Mostly Politics with Patrick Pfingsten

Patrick Pfingsten weighs in on the chaotic first 100 days of the Trump administration. We're joined by National Review writer Noah Rothman on Trump's first 100 days, immigration, tariffs, and the future of the GOP. Like, comment, and subscribe on our YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/@UCzxTtbqFyE3FVTvWatomwGA Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-ground-game-podcast/id1774840709 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4f0BxYABy6NVNDFnbAJ4E6 Amazon Music: https://www.amazon.com/The-Ground-Game-Podcast/dp/B0DJYZ64FV Tom's 24Sight newsletter: https://www.24sight.news/ Patrick's The Illinoize newsletter: https://theillinoize.substack.com/ Follow us on Twitter! https://x.com/ground_game_pod  

Patrick Pfingsten weighs in on the latest developments in the national security leak on Signal.  We're also joined by retired Army Major General and former Congressman Bill Enyart, an analyst for News Nation, to talk about how the administration made egregious missteps. Like, comment, and subscribe on our YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/thegroundgamepodcast Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-ground-game-podcast/id1774840709 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4f0BxYABy6NVNDFnbAJ4E6 Amazon Music: https://www.amazon.com/The-Ground-Game-Podcast/dp/B0DJYZ64FV Tom's 24Sight newsletter: https://www.24sight.news/ Patrick's The Illinoize newsletter: https://theillinoize.substack.com/ Follow us on Twitter! https://x.com/ground_game_pod  

Patrick Pfingsten breaks down some of the most blatant lies in President Trump's address to Congress. We're also joined by former NBC Chief Political Analyst and former moderator of Meet the Press, Chuck Todd, to discuss the speech, the U.S. ditching our Ukrainian allies, and the future of TV news. Like, comment, and subscribe on our YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/thegroundgamepodcast Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-ground-game-podcast/id1774840709 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4f0BxYABy6NVNDFnbAJ4E6 Amazon Music: https://www.amazon.com/The-Ground-Game-Podcast/dp/B0DJYZ64FV Tom's 24Sight newsletter: https://www.24sight.news/ Patrick's The Illinoize newsletter: https://theillinoize.substack.com/ Follow us on Twitter! https://x.com/ground_game_pod  

Patrick Pfingsten discusses the missteps of DOGE. We're also joined by attorney Brad Moss, to talk about the Trump administration's attacks on the constitution. Like, comment, and subscribe on our YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/thegroundgamepodcast Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-ground-game-podcast/id1774840709  Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4f0BxYABy6NVNDFnbAJ4E6 Amazon Music: https://www.amazon.com/The-Ground-Game-Podcast/dp/B0DJYZ64FV Tom's 24Sight newsletter: https://www.24sight.news/ Patrick's The Illinoize newsletter: https://theillinoize.substack.com/ Follow us on Twitter! https://x.com/ground_game_pod  

Tom LoBianco and Patrick Pfingsten walk through the Trump inauguration from his speech to January 6 pardons to an executive order that tries to end-around the constitution. We're also joined by longtime journalist Chris Cillizza, who writes the substack https://chriscillizza.substack.com/ on what we saw from Trump on day one. Like, comment, and subscribe on our YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/thegroundgamepodcast Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-ground-game-podcast/id1774840709 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4f0BxYABy6NVNDFnbAJ4E6 Amazon Music: https://www.amazon.com/The-Ground-Game-Podcast/dp/B0DJYZ64FV Tom's 24Sight newsletter: https://www.24sight.news/ Patrick's The Illinoize newsletter: https://theillinoize.substack.com/ Follow us on Twitter! https://x.com/ground_game_pod  

Tom LoBianco and Patrick Pfingsten hosted a live stream Thursday to preview Monday's inauguration. Let's just say Patrick has his grumpy pants on about the next four years.    Like, comment, and subscribe on our YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/thegroundgamepodcast Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-ground-game-podcast/id1774840709 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4f0BxYABy6NVNDFnbAJ4E6 Amazon Music: https://www.amazon.com/The-Ground-Game-Podcast/dp/B0DJYZ64FV Tom's 24Sight newsletter: https://www.24sight.news/ Patrick's The Illinoize newsletter: https://theillinoize.substack.com/ Follow us on Twitter! https://x.com/ground_game_pod

