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CoryJRuth
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ATL Business Leader. Political Junkie. Notre Dame Fan. Opinions Are My Own.
Atlanta, Georgia
Joined February 2010
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Cory J. Ruth says America is in the middle of a new Reconstruction, and this one looks different from the first. Do you see it?
Ruth, a Republican strategist, economist, CEO of Mergence Global, and author of Double Click: What the Numbers Really Say About Black America (pre-order now, out June 2027), joins Breaking Battlegrounds to explain what he means.
Follow him on Instagram @officialcoryruth and on X @coryjruth.
Watch the full conversation on YouTube, Substack, and Rumble, or listen wherever you get your podcasts.
#BreakingBattlegrounds #Politics
Why do we only measure Black America against white America? Economist Cory J. Ruth says that’s the wrong comparison.
He joins Breaking Battlegrounds to explain what happens when you benchmark Black economic data against countries like Germany, Brazil, India, and South Africa instead. Does that change how you see the numbers?
Follow @officialcoryruth on Instagram and @coryjruth on X. Pre-order his book, Double Click: What the Numbers Really Say About Black America, out June 2027.
Watch the full conversation on YouTube, Substack, and Rumble, or listen wherever you get your podcasts.
#BreakingBattlegrounds #Politics
Can DEI be dead and Black Americans still be making political history? Cory J. Ruth says both can be true.
Do you agree? Watch the clip and tell us what you think.
Follow @officialcoryruth on Instagram and @coryjruth on X. Pre-order his book, Double Click: What the Numbers Really Say About Black America, out June 2027.
Watch the full episode on YouTube, Substack, and Rumble, or listen wherever you get your podcasts.
#BreakingBattlegrounds #Politics
Republicans keep asking how to win more Black voters. Cory J. Ruth says maybe start by listening to what middle-class families actually want.
His take: economically liberal, socially conservative, and wary of anyone touching the safety net before the next recession. The Republican strategist and economist lays out what he thinks a 2028 candidate should be saying on Breaking Battlegrounds.
His book, Double Click: What the Numbers Really Say About Black America, is available to pre-order and comes out June 2027.
Instagram: @officialcoryruth
X: @coryjruth
Check out the full episode on YouTube, Substack, and Rumble, or listen wherever you get your podcasts.
#BreakingBattlegrounds #Politics
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“It’s not you, it’s me.”
Winning an election doesn’t automatically mean you’ve won over the American people.
One of the biggest mistakes the winning party can make is assuming the victory is entirely about them.
Sometimes voters aren’t necessarily endorsing one party. They’re expressing frustration with the other.
And that distinction matters.
So here’s my question: Do you believe that the Democratic Congress should move forward with the impeachment of Donald Trump?
Interested in your thoughts.
Thanks to #cbnnews for the conversation.
Context & Clarity. 👊🏽
#CoryJRuth #Midterms2026 #ElectionAnalysis
We hear the numbers about Black America all the time. We almost never hear what’s behind them.
Cory J. Ruth says the data tells a very different story than the one you’re used to. The Republican strategist, economist, and CEO of Mergence Global breaks it down on Breaking Battlegrounds. His book, Double Click: What the Numbers Really Say About Black America, is available to pre-order and comes out June 2027.
Instagram: @officialcoryruth
X: @coryjruth
Watch the full conversation on YouTube, Substack, and Rumble, or listen wherever you get your podcasts.
#BreakingBattlegrounds #Economy
🚨 NEW EPISODE OUT NOW! 🎙️🇺🇸
The 2026 election sent a message to Republicans, but is the GOP actually listening?
This week on Breaking Battlegrounds, Chuck Warren sits down with four guests to break down the election fallout, Republican messaging failures, inflation, and the growing battle over America's AI future.
🎙️ Cory J. Ruth, Republican political strategist, economist, and CEO of Mergence Global, challenges common narratives about Black America, examines economic opportunity and the rise of Black political leadership, and discusses what Republicans are missing with voters.
📖 Book: Double Click: What the Numbers Really Say About Black America (Coming June 2027)
Instagram: @officialcoryruth | X: @coryjruth
B's Crime Corner: A real-life horror story out of Phoenix, Arizona. B uncovers the disturbing case of a biological resource center accused of selling donated human body parts, deceiving grieving families, and leaving behind shocking questions about justice.
