The Muckrake Political Podcast
Aug 25, 2026 · 57 min · 11 segments
Co-hosts Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman unpack the real reason Hakeem Jeffries sat down with Jared Kushner, and it has nothing to do with subpoenas or tough talk. The meeting is a preview of…
Jared Yates SextonHostNick HauselmanHostI got out of the woods and I was like, I got to figure out what the hell is going on.
I just thought while I was gone for a week that nothing would have happened.
I didn't expect that the president would have a strange cultish devotee who was following him around and that was going to be the public discourse for a week.
I also didn't expect that there would be a bombshell report from Maggie Haberman, which every time Maggie comes up, there is a little bit of a connotation behind that.
But I didn't expect through The New York Times, Maggie Haberman, a report that Democratic Representative Hakeem Jeffries, the possible next speaker of the House, has been in secret meetings with Jared Kushner.
Love it when Jared Kushner shows up, you know, probably everyone's second favorite Jared on this show for a, quote, broad conversation on a range of topics and what some people have called a, quote, catch up, which including areas in which the Democratic Party, if they are to win in the midterms, if they're free and fair, that they would find some common cause with the Trump administration, including on housing, immigration and cost of living.
But before we get to that, Nick, what are your initial thoughts on hearing that Hakeem Jeffries is hanging out with Jared Kushner? We love it.
He should be like, hey, bro, Just so you know, wear that suit that you like to wear with the red tie.
That'll really look good on camera because we are going to call you in and grill you incessantly about all the corruption that you're doing, despite the fact that you're basically representing the government without any official title.
I got out of the woods and I was like, I got to figure out what the hell is going on.
I just thought while I was gone for a week that nothing would have happened.
I didn't expect that the president would have a strange cultish devotee who was following him around and that was going to be the public discourse for a week.
I also didn't expect that there would be a bombshell report from Maggie Haberman, which every time Maggie comes up, there is a little bit of a connotation behind that.
But I didn't expect through The New York Times, Maggie Haberman, a report that Democratic Representative Hakeem Jeffries, the possible next speaker of the House, has been in secret meetings with Jared Kushner.
Love it when Jared Kushner shows up, you know, probably everyone's second favorite Jared on this show for a, quote, broad conversation on a range of topics and what some people have called a, quote, catch up, which including areas in which the Democratic Party, if they are to win in the midterms, if they're free and fair, that they would find some common cause with the Trump administration, including on housing, immigration and cost of living.
But before we get to that, Nick, what are your initial thoughts on hearing that Hakeem Jeffries is hanging out with Jared Kushner? We love it.
He should be like, hey, bro, Just so you know, wear that suit that you like to wear with the red tie.
That'll really look good on camera because we are going to call you in and grill you incessantly about all the corruption that you're doing, despite the fact that you're basically representing the government without any official title.
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