Sanity Check with Dan Schnur

Sanity Check with Dan Schnur cuts through the noise of American politics with honest, non-partisan analysis, no screaming, no spin. Each week, a campaign strategist turned independent analyst explains what's actually happening in politics at the local, national, and international levels, and what it actually means. danschnur.substack.com

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  Episode #2

  Everyone Suddenly Hates Data Centers

  Sep 10, 202615 minS1

  <p>In Episode 2 of Sanity Check, Dan Schnur looks at three stories through one lens: the populist backlash reshaping politics at home and abroad.</p><p>First, the stunning reversal on AI data centers. At the start of 2026, politicians in both parties sold them as jobs and growth. But voters, worried about electricity costs, water use, and the environment, have turned sharply against them, and the politicians are scrambling to catch up. Dan argues the anger runs deeper than the buildings: AI may be the first major technology in modern history that more people fear than welcome.</p><p>Second...

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  Sanity Check with Dan Schnur

  Trump’s Unprecedented Convention

  Sep 9, 20265 minS0

  <p>We normally send just one podcast a week, but this news was too interesting to hold. Donald Trump is doing something with no modern precedent: holding a national Republican convention during a midterm election year, a strange choice, perhaps, for a historically unpopular president. Dan Schnur on the question hanging over it all: will Trump use the spotlight to lift the candidates who need it, or make it all about himself?</p> <br/><br/>Get full access to Dan Schnur's Sanity Check at danschnur.substack.com/subscribe

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  DSA vs. MAGA: The Battle of the Acronyms

  Sep 3, 202618 minS1

  <p>In the first episode of Sanity Check, Dan Schnur lays out the story he thinks matters most this fall: the rise of the progressive left as the dominant force in Democratic politics, and how the midterms are shaping up as a contest between the DSA and MAGA wings. Both movements know how to fire up their bases, but neither have yet proven they can reach the center that decides elections. He explains why the out-of-power party is almost always the hungrier one — only three times in a century has the president’s party gained midterm seats — and why that gives...

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  Welcome to Sanity Check with Dan Schnur

  Sep 2, 20264 minS1

  <p>Hi, I’m Dan Schnur, and I want to welcome you to Sanity Check, where we’re going to talk about politics each week, but in a much calmer and more reasonable way than I think we’ve all gotten used to. Like you, I know that politics is important. But like you, I know that politics has become increasingly exhausting.</p><p>I want to pay attention to it because I know I need to. But it can be so infuriating and so annoying. And so what I hope we can do here each week is have a conver...

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