Why does our society produce more poverty than other wealthy countries? Why don’t we - or why can’t we - change our incentives? Questions like this drive MARK RANK, in his books, POORLY UNDERSTOOD: What America Gets Wrong About Poverty, and THE POVERTY PARADOX:Understanding Economic Hardship Amid American Prosperity, and in his latest, THE RANDOM FACTOR: How Chance & Luck Profoundly Shape Our Lives and the World Around Us.

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BEFORE NATIONAL GUARD After Police; What Have We Done? Pain Kills Karel Cast 24-52

Before we send national guard but after police: Biden says protests are fine, but not chaos and destruction; he doesn't think, however, the national guard should get involved. Where is this heading and why is it happening?

"What Have We Done" said Keith Davidson, the lawyer for Stormy Daniels who helped pay $130k to Daniel's for her story as part of a catch and kill plan to sway the election. And it worked. What does his testimony do for Trump?

Gas is skyrocketing nationally while you all sit in traffic and debate better rail and public transportation. Are Americans just too controlled and stupid to survive?

Pain Kills. And it killed someone I love Tuesday. 

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BEFORE NATIONAL GUARD After Police; What Have We Done? Pain Kills Karel Cast 24-52

This time on Code WACK! 

How is private equity affecting our healthcare system? What’s being done about it? How does our fragmented healthcare system affect patients, including people who have cancer? And what cues can healthcare reform activists take from California's immigrant community?

To find out, we spoke to Peter Shapiro, a retired letter carrier and author of Song of the Stubborn One Thousand: the Watsonville Canning Strike (Haymarket Books 2016). He represented his union at the founding conference of the Labor Campaign for Single Payer in 2009 and has been involved with the issue ever since. He currently represents the Alameda Labor Council on the board of Healthy California Now, a single-payer advocacy coalition. This is the first episode in a two-part series with Peter Shapiro. 

Check out the Transcript and Show Notes for more!

Code Wack - Absolutely ruthless': the brutal privatization of U.S. health care

SILENCE THE STUDENTS? Noem Doubles Down; Seinfeld Rants Karel Cast 24-52

Campuses across the country are deciding to clamp down on the Pro-Palestinian encampments that have sprung up , but should they? Isn't this the same as being opposed to the Vietnam War? Students were right then to protest, are they right now? And even if they're not right, should they still be allowed to do it? Don't we want engaged young people?

Kristi Noem doubles down on dog shooting and it just explains so much about MAGA.

Seinfeld blames the extreme left for his inability to be funny. But is it their fault, or have comics just refused to evolve in the new times, finding it easier to demean others for laughs instead of genuinely being funny. You know, Lucy never had to worry, did she? And she was funny.

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The guest host for today's show is Brad Bannon. Brad runs Bannon Communications Research, a polling, message development and media firm which helps labor unions, progressive issue groups and Democratic candidates win public affairs and political campaigns. His show, 'Deadline D.C. with Brad Bannon,' airs every Monday from 3-4pm ET.

Brad is first joined by Mica Soellner, congressional correspondent for Punchbowl News. 
The two discuss the shaky status of Speaker Mike Johnson, on top of the fragile GOP majority in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Then, Kimberly Scott, Publisher of DemList, details the plans for the Democratic National Convention this summer in Chicago.
Kim also shares the latest political fundraising numbers for the 2024 Presidential and Congressional races.

Mica Soellner's handle on X is @MicaSoellnerDC. 

Kim Scott's 'Demlist' is a free national daily political column, calendar and resource site for Democrats and allies - a unique, central source that connects people to the who, what and where of Democratic events, issues and activism. You can find out more about them at DemList.com and follow them on Twitter @TheDemList.

Brad writes a political column every Sunday for 'The Hill.'  He's on the National Journal's panel of political insiders and is a national political analyst for WGN TV and Radio in Chicago and KNX Radio in Los Angeles. You can read Brad's columns at www.MuckRack.com/Brad-Bannon. His handle on X is @BradBannon.

You can watch the show's livestream at any of the following three links:

X: https://twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1yNxaZOdpabKj
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YouTube: https://youtube.com/live/zlYi4k4GDCs

Will Mike Johnson Be Removed as GOP Speaker? Updates on 2024 Democratic National Convention

On the radio show this week, we cover the campaign to keep guns off campus; how moms are leading the way and organizing across the nation; why polling can provide key insights to leaders (and to us!); and we cover the very important fight for tax fairness.


*Special guests include: Andy Pelosi, The Campaign to Keep Guns Off Campus, @KeepGunsoffCamp; Christian Davis, MomsRising, Cincinnati Parents Empowerment Network, @MomsRising; Elyssa Schmier, MomsRising, @MomsRising; and 

Maura Quint, Americans for Tax Fairness, @4taxfairness.

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