#1691 Democracy Emergency, Constitutional Crisis, Democratic Backsliding, Failing Guardrails
Air Date: 2-18-2025
Democracies slide into dictatorship in two ways, first slowly and then all of a sudden. We have been sliding in this direction for at least as long as I have been paying attention to politics and we're finally at the moment where that slow slide shifts into full speed.
Read more#943 No human being is illegal (Throwback)
Air Date: 08-04-15
Today we take a look at the dysfunctional state of the US immigration system and the political fight brewing over what to do about it
Read more#1690 Oligarchy Unmasked: Why Billionaires Hate Democracy and How They're Dismantling It
Air Date: 2-11-2025
The very rich, as has been noted before, are not on the side of regular people. And even if you think that the federal government needs a major reboot, no one but the ultra-wealthy are going to be happy with what they build in the aftermath of the administrative coup currently underway.
Read more#1689 The Media and the Moguls: Corporate Media is not equipped for Trump
Air Date: 2-7-2025
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Trump came in with a plan to subdue the media and large swaths of the media came in with a plan to acquiesce. But it's important to understand why because it's not a conspiracy or people wanting to do harm, it's structural to the system.
Read more#1688 International Decline: The Old Is Dying and the New Cannot Be Born
Air Date: 2-4-2025
The era of unquestioned US hegemony is undoubtedly on the decline but the future is much more complicated and uncertain than the straightforward idea of China rising to take our place that we've been told. Though Trump is not the cause of US decline, he may send us out in a tragic blaze of glory.
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