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Political Junkie Podcast · Nov 7, 2025 · 1h 3m

We begin with a clip from New York City Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani’s victory speech in Brooklyn, New York, on November 4, 2025, one of five critical victories for Democrats that day.

Representative Mikie Sherrill campaigning in Morristown, NJ, October 14, 2025. Photo credit: Ben Von Klemperer/Shutterstock

News Summary:

* On Election Day, former Vice President Dick Cheney died in Northern Virginia at 84 from pneumonia, cardiac and vascular disease. The ultimate Washington insider, CNN characterized him as a “polarizing Washington power player” and The New York Times as “a singular figure: more…