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MOMocrats Karoli and Donna Schwartz Mills had planned to use the official entrance of Donald Trump into the 2016 Presidential race to talk about the Clown Car that is the GOP field of candidates... but that was before a 21-year-old white thug shot a Bible study group at the Emanual AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina -- killing nine people, including the pastor, Rev. Clementa Pinckney, who was also a South Carolina state senator. 

Political discussion from a progressive point of view, produced by Engender Media Group.

The MOMocrats had a hard time watching the videotape of the police action at that McKinney, Texas pool party this weekend - but, as Cynematic points out, the results may indicate hope for the next generation in the fight against racism. Just keep carrying those smartphones, folks, so we can continue to document abuse when we see it. 

Also discussed: The lack of planning for what could happen to folks with health insurance on the Federal exchanges if the King v. Burwell decision strikes down funding, the budget problems in red states and the California "miracle," and surprisingly strong polling numbers for a fictional villain. MOMocrats Cynematic, Karoli and Donna Schwartz Mills discuss politics from a progressive POV in this Engender Media Group production.

RH Reality Check's Senior Legal Analayst, Jessica Mason Pieklo, joins the MOMocrats' for what's become an annual event: a lively discussion of the Supreme Court, as the 2014-15 session wanes. Hanging in the balance: Their decision on Obamacare subsidies for people in the Federal exchange (which could do to the ACA what 50-some Congressional repeal votes could not). And Jessica will have analysis on plenty more of this year's decisions. MOMocrats Karoli, Cynematic and Donna Schwartz Mills host. An Engender Media Group production.

Pat Robertson says he doesn't know what to blame for the floods in Texas. The MOMocrats wish safety for Texans and a quick end to the flooding - and speculate about how Governor Greg Abbott will go about rebuilding (with or without Federal funding)? Also this week: lack of funding for higher education, Bernie Sanders' campaign for President and more in this week's podcast looking at the day's political news from the progressive point of view. MOMocrats Cynematic, Karoli and Donna Schwartz Mills host. An Engender Media Group production.

The MOMocrats' weekly podcast looking at the day's political news from the progressive point of view. Check back here an hour from airtime for a list of the topics. Chances are, there will be some discussion of what's happening in Congress and a reaction to the latest  from lawmakers and candidates. An Engender Media Group production.

An Amtrak crash kills half a dozen people and injuries hundreds others -- when oh when will we set aside funds to maintain our infrastructure? And it shouldn't take a well-trafficked route that members of Congress take to get to DC to spur them into action. We discuss the South Carolina man whose political and physical blindness to the benefits of Obamacare could cost him his eyesight. And finally we talk about the TPP and how Senate Democrats put the brakes on the president's trade talks with Pacific Rim countries. When do we find out more details and what are terms we'd be happy with? And can we expect more muscle-flexing from the economic populist wing of the Democratic Party as we head into 2016?

An Engender Media Group production.

Just another week in US politics:  Hillary Clinton throws down on the GOP regarding immigration reform and Bernie is in the race - while the GOP clown car gets more crowded with Ben Carson, Mike Huckabee and Carly Fiorina.

Around the country: In the wake of Baltimore and Ferguson, President Obama launches the My Brother's Keepr nonprofit organization (spun off from the White House initiative of the same name). And reports of full-scale paranoia in Texas after Islamophobic nut job Pamela Geller provokes a couple of ISIS wannabes into a suicide mission, and Special Forces training mission they believe is intended to facilitate a government takeover of Texas. Plus,  John Oliver goes off on the testing obsession. MOMocrats Cynematic, Karoli and Donna Schwartz Mills discuss politics from a progressive point of view. An Engender Media Group production.

"I think we, as a country, have to do some soul searching," President Obama said in response to the violence in Baltimore. "This is not new. It's been going on for decades." MOMocrats Karoli, Cynematic, Donna Schwartz Mills and Baltimore resident Melissa Schober discuss the protests over the death of Freddie Gray while in police custody and the aftermath. Also: Earthquake in Nepal, and the anticipation over Senator Bernie Sanders' announcement of a challenge to Hillary Clinton in 2016. An Engender Media Group production.

The MOMocrats' weekly podcast looking at the day's political news from the progressive point of view. Check back here an hour from airtime for a list of the topics. Chances are, there will be some discussion of what's happening in Congress and a reaction to the latest  from lawmakers and candidates. An Engender Media Group production.

Hillary Clinton announced her candidacy this week, so now the score is one clown car and one Scooby van with a whole bunch of reporter clowns chasing after it. MOMocrats Cynematic, Karoli and Donna Schwartz Mills talk about Hillary's announcement video and talking tour, and compare it with the bombast of the Republican field, as well as the absence of any serious challengers to Mrs. Clinton. ALSO: the epidemic of killings of unarmed African-Americans at the hands of police, the Atlanta 11 - and Equal Pay Day (which happened to occur just before tax day).