Welcome to Capitol Courage—where politics meets bold ideas and fearless conversations.
We’re here to break down the biggest stories in Virginia and across the country with hot takes, real talk, and a little fun along the way.
Whether it’s policy fights, political showdowns, or the leaders making waves — we’re diving into the courage it takes to stand up, speak out, and shake things up.
Season 3, Episode 4: Tiffany Muller from End Citizens United Explains Why Big Tech’s Big Money Is So Bad
Welcome back viewers to another episode of Capitol Courage! In case we haven’t convinced you yet why Big Tech and its creepy little tools of AI and data centers are one of the biggest scourges of our country — and progressive politics — let’s just add more evidence to our case! We’re so honored today to be joined by Tiffany Muller, President of End Citizens United, Let America Vote, and the End Citizens United/Let America Vote Action Fund. Aside from her courageous work and dedication to getting corporate and dark money out of politics, she is also a history maker and was the first openly LGBTQ public official elected in the state of Kansas.
Our discussion today focuses on how when we say the federal government is broken, we mean that it’s broken for regular people. It’s working great though for big corporations that see their profits go up, shareholders happy, and more and more tax breaks. If people’s healthcare has to get cut along the way, that’s just the cost of doing business for so many corporations. And what has turbo-charged — and continues to enable — that system was the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision. And while lots of corporate actors abuse the system, few are worse and more insidious than Big Tech right now — making your life more expensive and surveilling everything you do.
But as Tiffany shares, there are hundreds of reformers running for Congress this year to change that. Join us today, and visit https://www.endcitizensunited.org/unrig-washington to learn more!
7 Aug 2026
Season 3, Episode 3: On Our Way to Two Strong Progressive Senators
In our season 3 premiere, we discussed some of the frustration and honestly heartbreak we felt (right before Graham Platner dropped out) that his replacement might be selected by the establishment, just weeks after Mainers had decisively voted for a bold, progressive policy platform. Luckily here we are to celebrate the fact that new Senate nominee Troy Jackson is the best of Platner (anti-corporate messaging and policies) without the worst of him (he’s not a literal rapist).
And while when we recorded Episode 3 it was a few days before the Michigan Senate primary and we didn’t yet know the outcome, we shared some thoughts on that race — and now can extend our official congrats to nominee Abdul El-Sayed!
Dear establishment: listen to the grassroots. Listen to the base. Now. Please.
25 Jul 2026
Season 3, Episode 2: How Data Centers Are Hurting Virginia
We’re thrilled to welcome to the pod today environmental advocate and lobbyist Jay Ford, who joins Ryan for a conversation on data centers in Virginia. Jay was deeply involved in the recent budget negotiations over whether or not to require stricter environmental standards for data centers (spoiler alert, the can was kicked) or to get rid of the total sales tax exemption for data centers (spoiler alert, it’s still around). Join us to learn more about everyone’s favorite — or at least unavoidable — topic in Virginia politics, why you should care about data centers if you don’t already, and why they’re uniting people of all political persuasions against them.
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