{"id":99891,"date":"2026-08-17T06:43:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T06:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fallsurfing.net\/firstnews\/get-real-with-david-desrosiers-ai-midterms-the-aoc-hasan-piker-two-step\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T06:43:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T06:43:09","slug":"get-real-with-david-desrosiers-ai-midterms-the-aoc-hasan-piker-two-step","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fallsurfing.net\/firstnews\/get-real-with-david-desrosiers-ai-midterms-the-aoc-hasan-piker-two-step\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Get Real&#8221; with David DesRosiers: AI, Midterms, The AOC-Hasan Piker Two-Step"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> On this episode of GET REAL, David DesRosiers hosts a panel discussion on the biggest stories of the moment:  <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8211; Madeline Summerville, Political Strategist and Communications Advisor  &#8211; Joel Kotkin, Senior Research Fellow at the Civitas Institute  &#8211; Carl Marrara, Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Manufacturers&#8217; Association (PMA)  &#8211; Kenin Spivak, RCP contributor and Chairman of SMI Group<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>  Topics include:   <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u2022 AI fears and real-world solutions as capabilities race ahead of governance  \u2022 The prescription the DSA is writing for the Democratic Party after a wave of primary wins and a radical new platform  \u2022 The AOC\u2013Hasan Piker two-step that&#8217;s dividing Democrats while energizing the Progressive base  \u2022 The latest polling as the 2026 midterms approach and Democrats hold a clear generic-ballot edge  \u2022 Takeaway of the Week: Rules for Radicals and the WNBA &#8211; culture-war fouls, eligibility debates, and the political football the league has become<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/video\/2026\/08\/16\/get_real_with_david_desrosiers_ai_midterms_the_aoc-hasan_piker_two-step.html\">RealClearPolitics Videos<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On this episode of GET REAL, David DesRosiers hosts a panel discussion on the biggest stories of the moment: &#8211; Madeline Summerville, Political Strategist and Communications Advisor &#8211; Joel Kotkin, Senior Research Fellow at the Civitas Institute &#8211; Carl Marrara, Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Manufacturers&#8217; Association (PMA) &#8211; Kenin Spivak, RCP contributor and Chairman [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[30269,2564,26086,16780,24341,127,23120],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fallsurfing.net\/firstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99891"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fallsurfing.net\/firstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fallsurfing.net\/firstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fallsurfing.net\/firstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fallsurfing.net\/firstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99891"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fallsurfing.net\/firstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99891\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fallsurfing.net\/firstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fallsurfing.net\/firstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fallsurfing.net\/firstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}