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Karel is called a name and starts the holiday weekend with a bang! There are video issues, but not much we could do so bear with us!

The guest host for today's show is Brad Bannon. Brad runs Bannon Communications Research, a polling, message development and media firm which helps labor unions, progressive issue groups and Democratic candidates win public affairs and political campaigns. His new show, 'Deadline D.C. with Brad Bannon,' airs every Monday from 3-4pm ET.

Today, Brad is joined by two guests to unpack the recent Democratic debates from Miami, Florida.

In the first half hour, he speaks with Charlie Cook, Publisher and Editor of 'the Cook Political Report.' Dubbed by Brad himself as one of the most important political strategists in the United States, Charlie offers Brad his qualified and unique perspective to the debate analysis.

While the consensus opinion was that Senator Kamala Harris had a stand out night, Charlie Cook doesn't rule out the seriousness of an-on-the-defensive Joe Biden.

Cook also makes note of Mayor Pete Buttigieg's incredible fundraising effort in quarter two. 'Mayor Pete' has raised over $25 million dollars in the past three months, and typically the campaigns with the fattest purses tend to survive the longest.

Watch for several campaign stops in the very early primary states. Cook says a majority of the lesser known candidates will focus mainly on Iowa and New Hampshire. Indeed, almost every Democratic nominee for President hasn't taken the nomination without a victory in one of the first two states on the ballot next winter.

In the second half hour, Brad's joined by Mike Fraioli , a top adviser to Congressman Tim Ryan's campaign for President.

Mike argues that Rep. Ryan is the best candidate to take on President Trump because he's running on the core issues that affect working American families the most.

Simply put, Congressman Ryan's focus is on "kitchen table" issues: better paying jobs for everyday people, alongside affordable health care options for working families.

It is through this focused lens, Fraioli argues, that will allow for Tim Ryan to succeed in the Democratic Primary race.

Brad Bannon writes a column every Sunday on the 2020 Presidential race for 'The Hill.' He's on the National Journal's panel of political insiders and is a national political analyst for WGN TV and Radio in Chicago.

His website is BannonCR.com and his Twitter handle is @BradBannon.

Melissa is back from her family reunion and witnessed the cutest thing Mr. Carter has likely ever done. Plus, why are people being hypocritical about the detained immigrant children without even realizing it? And, Melissa makes a public apology...to her cat.

WNAV Radio Annapolis reporter Donna Cole is featured in this report which won her awards and honors from the Associated Press and the Society of Professional Journalists. Learn about a banned toxic pesticide that hunt clubs on Maryland's Eastern Shore are still using to poison predator animals.

On the #RADIO show this week we cover the horrors happening to children and families in detention centers in the US and how you can help; hear top takeaways from the debate, the #MomPlatform, and what’s next with Debate Bingo; get the latest on the fight for abortion care and the protection of Roe v. Wade; and then we close the show by covering the inspiring launch of an exciting, new Universal Family Care proposal.

*Special guests include: Meagan Bell, MomsRising member who successfully got Presidential candidates to visit children in the Homestead Detention Center in Miami, @zsazsaGabored; Gloria Pan, MomsRising, @MomsRising; Erica Sackin, Planned Parenthood, @PPFA; and Janet Kim, Caring Across Generations, @CaringAcrossGen

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Another week in the United States of Serfs and Lords.

Trump's love affair with dictators continues. Democrats debate and Bernie's issues while the corporate media and the corporate elite barells us towards a repeat of 2016.

And... whatever else comes to mind.

We'll discuss another week of madness.

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The Off-Kilter Podcast Episode 116 06-29-2019 by Progressive Voices

As the Democratic candidate debates begin, here's my March 2018 conversation with ARLIE HOCHSCHILD. In her book, STRANGERS IN THEIR OWN LAND, based on five years research in Southern Louisiana, she asks, why residents of the nation's second poorest state vote for candidates who resist federal help? Why, when corporations devastate their lives and their land, do they most hate the government? And I ask, how can we come up with a story that can change their minds? Listen to get a sense of what we're up against in 2020.

On the next State of Belief Radio,

As the LGBTQ community celebrates World Pride in New York City this weekend, we’ll get a first-person account of Baltic Pride in Lithuania – a country with anti-gay legislation still on its books.

Also, thoughts on the growing influence of women in organized religion and society from theologian and author Dr. Diana Butler Bass.

And highlights of a conversation I recorded with Sister Simone Campbell, the original Nun on the Bus, last month in Washington, DC.

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