Forget a blue wave — we had a blue TSUNAMI last night y’all. Democrats took the House and the Senate, and Georgia elected Keisha Lance Bottoms, the first Black woman elected governor in U.S. history. So we’re bringing back Mandi’s conversation with one of the architects of this moment: Stacey Abrams.
In a new intro recorded the morning after the 2026 midterms, Mandi explains why this one couldn’t wait. Then we go back to January 26, 2026, when Mandi and Stacey talked in the middle of the ICE raids in Minneapolis and a federal shutdown fight. A lot has changed since then. What Stacey says about power, money and not letting fear make you small hits even harder now.
In this episode:
• Stacey’s 10 Steps framework: how to recognize authoritarianism, and her 10 Steps to Freedom for fighting it
• Why “nonviolent” doesn’t mean “passive”
• “We don’t all have to do the same thing, but we all have to do something”
• Why status is not safety, and why our safety is in our numbers
• How Stacey handled six-figure debt in the public eye
• Her unsexy money systems: two side-by-side budgets and a “freedom fund” she can’t touch
• What she looks for before investing in a friend’s business
• Her comfort watch, and why joy is a form of resistance
Winning isn’t the finish line. The folks we just elected work for us now. Pick one action from the toolkit and do it this week.
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