DSA vs. MAGA: The Battle of the Acronyms

Sanity Check with Dan Schnur · Sep 3, 2026 · 17m

In the first episode of Sanity Check, Dan Schnur lays out the story he thinks matters most this fall: the rise of the progressive left as the dominant force in Democratic politics, and how the midterms are shaping up as a contest between the DSA and MAGA wings. Both movements know how to fire up their bases, but neither have yet proven they can reach the center that decides elections. He explains why the out-of-power party is almost always the hungrier one — only three times in a century has the president’s party gained midterm seats — and why that gives Democrats an edge heading into the…