Breaking the Meta sits down with  @ReedShowalter  progressive candidate for Illinois’s 7th Congressional District, for a deep, wide-ranging conversation about the future of American democracy, economic freedom, ICE raids in Chicago, corporate power, and what real progressive leadership could look like in Congress.

Reed shares his background as a former antitrust attorney who worked on investigations into Google, Amazon, Facebook, and Apple, served at the DOJ, FTC, and the White House National Economic Council, and now brings that experience into a grassroots congressional campaign rooted in housing, healthcare, food security, climate action, and government accountability.

This episode covers what people in Illinois’s 7th District are facing right now, from rising housing and utility costs to aggressive ICE activity and climate impacts, and what Reed would prioritize if elected. We talk about subpoenas, presidential power, money in politics, healthcare reform, the climate crisis, coalition-building, and why this political moment could define the next generation of American politics.

If you’re looking for conversations about real progressive policy, economic justice, democratic accountability, and how local races connect to national power, this one is worth your time.

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Links to Reed Showalter’s campaign and ways to get involved are in the description below.
Website: https://www.reed4congress.com/