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Republicans court debate on expanding the Supreme Court
Dan Merica | September 3, 2026
“I don’t think it’s super helpful for our closing message to be about expanding the courts,” said Jesse Lehrich, a Democratic operative who tracks the 2028 nomination fight on his newsletter, Nobody’s Listening.' “But I don’t think it’ll matter that much. People can’t afford to live.” Lehrich did argue that Democratic activists will likely make expanding the court “table stakes for 2028,” but that it likely won’t be “an animating debate in 2028, because everyone running will support it.”
The 2028 Democratic Primary Is Quietly Raging
Lauren Egan | August 30, 2026
“People are underestimating how insane the scramble for talent is going to be,” Democratic strategist Jesse Lehrich, who writes a newsletter tracking the 2028 candidates, told me. “There’s going to be thirty-plus people running, and they’re all going to need staff.”
Democrats reshape their 2028 presidential race with new primary schedule
Ron Brownstein | August 15, 2026
Jesse Lehrich, a Democratic consultant who publishes an online newsletter and podcast about the 2028 Democratic presidential race, also believes the new schedule offers a pathway for either wing. “I think it’s fair for the left and the center,” he says. “You have more conservative and more progressive states, you have the more diverse and less diverse electorates.”
How the new generation of left-wing US media is powering progressive candidates
Helen Coster | August 6, 2026
Candidates often move through the same circuit of shows and creators, allowing audiences to discover them through trusted ideological allies, said Jesse Lehrich, a Democratic operative and co-host of the political podcast "Nobody Knows Anything.”
Some voters are fleeing Trump. Will Democrats welcome them?
Matthew Choi & Dan Merica | April 9, 2026
“Flaherty, along with Jesse Lehrich, who worked for Clinton’s 2016 campaign, launched a live political show, “Nobody Knows Anything,” earlier this month… ‘It’s both political malpractice and substantively wrong” to reject those who are rejecting Trump, said Lehrich, who also writes Nobody’s Listening, a political newsletter about the future of the Democratic Party… ‘I get the visceral frustration, but it is a massive win every time someone reaches the point” of rethinking their support.’”
One man. 1,000 hours of 2028ers.
Adam Wren | April 4, 2026
“No one knows the prospective 2028 Democratic presidential primary field like Jesse Lehrich…[who] estimates he’s listened to more than 1,000 hours of ambitious would-be Democratic presidential candidates talking, logging over 600 episodes in a Google spreadsheet called the Big, Beautiful 2028 Tracker… Lehrich’s co-host Rob Flaherty, former deputy campaign manager for former President Joe Biden and VP Kamala Harris, described the forthcoming ‘Nobody Knows Anything’ streaming show as ‘Drunk Morning Joe, but for YouTube…’”
Biden vet launches biweekly streaming show
Max Tani | April 1, 2026
“Two veteran Democratic communications strategists are launching a live politics show inspired by TBPN and prediction markets. Later this month, Rob Flaherty and Jesse Lehrich will launch Nobody Knows Anything, a 90-mi nute biweekly show that they say plans to pair “semi-professional quality analysis and aesthetics with entirely unprofessional behavior.”… Lehrich, who writes the politics and media newsletter Nobody’s Listening, co-founded the group Accountable Tech, and worked with Flaherty in the communications wing of Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign.”
The Predictable, Ineluctable, Intractable ‘Electability’ Argument
Lauren Egan | February 18, 2026
“‘Part of authenticity is actually believing in things and having a clear narrative,’ said Democratic strategist Jesse Lehrich, who recently argued in his newsletter that Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff’s strong candidacy demonstrated that not everyone needs to try to go viral all the time. ‘There’s something to be said for knowing who you are and not trying to be everywhere all at once.’”
Liberal media's MAGA-like splintering challenges 2028 contenders
Alex Thompson & Holly Otterbein | February 1, 2026
“‘There's kind of this whole Rolodex of influencers who are even friendlier than MS Now,’ said Jesse Lehrich, a Democratic strategist who tracks likely presidential candidates' media appearances.”
Ruben Gallego emerges as key Democratic figure in Latino voter outreach
Adriana Gomez Licon | December 15, 2026
“‘All of the Democrats are now talking about affordability, affordability, affordability,’ said Jesse Lehrich, a Democratic strategist. ‘But how many of those actually know what it feels like to not know where the next rent check is going to come from? Or not know how they’re going to pay for groceries this week?’ Lehrich, who is closely tracking the 2028 contenders’ travels and media appearances, said there are not very many top-tier Democrats who sound like regular people, adding that, in contrast, Gallego can be ‘rough around the edges.’”
Waiting, Impatiently, for 2028
Ben Terris | November 4, 2025
“Jesse Lehrich, a former Hillary Clinton campaign staffer, has been following the podcast primary, listening to an estimated 50 hours of audio per week (at 2.5x speed) for the ‘Big, Beautiful 2028 Tracker’ in his newsletter, Nobody’s Listening. ‘The shadow primary began pretty much by Inauguration Day,” he told me.
