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Breaking Through 06-25-2017 by Progressive Voices

Democrats took to the floor of the Senate to share their constituents’ heart-wrenching healthcare stories, as if Republicans will suddenly have a change of heart.

The fact is, Republicans don’t care.

But with corporate Dems in control of the party, will Dems ever win before Republicans kill us all?

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Ed Chung guest hosts today's show. He is the Vice President for Criminal Justice Reform at American Progress.

Below are the topics he discussed, along with the guests he was joined by.

1. Gun Violence Prevention

Guest 1: Stasha Rhodes, Director of Advocacy for the Guns and Crime Policy team at American Progress

Guest 2: Nico Bocour, State Legislative Manager, Americans for Responsible Solutions

Tweets: @bocour

2. Trump Justice Department Wants to Return to Failed 'War on Drugs'

Guest 1: David Kennedy, Director for the National Network for Safe Communities, a project of John Jay College of Criminal Justice

Guest 2: Michael Collins, Deputy Director at the Drug Policy Alliance

Tweets: @DrugPolicyNews

3. The latest update on Trumpcare

Guest: Patrick Gavin, Reporter with Talk Media News

Tweets: @pwgavin

Ed's Twitter handle is @EdChungTweets. Before working at the Center for American Progress, he served as senior adviser on criminal justice, policing, and civil rights issues for the Assistant Attorney General of the Office of Justice Programs at the U.S. Department of Justice.

In that capacity, Chung coordinated a national initiative for building trust between the justice system and the communities it serves, as well as the Obama administration’s violence reduction and second-chance efforts under the My Brother’s Keeper initiative.

Chung also held positions in the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division, including special counsel to the assistant attorney general and federal prosecutor with the Criminal Section, where he received the John Marshall Award for successfully prosecuting the first case under the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009.

The website for "The Center for American Progress" is www.AmericanProgress.org and their Twitter Handle is @amprog.

Let’s be real, you or someone you know has wished ill will upon Trump, Pence or all of them. Meteor strike. Errant Blood Clot. Sudden sink hole. But as they continue to do really evil and mean, by his own words, things to health care and beyond, negative sentiment will rise. So is Johnny Depp just another person voicing what so many have to say? AND, what does it say about you or me if we really do wish ill will? Lots, and I for one would leave a country before I really, in my heart, wanted someone to disappear. I want them arrested, tried for their crimes, and punished, whatever that may be. But you and I might be in the minority there when passions are this high. Plus BUY MY SONG! NOW!

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Leslie is joined by Maura Calsyn, Managing Director of Health Policy at the Center for American Progress.

Maura and Leslie dive deep into the latest complications related to the Senate's new healthcare reform bill, and how if signed into law, it could have devastating consequences for America's middle class and lower income earners.

They also discuss the relative unpopularity of the bill as it's currently constructed according to a recent NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll, and take some great listener comments and questions on the topic from all sides of the political spectrum.

You can read a more detailed critique of the recent healthcare bill reports from a progressive perspective at AmericanProgress.org. Follow the Center For American Progress @amprog.