#1678 Trump's Total Dominance Over the Republican Party and the Resistance Efforts Already Underway
Air Date: 12-20-2024
There's no denying that things are about to get bad, Trump and company have had years to prepare for their next turn in office, but those preparing to resist also have the benefit of past experience resulting in a response to Trumpism that looks very different this time around.
Read more#1653 Money-N-Politics: SuperPACS, Crypto, Billionaires, and Public Funding of Elections
Air Date: 9-6-2024
We're living in the world that dark money in politics and Citizen's United built. But since that Supreme Court ruling in 2010, we've invented cryptocurrency that promises to be a brand new source of opacity and financial power built on smoke and mirrors.
Read more#1610 The Border, and Our Border Politics, Are a Mess - As Trump and MAGA-driven misunderstanding and panic about the nature of immigration dominates election concerns.
Air Date: 2-14-2024
The entire political system has lurched to the right on immigration as Democrats adopt the talking points of the Republicans and the MAGA Republicans put Trump's election chances over the policies they claim to support.
Read more#1588 The Shutdown That Wasn't And The Chaos That Is
Air Date: 10-13-2023
Understanding the historical context of the civil war within the GOP as they have just fought their way out of being able to govern at all with an empty Speakership in the house that is grinding Congress to a halt.
Read more#1545 Agents of Chaos: The New Congress
Original Air Date: 2–22-2023
Today, we take a look at some of the work of the chaotic wrecking crew that is the GOP of the 118th Congress including their plan to hold the world economy hostage and weaponize the government against Democrats all while infighting their way to the 2024 presidential election.
Read more#514 The manufactured debt crisis Part (Throwback)
Original Air Date 8-2-2011
Today we take a hard look at the debt ceiling debate of 2011 because we’re going through the exact same thing right now with only a few of the names changed
Read more#1545 Agents of Chaos: The New Congress
Air Date: 2–22-2023
Today, we take a look at some of the work of the chaotic wrecking crew that is the GOP of the 118th Congress including their plan to hold the world economy hostage and weaponize the government against Democrats all while infighting their way to the 2024 presidential election.
Read more#1436 The Long Legacy of Making Deals with the Devil (Bipartisanship) (Repost)
Original Air Date: 8–21-2021
Today we take a look at the history of bipartisanship and appeasement in the US dating back to before the Civil War and tracking it all the way up to the current negotiations over the infrastructure bill.
Read more#1505 The Largest Investment in Climate Mitigation in US History
Air Date: 8–5-2022
Today, we take a look at the politics of energy and climate in a world addicted to fossil fuels but full of people striving to push us past the tipping point toward a clean energy future.
Read more#1424 Fighting with at least two hands tied (Conservative Democrats Manchin and Sinema)
Air Date: 6–18-2021
Today we take a look at the politics of obstruction in service to big donors' interests while sacrificing the ability to run a functioning democracy in the process.
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