John Flannery, “LET FREEDOM RING”

We take a tour of the latest efforts by Trump to get re-elected without any concern to talk about what's true.  We review Trump's Executive Orders, by-passing the negotiations with Congress, and a case study of how Trump hopes to rekindle the support he had in 2016 in the suburbs.  Seems unlikely now.  We also have two special guests who bid (in a way) by email to join the Flannery Podcast, Colbert Bernard Bigby, and Holly Norman.  If you haven't subscribed yet, please do.  All the best.  John P. Flannery, [email protected], @jonflan.

We reach back to look at who influenced Trump's fascist inclination and it's pretty clear from an old article it was a dictator, and Trump has followed his instruction on propaganda and force, but not quite with much success of late, and we talk about those in American life who have inspired the people to make a difference, to make the restoration of the republic the mission in this presidential election year - John P. Flannery, [email protected], @jonflan.

I know long for a title but it sums up this special edition with three guests who talk about our justice system (Nina Ginsberg, Pres, of NACDL), the meaning of the confederates statues we're removing (Phil Thompson, from the NAACP), and how you can make a difference in the election (Political Activist Shakta Khalsa).  We also give a summary where we are this Sunday, and look back to see how much Trump compares with another failed President, Herbert Hoover, in 1932, and how Trump's economic program is not what it's cracked up to be.  We hope you enjoy this episode and subscribe if you haven't.  John P. Flannery, [email protected], @jonflan

SPECIAL EDITION.  There are several battlegrounds on the way to restoring the Republic, among them, are fighting systemic racism, preserving the right to the first amendment and to protest, fighting for the rule of law, and addressing the pandemic.  Mr. Trump has made it absolutely essential that we resolve these matters in a way that is favorable to the nation.   In this special edition of the Flannery Podcast, we have several guests to help us analyze these factors, Rep. Bobby Scott, the Chair of the House Education and Labor Committee, Charles Kaiser, a former reporter for the The NY Times, WSJ, Newsweek and more, Jerry Lefcourt, a renowned criminal defense lawyer, and Maria Dampman, a novelist.  A lot of food for thought and action.  We hope you enjoy this episode.  John P. Flannery, [email protected], @jonflan

The question to discuss is what effect on the election is the impeachment having? - Is it the metaphorical equivalent of Trump bleeding out - day by day?  We discuss the two current failures of the administration under Trump - his crimes in office and his failure to address the virus - and some thoughts about where we stand. John P. Flannery, jonflan#aol.com, @jonflan.

We discuss Trump's war on American values, esp starting his campaign for President with a bang, at Mount Rushmore, declaring his support for Confederate statues, and thus launching a campaign of racism, then we talk about how this Southern strategy was tried in a different time with the same rhetoric by Nixon's men, and whether it will work now, we have some taped clips you may not have heard before, we have an interview with a former congressional liaison for the Labor Department, now in private practice, Bill Buie, III, Esq., explain what he's learned as a black man making his way in a racist society, and finally we have an interview with an environmental expert, Michael Town, because climate change has made possible the pandemic we are now fighting, and we should consider what we must do to counteract its effect.  Host: John P. Flannery, [email protected], @jonflan

This is a study of how Trump divided the nation in two instances, race, and the virus, and how the people have pushed back and Trump's act is not working as well as it has in the past, putting at risk his re-election, and how this critique compares with the standards invoked by Jefferson and Friends in the Declaration of Independence.  John P. Flannery, [email protected], @jonflan

This is a look at where the nation stands in terms of Trump's racism, the protests against police violence, and the continued corruption of the Trump-Barr battery to suppress evidence of this Administration's wrong doing.  We have two prominent voices to discuss these matters and the presentation is divided into a discussion about Tulsa, about the firing of the US Attorney for the SDNY, and a father's day message.  John P. Flannery, [email protected], @jonflan

When Trump leaves office, we are going to have to restore the Republic and the judicial branch is high on that list requiring reform because of how Trump had little regard for law or the constitution or the Supreme Court, and how his two Supreme Court nominees, far right ideologues, were "handled" by Trump and McConnell in a corrupt manner, so in this podcast we review the players, the nominees, and what is unjust about those confirmed to join the Supreme Court, and how we can remedy this miscarriage of justice, in a manner more efficient, other than impeachment, by legislation enlarging the court by two more justices, from 9 to 11 justices.  John P. Flannery, [email protected], @jonflan 

This discussion takes us back to the 60s to illuminate what's going on now in America with our recent protests about systemic racism, how we've come together to protest it, how the world has joined our protest, how the police with their misconduct at marches have made the argument that they are violent and racist, how republicans have lied in the past, and how Trump now lies but is worse because he lies to reform our republican form of government and remake our government into his form of fascism.  John P. Flannery, [email protected], @jonflan