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Rick Smith - 05-21-2019 by Progressive Voices

Background Briefing 05-21-2019 by Progressive Voices

What is evil, really, and where does it come from? And is it evil we hate so much, or the lack of punishment for those that exhibit it?

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.

Brad is first joined by Russell Berman, Staff Writer for 'The Atlantic,' where he covers all things politics. Russell's Twitter handle is @RussellBerman .

The two discuss a piece that Russell recently wrote on Congress's 'power of inherent contempt,' which allows Congress to enforce its own subpoenas by fining or arresting those who do not comply with their requests.

They also analyze what the House's priorities should be heading into the 2020 election cycle.

During the second half of the show, Brad leads a political round table with two guests discussing the new, and extremely restrictive, Alabama abortion law. This includes what the panel thinks the Supreme Court may do in regards to 'Roe v. Wade' if presented with a case challenging the law. Finally, they analyze whether new anti-abortion laws, sprouting up in states around the country, will galvanize voters in 2020.

The two round table guests are Kimberly Scott and Mark Grimaldi. Kimberly is the Founder and Publisher of DemList, LLC, a free national daily political column, calendar and resource site for Democrats and allies - a unique, central source that connects people to the who, what and where of Democratic events, issues and activism.

You can find out more about them at DemList.com and follow them on Twitter @TheDemList.

Mark Grimaldi, or 'Marky Mark' as Leslie Marshall calls him, is the Executive Producer of this show and a Democratic Activist. His Twitter handle is @MarkJGrimaldi.

Brad 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.

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Melissa discusses the benefits of appointment television and why binge-watching may not be the best solution. Plus, women in Nepal are forced to leave their families because of this. And Melissa witnessed someone save a baby's life recently. She'll explain how.

Background Briefing 05-20-2019 by Progressive Voices

On this day that the world lost Andrew Lee Howard, Age 34, Karel remembers an important lesson that loss has taught him and shares it.

Efforts at progress - in the face of far-right lawmaking in the Lone Star State. We’ll get a briefing from Dan Quinn of the Texas Freedom Network.

Also, Steven Waldman, the author of the compelling new book, Sacred Liberty: America's Long, Bloody, and Ongoing Struggle for Religious Freedom.

And scholar Daniel Maguire. As unconstitutional anti-choice state laws proliferate, he challenges the myth of universal Church condemnation in an article headlined, St. Antoninus: The Patron Saint of Pro-Choice Catholics.

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Another week in the United States of Serfs and Lords. Republicans try another full-court press to drag American women to back alleys as the Con Man in Chief plunges us into another lie-based war to distract from his various crimes.

Meanwhile, despite their duty to protect and defend the Constitution, Democrats stick their fingers in the air to decide whether the wind blows for impeachment.

Comedian Poppy Champlin calls in during the second hour.

We discuss another week of madness.