The Siren is a creator led media network founded to combat fascism and defend the values of American democracy through the analysis and discussion of current events and calls to action.
Through fearless reporting, bold truth-telling, and unapologetic calls to action, we refuse to sit back while our rights are gutted, our voices are silenced, and our future is auctioned off to the highest bidder.
Instead, we’re calling out the abuse of power and relentless attacks on our democracy wherever they appear. But it’s not enough to just talk about what’s going on. This moment demands going a step further.
The goal of The Siren is not just to analyze the news, but to ignite action.
We turn outrage into direction. We organize calls to stop the passing of dangerous legislation. We spotlight the next generation of Democratic leadership. All while mobilizing around the most pressing issues of our time.
We don’t both-sides tyranny. We expose it and we fight it.
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The Siren is a creator led media network founded to combat fascism and defend the values of American democracy through the analysis and discussion of current events and calls to action.
Through fearless reporting, bold truth-telling, and unapologetic calls to action, we refuse to sit back while our rights are gutted, our voices are silenced, and our future is auctioned off to the highest bidder.
Instead, we’re calling out the abuse of power and relentless attacks on our democracy wherever they appear. But it’s not enough to just talk about what’s going on. This moment demands going a step further.
The goal of The Siren is not just to analyze the news, but to ignite action.
We turn outrage into direction. We organize calls to stop the passing of dangerous legislation. We spotlight the next generation of Democratic leadership. All while mobilizing around the most pressing issues of our time.
We don’t both-sides tyranny. We expose it and we fight it.
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Democrats are rightfully riding high from the recent November elections that saw 13 statewide victories in 13 races. That included a major win in New Jersey, where Governor-elect Mikie Sherill won by nearly 15%. And now that Sherrill is about to depart Congress, the race for her replacement is on… and there can’t be a more powerful potential replacement for her than former two-term Congressman Tom Malinowski.
A diplomat and senior State Department official in the Obama Administration, Tom is a ready-made new Member of Congress who will strengthen the party’s ranks during the current existential fight for American democracy. And because of his tremendous experience around the world, Tom will be a powerful champion for American global engagement and an advocate for democracy and human rights.
Once he wins the upcoming January primary in a reliably blue district and returns to Congress, Tom will immediately contribute to making America safer both at home and abroad by using his perch to challenge President Trump’s economic policies, especially the harmful tariffs; by bringing a voice of moral clarity and responsibility to Capitol Hill; and by reminding Americans that we can best solve our problems by working together.
Have a listen to this episode of Making Sense of the World, where you’ll hear from a powerhouse Democrat with global perspective, one who’s already proven that he’s ready to be a new Member of Congress on Day One.
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On this episode of Pours and Perspectives, Harry Dunn is joined by Joel Rubin to discuss the latest on the deal that Democrats made with Republicans in the Senate to end the government shutdown.
As we all know, this shutdown (which is still ongoing) was caused by Trump and his Republican Party in Congress being unable to act as a real governing party. They might act tough on Twitter, but when it comes down to it, they’re completely useless.
So why, you may ask, is it always incumbent upon the Democrats to come to the rescue, save the day, and make all the concessions? And more importantly, what did Democrats actually get out of this deal to reopen the government?
Harry and Joel answer those questions and much more, right here on The Siren Network.
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On Monday, eight Democrats caved and voted with Republicans on a shutdown deal. In doing so, they took the first steps to end the longest government shutdown in U.S. History.
The eight Democrats are: Sen. Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire, Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois, Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia, Sen. Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire, Sen. Angus King of Maine, Sen. Jacky Rosen of Nevada, Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada, and Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania,
Many Americans feel frustrated by this, with some even calling it a “betrayal.” Last Tuesday, Americans delivered a massive, resounding electoral victory for Democrats and an outright rebuke of Donald Trump’s “policies,” the MAGA agenda, and his failure to negotiate on the shutdown.
For these eight Democrats to cave to Trump in this manner, they have shattered the natural momentum and energy that was building in their party. The largest protest in U.S. history, a ginormous electoral victory, and historic levels of unpopularity for Donald Trump wasn’t enough for these senators to use leverage in negotiating a deal that was more than just a promise of a future vote?
It demonstrates just how weak and ineffective Chuck Schumer is as a leader. He has allowed his party to insulate Republicans of massive political consequences, as well as letting the Republicans avoid being the responsible governing party that comes to the table to negotiate. For all the suffering that Americans endured during this shutdown, it feels hollow that we did not receive more protections or concessions from Republicans. This could easily all happen again in January.
