Mail Ballots, Ukraine Talks, Germany’s Far-Right Surge

Mike and Michael open this midweek supporters’ episode with the Trump administration’s new Postal Service rules for mail ballots, a federal judge’s injunction blocking them, and whether the Supreme Court is likely to intervene. That leads to a broader debate over Trump’s attacks on mail voting, election distrust, MAGA’s cult-like dynamics, and whether criticism of the Supreme Court’s emergency docket is justified.Next, they examine the administration’s effort to use the federal SAVE system to verify voter citizenship, including privacy concerns, inaccurate records, and the risk of eligible citizens being removed from the rolls.Then they turn overseas to Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner’s latest Ukraine diplomacy, asking whether unconventional Trump loyalists might actually offer advantages as negotiators—and whether Vladimir Putin has any reason to compromise while Russia believes time is on its side.Finally, they look at the AfD’s major election victory in Germany, the Trump administration’s unusual support for the party, Germany’s attempts to police political extremism, and what the AfD’s rise says about voter dissatisfaction with establishment parties. The Politics Guys on Facebook | XListener support helps make The Politics Guys possible. You can support us or change your level of support at patreon.com/politicsguys or politicsguys.com/support. On Venmo, we’re @PoliticsGuys.The Politics Guys is part of The Democracy Group, a network of podcasts that examines what's broken in our democracy and how we can work together to fix it.