{"podcast":{"title":"Good News for Lefties | Daily News for Democracy","slug":"good-news-for-lefties-daily-news-for-democracy-6982465","podcast_index_feed_id":6982465,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/6256627/episodes/feed","website_url":"http://GoodNewsForLefties.com","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/672afcb4f39d17cf54d4be4a2915a13e.jpg","author":"Two Squared Media Productions, LLC","episode_count":1000,"summary":"Positive, progressive news for democracy daily! Democrats, Leftists, liberals, and democratic socialists welcome. A respite from troubling headlines in difficult times. Sure, read the bad news, but then listen to us! Send good news tips to beowulf@twosquaredmediaproductions.com or 202-656-6271 Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/good-news-for-lefties-daily-news-for-democracy--6256627/support .","last_synced_at":"2026-09-26T22:22:56.003809+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/good-news-for-lefties-daily-news-for-democracy-6982465"},"episode":{"title":"PM News: Trump's Approval Dips as Democrats Gain Ground in Texas","slug":"pm-news-trump-s-approval-dips-as-democrats-gain-ground-in-texas","published_at":"2026-07-29T21:00:02+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/good-news-for-lefties-daily-news-for-democracy-6982465/pm-news-trump-s-approval-dips-as-democrats-gain-ground-in-texas","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/good-news-for-lefties-daily-news-for-democracy-6982465","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/pm-news-trump-s-approval-dips-as-democrats-gain-ground-in-texas--73242430","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pscrb.fm/rss/p/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73242430/good_news_for_lefties_pm_072926_mixdown_1.mp3","summary":"We start with a revealing CNN poll showing a significant drop in Donald Trump's approval ratings among Republicans, with only 19% expressing enthusiasm for his upcoming term. Next, we dive into the Texas Senate race, where Democrat James Talarico is making waves with a 5-point lead over Republican Ken Paxton, signaling a potential shift in a state long dominated by Republicans. Just 1 in 5 Republicans enthusiastic about rest of Trump term: Poll Talarico leads Paxton by 5 points in new Texas Senate poll Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/good-news-for-lefties-daily-news-for-democracy--6256627/support .","meta_description":"We start with a revealing CNN poll showing a significant drop in Donald Trump's approval ratings among Republicans, with only 19% expressing enthusiasm fo…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":351,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/good-news-for-lefties-daily-news-for-democracy-6982465/episodes/pm-news-trump-s-approval-dips-as-democrats-gain-ground-in-texas/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/good-news-for-lefties-daily-news-for-democracy-6982465/pm-news-trump-s-approval-dips-as-democrats-gain-ground-in-texas.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}