UnPresidented: Creating change that empowers the Resistance

By John Aravosis & Cliff Schecter

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The UnPresidented podcast is hosted by Cliff Schecter ("The Real McCain") and John Aravosis (The Economist, AMERICAblog News & LGBT), two longtime progressive journalists, strategists and activists who share the honor of being insulted by Rush Limbaugh. UnPresidented gives you an unfiltered and often-humorous insider's look at the latest political news, and the action steps you need to get involved and RESIST.

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Impeachment hearing roundup...

11.14.2019

In today's episode, Cliff and I do a major review of yesterday's first public impeachment hearing with State Department officials Ambassador William Taylor and George Kent. We talk about the latest evidence, the latest Republican disinformation talking points, Nancy Pelosi's ...

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11.14.2019 Impeachment hearing roundup, the first public hearing In today's episode, Cliff and I do a major review of yesterday's first public impeachment hearing with State Department officials Ambassador William Taylor and George Kent. We talk about the latest evidence, the latest Republican disinformation talking points, Nancy Pelosi's ...
11.12.2019 Journalism Dies at Northwestern Northwestern University is home to one of the top journalism schools in the country. That's why a lot of people are up in arms over the student paper, the Daily Northwestern, publicly apologizing for committing an act of journalism. You ...
11.08.2019 Part 2: Lauren Duca on Trump’s gaslighting, her new book, online bullies, and coming out gay We had a gangbusters interview with journalist, feminist and political columnist Lauren Duca today, that went nearly two hours! I've broken the interview into two parts for that reason. This is part 2. We talk with Lauren about her new ...
11.07.2019 Lauren Duca on Trump's gaslighting, her new book, online bullies, and coming out gay (Part 1) We had a gangbusters interview with journalist, feminist and political columnist Lauren Duca today, that went nearly two hours! I've broken the interview into two parts for that reason. This is part 1. We talk with Lauren about her new ...
10.24.2019 The latest 2020 polls & Trump's betrayal of the Kurds In today's UnPresidented Podcast, we delve into the lastest 2020 presidential polls, and then discuss Donald Trump's wacky claim, that the Turk's devastating attack on the Kurds in northern Syria is really a victory of the US (spoiler alert: it's ...
10.17.2019 The Turkey mess, and the latest on impeachment In today's episode, Cliff and I talk in depth about the ongoing mess in Turkey, and the latest on impeachment, including Nancy Pelosi deliciously taking Trump down in a key meeting yesterday, Trump's bizarre letter to Turkish President Erdogan, the ...
10.15.2019 Rudy's in trouble (the latest on impeachment) The impeachment inquiry continues to heat up, with yet another poll showing a majority of Americans want to see Trump impeached and removed from office. In today's episode, we dig deeper on Rudy Giuliani's new woes, John Bolton's involvement, all ...
10.11.2019 Seb Gorka's Affogato (with guest Jared Yates Sexton) Today we have a long chat with author Jared Yates Sexton about Trump's and the GOP's base, how the Republicans consistently fool themselves on the issues, and what we can do, if anything, to win back the messaging war from ...
10.08.2019 Bill Scher on Impeachment Bill Scher, contributing editor to Politico Magazine, joins us again for an extended discussion about all the latest impeachment news. Among other things, we get into the latest polls, Trump refusing to let Amb. Sondland appear before the House, Lindsey ...
10.01.2019 The latest on Impeachment Cliff and I discuss a slew of new impeachment updates, including: the concerted GOP effort to smear the whistleblower; the revelation that Sec of State Pompeo was on the fateful call with the Ukraine president (and lied about it); the ...
09.27.2019 How to message Impeachment, with guest Anat Shenker Democratic messaging expert and host of the podcast Brave New Words, Anat Shenker, joins our UnPresidented podcast to talk about the messaging of impeachment, and how Democrats can best sell their message to the American people, from impeachment to the ...
09.25.2019 Impeachment! Impeachment is officially here. Cliff and I dissect the impeachment news of the day, what happened, what did Trump do, and what it means going forward. This is a free episode of the UnPresidented Podcast. To hear our other shows, ...
09.20.2019 Trump commits treason with Ukraine (special guest Greg Pinelo weighs in) Cliff and I discuss the latest in Democratic politics with political messaging consultant Greg Pinelo, who worked for Obama and many other Democratic candidates over the years. We talk to Greg about Trump's latest treason with Ukraine, and more generally ...