Jo and David discuss all of this and more, right here on The Siren Network.
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In this episode, Jill chats with author and educator Ben Sheehan about why so many Americans feel disconnected from their government—and why that’s not their fault. Sheehan, creator of PBS’s Civics Made Easy and author of What Does the Constitution Actually Say?, explains that our lack of civic knowledge stems from a decades-long decline in civics education. He explains that shame often keeps people from asking questions or trying to learn, and becoming “fluent” in government makes people more likely to participate and create change.
Ultimately, he envisions a world where no one feels too old, too uninformed, or too intimidated to learn—because understanding how democracy works is the first step to making it work for everyone.
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In this episode of Making Sense of the World, Joel Rubin sits down with Liz Hume, Executive Director of the Alliance for Peacebuilding, to discuss why 2025 may have been the most traumatic year ever for international development and global peace-building, with dire implications for American national security.
Hume explains how the loss of foreign aid expertise is incalculable, why slashed aid budgets are detrimental, and the impact of skyrocketing military spending while peace-building funds disappear.
Joel and Liz also discuss the bipartisan Global Fragility Act, which focused on resolving crises at their early stages, before they became overwhelming, the critical importance of community engagement in preventing violence, and why rising global conflict—including nuclear threats—directly impacts Americans. This is a must listen for anyone interested in Making Sense of the World and understanding why investing in peace abroad is essential for our security here at home.
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Remember when the Trump campaign sued CBS and 60 Minutes for over $10 billion in damages, because the interview was lightly edited for clarity? Well, Trump’s recent 60 Minutes interview was shortened to only 28 minutes- cutting key portions of the interview out on air.
Of course, this is completely fine for Trump. MAGA is completely quiet about the “election interference,” they were screaming about. But the interview contained some startling admissions from Trump, notably that he “doesn’t know” who Changpeng Zhao is, someone he pardoned after Zhao facilitated a $2 billion purchase of a cryptocoin from Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump’s crypto company earlier this year.
Joe and Cosima discuss how the mainstream media does a great job of airing Trump’s lies to millions of Americans, all without fact-checking them until days later.
The media should adopt the George Stephanopoulos approach of immediately calling the lies out as soon as they are said.
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Today is the scariest Halloween in recent memory. That’s because tomorrow, on November 1st, nearly 42 million Americans and the 16 million children who are SNAP recipients are set to lose access to their benefits. The program will run out of money, and EBT cards will not be refilled.
This, of course, is due to the ongoing Republican shutdown, which is now in it’s 31st day. We are 4 days away from the longest government shutdown in American history, which was also under Donald Trump.
Democrats in Congress have filed legislation aimed at keeping food aid flowing through SNAP, but Speaker of the House Mike Johnson said it was a “waste of time.” In addition, Johnson has kept the House out of session for 5 weeks now, in part to avoid a vote on the Epstein files.
Johnson also said that on Saturday, “The pain register is about to hit level 10,” adding that “sadly” 42 million Americans will be affected this weekend. “We deeply regret it on our side,” he added.
The USDA Food and Nutrition Service lied this week, saying they couldn’t access emergency services after removing a memo from their website that says the opposite. And of course, the Trump White House says that won’t tap into emergency funds to pay for SNAP. In fact, more than two dozen Democratic attorneys general and governors are suing the Trump administration over their illegal suspension of SNAP, alleging that there is an emergency fund that can and should be used in this scenario.
Jo is joined by Democratic Representative Jim Himes of Connecticut to discuss all of this and much more, right here on The Siren Network.
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As thousands of furloughed federal workers wait in line for food, Donald Trump is on vacation in Asia. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson has shutdown the House of Representatives for five weeks now. There are no attempts at negotiations or compromise being made on the side of Republicans, even as Democrats in Congress still come into work everyday.
Recently, Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) said that Mike Johnson has “effectively dissolved” the House. And honestly, that might be the best way to put it.
On this episode of Pours and Perspectives, Harry Dunn is joined by Congressman Jason Crow from Colorado’s 6th Congressional District to discuss Trump’s authoritarian tendencies, the ongoing Russian-Ukraine conflict, the shutdown, and the question on everyone’s mind: Will the 2026 midterms happen?
