cautionary tale, but also for a Democrat who comes into office, the expectation I think can and should be, you better work your ass off ASAP. And I don't think that it should be in contravention of the law or in terms of shattering norms and institutions, but get her done. Trump is going ham. And his folks really believe in him, but even more so now than ever.

And it is both a cautionary tale, but also for a Democrat who comes into office, the expectation I think can and should be, you better work your ass off ASAP. And I don't think that it should be in contravention of the law or in terms of shattering norms and institutions, but get her done. Trump is going ham. And his folks really believe in him, but even more so now than ever.

And it is both a cautionary tale, but also for a Democrat who comes into office, the expectation I think can and should be, you better work your ass off ASAP. And I don't think that it should be in contravention of the law or in terms of shattering norms and institutions, but get her done. Trump is going ham. And his folks really believe in him, but even more so now than ever.

And they believe they're on the path of the righteous.

And they believe they're on the path of the righteous.

And they believe they're on the path of the righteous.

I get a little pessimistic, a lot pessimistic after I'm out for a long time just because I'm seeing this stuff, right? Like I'm talking to the moms who are like telling their kids before they go to school, if I don't come home or if I'm not here, this is where you go because I might've been deported, right?

I get a little pessimistic, a lot pessimistic after I'm out for a long time just because I'm seeing this stuff, right? Like I'm talking to the moms who are like telling their kids before they go to school, if I don't come home or if I'm not here, this is where you go because I might've been deported, right?

I get a little pessimistic, a lot pessimistic after I'm out for a long time just because I'm seeing this stuff, right? Like I'm talking to the moms who are like telling their kids before they go to school, if I don't come home or if I'm not here, this is where you go because I might've been deported, right?

Like, and as a mom, as a person in the world, like, can you imagine having that conversation with your kid? Like, who's like, you know, a little American kid going to second grade and it's like, what do you mean if you don't come home ever? So that's right, like wrenching. But then I also look at the national narrative around this.

Like, and as a mom, as a person in the world, like, can you imagine having that conversation with your kid? Like, who's like, you know, a little American kid going to second grade and it's like, what do you mean if you don't come home ever? So that's right, like wrenching. But then I also look at the national narrative around this.