Rich Logis, founder of Leaving MAGA, talks about his journey from outspoken Trump fanatic to outspoken Trump critic.

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Richard Chew talks to Nicole Hallett, clinical law professor at the University of Chicago and director of the Immigrants' Rights Clinic, which "provides legal representation to immigrant communities in Chicago including individual representation of immigrants in removal proceedings, immigration-related complex federal litigation, and policy and community education projects on behalf of community-based organizations." 

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Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI) tells Joan Esposito why he authored and introduced the ELON MUSK Act, which is an acronym for Eliminate Looting of Our Nation by Mitigating Unethical State Kleptocracy.  The Madison Democrat is chair emeritus of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.

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Illinois State Rep Kam Buckner, a Democrat representing the 26th House District, talks about his mix of nervousness and optimism in the early days of the second Trump administration.

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 Joan is joined by Joe Walsh, former congressman, political pundit, and host of The Social Contract with Joe Walsh. The anti-Trump former Republican discussed the challenges facing the Democratic Party and expressed concern about the lack of courage among elected Republicans.
 

"Any voice that would be there has already left the party like me," Walsh told WCPT. "There's no voice. There's going to be no rescue from the Republican Party. This country needs to wrap their arms around that. We have two major political parties and one of them affirmed in November that they are an authoritarian-embracing cult, period."

Filmmaker, author and investigative journalist Greg Palast talks to Joan Esposito about the impact of "vicious" Republican vote-suppression tactics on the 2024 presidential election, pointing out that without that factor, Kamala Harris would have received enough votes to win the presidency. 

"What happened was one of the worst, most biased, Jim Crow elections I've ever seen," Palast told WCPT.

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Brett Murphy of ProPublica talks about Trump administration cutting funding to U.S. Agency for International Development.

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Thom Hartmann talks about regulation. 

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Thom Hartmann on Donald Trump's strategy for autocracy.

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Immigration attorney Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch talks to Richard Chew a day after Donald Trump was inaugurated as the 47th president and signed a series of executive orders on immigration and border policy.

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