🎙️ John Rogers, Executive Director of America First Works and former NRCC Executive Director, explains why Republican voters stayed home or crossed party lines, what went wrong in the 2026 elections, and what the GOP needs to fix before 2028.
X: @itsjohnroger
https://t.co/XWUGemJ7fO
🎙️ Jonathan Wilcox, Chief of Staff to Congressman Darrell Issa, gives an insider's perspective on Washington, Republican messaging failures, and whether Democrats will focus on affordability or investigating President Trump.
X: @wilcoxfiles
🎙️ Gary Gygi, President and CEO of Gygi Capital, tackles inflation, America's growing national debt, the Iran conflict, and why falling behind China in artificial intelligence could have serious consequences for America's future.
X: @GaryGygi
https://t.co/duO7TtCqgx
Are Republicans learning from this election, or are they setting themselves up for another defeat in 2028?
🎧 LISTEN TO THE FULL EPISODE NOW!
Apple Podcasts: https://t.co/SnFg4f1ZTC
Spotify: https://t.co/Sopauc8MWj
Watch on YouTube, Substack, and Rumble, or listen wherever you get your podcasts!
Breaking Battlegrounds, hosted by Sam Stone and Chuck Warren, is ranked #6 among the Best Arizona News Podcasts by Feedspot (2026). Covering Arizona politics, national news, U.S. elections, public policy, and political commentary, Breaking Battlegrounds features interviews and discussions with influential voices shaping today's political landscape.
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#BreakingBattlegrounds #Politics
Democrats spent months convincing Americans the economy was collapsing. Then October delivered stronger than expected job growth. CEO of Mergence Global @coryjruth breaks down the numbers the media narrative missed. Did the GOP fail to tell voters?
Watch David Pollack Primetime tonight—and every weeknight—at 10 PM ET / 7 PM PT on YouTube TV and everywhere OAN is available.
Coming 6:30 p.m. on WANF-TV and the Georgia stations of Gray Media, I will join this great panel for pre-debate and post-debate coverage of tonight’s U.S. Senate debate between Democratic incumbent Jon Ossoff and Republican challenger Congressman Mike Collins. #gapol #gasen @ossoff @MikeCollinsGA
This is likely the largest digital transformation in history. 29 thousand Goverment websites mapped to one, ai/si enabled with a single sign-on. This is a matter of enormous proportions. I'm shocked that this is not more dramatically covered journalistically.
Andrew Ross Sorkin gushes over Trump's new America. gov website on live TV while Joe Kernen sits there stunned.
Sorkin is not a Trump fan, and he lets that be known. But the moment he said the word "credit," Kernen nearly fell out of his chair.
SORKIN: “I want to be clear. I am actually not critical of the president in this instance at all, because I actually think it was great to bring everybody together.”
“For 29,000 websites, the ability to get a passport, the ability to get your medicare. I mean, the it was like being at a product. It was like being at an Apple product announcement. And when they went through what they did and the president was there in the morning and walked through what they were doing, and Marco Rubio was there, Scott Bessent was there, the whole cabinet was there. It was one of those moments where you actually thought the government was working for you, really? And Gebbia deserves an extraordinary amount of praise for it.”
KERNEN: “Do you feel great? Are you have the warmest fuzziest feeling right now listening.”
SORKIN: “And by the way, the president deserves credit for that."
KERNEN: "Oh my God!"
SORKIN: "Credit for putting you in that role. And Jeb and his team putting it all together.”
KERNEN: “So now I'm getting hot flashes. Wow. So this is just amazing.”
CONTEXT (What happened): Trump launched America. gov, a single government site meant to replace 29,000 federal websites for things like passports and Medicare. It was built by Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia, and Sorkin was in the room for the demo.
Sorkin also credited the Trump accounts interface as "really easy to use" and "like using a real app."
“Pretend that I’m on the ballot.”
President Trump is putting himself at the center of the GOP’s midterm strategy—but will that be enough to get his voters back to the polls?
Political strategist and policy adviser @coryjruth talks with The National News Desk's @janjeffcoat and breaks down Trump’s final midterm push, the ideological divide between the parties and why he believes younger Black voters are approaching politics differently than previous generations.
