{"id":48414,"date":"2026-05-23T22:05:41","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T05:05:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=48414"},"modified":"2026-05-23T22:05:42","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T05:05:42","slug":"saikat-chakrabarti-being-interviewed-on-zeteo-six-months-ago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2026\/05\/23\/saikat-chakrabarti-being-interviewed-on-zeteo-six-months-ago\/","title":{"rendered":"Saikat Chakrabarti being interviewed on Zeteo six months ago"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Meet the Multimillionaire Leftist Primarying Nancy Pelosi\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zQVGqOa0Lr0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@zeteo\">Zeteo<\/a> Nov 2, 2025 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLhHpnycGpC8QZZWtiKn35yHjs42DjqllL\">Mehdi Unfiltered<\/a> How does one fight illegal National Guard deployments, the kidnapping of immigrants, and creeping fascism? Well, if you\u2019re a mainstream Democrat, there seems to be only one strategy \u2013 sternly-worded letters and weak press conferences. At least, that\u2019s how it seems to people like AOC\u2019s former chief of staff Saikat Chakrabarti, who is challenging former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for her seat in Congress. He joins Mehdi on this week\u2019s episode of \u2018Mehdi Unfiltered.\u2019 In this interview, Mehdi asks Chakrabarti \u2013 the co-founder of Justice Democrats \u2013 why he believes Pelosi\u2019s response to Democrats\u2019 loss last November was, \u201ccompletely insufficient.\u201d Chakrabarti also takes aim at Democrats\u2019 current House Leader Hakeem Jeffries, with Mehdi asking the former Hill staffer whether Jeffries needs a primary challenger. This interview was published several days ago on Zeteo\u2019s Substack. If you would like early access to more exclusive content like this, then head over to zeteo.com and become a paid subscriber now! 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Chapters: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zQVGqOa0Lr0\">00:00<\/a> Intro <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zQVGqOa0Lr0&amp;t=129s\">02:09<\/a> Running For Congress <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zQVGqOa0Lr0&amp;t=229s\">3:49<\/a> Seeking Change <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zQVGqOa0Lr0&amp;t=406s\">6:46<\/a> Broken System <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zQVGqOa0Lr0&amp;t=495s\">8:15<\/a> Tech <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zQVGqOa0Lr0&amp;t=905s\">15:05<\/a> Hakeem Jeffries <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zQVGqOa0Lr0&amp;t=1010s\">16:50<\/a> AOC <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zQVGqOa0Lr0&amp;t=1192s\">19:52<\/a> National Guard Subscribe to Zeteo to support independent and unfiltered journalism: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbHF1ZHQ1eGJDTm9CN2VQOEJoOVppcGNVTFZrUXxBQ3Jtc0trcFJJZ2xSOVhObGRCd1YweWZQXzIwclJBMWlwckQxYW9ySTQ4dFZ1TURQWlVZSE9TbUtOdi1JZ1o5a3FnWm50WjloYWRBQnh0S01SaXZfMmpqYmRWajc3RXVjaHZ6R29JUjRlNy0tRzhEQVZKUzJVbw&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fzeteo.com%2Fsubscribe&amp;v=zQVGqOa0Lr0\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/zeteo.com\/subscribe<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zeteo Nov 2, 2025 Mehdi Unfiltered How does one fight illegal National Guard deployments, the kidnapping of immigrants, and creeping fascism? Well, if you\u2019re a mainstream Democrat, there seems to be only one strategy \u2013 sternly-worded letters and weak press conferences. At least, that\u2019s how it seems to people like&#8230; <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2026\/05\/23\/saikat-chakrabarti-being-interviewed-on-zeteo-six-months-ago\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[443,1924,1933],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48414"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48414"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48414\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48415,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48414\/revisions\/48415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}