Kay and Scaramucci follow Texas's flip with questions about Hegseth

The Rest Is Politics US drew nearly two million daily views as its midterm coverage moved from Democratic victories to Republican fallout.

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Why this story? The whole channel is running at 1,965,020 views a day, 8.4 times a normal day (234,406).

Texas turns blue!

James Talarico's Texas victory is only the beginning of the questions filling Katty Kay and Anthony Scaramucci's feed. Their midterm uploads also ask what comes next for Pete Hegseth and whether Republican divisions will deepen after the losses.

That coverage accompanies a sharp jump for The Rest Is Politics US: daily views across the channel reached more than eight times its usual level. Two Shorts are drawing unusually strong early viewing, one centered on Talarico and Trump's reaction, the other assigning blame to Marco Rubio and Hegseth. Those are the channel's political interpretations, not announcements of personnel changes.

The contrast between the hosts is part of the podcast's premise: Kay brings decades of reporting on American politics, while Scaramucci has served inside a Trump White House as communications director.

Their latest titles alternate between celebration and uncertainty. "Texas turns blue!" delivers the result in miniature; "The end for Hegseth?" leaves the next question open.

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More from The Rest Is Politics USVideo taking off 9.9x its usual first dayAnthony Scaramucci imagines Trump's name on the Lincoln MemorialA digitally added gold-letter sign makes the joke explicit in The Rest Is Politics US's unusually fast-starting outdoor clip.Channel: The Rest Is Politics US · Story of October 20, 2026 Also in Political commentators and debateVideo taking off 10x its usual first dayDavid Pakman answers Leavitt's election explanation with grocery billsHis fast-starting Short centers on a Fox News exchange over whether voters recognized the benefits of Trump's tax cuts.Channel: David Pakman · Story of November 5, 2026 A different discovery todayVideo taking off 66x its usual first dayJimmy Kimmel turns Idaho's state-gun vote into an attack adHis midterm monologue also gives Mike Johnson a Sarah McLachlan farewell before his assistant Natalie zips herself into a duffel bag.Channel: Jimmy Kimmel Live · Story of November 5, 2026

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The videos drawing views on The Rest Is Politics US right now

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The numbers

Channel-wide daily viewing has risen sharply, while the Talarico and Hegseth Shorts are both running well ahead of the channel's usual early pace.

views per day, whole channel

typical day

234,406

now

1,965,020

subscribers

424,000

▲ 10,000 in the last 7 days

total views

130,979,109

views per day

1,965,020

typical day: 234,406

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

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458,000

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442,000

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424,000

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423,000

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402,000

The Nerve with Maureen Ca…

378,000

As of November 5, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.