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CLR Show 1753. Air date August 9, 2022.  With the raid on Mar-a-Lago the FBI and Merritt Garland have engaged Donald with a force and at a level of exposure that he has never experience. Invariably, indictments and trials for his numerous criminal offenses will follow. Republican leaders fully understand the danger of a sustained embrace of Trump and his grievance machine going forward. If they do not jettison him in the next three months, the country faces an all but unprecedented round of civil unrest and probable violence.

CLR Show 1752. Air Date August 5, 2022.  The wanton destruction of records to hide the activities of numerous government players on January 6th is only matched by the irrational belief that it could all be kept secret or, at least, that no one would really care.  The rot from the top that permitted this pervasive mindset becomes clearer by the day. Two years of Alex Jones text messages irresponsibly made public by his incompetent attorneys will undoubtedly enrich our body of knowledge on all fronts. With Friday Co-Host, David Bach.

CLR Show 1751. Air Date August 2, 2022.  Those imagining that America is nothing more than two opposing domestic camps would be wise to recognize the power and international scope of the country that took down Ayman Al-Zawahiri yesterday. The Trumpians who seek to emasculate our Federal System of government would also destroy our capacity to 'do the right thing' in the world. Recognizing the true scope of America is critical to appreciating the importance of defeating the Trumpian threat to us all.

CLR Show 1750. Air Date July 29, 2022. Six months ago, the common wisdom was that Trump would 'absolutely' run in 2024 and the republicans would 'absolutely' take back the House in 2022. Things are no longer so absolute. And it is more critical than ever that Americans (re)turn to sources of fact-based, thoughtful reporting. With Friday Co-Host, David Bach.

CLR Show 1749. Air Date July 22, 2022.  While the January 6th Committee hearings have been as devastating to the Trump position as ever, the Steve Bannon trial may be a predictor of things to come.  When the prosecution rested its case for Bannon's defiance of a Congressional subpoena after less than two days, Bannon's side announced it would offer no defense and call no witnesses. A declaration of martyrdom? A misguided effort to rope-a-dope the prosecution and gain jury sympathy? Or, perhaps, a prediction of things to come at a future Trump trial. With Friday Co-Host, David Bach.

CLR Show 1748. Air Date July 19, 2022.  America is rapidly approaching the end game of a bizarre political experiment. We will soon find out if we are capable of destroying our constitutional democracy for failure of federal legislative initiative and the total abrogation of defined responsibilities on the part of our Supreme Court. Our one hope is to take the bold and unprecedented action demanded of us by our laws, to demonstrate the inherent and still resilient crisis response capability of the system––we must indict and convict criminal Donald.

CLR Show 1747. Air Date July 12, 2022. Even with an approval rating of 32%, Joe Biden still beats Donald Trump in a head-to-head 2024 match-up, and Kamla Harris beats Ron DeSantis. Steve Bannon is about to be tried and convicted for ignoring a congressional subpoena and the January 6th Committee continues to forge the strongest possible links between Donald and the insurrection. Make no assumptions about the 2022 midterm elections or the complete and inexorable division of the country. An indictment of Trump is in the offing. And it will change everything.

CLR Show 1746. Air Date July 8, 2022.  The 'Donald Show' has bilked more small donors out of more money than possibly any other scam in recent American history.  It has no policy aims.  It has no ethical underpinnings.  Its stated aims are often at direct odds with the needs of the people who support it. It is simply a power grab by an overlord who maintains his power by offering constant reminders and examples of his power and his capacity to operate with impunity.  In short, it is a manufactured fantasy that will only end when Donald is indicted. With Friday Co-Host, David Bach.

CLR Show 1745. Air Date July 1, 2022.  The appearance of Cassidy Hutchinson before the 1/6 Select Committee appears to have raised the bar––if only slightly––for republican deniers. More commentators and committee members are challenging republicans to appear under oath, as Ms. Hutchinson and other republican operatives have, to present their side of the story. But we still confront a republican/trumpian party that lives in constant fear of its perpetual minority status and appears willing to take any measures to secure power, even at the price of eviscerating the Constitution. With Friday Co-Host, David Bach.

CLR Show 1744. Air Date June 28, 2022.  The recent actions of the Supreme Court and various state legislatures seem to be an exercise in hurting as many people as humanly possible. Why? The answer is as simple as it is profoundly challenging. If we cannot recognize that which binds us in the most fundamental way––our shared Universal Energy––we will seek mechanisms that unite segments of us in our shared fears, and marginalize those outside our 'fear circles' in an effort to make our fear more social and tolerable, even if we recognize it is harming us and others.