Tom LoBianco and Patrick Pfingsten discuss the potential pardons of January 6 criminals, how Democrats will handle questioning Trump cabinet nominees, and the politics of the California wildfires.   We're also joined by Richard Tofel, founder of ProPublica who currently writes a substack (https://substack.com/@dicktofel) on media about the future of the legacy media and how to cover the second Trump administration.   Like, comment, and subscribe on our YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/thegroundgamepodcast Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-ground-game-podcast/id1774840709 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4f0BxYABy6NVNDFnbAJ4E6 Amazon Music: https://www.amazon.com/The-Ground-Game-Podcast/dp/B0DJYZ64FV Tom's 24Sight newsletter: https://www.24sight.news/ Patrick's The Illinoize newsletter: https://theillinoize.substack.com/ Follow us on Twitter! https://x.com/ground_game_pod  

Tom LoBianco and Patrick Pfingsten discuss Donald Trump's wacky public statements about Greenland, Panama, Canada, and the Gulf of Mexico. We're also joined by Justin Robert Young of the @PoliticsPoliticsPolitics Podcast about what to expect from the second Trump administration. Like, comment, and subscribe on our YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/@UCzxTtbqFyE3FVTvWatomwGA Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-ground-game-podcast/id1774840709 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4f0BxYABy6NVNDFnbAJ4E6 Amazon Music: https://www.amazon.com/The-Ground-Game-Podcast/dp/B0DJYZ64FV Tom's 24Sight newsletter: https://www.24sight.news/ Patrick's The Illinoize newsletter: https://theillinoize.substack.com/ Follow us on Twitter! https://x.com/ground_game_pod  

  First, some exciting news! My dear friend and co-host Patrick is out on paternity leave. Congratulations to the Pfingsten Family! Here's hoping for healthy baby, healthy mom, and that sleep is in your near future, my man.  Joining me today is the always insightful and hilarious Rick Wilson, Co-Founder of The Lincoln Project. Few can say they professionally troll president-elect Donald Trump, along with the (now) dominant MAGA wing of the Republican Party. That's probably because Rick cut his teeth as a Democrat-trolling Republican, before breaking hard with the party in 2016. He's the author of multiple books, including "Everything Trump Touches Dies", and host to multiple podcasts like the eponymous Lincoln Project Podcast. - Rick's got some thoughts and advice on battling people who don't play by any rules-   Parents: earphones for you or earmuffs for the kids. This one's got more than a few cuss words.   Like, comment, and subscribe on our YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/@UCzxTtbqFyE3FVTvWatomwGA Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-ground-game-podcast/id1774840709 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4f0BxYABy6NVNDFnbAJ4E6 Amazon Music: https://www.amazon.com/The-Ground-Game-Podcast/dp/B0DJYZ64FV Tom's 24Sight newsletter: https://www.24sight.news/ Patrick's The Illinoize newsletter: https://theillinoize.substack.com/ Follow us on Twitter! https://x.com/ground_game_pod  

Tom LoBianco and Patrick Pfingsten discuss Trump's cabinet choices, the murder of United Health Care's CEO, and Trump's Meet the Press interview. We're also joined by Taegan Goddard of politicalwire.com to talk about the Trump transition and party messaging. Like, comment, and subscribe on our YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/@UCzxTtbqFyE3FVTvWatomwGA Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-ground-game-podcast/id1774840709 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4f0BxYABy6NVNDFnbAJ4E6 Amazon Music: https://www.amazon.com/The-Ground-Game-Podcast/dp/B0DJYZ64FV Tom's 24Sight newsletter: https://www.24sight.news/ Patrick's The Illinoize newsletter: https://theillinoize.substack.com/ Follow us on Twitter! https://x.com/ground_game_pod  

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Donald Trump's choice for Health & Human Services Secretary has become a noted vaccine skeptic, claiming vaccines cause autism in children. Capitol reporter Eric Garcia, who lives with autism, explains the damage Kennedy could do to public health. 

