Just three days before Election Day, on this 15th episode of THE PATRIOTIC PROGRESSIVE: For Truth, Justice and the Democratic Way (KAZM/Mellow Mountain Radio out of Sedona, AZ), Host Stephen Hanks comments on Donald Trump's late Presidential campaign meltdowns, admonishes any MAGA listeners about their unconscionable support for a convicted criminal who is a racist, misogynist, and pathological-lying sociopath, exhorts Democratic and Independent listeners to vote Blue up and down the ticket in Arizona, and predicts a comfortable Electoral College victory for Kamala Harris.

On this 13th episode of The Patriotic Progressive: For Truth, Justice and the Democratic Way on KAZM/Mellow Mountain Radio (106.5 FM and 780 AM out of Sedona, AZ), Stephen Hanks again welcomes special guest Jonathan Nez, Democratic Candidate for Congress in Arizona CD2 against Republican incumbent Eli Crane. The show also features in-studio guests Democrats of the Red Rocks (Sedona) President Ellen Ferreira and Stephen Williamson, host of the KAZM/Mellow Mountain radio show "Democratic Perspective." Nez provides an update on his surprising race against Crane, while Stephen and the panel offer thoughts on the state of the Presidential race and the Arizona Senate race. Stephen launches this episode with a commentary on the decision of some major American newspapers NOT to make an endorsement for President this year.

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On this 13th episode of The Patriotic Progressive: For Truth, Justice and the Democratic Way on KAZM/Mellow Mountain Radio (106.5 FM and 780 AM out of Sedona, AZ), Stephen Hanks welcomes Author/Political Commentator & Consultant Mark McKibbin to discuss how the Electoral College was actually developed and evolved and whether it should FINALLY be abolished. Stephen and Mark also discuss the status of the Filibuster, the appalling recent comments of Republican Vice-Presidential Candidate J.D. Vance, and Mark's upcoming book on Founding Father James Wilson. Stephen also offers his endorsements of Democratic candidates in national and Arizona elections.

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On this 12th episode of The Patriotic Progressive: For Truth, Justice and the Democratic Way on KAZM/Mellow Mountain Radio (106.5 FM and 780 AM out of Sedona, AZ), Stephen Hanks welcomes Democratic candidates running for two more extremely important positions for Arizonans. Mike Fogel is running on the Clean Slate for Democracy ticket for the Arizona State Senate for LD 1 against MAGA Republican extremist Mark Finchem. Aubrey Sonderegger is the Democrat running for Coconino County Recorder to work for free and fair elections in Arizona. Stephen also kicks off this episode with commentary about right wing voter suppression, the Kamala Harris/Liz Cheney campaigning sisterhood, the Tim Walz/J.D. Vance VP debate, and more!

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With the host of The Patriotic Progressive: For Truth, Justice and the Democratic Way Stephen Hanks in New York City this week producing and hosting a fundraising cabaret show for Kamala Harris, this pre-taped 11th episode of The Patriotic Progressive (KAZM/Mellow Mountain Radio out of Sedona, AZ), features highlights of Stephen's May 2024 fundraiser for New York Congressional candidates at New York's Don't Tell Mama Cabaret Club. Ten Award-Winning Cabaret Performers Sing About Freedom, Equality, Patriotism, Women's Issues, and More.

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On this 10th episode of The Patriotic Progressive: For Truth, Justice and the Democratic Way on KAZM/Mellow Mountain Radio, Stephen Hanks welcomes Democratic candidates running for extremely important positions for Arizonans. Jonathan Nez is a Native American and former President of the Navajo Nation who is campaigning to beat Republican/MAGA Congressman Eli Crane for the Arizona CD2 seat. Timothy Stringham is an impressive Democratic candidate for to become the Recorder in Maricopa County, Arizona's largest county. Stephen also kicks off this show with his points about why Eli Crane must be defeated in this November's election.

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On this 9th episode of The Patriotic Progressive: For Truth, Justice and the Democratic Way on KAZM/Mellow Mountain Radio (106.5 FM and 780 AM out of Sedona), Stephen Hanks welcomes special guest acclaimed comedian, actor, political commentator, writer, and podcaster John Fugelsang. This lively, in-depth conversation starts with John's insightful views on right wing Christian Nationalism, before a discussion about the historic September 10 Kamala Harris/Donald Trump debate, and culminates with John and Stephen commenting on the Trump and his supporters attacks on Haitian immigrants.

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On this 8th episode of The Patriotic Progressive: For Truth, Justice and the Democratic Way on KAZM/Mellow Mountain Radio (106.5 FM and 780 AM out of Sedona), Stephen Hanks goes solo with an hour-long monologue about various National and Arizona political issues. Among Stephen's go-to topics for this show are: the failures of the American mainstream media in covering the 2024 Presidential campaign, the mass shooting at a Georgia high school and what gun safety laws need to be passed in the U.S. to curb the violence, and how Republicans supporting Democratic Presidential nominee Kamala Harris may be transforming the current political climate. Stephen also serves as his show's sponsor and talks about his GoFundMe fundraising campaign for a magazine publisher friend in Ukraine who prints educational books and magazines for the children--many of whom have been orphaned by Russian aggression. For more information, email [email protected]

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On this 7th episode of The Patriotic Progressive: For Truth, Justice and the Democratic Way on KAZM/Mellow Mountain Radio (106.5 FM and 780 AM out of Sedona), Stephen Hanks again recaps and analyzes the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, this time with three special guests who were delegates at the four-day event that nominated Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee for President. Stephen's guests are Sedona, Arizona resident and President of the Democrats of the Red Rocks Ellen Ferreira; Arizona Corporation Commission candidate Joshua Polacheck, and Washington State political activist Ted Jones.

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On this 6th episode of The Patriotic Progressive: For Truth, Justice and the Democratic Way on KAZM/Mellow Mountain Radio (106.5 FM and 780 AM out of Sedona), Stephen Hanks hosts three special guests for recapping and analyzing what was an incredible and historic 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago that nominated the person who will America's First Woman President, Kamala Harris (and not a moment too soon). Stephen's in-studio guests are fellow passionate patriotic progressives: Sedona resident Diana Christensen, Vice-President of the Democrats of the Red Rocks; Michael Cosentino, for decades a Democratic political leader in and around Sedona and the Verde Valley; and Sedona resident Dev Ross-Reynolds, a screenwriter, director, and actor who has been a Democratic political activist for decades.

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