09.18.2019 Corey Lewandowski should be in jail Trump's former campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, testified (if you can call it that) before the House Judiciary Committee yesterday as part of its impeachment hearings. Lewandowski pretty much refused to say anything, claiming that his conversations with Trump were protected ...
09.06.2019 Why #SharpieGate could spell trouble for Trump in 2020 In today's episode, Cliff and I talk about #SharpieGate -- Trump sextupling down on his claim that Hurricane Dorian was expected to hit Alabama, when it wasn't -- and why the story is a great foil for beating Trump in ...
09.04.2019 Meghan McCain says gun owners will resort to violence to stop an assault weapons ban Today's show is mostly about guns, starting with Meghan McCain's horrific comments about how gun owners will resort to violence if we dare ban their assault weapons, only going to prove that those gun owners are unworthy of owning any ...
08.30.2019 Comey broke a rule, Trump broke the law In today's episode, Cliff and I focus most of our discussion on the Dept. of Justice Inspector General report about James Comey having broken FBI rules, but not the law, when he informed the country that Donald Trump was a ...
08.26.2019 Poll expert Rachel Bitecofer on Joe Walsh & Trump 2020 Democratic polling expert Rachel Bitecofer joins us again to talk about the 2020 election, Joe Walsh's candidacy (and why it matters), the issues Democrats should focus on (from the economy to overall anti-Trump angst), and more. As always, an enjoyable ...
08.23.2019 Trump hereby orders you to laugh Today's episode is devoted to the mania that is Donald Trump. We got rolling with a discussion of the Greenland meltdown, and kind of just took off from there, especially after, mid-show, Trump decided to compare the Federal Reserve chair ...
08.20.2019 The Proud Boys actually regulate "wanking" In today's episode, we discuss: the fact that the Proud Boys neo-fascist group actually regulates the self-pleasure of its members (and it's even weirder than that); Trump caught between denying the economy might be in trouble, while at the same ...
08.16.2019 Guns, Beto, and Israel In today's show: We debunk Trump's claim that "mental illness" is the reason we have so many mass shootings; discuss Trump's latest scam, calling his golf courses "farms" in order to save massively on property taxes; the growing debacle over ...
08.13.2019 Fredo, China & Russia protests, Trump's polls, and Amazon In today's episode we discuss Trump's bigoted attack on CNN anchor Chris Cuomo, the popular uprisings in Hong Kong and Moscow, the latest polls showing Trump in some real trouble, and finally Bernie's Amazon problem. This is a free episode. ...
08.08.2019 Mass shooting aftermath The recent mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton are today's podcast topic. This is a 5-minute excerpt of the show, to hear the entire podcast and keep independent media ad-free please become a subscriber over at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/29015964
08.05.2019 What is 8chan, and what role does it have in recent mass shootings? What is 8chan, and what role does it have in recent mass shootings? Online extremism expert Melissa Ryan joins us again to talk about this weekend's mass shootings, how (and why) many of the shooters have been using extremist Web ...
07.31.2019 Who won the CNN Democratic presidential debate? (Hint: Elizabeth Warren) Cliff and I debrief on last night's CNN Democratic presidential debate, with a look at who won and who didn't, but also how the debate went overall (we weren't terribly happy with how CNN handled the questions). Spoiler alert: Elizabeth ...
07.25.2019 Mueller testifies Now that Robert Mueller has testified before two congressional committees, where does impeachment stand, and more generally, where are we in the battle to hold Donald Trump responsible for his high crimes and misdemeanors? That's the big topic of today's ...
07.23.2019 Bob Mueller, Mr. Rogers and Captain Picard walk into a bar... Cliff and I talk about Bob Mueller's testimony tomorrow before the US House, Boris Johnson becoming the new British prime minister, the new New Yorker piece basically exonerating Al Franken, and the latest 2020 polls. We also delve into the ...
07.20.2019 The Squad, 2020 polls, Sanders & the minimum wage, SDNY, and tax cuts In today's UnPresidented podcast, we talk about the ongoing brouhaha over the Squad, CNN's second presidential debate, the latest 2020 polls, Bernie Sanders' hiccup over the minimum wage, the culture's impact on politics, SDNY, and the huge surprise that GOP ...
07.16.2019 Trump attacks the Squad Today's episode is devoted to Trump's racist attacks on the Squad -- the four freshmen members of the House (Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar and Ayanna Pressley) who have so freaked Trump out that he's been on a racist ...
