1285 David Rothkopf and Joe Jacobson + News and Clips
Stand Up! with Pete Dominick
Pete Dominick
4.9 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 31 January 2025
⏱️ 87 minutes
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David Rothkopf is CEO of The Rothkopf Group, a media company that produces podcasts including Deep State Radio, hosted by Rothkopf. TRG also produces custom podcasts for clients including the United Arab Emirates. He is also the author of many books including Running the World: The Inside Story of the National Security Council and the Architects of American Power, Superclass, Power, Inc., National Insecurity, Great Questions of Tomorrow, and Traitor: A History of Betraying America from Benedict Arnold to Donald Trump.
Joe Jacobson is a political strategist with eight years of electoral, lobbying, and government experience. Prior to founding the Progress Action Fund, Joe worked for the Service Employees International Union, where he oversaw endorsements, independent expenditures, and government relations operations in four purple counties in Southern California. In response to COVID-19, he co-founded a bipartisan task force to persuade the GOP led San Diego County Board of Supervisors to allocate $10 million for free childcare for essential workers
Before SEIU, Joe worked at AFL-CIO headquarters in Washington, DC, where he devised strategies with union leaders in 21 states to support local, state, and federal candidates. Joe also has a variety of policy experience, including for President Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers and Senator Ron Wyden.
Joe’s start in politics began at 6 years old, when his Grandma Judy gave him a book about the presidents. Grandma Judy was Joe’s inspiration for politics, the two of them talking on the phone every few weeks about progressive politics. During her life Grandma Judy was involved with Seattle’s League of Women Voters, 33rd District Democrats, and Planned Parenthood. The Progress Action Fund is dedicated to her memory.
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| 0:00.0 | Stand up. |
| 0:02.9 | Oh, hey, here I am. |
| 0:04.4 | It's Friday, and I'm a bit late because we had the Thursday night hangout with almost 80 of you, I think. |
| 0:09.9 | I saw the number 80 in attendance. |
| 0:11.9 | It was awesome. |
| 0:12.7 | Thank you so much for joining me if you want to listen or rewatch it, relive it. |
| 0:17.1 | It's available for everybody who is a paid subscriber. Just go to patreon.com slash Pete Dominic. There's a link there. You should get it with the |
| 0:25.6 | notification of today's episode. Joining me today, I have got David Rothkopp, one of the greatest. We love whenever David Rothkopp joins us from Deep State Radio. And for the first time, |
| 0:39.0 | founder and executive director of the Progress Action Fund, Obama administration alum, Joe Jacobson |
| 0:46.2 | joins me to talk about the ads, the political ads that he and his pack try to create. |
| 0:52.4 | And he's also lives in Southern california had to evacuate we talk |
| 0:55.5 | a little bit about that both those conversations are coming up for you but i've also got your news |
| 1:00.4 | headlines and audio clips coming up and i don't have anything specific for the good stuff today i'm |
| 1:06.3 | sorry i just last night the hangout was so good and it was such a great distraction. |
| 1:11.8 | We had Chrissy Greer made a surprise appearance because our friend Vicki said we should have her come on and talk about sleep hygiene because we were all talking about going to bed and how we sleep. |
| 1:22.1 | And she was so great and it was so much fun. |
| 1:25.4 | And it really made me and I know a lot of others forget about everything |
| 1:28.6 | that's happening outside of us and in the world and I just loved it. I love this community. |
| 1:34.4 | I love hanging out with you all. We had a great time last night. That is the good stuff. I hope |
| 1:38.5 | that you'll join us at these hangouts, which are often so fun. You can keep your camera off. |
| 1:42.8 | You don't necessarily even have to be a participant, |
| 1:45.1 | an active participant, just to be there to not feel alone, to feel connected. We need community |
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