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Democrats haunted by the ghosts of 2016 were afraid to express too much optimism about the expected "Blue Wave" of yesterday's midterm election... and early last night, as some of the Democrats' most talented candidates came so very close to winning but did not manage to cross the finish line, many expressed dismay that the "wave" was barely a "ripple." But in the end, the polls were pretty accurate: The Senate map was not favorable to Democrats this year. But WE WON THE HOUSE, and the next Congress will have the most Democratic women and people of color in history (and perhaps a return of the most effective Speaker of the last century, Nancy Pelosi). MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills discuss the historic gains and what it means for the next two years of Trump.

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We interrupt this midterm election - the most important of the MOMocrats' lifetimes - to talk about the prolonged terrorist attack the nation endured this week, as bombs were mailed to just about everyone in the top tier of the Democratic party, including two former presidents and a vice president. The current occupant of the White House and his followers seemed to think that the whole thing was a distraction. The FBI and other officials involved in the suspect's arrest this morning say otherwise. MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills recap the events of the week and look forward to the election on November 6 in this week's podcast discussing politics from the progressive point of view.

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This week ends much the way the last one did, with the Senate on the verge of affirming Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. The limited FBI investigation that Judiciary Committee Democrats fought so hard for turned out to be severely limited, to just nine witnesses that did not include Dr. Blasey Ford or Judge Kavanaugh. The agents were also restricted from asking questions about Kavanaugh's drinking in high school and college, habits that were directly related to the allegations against him. On top of that, the Republicans on the committee and the president set about smearing the women who brought up the allegations. But there were some bright spots, such as Senator Heidi Heitkamp's announcement that she is voting "no." MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills discuss the week's political news from the progressive point of view. An Engender Media Group Production.

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The MOMocrats started the day planning to talk about this week's extraordinary Judiciary Committee hearing of Dr. Christine Blasy Ford and Brett Kavanaugh - and they were expecting that the latter's Supreme Court nomination would go forward. That did happen - but what Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills did not expect at the start of this week's political podcast from a progressive point of view was the last-minute negotiation between Senators Jeff Flake and Chris Coons to request an FBI background check to discover what facts can be found surrounding Dr. Ford's remembrance of what happened to her 36 years ago when she and Judge Kavanaugh were in high school. They talked about the dramatic moments in the committee this week, Anita Hill's legacy, and some of the other news that occurred under the radar. An Engender Media Group production.

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All week long, the pundits were remarking at how "restrained" the president has been in the wake of allegations by Professor Ford against SCOTUS nominee Brett Kavanaugh. Until today, when the president stuck his middle finger in all those pundits' eyes. MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills discuss the week's developments in the Kavanaugh hearings from the progressive point of view, plus new allegations in the NY Times about Rod Rosenstein  - and how they are being refuted by other sources. An Engender Media Group production. 

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"Every week, we say it's been crazy. And every week, it gets crazier," says MOMocrat Donna Schwartz Mills. And this week, Karoli and Aliza Worthington agree that it was especially crazy, and it begins at the White House, where the president is reported to be in a volcanic mood after the release of excerpts from Bob Woodward's upcoming new book, "Fear," chronicling a year in the life of this administration -- followed by a remarkable anonymously sourced New York Times op-ed that seemed to corroborate the worst allegations in the Woodward book. Strangely enough, this week's Trump talk among the MOMocrats was minimal, with most of the focus on the Brett Kavanaugh Supreme Court hearings.

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With Labor Day upon us, MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills are focused on the upcoming midterm elections - and they have a lot to say about the candidates in some of the races around the country, including Andrew Gillum, Stacey Abrams, and Beto O'Rourke (who is totally cooler than Ted Cruz, as proven by Texas GOP tweets this past week). The MOMocrats also discuss the memorials of both Aretha Franklin and John McCain, and the president's non-involvement in those, the fight against Brett Kavanaugh's appointment to the Supreme Court, and the continuing threats to the Affordable Care Act. And Engender Media Group Production.

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This week marked a turning point in the Mueller investigation: Almost simultaneously, the jury in the Manafort case turned in guilty verdicts on eight counts - and Michael Cohen turned himself in and pleaded guilty to another eight. This prompted the president to call Cohen a "rat" and a "flipper" -- but as the week wore on, more Trump associates signed immunity deals with the special prosecutor... and MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills have a little something to say about that. An Engender Media Group Production.

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It was learned this week that the military parade the president wants so very badly was going to cost the government a whopping $80 million more than first estimated, bringing the cost up to $90 million - and the military said that the parade was going to be postponed until next year. This morning, the president tweeted that he was cancelling it entirely, and he blamed the District of Columbia for their security costs. If only it was so easy to cancel this entire presidency, laugh MOMocrats Aliza Worthington and Donna Schwartz Mills, who talk about the parade, the Mueller investigation, John Brennan's security clearance, the Manafort trial, Omarosa - and family squabbles in this week's podcast looking at politics from the progressive point of view. An Engender Media Group production.

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The last 18 months of Trumpian dystopia have been brutal on the United States and the world, and with the White House panicking as the midterm elections approach and the Russia investigation closes in, MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills think it's going to get worse. So they're going to go all "Drunk History" on the situation this week, by imbibing a little wine to make the onslaught of news go down easier. We suggest listeners do so, too. Topics this week include the Manafort trial, anniversary of Charlottesville, continued attacks on immigration, and are we facing a blue wave in November, or a red one, as the president keeps insisting? And Engender Media Group production.

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