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In this episode, Vanessa Branda and Sari Beth Rosenberg confront the rising tide of hate and the urgent need to hold onto hope. From the dismantling of the White House’s historic East Wing to the broader erasure of our shared past, they explore how fear and division are reshaping America and how empathy and collective action can push back.
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We’ve all witnessed Trump’s rapid health decline. His ankles. His drooping face. The way he walks. But now, we’ve learned that Trump was given a MoCA test, also know as the Montreal Cognitive Assessment test, during his recent medical examination at Walter Reed Medical Center. A MoCA test is used by medical professionals to identify potential issues with attention, memory, and language.
Trump later confused this as an IQ test (which it isn’t) and of course, tried to brag about his results. The genius-in-chief had this to say: “AOC is low IQ. You give her an IQ test, have her pass, like, the exams that I decided to take when I was at Walter Reed,” he said. “I took– Those are very hard– They’re really aptitude tests, I guess, in a certain way, but they’re cognitive tests. Let AOC go against Trump.”
He continued, “The first couple questions are easy: a tiger, an elephant, a giraffe, you know. When you get up to about five or six and then when you get up to 10 and 20 and 25, they couldn’t come close to answering any of those questions.”
Joe and Cosima break down this story and more, right here on The Siren Network.
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It was yet another week filled with wild and disturbing news from the regime. But seeing the East Wing of the White House, one of the most historically significant buildings in America, fall victim to Trump’s latest egomaniacal desires was particularly hard to watch.
It encapsulated everything that Trump and his acolytes are doing to our country. Their outright disregard for our laws, for our history, for the will of the people, and their embrace of self-serving pro-billionaire legislation, all while taking a wrecking ball to democracy, our rights, and our freedoms.
Harry Dunn, Joel Rubin, and Sam Schwartz from The Siren also discuss prominent Trump ally Steve Bannon’s extremely disturbing interview in which he said, “[Trump’s] going to get a third term ... so Trump is going to be president in 2028. And people just ought to get accommodated with that,” he said in an interview with The Economist.
“At the appropriate time we’ll lay out what the plan is. But there’s a plan. We had longer odds in ‘16 and longer odds in ‘24 than we’ve got in ‘28,” Bannon added.
And of course, this is on top of key Trump officials declaring that Trump will use the National Guard to stop the midterm elections (New York Times), a pro-Trump operative buying Dominion Voting Systems and rebranding it “Liberty Vote,” and the GOP’s attempts to gerrymander and overturn the Voting Rights Act.
The panel also discusses pardoned January 6th insurrectionist Christopher Moynihan’s felony charge after he made a terroristic threat against Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, as well as the need to support the Democrats running in the upcoming November 2025 elections.
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On this episode of Pours and Perspectives, Harry Dunn is joined by Pete Dominick to discuss the latest with the deployment of the National Guard, the record-breaking No Kings protests, the wider implications of the government shutdown (now on Day 21), and the importance of community and solidarity in activism. The conversation also explores how we can message better, and the uncertainty surrounding the 2026 midterms.
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In this powerful episode, I had the privilege of sitting down with Harry Dunn, a Capitol Police officer who served during the January 6th insurrection. Harry’s story is one of deep purpose, resilience, and a steadfast commitment to truth. He recounted pivotal moments in his career, including witnessing history during the passing of Obamacare and the harrowing reality of January 6th, which he described as a violent insurrection against our government. His reflections on that day were sobering, especially as he addressed the current attempts to rewrite the narrative and the troubling pardons granted to some participants. Harry’s passion for community, democracy, and collective action reminded me, and I hope all of you listening, that we each have a role to play in shaping a more just and truthful future.
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It’s Friday, October 17th, meaning this Republican shutdown is officially tied with the 2013 shutdown, the fourth-longest in U.S. history at 17 days. We are rapidly approaching Trump’s previous record, the No. 1 longest government shutdown in U.S. history, which took place during his first term at 34 days long. Notably, there were zero government shutdowns during the Biden Administration.
On this episode of The Siren Podcast, Jo is joined by New Jersey Senator Andy Kim for an in-depth discussion on the experiences and challenges he faces as a newly elected Senator during these insane times, the Republican Shutdown, and tomorrow’s No Kings protests. Jo and Senator Kim also discuss how the Republican party has completely been taken over by Donald Trump, and ceded their Congressional oversight. The duo also discusses how Republicans are currently treating themselves to an extended paid vacation, all while federal workers are missing paychecks.
