You can now watch the first episode of my new pilot series DEFIANT HISTORY on the Daily Chela YouTube channel. In episode 1, we explore Mexican American history and spotlight David's beautiful collection of vintage club plaques. The series moves to major streaming this winter.

It’s a denim ad, not Mein Kampf in marketing form. #SydneySweeney miamiherald.com/opinion/articl…

Coming in hot with a new episode! 🔥 Brandon Loran Maxwell joins Mike Madrid to talk Latino identity, rejecting party lines, and building power through culture, film, and words. 💥 📖Bomb the Wall 🎬American Homeboy 🎞️Defiant History Now on Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fro…

I take a week to go speak at Netroots Nation and Mike Madrid delivers and amazing episode with Brandon Loran Maxwell unpacking culture, politics and our people

I recently sat down with Mike Madrid on the The Latino Vote Podcast podcast to talk politics and culture. It's probably a good thing Chuck Rocha couldn't make it or I would have had to break out my favorite black cowboy hat. 🤠 Listen to the full episode on Spotify!

I can’t believe I missed this amazing conversation. Luckily for you, you can listen now.

From L.A. Graffiti To Prison With Mohawk Matt & Brian James | DEFIANT HISTORY - New Episode! youtu.be/t4bu0AlmA5U?si… via YouTube Gary, ya need to see this one, only 15 min. Nerdrotic

Goonies actor Robert Davi whining on Fox News about how he didn't get to play the part of Montana in "Blood In Blood Out" because of DEI is one of the funniest things I have ever heard. 🤣

A new POLITICO poll shows California voters prefer keeping an independent line-drawing panel to determine the state’s House seats “by nearly a two-to-one margin” (64%) while only “36% of respondents back returning congressional redistricting authority to state lawmakers

Poll: California voters back independent congressional maps, complicating Gavin Newsom's redistricting push politi.co/45DKvVj via POLITICO

🎬'The Monster Squad' opened in theaters 38 years ago, August 14, 1987

Comparing Pew's Trump approval/disapproval today (38/60) to Pew's Trump numbers in 2018 (37/56). Trump's numbers with Latinos today are better today than 2018 (-43 v. -63); worse with blacks today (-68 v. -62); worse with whites (-5 v. +1). Also, worse w/ Republicans (+49 v +65).

Trump's haphazard, immigration dragnet will go down as one of the dumbest political fumbles in history. He bulldozed legit inroads with Latinos last November. Yet rather than capitalize on the 10+ counties he flipped in states like CA, he would rather eviscerate GOP gains to

NEW at NYT: The Democratic Party is facing a voter registration crisis in red, blue and battleground states alike — losing ground to the GOP everywhere. My deep dive into the numbers and what it reveals about the party's brand. Thread —> nytimes.com/2025/08/20/us/…

I will be on NBC later this afternoon talking movies and politics. Not sure when the segment airs, but I will repost it when it does. 👍🏽

El Salvador has officially banned the "Edgar" haircut in its public schools. The country's new Minister of Education requires each student to have a clean uniform, formal haircut and mandatory greeting of teachers and principal upon entering the school.

The “Racial realignment” celebrated by Republicans in 2024 is looking more and more like a “Dealignment” from both parties. Latino voters have had it with both parties. bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…

We were contracted to remodel 500 Cracker Barrels over the next 5 years and we just wrapped up our first one. What do you guys think of the fresh modern rebrand?!

New: The ticking timebomb alarming Democrats: the 2030 reapportionment in the Electoral College. Red states gain Electoral College seats, blue states lose. The "blue wall" is gone: nytimes.com/interactive/20…

Clip from my appearance on NBC Entertainment yesterday, discussing government overreach, history, and movies.