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CLR Show 1823. Air Date May 30, 2023.  Faced with the first real governance challenge of his tenure as Speaker, Kevin McCarthy has actually chosen the path of rationality and compromise, choosing not only to raise the debt ceiling, but praising the presidential/democratic negotiators he has dealt with. The crazies will undoubtedly react. But has the vulnerability of the far right to unavoidable rationality finally been exposed? And to what end in the presidential sweepstakes? Stay tuned.

CLR Show 1822. Air Date May 26, 2023. The republican party has dealt itself the ultimate losing hand. They cannot rationally debate their position on the 2020 election or the pardoning of insurrectionists without alienating 70% of the electorate.  And they can't imagine telling the trumpian base the whole truth at this late date.  Alternatively, the left must play the hand it has been dealt vigorously, deliberately and rationally, recognizing that the 2024 election is for all the American marbles that will ever be. With Friday Co-Host, David Bach.

CLR Show 1821. Air Date May 23, 2023.  Donald's impersonation of a perpetual defiant adolescent has gained him a loyal following, especially in light of winning the American presidency––once.  But the show is growing old and and the consequences are beginning to mount. The adults in the room are becoming less cowed by an unthinkable repeat of his presidency and more confident in the debilitating effects of the convictions and penalties that await Donald in the near future.  Further Proof: The list of republican presidential candidates is growing daily.

CLR Show 1820. Air Date May 19, 2023. We can sleep through small earthquakes, as last night proved to folks in the Lower Hudson Valley. But we can't look away from Donald, even for a day. Would we be better and healthier and possessed of a better perspective if we could? Even for just a day? With Friday Co-Host, David Bach.

CLR Show 1819. Air Date May 16, 2023.  The commonly held belief that Donald will be the republican standard bearer is fundamentally flawed. It may give DeSantis and others some cover with the base for the moment, but once the Mar-a-Lago and other indictments start to swirl, the GOP will be forced to recognize that Trump as standard bearer signals the virtually permanent emasculation of their party. And they will finally act out of self-interest. 

CLR Show 1818. Air Date May 12, 2023.  Donald's unhinged, unedited and un-fact-checked rant on CNN reminds us that we remain on a collision course between him and his grievance-laden sycophantic followers within the former republican party, and the American Constitution. The results of that all-out collision cannot be accurately predicted. The only way to avoid it is, ironically, for enough republican legislators to begin operating in their own self-interest. With Friday Co-Host, David Bach.   

CLR Show 1817. Air Date May 9, 2023. Our extreme media, our extreme politicians and extremist elements in our society have come to depend on the antipathy of 80% of Americans to preserve their power.  In essence, we are encouraging a tyranny of the minority and will continue to empower it until we realize how easily it can be emasculated.  

CLR Show 1816. Air Date May 5, 2023. With the conviction of the Proud Boys on a charge as legally complex as 'seditious conspiracy' there is all the more reason to believe that Merritt Garland and Jack Smith are simply employing a tried and true methodology for reeling in the leaders of a crime syndicate––or a conspiracy to overthrow the Constitution of the United States. Time and the facts are increasingly on their side. 

CLR Show 1815. Air Date May 2, 2023.  The notion that either side in our current political quagmire can 'defeat' the other is, by definition, self-defeating. Rather than defeating trumpism, democrats must continue to enunciate––and legislate––alternatives to grievance and grievance mongering. Remarkably, Joe Biden seems to understand this better than any other politician and continues to reflexively pursue a higher common ground for all Americans.