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Background Briefing 01-16-2018 by Progressive Voices

After giving her take on today's top news stories during her 'Ripped from the Headlines' segment, Leslie is joined by Michael Blake, Vice Chair of the DNC and New York State Assembly Member.

They discuss the looming government shutdown, the 800,000 'Dreamers' at risk of being deported, Donald Trump's first year as President, the Economy, and more.

Michael Blake was born in The Bronx, NY to Jamaican Immigrants. He is in his second term, representing the 79th District.

His mother, Hilary, overcame homelessness and Breast Cancer to work 40 years at a manufacturing plant. His father, Headly, cleaned hospital rooms and was a proud member of 1199SEIU. Blake attended New York City public schools before graduating from Northwestern University.

After a career in Journalism, Blake began his political career in the 2006 "Yes We Can" training program. He then managed three winning state legislative races in Michigan, became President Obama's 2008 Iowa Caucus Constituency vote director, and served in eight additional states, including Michigan, where his team won all seven races as part of their Coordinated campaign. Blake later served as White House Associate Director of Public Engagement and Deputy Associate Director of the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs. In, 2012 Blake was National Deputy Operation Vote Director for President Obama.

Blake sits on the board of the My Brother's Keeper Alliance, is an Honorary National Co-Chair of the New Leaders Council and in 2016 became the first sitting elected official to serve as a fellow at the Harvard University Institute of Politics.

His Twitter handle is @MrMikeBlake. The handle for the DNC is @DNC and their website is www.Democrats.org.

Background Briefing 01-15-2018 by Progressive Voices

Melissa discusses the controversy surrounding the pay difference between Mark Wahlberg and Michelle Williams on the set of All the Money in The World, and what Mr. Wahlberg ended up doing about it. Plus, why do men have more leisure time than women? It's MLK Day and Melissa shares one of Dr. King's lesser known messages. And Melissa's Can O Crazy!

It's MLK Day and what does that mean as Trump golfs? Plus the bigger issues of the Hawaii scare, It's not luck, it's life, Immigration, CVS and Facebook is, actually, evil, and now people agree. Like,the original investors. Listen daily at reallykarel.com and support the show at patreon.com/karel

Today's show is guest hosted by veteran progressive journalists, strategists and activists Cliff Schecter ("The Real McCain") and John Aravosis (The Economist, AMERICAblog News & LGBT).

During today's show, and twice per week via their "Unpresidented Podcast," they give you an unfiltered and humorous insider's look at the latest political news, and the action steps you need to get involved and RESIST.

The topics they discuss today are the Republican Senators who are lying to protect President Trump following his racist comments about Africa and Haiti, Trump having his lawyer pay $130,000 dollars in hush money to a pornstar that he had an affair with while still married to Melania, Hawaii's false alarm on a missile alert, and more.

You can find the 'Unpresidented' Podcast at www.UnPresidentedPodcast.com and the premium version at www.Patreon.com/UnPresidentedPodcast. The Twitter handle for the podcast is @UnPresidentPod. Cliff's handle is @CliffSchecter and John's is @Aravosis.

Additionally, Cliff and John are now hosting the 'Leslie Marshall Show' each Monday from 3-4pm ET during January, February, and March while Mark Levine is in session as a Virginia State Delegate.

TheCoffeeCast Ep 66, 2018 by Progressive Voices

This week, we went from debating Trump's incompetence (as revealed in Michael Wolff's book, "Fire and Fury) to Trump's racism.... while the Fusion GPS document uncovers his treason.

Republicans did this to us and it's not going to be "undone" overnight.

Join RDTdaily.com’s Tara Devlin for our weekly therapy session for the Resistance!

Rebroadcast on Progressive Voices Sunday 6 PM EST, then ANYTIME on the Progressive Voices App.

Spend your Saturday Evenings with Tara Devlin.

The Final Edition 01-12-2018 by Progressive Voices

On the next State of Belief Radio, reclaiming the true meaning of religious freedom in America. It’s a cornerstone constitutional value – often called the “first freedom” – but in recent years it’s become a captive of the political religious right, nothing more than a rock to throw in the culture wars that continue to ravage our nation. This Tuesday is the Congressionally-mandated annual Religious Freedom Day, and activists are poised to highlight the true meaning of religious freedom for all. We’ll get details from author and activist Fred Clarkson.

Also, faith-inspired activism on behalf of LGBTQ and other marginalized communities around the world. There have been new and unexpected challenges. But there has also been real progress. We’ll get our annual briefing from Global Justice Institute Executive Director, the Rev. Elder Pat Bumgardner.