# "Burn It Down" Politics: Will Democrats' Shift Left Backfire? Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fox-news-rundown-743394/burn-it-down-politics-will-democrats-shift-left-backfire Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fox-news-rundown-743394/burn-it-down-politics-will-democrats-shift-left-backfire.md Podcast: [The Fox News Rundown](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fox-news-rundown-743394) Published: 2026-07-23T09:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/FOXM7554197513.mp3 Audio file: https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/FOXM7554197513.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-fox-news-rundown-743394/episodes/burn-it-down-politics-will-democrats-shift-left-backfire Duration seconds: 2005 ## Resource With the 2026 midterm elections just three months away, recent polling shows that an overwhelming majority of working-class and middle-class Americans feel the nation's political and economic systems are stacked against them.  CRC Advisors Senior Vice President and host of the "10 Minute Drill" Podcast Matt Whitlock joins Aishah Hasnie to analyze the newest Fox News Power Rankings, the impact of rising costs and affordability concerns, key races in Congress, and the internal party dynamics driving both Democratic and Republican primaries heading into the fall. With global shipping routes under siege and Iran pushing its nuclear program underground, the conflict between Washington and Tehran is reaching a dangerous new flashpoint. Former U.S. Special Representative for Iran Brian Hook joins to discuss the challenges of eliminating Tehran's nuclear program, negotiating with its extremist regime, and how the country is coping with the crippling economic pressure being placed on it by the U.S. PLUS, commentary by author of "Make America Talk Again," Brilyn Hollyland.  PHOTO CREDIT: AP PHOTO Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-fox-news-rundown-743394/episodes/burn-it-down-politics-will-democrats-shift-left-backfire/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fox-news-rundown-743394/burn-it-down-politics-will-democrats-shift-left-backfire.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.