As of right now, more than 700,000 federal employees have been furloughed, and nearly as many are continuing to work without receiving paychecks.
During the second half of the episode, New Jersey Attorney General Matt Platkin joins The Siren Podcast to discuss his work as the top law enforcement official in New Jersey, how Democratic Attorneys General are standing up to Trump in this moment, his lifesaving work to end gun violence, and the weaponization of the federal government in the form of political indictments of Trump’s enemies.
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On October 18th, millions of Americans in all 50 states will peacefully and patriotically take to the streets to protest the fascist Trump regime. The protests, aptly titled, “NO KINGS” are meant to show the government that we, the people, are the ones in charge. We hold all the power, and they answer only to us.
There are over 2,600 protests currently planned, each with a safety team and strategies to diffuse violent agitators.
Ezra Levin, co-founder of Indivisible, the progressive organization in charge of the planned protests, joins The Siren for a special livestream to support the protests and encourage Americans to take their grievances to the streets this October 18th, peacefully. Ezra is joined by Jo Carducci, co-founder of The Siren and host of this livestream, and by Jess Craven, Rep. Maxwell Frost, Harry Dunn, Joel Rubin, Jill Jonassen, Brooklyn Dad Defiant, & Tara Setmayer of The Seneca Project.
You can find more information about the planned protests and an event near you by visiting NoKings.org. All of us at The Siren hope to see you on the ground!
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On this episode of Pours and Perspectives, Harry is joined by The Siren co-founder
JoJoFromJerz
to discuss the latest with Day 14 of the government shutdown, whether or not Trump will be paying our troops during the shutdown, and Ghislaine Maxwell seemingly receiving special treatment from the Trump administration as she serves out her prison sentence.The conversation also discusses the hilarious clip from Sunday on ABC where anchor George Stephanopoulos cut JD Vance off mid sentence after Vance spent the entire interview lying to the American people. This is exactly the type of energy we need from legacy media in this moment.
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They thought they were voting for lower grocery prices. Instead, they got this!
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Well folks, Over a week of the Trump shutdown and Republicans are still refusing to come into work. They’ve taken a long vacation in the middle of a government shutdown and are outright refusing to work with Democrats on keeping healthcare costs down, protecting Medicaid, and releasing the Epstein files. In fact, Speaker Mike Johnson said today that he will not swear in Rep-Elect Adelita Grijalva, who is the last vote necessary on the Epstein Files discharge petition.
On this episode of The Siren Podcast, Jo is joined by Joe Gallina from Call to Activism, Brooklyn Dad Defiant, and House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries. Leader Jeffries earlier today got into a sparring match with Republican Rep. Mike Lawler on Lawler’s tax breaks for billionaires. As Leader Jeffries told us (in his unfiltered breakdown of the incident), “I think he thought he was confronting Beltway Hakeem. Well, he saw Brooklyn Hakeem.”
The panel discusses the urgent fight from Democrats to protect Medicaid for Americans and keep healthcare costs down. The conversation also ventured into why so many hospitals are closing in Republican led districts across the country, the Republican lie that Democrats are fighting for illegal immigrants to get healthcare, and just how far Democrats are willing to go in this shutdown fight.
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Governor Gavin Newsom joins The Siren Podcast to discuss the ongoing efforts by Donald Trump to rig the 2026 midterms in his favor, and what California- and Americans everywhere- can do to fight back.
At a moment when so much of the national conversation is centered around covering the latest illegal or unconstitutional action by the Trump Administration, Governor Newsom’s approach is different. He’s not sitting around and waiting to react, or sending out yet another strongly worded letter- he’s taking matters into his own hands with real, concrete action.
As Governor Newsom told us, “We have agency. We can shape [the world], and we’ve got to fight back. And we’ve got to wake up, disabuse ourselves as Democrats. I’m sick of being weak. I’m sick of being effete. I’m sick of being non-consequential. It’s not good enough to say it; it’s time to do.”
Governor Newsom is bringing the fight to Donald Trump- and we’re here for it.
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The Siren is a creator led media network founded to combat fascism and defend the values of American democracy through the analysis and discussion of current events and calls to action. We spotlight the next generation of Democratic leadership. All while mobilizing around the most pressing issues of our time. We don’t both-sides tyranny. We expose it and we fight it.
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