By Ben Meiselas
Hey everyone, it’s Ben Meiselas here, and I just had the pleasure of sitting down with Georgia Senator Jon Ossoff on the MeidasTouch Podcast for an electrifying conversation that’s got me fired up—and I know it’ll do the same for you. Ossoff came in swinging, naming names and calling out the rot at the heart of Donald Trump’s dangerous regime. And make no mistake: that’s what this is—a regime, not an administration.
Ossoff just kicked off his 2026 re-election campaign in Atlanta with thousands showing up with little promotion. That kind of grassroots energy doesn’t happen in a vacuum. It’s a direct response to the fascist creep of Trump 2.0, and people across the political spectrum in Georgia are waking up and saying, “Not on our watch.”
Senator Ossoff didn’t hold back. He laid out how Trump has purged the government of independent watchdogs, replaced them with personal loyalists, and unleashed them on his political enemies. He’s not just obsessed with revenge—he’s doing nothing for the American people while turning the government into a billionaire playground.
Speaking of billionaires, Ossoff went right at Elon Musk. He called out the fact that Musk—who spent $300 million to help Trump get elected—is now running the government like a tech startup gone mad. He’s slashing critical agencies, mishandling sensitive data, and literally getting people killed through reckless decisions like gutting Social Security offices and firing the people who staff veteran crisis hotlines. Even some MAGA voters are fed up with Musk’s wrecking-ball approach.
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We talked about Trump’s so-called cabinet—the richest in history—mocking everyday Americans. Like Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, who suggested that if someone calls to ask why their Social Security check didn’t arrive, they’re probably a “fraudster.” I don’t know what kind of dystopia these people live in, but I can tell you it’s not the same America our grandparents fought for.
Ossoff nailed it: this is corruption, incompetence, and elitism rolled into one. And while they pretend to be anti-elite populists, they’re giving tax cuts to billionaires, posting memes mocking the Department of Education (while misspelling "department"), and trying to eliminate it entirely. Meanwhile, real families in Georgia—especially parents of disabled students—are terrified.
He also called out Trump’s ongoing love affair with dictators. The way Trump constantly praises Putin while spreading Kremlin propaganda is more than disgusting—it’s dangerous. The rest of the free world is watching the U.S. cozy up to the very authoritarians we used to oppose. And with Trump now weaponizing the government against political enemies in ways we’ve never seen before, it’s not just foreign policy on the line—it’s our democracy itself.
And just when you thought it couldn’t get more absurd, we covered the latest breaking news: Trump’s national security team using group chats with emojis to discuss sensitive war plans. You can’t make this stuff up. As Ossoff said, it’s what happens when Fox News cosplayers get handed the nuclear codes.
Senator Ossoff closed with a powerful message. He’s the only Democratic senator up for re-election in a state that voted for Trump in 2024—but he’s confident. “I will win in 2026. In a landslide,” he said. He’s up against massive dark money and billionaire backing, but he’s ready—and he’s asking for help at electjon.com.
His message is clear: we must reject this un-American descent into authoritarianism. But we also have to confront the deeper corruption that gave rise to Trump—super PACs, dark money, and a broken political system that left people feeling hopeless. Trump didn’t fix the rigged system. He’s just trying to re-rig it for himself and his cronies.
We’re in a fight for the soul of this country, and Senator Ossoff isn’t backing down. Neither are we.
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