“The public is just finding out what kind of power we have given to the government.”
Cory J. Ruth raises a major warning about the combination of government power and modern surveillance technology. Flock cameras, drones, robotics, and other systems are making it possible to track citizens on a scale that simply wasn’t possible before.
Cory says his experience in the surveillance industry gives him a unique perspective on just how powerful these systems can be.
Watch the full Breaking Battlegrounds podcast segment to hear the rest of his warning.
Follow Cory on Facebook at Cory Ruth, X at @coryjruth, and Instagram at @officialcoryruth. His book Double Click arrives February 2027.
#Privacy #BreakingBattlegrounds
Excited about the forthcoming release of my new book - Double Click: What the Data Really Says About Black America!
Cory J. Ruth’s new book Double Click is coming February 2027, and this clip gives a look at the research that helped shape it.
While studying emerging markets, Cory began asking whether cities should be analyzed separately from the countries they are in. Using Atlanta as a pilot, he says that question led him into Black economic data and a comparison between those metrics and traditional emerging market indicators.
Watch the full Breaking Battlegrounds podcast segment to hear Cory unpack the idea, and look for Double Click this February.
Follow Cory on Facebook at Cory Ruth, X at @coryjruth, and Instagram at @officialcoryruth.
#Economics #DoubleClick
Cory J. Ruth warns that the debate over socialism is also a debate over how much power we are willing to give government. He argues that increased spending, regulation, and oversight can create a far more centralized state, and says history offers important lessons about the risks.
Watch the full Breaking Battlegrounds segment to hear Cory explain why.
Follow @coryjruth on X and @officialcoryruth on Instagram. Double Click is coming February 2027.
#CentralizedGovernment #BreakingBattlegrounds
If government has the power to watch us, should citizens have more access to that same information? Cory J. Ruth says that conversation needs to happen.
He argues that a free society should explore ways to share certain surveillance capabilities with the public, increase transparency, and even crowdsource information rather than leaving all of that power in government hands.
Watch the full Breaking Battlegrounds podcast segment to hear Cory’s full argument on surveillance, transparency, and how America can approach this differently than China.
Follow Cory on Facebook at Cory Ruth, X at @coryjruth, and Instagram at @officialcoryruth. Double Click is coming February 2027.
#GovernmentSurveillance #BreakingBattlegrounds
People generally want the police empowered with new tools, but not if those tools are going to be used in the same way that China uses them! #FlockCameras #MassSurveillance #Policing #CoryJRuth #MergenceGlobal
Are people simply overwhelmed by change, or are they actually afraid of it? Cory J. Ruth says he believes people are scared. He looks at the extraordinary amount of disruption we’ve seen in a short period of time and what that fear could mean politically and culturally.
To hear Cory explain it in full, watch the full Breaking Battlegrounds podcast segment wherever you get your podcasts or on YouTube.
Follow Cory on Facebook at Cory Ruth, X at @coryjruth, and Instagram at @officialcoryruth. Look for his book Double Click in February 2027.
#InformationOverload #BreakingBattlegrounds
Over‑sampling of Democrats has been a flaw in U.S. polling for 15 years. Combine that with an 8–10 seat GOP redistricting advantage, and the last three midterms tell the story: 2020 D+9, 2022 R+9, 2024 R+3. The “wave” era is over; we’re in a narrow‑margin environment now.
CNN: Republicans win both the House and Senate if the polls underestimate them like they did in 2024
2026 Midterms if polls underestimate the GOP
House:
🔴 Republicans: 218
🔵 Democrats: 217
Senate:
🔴 Republicans: 53
🔵 Democrats: 47
@kimKBaltimore Brilliant.
Enjoyed chopping it up with you!
Are people simply overwhelmed by change, or are they actually afraid of it? Cory J. Ruth says he believes people are scared. He looks at the extraordinary amount of disruption we’ve seen in a short period of time and what that fear could mean politically and culturally.
To hear Cory explain it in full, watch the full Breaking Battlegrounds podcast segment wherever you get your podcasts or on YouTube.
Follow Cory on Facebook at Cory Ruth, X at @coryjruth, and Instagram at @officialcoryruth. Look for his book Double Click in February 2027.
#InformationOverload #BreakingBattlegrounds
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