#1801 Counterfeit Populism: Trump, the 2026 Primaries, and the Era That's Ending
Air Date: 6–17-2026
Today we trace a pattern that repeated across half a dozen states this primary season: working-class candidates running on the cost of living beat the opponents party leadership hand-picked and funded. It looks like ordinary election news, but it's more pieces of a larger shift already underway; away from a politics of left against right and toward a new era of the elite vs working people.
Read more#1460 The Growing Threat of Minority Rule (Throwback)
Original Air Date: 12–11-2021
Today we take a look at the many structures of American government that tilt to favor minority rule and conservatism which, in our case, is one and the same. Some structures like the Senate and the filibuster were intentionally designed to give extra weight to the minority while others like gerrymandering and the influence of large-dollar political donors were, well, I suppose they were designed for about the same reason but just in a different way.
Read more#1287 Mitch McConnell is the Forking Worst (Repost)
Original Air Date: 7–5-2019
Today we take an unflinching look at Mitch McConnell and what a bad, bad man he is for basically all of the reasons.
Read more#1485 The Politics We Have, The Politics We Need (Socializing the Oil Industry)
Air Date: 4–23-2022
Today we take a look at how we got to the form of toothless liberalism we are living with today and begin to reimagine what a more muscular state apparatus could do in the face of the climate crisis.
Read more#1460 The Growing Threat of Minority Rule
Air Date: 12–11-2021
Today we take a look at the many structures of American government that tilt to favor minority rule and conservatism which, in our case, is one and the same. Some structures like the Senate and the filibuster were intentionally designed to give extra weight to the minority while others like gerrymandering and the influence of large-dollar political donors were, well, I suppose they were designed for about the same reason but just in a different way.
Read more#1287 Mitch McConnell is the Forking Worst (Repost)
Air Date: 7–5-2019
Today we take an unflinching look at Mitch McConnell and what a bad, bad man he is for basically all of the reasons.
Read more#1287 Mitch McConnell is the Forking Worst
Air Date: 7–5-2019
Today we take an unflinching look at Mitch McConnell and what a bad, bad man he is for basically all of the reasons.
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