Evan Barker

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129 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 30 Jul

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Thank you so much, you guys, for having me.

Okay, so first of all, correction, former socialist.

Thank you guys so much for having me on the show today, by the way.

Yeah, so I worked with DSA-aligned candidates for a long time, you guys.

I worked at a firm...

out of Washington, D.C., called Left Rising.

And we were behind some of the biggest names on the far left.

Ilhan Omar, Cori Bush, Jamal Bowman, Jasmine Crockett.

The list goes on and on.

I worked for Abdul Al-Sayed.

And I ended up leaving the progressive movement in 2024 right after the DNC.

I had enough and I left and

Today I've got a book out and I wrote all of the juicy, exciting details about what it's like inside that movement, inside the book.

So many things.

So it was actually kind of a long, slow disillusionment for me.

I first got activated in Democratic politics in 2008 because I have a lung disease similar to cystic fibrosis.

And Barack Obama promised me health care.

And in all actuality, the Democratic Party was a lot different back then.

I mean, I think Barack Obama, by today's standards, probably wouldn't even fit in.

I mean, he deported people.

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