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Make It Plain MIP with Rev. Mark Thompson episodes
- Thursday Kos on the Diverse Coalition That Is Flipping GADaily Kos founder Markos Moultisas talks about the constituencies of color that flipped GA in November and whether they can do it again in January. Also, Markos and Mark discuss what impact Trump and his base of voters might have on the GA runoffs, as well as pay for pardons, and the need for the new administration to engage with more diverse groups and to make more diverse appointments to senior positions. Executive Producer: Adell Coleman Producer: Brittany Temple Distributor: DCP Entertainment For additional content: makeitplain.comSee acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy41 min - Rachel Bitecofer Predicted the 2018 Midterms with Alarming Accuracy -- What's Coming Next?Rachel Bitecofer is a Senior Advisor for The Lincoln Project, Editor of The Cycle, and host of her weekly YouTube show “The Election Whisperer.” She blew everyone’s minds when she predicted the 2018 midterms with alarming accuracy -- how did her predictions fare in 2020? She also covers important strategies to consider as we move toward the January runoff in Georgia as well as the 2022 midterms, which include plans of shaking Mitch McConnell to his core. Executive Producer: Adell Coleman Producer: Brittany Temple Distributor: DCP Entertainment For additional content: makeitplain.comSee acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy41 min - Hate Crimes Reach An All-Time High Explains Lecia Brooks of the Southern Poverty Law CenterThe FBI is out with a new report that shows hate crimes have risen to an all-time high in 2019. Lecia Brooks is the Chief of Staff at the Southern Poverty Law Center and she’s here to explain the report’s details, including what groups saw an increase in targeting, who saw an increase for the fourth straight year, and why the SPLC thinks the FBI’s final numbers are much lower than reality, as hate crimes continue to be severely underreported. Do you need resources for recognizing radicalization? Head to the SPLC website: splcenter.org Executive Producer: Adell Coleman Producer: Brittany Temple Distributor: DCP Entertainment For additional content: makeitplain.comSee acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy33 min - How Sen. Susan Collins Beat the Odds to Win Back Maine with Sam Smith of the Progressive ReviewHow did Senator Susan Collins defy the odds and win a race she was projected to lose? Sam Smith has been a progressive journalist for over 56 years and a longtime resident of Maine, and he takes us along her path to victory, paved my rural voters. Sam also gets into what he thinks the Biden administration priorities should be once they’re in the White House. Executive Producer: Adell Coleman Producer: Brittany Temple Distributor: DCP Entertainment For additional content: makeitplain.comSee acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy27 min - Will Georgia Continue to Make Election History? With Markos Moulitsas of DailyKos and CiviqsMarkos gives us a reality check that the release of a vaccine will be great, but it will bring new problems and opposition, just as masks did. In the meantime, the media divides on the topic, with conspiracy outlets like Breitbart buying into Trump’s noise. Markos also discusses the potential for winning those key Georgia senate seats in January. Executive Producer: Adell Coleman Producer: Brittany Temple Distributor: DCP Entertainment For additional content: makeitplain.comSee acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy36 min - No Matter How You Celebrate Thankstaking, You’re On Stolen Land with Indigenous Activist Yonasda LonewolfYonasda Lonewolf is an activist, writer, speaker, and community organizer who has been fighting for Black and Brown people since she was a child and her mother was leading the way. Her mother also used to gather people on Thankstaking and teach them about the real history of Indigenous people in America. Yonasda continues that work and today she honors her mother’s memory by discussing the ways in which Indigenous people continue to be marginalized on their own land. Executive Producer: Adell Coleman Producer: Brittany Temple Distributor: DCP Entertainment For additional content: makeitplain.comSee acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy32 min - The Lawyers' Committee is Suing Sec. Ben Carson and HUD for Housing Discrimination with Lead Attorney Thomas SilversteinThe Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law has sued HUD, Secretary Ben Carson, and the Hartford Housing Authority and the city of Hartford, Connecticut to challenge a set of policy decisions that set up low-income Black and Latinx families to fail as they were improperly moved from their unlivable unsubsidized housing. Thomas Silverstein is Lead Attorney on the case and he explains the way the government agency cheated people out of a place to live and left them without options. Executive Producer: Adell Coleman Producer: Brittany Temple Distributor: DCP Entertainment For additional content: makeitplain.comSee acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy33 min - What Can the Biden Administration Do for the Economy Without a Senate Majority? With Dr. Robert Hockett of the New ConsensusThe New Consensus is a recently-formed think tank that wants to adjust the way we’re responding to some of the biggest problems facing humanity. Dr. Robert Hockett is a fellow at New Consensus and the Edward Cornell Professor of Law & Finance at Cornell University and former Counsel at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and the International Monetary Fund, and he joins to today to discuss a memo The New Consensus sent to the incoming Biden administration including their proposed strategy for resurrecting an economy ravaged by coronavirus. Executive Producer: Adell Coleman Producer: Brittany Temple Distributor: DCP Entertainment For additional content: makeitplain.comSee acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy56 min - The Biden Administration Should Ban Fox News from Press Briefings says Eric Boehlert of Pressrun.mediaEric Boehlert, Publisher of Pressrun.media, is back for our first post-election conversation, and he’s got a suggestion for the incoming administration: ban all media outlets that circulate conspiracy theories, including Fox News. Eric also gives a sobering critique of an interview done by the New York Times of House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, where he normalizes Trump’s cries about the election results. Executive Producer: Adell Coleman Producer: Brittany Temple Distributor: DCP Entertainment For additional content: makeitplain.comSee acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy34 min - What the Biden Administration Can Do for Gun Reform with Igor Volsky, Executive Director of Guns Down AmericaThe proof is in the data: voters want gun law reform. Igor Volsky, Executive Director of Guns Down America, is back to talk about what the incoming administration needs to do to give the people what they want. Igor also gets into this year’s increase in gun violence, which includes the unsettling truth that more Black men are committing suicide. Executive Producer: Adell Coleman Producer: Brittany Temple Distributor: DCP Entertainment For additional content: makeitplain.comSee acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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About Make It Plain MIP with Rev. Mark Thompson
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The Rev. Mark A. Thompson has spent most of his life as a political, civil rights & human rights activist and organizer. He not only has been a part of every major social justice movement &…
event over the past 40 years, he has also been a radio broadcaster for three decades, and he has spent over 10 years as a television commentator, as well.
Rev. Mark hosts Make It Plain (MIP), a political, human rights and breaking news podcast. Rev. Mark’s lifelong social justice activism intersects with his years of experience broadcasting the news and issues of the day. Newsmakers, politicos, policy-makers, entertainers and athletes alike make MIP a frequent sojourn.In 2021, MIP was named among Best Civil Rights Podcasts, Best Human Rights Podcasts, Best Podcasts About Social Justice and Best Broadcast Television Podcasts.
Rev. Mark was honored at the 104th Annual NAACP Convention in Orlando in July 2013 “for 25 years of crusading journalism and outstanding leadership in furthering the work of civil and human rights.
Rev. Mark, is a Morehouse College Martin Luther King, Jr. Board of Preachers 2023 Inductee.
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