Aug 11, 2026 · 30 min · 7 segments
Welcome to episode 113 of Bernie Goldberg’s No BS Zone. On today’s episode, Bernie Goldberg and John Daly talk about the midterm momentum behind the democratic socialists, Trump’s Iran War woes, and…
We have three really interesting subjects, I think, but I want to start out with what I believe I know is the biggest political story of the moment, and I would argue the biggest political story of the year so far.
Can they really do it? Or will they go down in flames in the general elections? We'll know that soon enough.
But the Democratic Socialists, John, they're not just winning in deep blue congressional districts in places like the Bronx or in Brooklyn.
Earlier this month, they won a statewide U.S. Senate primary in Michigan, a battleground state.
We're recording today, Tuesday, and Tuesday night we will know the results of another statewide election.
They admit flat out they want to end capitalism, okay? So where are the Democratic Party? Where's the establishment? A lot of them are hiding under their desks.
If they attack the Social Democrats, what happens when the Social Democrats stop supporting them in elections? Bill Maher, a man of the left who is not running for anything and has nothing to lose, he has spoken out.
He says, not a week goes by where I don't read about some newly chosen, Exciting new face in the Democratic Party.
We have three really interesting subjects, I think, but I want to start out with what I believe I know is the biggest political story of the moment, and I would argue the biggest political story of the year so far.
Can they really do it? Or will they go down in flames in the general elections? We'll know that soon enough.
But the Democratic Socialists, John, they're not just winning in deep blue congressional districts in places like the Bronx or in Brooklyn.
Earlier this month, they won a statewide U.S. Senate primary in Michigan, a battleground state.
We're recording today, Tuesday, and Tuesday night we will know the results of another statewide election.
They admit flat out they want to end capitalism, okay? So where are the Democratic Party? Where's the establishment? A lot of them are hiding under their desks.
If they attack the Social Democrats, what happens when the Social Democrats stop supporting them in elections? Bill Maher, a man of the left who is not running for anything and has nothing to lose, he has spoken out.
He says, not a week goes by where I don't read about some newly chosen, Exciting new face in the Democratic Party.
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