Schumer's Senate Showdown - November 13, 2026

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SPEAKER_4 (2:09)

The 35% idiot.

Donald Trump (2:11)

I love the poorly educated.

John Iadarola (2:24)

I don't know, be sitting pretty, looking cool, sitting pretty.

Drop it. It's been a whole heck of a while since we've done that, but we did it for a reason, because we actually have a power panel, three human beings at a table. They said it couldn't be done since the pandemic. A lot of people have thought maybe it shouldn't be done, but we are here, John Iadarola, and I'm very excited for the panel, because it's awesome. Not only Mark Thompson, always a pleasure to have you-

Mark Thompson (3:37)

Thank you, sir, good to see you.

John Iadarola (3:38)

In person. But I think Keith, Keith Edwards, everybody, you've seen him here, you've seen him on The Damage Report. I think this is the first time we've done The Young Turks together.

Keith Edwards (3:46)

Yeah, I think so.

John Iadarola (3:47)

Yes, but you have been at this desk before.

Keith Edwards (3:49)

I have.

John Iadarola (3:50)

Awesome. And you have a show, which they are more than likely familiar with, but if not-

Keith Edwards (3:54)

The Keith Edwards Show on YouTube where you can check me out.

John Iadarola (3:58)

Awesome. What would you say, we're obviously very familiar with Mark Thompson going back in the years on the show, but what would you say you consider your beat?

Keith Edwards (4:05)

Trump, anti-Trump, anti-MAGA content for sure.

John Iadarola (4:08)

Anti-Trump, what problem do you have with-

Keith Edwards (4:11)

I have some small suggestions. I think he could do that differently. Little tweaks.

John Iadarola (4:17)

I like the guy personally, but-

Keith Edwards (4:18)

I guess now this is uprising on the left. We're covering that too a lot more. Yeah, doing quite well.

Mark Thompson (4:24)

Yeah, I can see somebody doesn't want to get that ballroom built, Johnny.

John Iadarola (4:29)

Doesn't appreciate marble and grass.

Adam Hamawi (4:31)

It's on right now, yeah.

SPEAKER_4 (4:32)

Exactly.

Mark Thompson (4:33)

John, I have a show also on YouTube that you're not interested in that.

SPEAKER_4 (4:37)

Let's move on.

SPEAKER_11 (4:37)

No, of course, yes.

Mark Thompson (4:38)

The Mark Thompson Show.

SPEAKER_4 (4:40)

Yeah.

John Iadarola (4:40)

I just assume everybody knows about your show.

Mark Thompson (4:44)

No more mentions of it.

John Iadarola (4:45)

Okay, and I have the damager for everybody.

Mark Thompson (4:48)

Well done, well done.

John Iadarola (4:49)

Anyway, Craig's got a great Instagram account, everybody. But anyway, yes, everybody check out the programs.

But we're very excited to have you here because there's a lot to talk about. Not only the future of our nation, but the future of the Democratic Party as well. What is the Senate leadership going to look like? We're going to be talking about that in just a few. Who will actually be maybe the sacrificial lamb for the Republicans in the 2028 presidential race? And a whole lot more besides, we're diving in to tech. The American people clearly want a change in our government's approach to tech. So we're going to be talking about both data centers and the prediction markets later on. But in advance of all of that, hit the like button, share the stream, send us your comments, your tweets, all of that stuff. I've got an iPad and I intend to use it to answer your comments. But for now, why don't we jump into this?