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This week, the governor of Florida flew 50 Venezuelan refugee seekers from Texas to liberal Martha's Vineyard in a performative stunt to "own the libs." Not to be outdone, the governor of Texas (who has been transporting migrants to blue cities all over the country) had a bus full of migrants dumped in front of the home of Vice President Kamala Harris. 

Once again, MOMocrats Aliza Worthington and Donna Schwartz Mills quote the Atlantic's Adam Serwer: "The cruelty is the point." And the cruelty is intensifying on a whole range of topics that - if you look at the big picture - are all related.

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Yes, the passing of Queen Elizabeth II and ascension of King Charles III is of world interest - but there is much happening here in the United States. MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills talk about the ongoing "special master" drama between the Department of Justice and Trump judge Aileen Cannon, midterm election prospects around the country, and the satisfaction of seeing a certain MAGA mastermind appear in court. 

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President Biden's pro-democracy, anti-fascist speech last night was a Big Effing Deal. MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills talk about the latest appearance of Dark Brandon, the drip-drip of damaging information from the search of Mar-a-Lago, the latest Democratic special election win, and more. MOMocrats MOMochat is part of the DemCast family of podcasts.

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Most years, August is a slow month for political news. But this year, it turned out to be a very bad time to take a vacation! MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills return to talk about the "raid" on The Former Guy's Florida resort home, the Democrats' renewed midterm momentum, and the genius of Dark Brandon's college loan policy.  Part of the DemCast family of podcasts.

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The narrative for the 2022 midterms took a big twist on Tuesday night in Kansas, when a record number of voters turned out to reject a state constitutional amendment that would have allowed the legislature to outlaw abortions in the state. Added to the execution of Al Qaeda's leader, the progress of the Senate reconciliation bill, new DOJ subpoenas to members of Trump's inner circle, and the Alex Jones suit's "Perry Mason moment" -- and things are starting to look up for the Democrats. MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills discuss.

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Last week, few were predicting that the Democrats would be heading into August with  momentum. But new polls this week give them a real shot at expanding their majorities in both the House and Senate. MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills talk about some of those  the momentous political stories that broke this week: Merrick Garland's admission that Donald Trump is a subject of DOJ's January 6 investigation, Democratic fundraising advantages, and the Schumer-Manchin deal that resulted in the Senate's new Inflation Reduction Act. MOMocrats MOMochat is part of the Demcast family of podcasts.

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MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills welcome congressional candidate Jamie Cheney of New York's New 19th District to the podcast for a wide-ranging discussion of topics including abortion, healthcare, and responsible gun ownership.

The MOMocrats also talk about the "season finale" of the first set of January 6 hearings.

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This was the week the story of a pregnant 10-year-old rape victim illustrated the horrors that the radical members of the Supreme Court has wrought, as right-wing media and GOP officials first attempted to erase the child and then tried to attack the compassionate doctor who treated her. MOMocrats Aliza Worthington and Donna Schwartz Mills discuss our terrible new reality. They also talk about the revelations that came out of this week's January 6 committee hearing, led by Jamie Raskin and Stephanie Murphy. MOMocrats MOMochat is part of the DemCast family of podcasts.

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MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills are feeling weary after Highland Park, the Supreme Court decisions that gut long-standing rights, and the media spin that makes progressive successes seem like failures. It doesn't help that Omicron BA.5 is fueling another Covid surge or that Democrats seem to be sleepwalking to November. 

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A Disastrous Year at the Supreme Court

The Supreme Court session that just ended has been a disaster for the country - and with the decision in West Virginia v EPA, a possible disaster for the world. MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills discuss some of the most egregious rulings made by the emboldened, radical six justices on the Court this year. And dangers coming up.

They also talk about the the joy of seeing Ketanji Brown Jackson sworn in to take her place on that Court, as well as the bombshell January 6 testimony of former Trump White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson.

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