How much will the new Trump administration push the limits of the constitution? University of Baltimore Law Professor and ABC New Legal Analyst Kim Wehle joins Tom LoBianco and Patrick Pfingsten to discuss.   Like, comment, and subscribe on our YouTube page:   Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4f0BxYA... Amazon Music: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DJYZ64FV?... Tom's 24Sight newsletter: https://www.24sight.news/ Patrick's The Illinoize newsletter: https://theillinoize.substack.com/ Follow us on Twitter! https://x.com/ground_game_pod

How much has Trump 2.0 already turned Washington on its head? Independent journalists Matt Laslo and Pablo Manriquez join Tom LoBianco and Patrick Pfingsten on The Ground Game. (Patrick's mic switched on him just before we recorded and he sounds bad. He's very upset about it.) Like, comment, and subscribe on our YouTube page: Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4f0BxYA... Amazon Music: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DJYZ64FV?... Tom's 24Sight newsletter: https://www.24sight.news/ Patrick's The Illinoize newsletter: https://theillinoize.substack.com/ Follow us on Twitter! https://x.com/ground_game_pod

How did we keep missing the Trump phenomenon? Julie Mason, SiriusXM POTUS 124 host, joins Tom LoBianco and Patrick Pfingsten to talk about the state of media and politics. Like, comment, and subscribe on our YouTube page: https://youtu.be/cGDoTLhYHQU   Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-ground-game-podcast/id1774840709 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4f0BxYABy6NVNDFnbAJ4E6?si=e56e5d0098f243f5&nd=1&dlsi=a2c42ed7ce2541fd Amazon Music: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DJYZ64FV?ref=cm_sw_r_cp_ud_dp_TZAHDZ8DK4GRBSJGVMCY&ref_=cm_sw_r_cp_ud_dp_TZAHDZ8DK4GRBSJGVMCY&social_share=cm_sw_r_cp_ud_dp_TZAHDZ8DK4GRBSJGVMCY&starsLeft=1 Tom's 24Sight newsletter: https://www.24sight.news/ Patrick's The Illinoize newsletter: https://theillinoize.substack.com/ Follow us on Twitter! https://x.com/ground_game_pod

Patrick Pfingsten and Tom LoBianco react to Tuesday's election results. Let's just say, there are some big feelings. 

Tom LoBianco and Patrick Pfingsten pour a drink and talk about Tuesday's election. We're joined by Bill Scher of Washington Monthly for a spirited debate.    Suscribe to The Ground Game Podcast on YouTube! 

With just days remaining in the presidential election, women are clearly becoming the key to the race. Liberal influencer @JoJoFromJerz joins Tom LoBianco and Patrick Pfingsten to tell us why women are so vital to the outcome. The boys also discuss Garbage Gate, Kamala Harris' 75,000 strong showing in DC, and whether we should trust polls.   Subscribe to The Ground Game on your favorite podcast service and subscribe to the channel!

With a week to go before the November 5 election, Patrick and Tom talk about Donald Trump's Puerto Rico problem, Elon Musk's run-in with the DOJ, and Kamala Harris' closing message. We're also joined by Maricopa County, Arizona Recorder Stephen Richer, who came under intense Republican criticism for following election law in the wake of the 2020 and 2022 elections and won a defamation suit against former gubernatorial candidate and current U.S. Senate candidate Kari Lake.   Subscribe to The Ground Game on your favorite podcast service and subscribe to the channel on YouTube!

Both the Trump and Harris campaigns are pumping millions of dollars into Wisconsin to identify and turn out a small handful of cheesehead voters. Longtime Wisconsin radio host Charlie Sykes, co-founder of The Bulwark, joins Tom LoBianco and Patrick Pfingsten to discuss the search for the elusive undecided voter. Subscribe to The Ground Game on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Amazon Music!

With two weeks to go before the November 5 election, longtime Republican strategist and expert on Latino voting trends, Mike Madrid, joins The Ground Game to discuss the impact Latinos could play in the final result. Tom LoBianco and Patrick Pfingsten discuss Kamala Harris and Liz Cheney taking their show on the road, Donald Trump's French Fry distraction, and what happens if there's an Electoral College tie.  Subscribe to The Ground Game on YouTube, Apple, Spotify, and Amazon.

National Political Reporter Tom LoBianco of 24sight.news and longtime political operative and talk show host Patrick Pfingsten are pleased to present The Ground Game podcast! All politics is local and all races start from the ground up. That's why we're digging deep for the remainder of the 2024 election and beyond. On Episode 1, Tom and Patrick discuss the fiesty Harris/FOX debate, Donald Trump's...odd...Univision town hall, whether we should be worried about Trump's stability, and if Democrats should be panicking. We're also joined by Pennsylvania data nerd Josh Smithley on the state of the race in the Keystone State (commonwealth).

Welcome to The Ground Game Podcast, hosted by veteran journalist Tom LoBianco and former political consultant Patrick Pfingsten.