A government without empathy is only a conspiracy to elevate the powerful over the weak. America's moral collapse is on a plane to Libya. It is in the living rooms of the disabled abandoned by our federal government- and in the corrupt financial plundering for the sake of the billionaires, all while cloaking itself in Republican dogma and lies.

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Phill Ittner joins guest host Jeff Smith with the latest from V-E Day in Ukraine. Plus, listeners conspire with Jeff to get to the heart of the matter.

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Thanks to the Republicans the established faith in American norms is being eroded from the inside-out. Guest-host Jefferson Smith of The Democracy Nerd Podcast takes a deep dive, and brings his dad along for the ride!

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FDR warned us 80 years ago about the rise of political lies. Today, the GOP has turned that warning into a roadmap…

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Long time Progressive stalwart in the house, Mark Pocan takes listener calls from across the nation.

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As warlords rake in millions, America exports migrants into a system of rape, slavery, and death…

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A new Republican-sponsored law in Congress would cement Trump's crypto scam- but that's just a tip of the corruption iceberg. So why won't the media call it what it is?

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Will we defend the dream of self-rule, or surrender to the very powers our ancestors bled to escape?

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Why are some right wing pastors claiming Trump was 'chosen by God', when the lying grabber-in-chief is clearly the least Christian American president yet?

Plus- Alex Lawson on the latest moves to continue to dismantle Social Security.

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While billionaires warm their hands over tax breaks, Dwayne LaBrecque — a diabetic father of five in Maine — wonders how he’ll survive the winter without toes, heat, or help…

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