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Rick Smith Show - 04-25-2019 by Progressive Voices

Today's guest hosts are Charlotte Hancock, Communications Director for Generation Progress, and Brent Cohen, Executive Director of Generation Progress and the VP of the Center for American Progress.

They are joined by a pair of guests as they discuss two states, Florida and New York, that are going in different directions regarding undocumented immigrants that live there.

Their first guest is Thomas Kennedy, Political Director for the Florida Immigrant Coalition. He discusses the Florida House passing a bill banning so called 'sanctuary cities,' and the chilling effect it could have on the state. For some background, according to a new NAE study, 85.8 percent of undocumented immigrants in Florida are of working age (ages 16-64), and pay $1.7 billion each year in taxes. SB 168 could result in a 10 percent immigrant exodus from Florida to deliver an annual loss of $121.4M in taxes and $3.5B in GDP."

Thomas's Twitter handle is @tomaskenn and the handle for the Florida Immigrant Coalition is @FLImmigrant

The second guest is Monica Sibiri, Co-founder of CUNY Dreamers. After helping pass the New York 'Dream Act,' she's now working on passing legislation that would allow undocumented people to get driver's licenses. That's the topic that Charlotte and Brent discuss with her during today's show.

Monica's Twitter handle is @MonicaSibri.

Charlotte Hancock's Twitter handle is @CharlatAnne and Brent Cohen's handle is @BrentJCohen.

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

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You know what, I think we are all tired of being mired down in a never ending flow of BS coming from…everywhere! It, more than anything, is slowing our progress, personally, professionally, as a nation. The BS level has gone WAY up in there USA and its drowning us.

Gas prices set to spike again after Trump imposes new sanctions on nations that import Iran's oil; Redacted Mueller report shows Russian trolls stoked divisions over climate and coal in 2016 election; European Union votes to curb plastic pollution; PLUS: The Big Apple goes big and green with its own Green New Deal... All that and more in today's Green News Report!

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Background Briefing 04-23-2019 by Progressive Voices

The guest host for today's special 'Earth Day' 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 Brian Keane, President of SmartPower. For organizations and companies looking to engage customers in energy efficiency and clean energy actions, SmartPower is the bridge linking directly to residents and businesses.

Brad and Brian discuss how clean energy has changed over the past 20 years, how much less expensive it is for consumers now, and where the industry is heading in the future.

You can find out more at SmartPower.org, and follow them on Twitter at @SmartPower_org.

Brad's second guest is Genai Lewis, a 23-year-old Hub Coordinator for 'the Sunrise Movement,' in Tallahassee, Florida. For those not yet familiar with 'The Sunrise Movement,' it is "a movement to stop climate change and create millions of good jobs in the process." They're "building an army of young people to make climate change an urgent priority across America, end the corrupting influence of fossil fuel executives on our politics, and elect leaders who stand up for the health and well-being of all people."

Brad and Genai discuss the 'Green New Deal.' This includes specifics of the proposal, the scientific reporting that is pointing to why this action is so critically needed, electing leaders into office who will pass it into law, and how long it could take to implement as a policy.

The website for 'the Sunrise Movement' is SunriseMovement.org and their Twitter handle is @SunriseMVMT.

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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