Our Gilded Republic with Kelli Nelson

85% of Americans believe their elected officials don’t care what they think. So when 89 million eligible citizens sat out the last election, and 62 million of them weren’t even registered, was that apathy, or was it an accurate read of a system that stopped listening? Kelli Nelson traces her own path from a voting rite of passage she never had to earn to the son who didn’t vote to what happens to a country when the people finally decide to reclaim it. This is Our Gilded Republic, where we name the pattern underneath what we’re living through. Learn more at KelliNelson.com.

Referenced in this episode:

Judge Michael Luttig — “January 3, 2027: The Final Battle for America’s Democracy”

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Trump didn’t cause this. He’s an opportunist who found an opening in a country already primed to blame itself. In this episode, Kelli Nelson traces her own path from shock to protest to investigation, naming the three groups of American voters, the decades of policy and money most people never learned about, and what it would actually take to reclaim a government that stopped working for the people who built it. This is Our Gilded Republic, where we name the pattern underneath what we’re living through. Learn more at KelliNelson.com.

Referenced in this episode: “What We Were Trained to Fear” — https://ourgildedrepublic.substack.com/p/what-we-were-trained-to-fearFollow wherever you’re listening. Share with one person. Leave a review if your platform has one.

On our nation’s 250th anniversary, the president stood on a stage and called anyone who disagrees with him a communist. This episode breaks down what “communism” and “democratic socialism” actually mean, why the word is being used as a weapon right now, and what he’s actually doing while you’re distracted by the label. This is Core Conversations, where we go to the root of what’s happening, personally and civically. Learn more at KelliNelson.com.