A senator's cellphone, a Grand Island rally and Dave Jorgenson's news desk
Eight uploads covered Cornell, Watergate and daylight saving time, and the third episode of his show 'What's Your Source?' went looking into food recalls.
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What’s in the Cornell lawsuit?
Dave Jorgenson describes his channel as what happens if a theater kid wandered into a newsroom. Many viewers first met him as the face of the Washington Post's TikTok account. This week the newsroom side did most of the talking, across eight uploads.
The most watched was "What's in the Cornell lawsuit?", which passed half a million views. It walks through a suit filed by a former student who says she was gang raped at a fraternity house in 2024 after being coerced into taking drugs. The suit names the university, fraternity and sorority organizations, a local bar and several individuals. Commenters mostly ask why reporting from the student newspaper went further than the university's own response.
Close behind came "Will Congress make daylight saving time permanent?", built on the president posting what officials confirmed was Senator Tom Cotton's cellphone number over the stalled Sunshine Protection Act. Then there was a Watergate story, with the Justice Department reviewing whether Nixon was treated unfairly. The newest upload, "Directing President Trump's speech in Nebraska," covers the Grand Island rally and its promised $5,000 "Trump dividend." It is gathering views faster than anything else on the channel.
The channel as a whole ran slower than its usual pace and added about 2,000 subscribers. Among political channels near its size, The Nerve with Maureen Callahan and Clinton Jaws are the ones running above their norm, and most of the group is quieter than usual. Dave sits mid-table there, with a recall explainer from his new show already finding its audience.
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The videos drawing views on Dave Jorgenson right now
Will Congress make daylight saving time permanent?505,933 views · 2026-10-05
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The Justice Department is deciding if Nixon was mistreated445,375 views · 2026-10-02
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Should we be afraid of our food?38,201 views
- Channel
- Dave Jorgenson
- Subscribers
- 452,000 ▲ 2,000 this week
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 3,626,628
- Videos published this week
- 8
- Video published
- October 1, 2026
- Video views so far
- 540,502
- Views on its first day
- 310,566
The numbers
Here is how Dave Jorgenson's channel moved over the week.
💡 Test your knowledge
One of Dave's stories revisits Watergate. In which year did Richard Nixon resign the presidency?
Nixon announced his resignation on August 8, 1974, and left office the next day.
