Four out of five voters today live in flyover states, their votes don’t really count, they are mere spectators. But it’s no longer a question of if, but when: whoever wins the popular vote will become president. National Popular Vote

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The Democratic establishment doesn’t get that people vote their morals. So says our guest David Fenton, successful public relations veteran of fifty years. Civil rights, wars, climate change: he says these are moral issues and people vote with their hearts

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What do you know about Bolivia? If you’re like me, you knew about Evo Morales, the first indigenous president, known as the Nelson Mandela of the Andes. Well the former landholding elite is back in power. And the IMF dictated

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If you don’t think people vote on foreign policy, consider that Kamala Harris lost because of Gaza. And that Obama beat Hillary because of her support for the war in Iraq. On this show, historian Van Gosse describes how effective

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What is the rules based order anyway? According to our guest, Bob Borosage of the Campaign for America’s Future argues it’s a lie; the truth is it’s about the rule of American capital over productivity, never mind our European allies.

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What is the rules based order anyway? According to our guest, Bob Borosage of the Campaign for America’s Future argues it’s a lie; the truth is it’s about the rule of American capital over productivity, never mind our European allies.

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I may have multiple myeloma but I am not multiple myeloma. Same is true for people with Alzheimer’s. On this slightly shortened show our guests are Dr. Anthony Goodman and his wife Meredith who helps him out. Tony is a

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They feel betrayed. What used to be a dependable advocate for working families has, over the last two decades, morphed into being a second party of the interests of the wealthy. From his own experience, our guest author Les Leopold

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The real purpose of Trump’s big beautiful wall is to show power. Our guest says it’s a visceral metaphor for what the MAGAs hate; showing dominance. In his article in The Nation talking about what he calls “The Never Ending

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It started in hippie garages with people like the Whole Earth Catalog’s Stewart Brand: the promise of more freedom for more voices. Today the tech billionaires see democracy as the anti-Christ. Now ask yourself: has Apple computers liberated you? Irresponsible

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