Tanner, the dog who picked him in 2010, gets his own Hawk video
The yellow-lab memories and beach mornings sat among fifteen uploads, in a week otherwise spent on Gaza, MAGA and the 2026 midterms.
Hawk's Podcasts / mdg650hawkStory of Why this story? The channel's weekly summary: what went up this week, what is drawing views now, and where the channel stands among similar channels.
My Best Friend, Tanner
"My Best Friend, Tanner" is the quietest title on Hawk's channel this week, and the one his longtime viewers will know best. The trial attorney turned commentator, also known as mdg650hawk, sits down to tell his community that Tanner, who turns sixteen in December, is near the end of his life. The description is careful to say nothing is imminent. Hawk talks about the slowing down, a vet visit to keep his old friend comfortable, and how Tanner chose him at a low point in December 2010. He also brings up Oscar, the yellow lab of his childhood, and his belief that Tanner is Oscar come back to find him. For now there are still beach mornings and sunny afternoons at the mountain house.
The rest of the week was louder. Fifteen uploads went up, and the most watched, "F*ck This Guy," passed 120,000 views; its comments are a long argument over whether Gaza should be called a genocide. On Sunday came "The Plan to Steal the 2026 Midterms Is Hiding in Plain Sight," which walks through Trump's TIME interview, the Insurrection Act and Judge J. Michael Luttig's warning about January 3. It is the fastest thing on the channel right now.
The daily pace ran well below Hawk's usual, yet his week still brought in more views than any channel among the political commentators near his size. Pondering Politics and Katie Phang both ran hotter than their own norms.
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The videos drawing views on Hawk's Podcasts / mdg650hawk right now
F*ck This Guy124,701 views · 2026-10-02
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- Channel
- Hawk's Podcasts / mdg650hawk
- Subscribers
- 865,000 ▲ 2,000 this week
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 18,206,591
- Videos published this week
- 15
- Video published
- October 2, 2026
- Video views so far
- 57,534
- Views on its first day
- 43,638
The numbers
Here is how Hawk's channel moved over the past seven days.
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Before he left the bench in 2006, J. Michael Luttig served as a judge on which court?
Luttig sat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit from 1991 until he resigned in 2006.
