MOMocrats

The Supreme Court heard Dobbs v Jackson Women's Health, the case against the Mississippi law that could spell the end of legal abortions in that state - and the prognosis is not good, thanks to the six right-wing justices who no longer feel the need to hide their desire to overturn Roe v Wade. 

MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills wonder where we go from here? They also talk about the latest twists in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic, the political paradox where the media all but ignores Administration successes in favor of the Dems in Disarray narrative they prefer, and other political developments of the last week.

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President Biden was elected to fix the economy and is succeeding: More jobs have been created in the last 10 months than during the entire administration of his predecessor. Workers have had more leverage than at any time in the last 40 years. Child poverty has been halved under Biden's watch. The Dow hit 36,000 last week.

And the good economic news will continue once the President signs the Build Back Better act (which was passed today in the House and now goes to the Senate).

So why is everyone so down?

The media has been focused on rising gas prices as part of an overall trend of inflation - but economists point out that this is a global phenomenon that resulted from the pandemic (which is still raging on around the world). Some of the same people who complain about the pandemic in the US are the same ones who are prolonging it by refusing to wear masks or get vaccinated. And there are still dangers ahead for voting rights as the GOP passes laws and new maps that could keep minority rule for the next decade or longer.

MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills discuss the political mood, as well as the disappointing (but not surprising) verdict in the Rittenhouse trial - and the contrast with the court proceedings against the killers of Ahmaud Arbery.

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A little over a year ago, the former guy was defeated at the polls and spontaneous celebrations erupted all over the nation. It's not easy to remember that feeling while the GOP continues the insurrection that took place on January 6. However, news that one of the architects of the insurrection was indicted for contempt of Congress does help.

MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills talk about the authoritarian threat that won't go away - while noting some of the very real progress the Biden administration has made as it faces some of the most harrowing problems in our nation's modern history.

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Between the drama of a final bill to Build Back Better and the off-year state election in Virginia, Democrats have been in nail-biting mode. And it seems that's just the way the news media likes it. MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills discuss the current state of our politics from a Democratic point of view.

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It used to be common knowledge that all US trends start in California. But what if that's over - and the new standard bearer is Texas? MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills talk about the crossroads the country appears to be at - and what it means for our future.

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It was always dubious for the former president to invoke "executive privilege" to prevent a Congressional inquiry into an insurrection that may very well have been planned in the White House. That doesn't mean he wasn't going to try. In other news, the United States isn't going to default on its debts - yet - because Mitch McConnell broke his own filibuster this week.

MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills try to pack in as much political news as they can in this week's hour-long podcast. 

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California MOMocrats Karoli and Donna Schwartz Mills join Aliza Worthington to talk about the waste of time and money that was the state election launched by Republicans to recall Governor Gavin Newsom, and the blow-out result.

They will also touch upon revelations from the latest Bob Woordward book covering the final few months of the Trump presidency.

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August is never a good month in politics, - and the last few weeks were no exception. In the last few days, President Biden addressed some of the nonsense coming from the right: The DOJ is suing Texas for their unconstitutional abortion law and the administration is laying down the law on measures to fight COVID. MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills expect to see more action in Congress on the infrastructure bills and (fingers crossed!) voting rights. The MOMocrats also talk about the upcoming Women's March, the California recall election, and tomorrow's 20th anniversary of 9/11.

Three months ago, vaccinated Americans were excited about the prospect of resuming a "normal" summer after seemingly keeping Covid at bay. What a difference a few weeks - and the Delta variant - made.

MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills look back at dashed summer hopes and the prospect for Fall, as school reopens across the country and Americans find themselves embroiled in the same fights over pandemic mitigation efforts (vaccines, masks), treatments that work (monoclonal antibodies), and the bizarre adoption by some of veterinary meds instead. They will also talk about why the media isn't highlighting the success of the Biden administration's airlift out of Afghanistan... as well as the latest news on the California recall election.

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The withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan and quick collapse of the Afghan government has forced ordinary Americans to come to grips with our longest war. "The buck stops with me," says President Biden. MOMocrats Aliza Worthington and Donna Schwartz Mills discuss the horrifying images and media narrative - as well as the President's assertion that chaos would have ensued no matter how or when the United States finally pulled the plug.

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