07.09.2019 Why are Democrats refusing to get Trump's taxes? In today's episode, we talk about Amy McGrath announcing her challenge to Mitch McConnell in 2020, Tom Steyer entering the presidential race, the latest fundraising numbers for the Democratic presidential candidates, House Ways & Means chairman Richard Neal incredibly refusing ...
07.03.2019 Trump will lose in 2020, explains poll expert Dr. Rachel Bitecofer Dr. Rachel Bitecofer, the only political poll expert to nail the 2018 election, joins us to explain why she thinks Donald Trump is going to lose in 2020, and how Democrats will fare in the House and Senate. Rachel, a ...
07.02.2019 Huge fundraising numbers for Dem presidential candidates In today's episode, Cliff and I tell you what the new fundraising numbers mean for the various Democratic presidential candidates (Buttigieg, incredibly, beat Bernie Sanders -- by a LOT). And we talk about the new polls that consistently show Kamala ...
06.28.2019 Kamala Harris slays Biden (and Trump is still a traitor) In today's episode, Cliff and I talk about the two-night Democratic presidential debate, and Trump's ongoing train-wreck of a mini-summit that Donald Trump held with Putin today in Japan. As for the debate, Elizabeth Warren won the first night, and ...
06.26.2019 Mueller needs to explain why he didn't indict Trump Cliff and I talk about Mueller finally agreeing to testify and whether it will matter (we're not sure it will, as Mueller still doesn't seem to understand the gravity of the situation or the hyper-partisan era we are in); the ...
06.21.2019 Buh-bye Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the one true Enemy of the People In today's podcast, Cliff and I discuss the fact that the White House press corps is throwing a going away party for Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the person most responsible for the greatest destruction of White House transparency in recent memory. ...
06.18.2019 Crooks & Liars' John Amato talks the 2020 election Our good friend John Amato, the founder of Crooks & Liars, joins us to talk about the latest really bad polls for Trump's reelection effort (including an awful Fox News poll -- awful for Trump, that is), the Kyle Kashuv ...
06.13.2019 Norm Ornstein makes the case for impeachment Congressional scholar Norm Ornstein joins us for a really interesting discussion on impeachment, and the never-ending Trump scandals. Ornstein talks with us about the origins of tribalism and Republican extremism, going all the way back to Newt Gingrich, Rush Limbaugh ...
06.11.2019 The history of MeToo and women's wokeness since Chappaquiddick, with social historian Linda Hirshman This is the second half our interview with social historian Linda Hirshman, who joins us to talk about her new book, just released today, about the origins of the MeToo movement: "Reckoning: The Epic Battle Against Sexual Abuse and Harassment." ...
06.10.2019 How Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sandra Day O'Connor changed the world, with historian Linda Hirshman My longtime friend Linda Hirshman, who wrote a book about how Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sandra Day O'Connor changed the world with their historic appointments to the Supreme Court (and how RBG started shaking things up decades before that), talks ...
06.04.2019 The Clampetts go to London The Trumps are in London, en masse, and it's as embarrassing a spectacle as you can imagine. From Ivanka's cowgirl dress, to Tiffany's "Gone With the Wind" curtains, and Donald Trump's too-short-in-front tailcoat, it's as if the Trump's just threw ...
05.31.2019 Laura Ingraham's favorite white supremacist In today's show, we discuss Fox News host Laura Ingraham's embrace of white supremacist Paul Nehlen, Bill Barr's 60 Minutes interview in which he lies again about the Mueller report, Trump's crazy new trade war with Mexico, and Fox News' ...
05.28.2019 Ian Dunt on Brexit, European elections, and fighting demagogic populism Brexit is still in chaos, and things didn't get any clearer with the results of the European Parliament elections, that seemed to hand victory to populists across the board, both pro- and anti- Brexit. Joining us again to tell us ...
05.23.2019 Trump's temper tantrum In today's episode, we discuss a few new bad polls for Trump, Pete Buttigieg's delicious attack on Trump's draft-dodging, the weird non-story about Elizabeth Warren having worked as a lawyer, more Infrastructure Week madness and the beauty that is Nancy ...
05.21.2019 Measles, Trump's taxes, Facebook, and impeachment In today's episode, Cliff and I talk about the wickedness of anti-vaxxers, a federal court ruling that Trump's accountants have to turn over his taxes to House committees, why Trump is spending so much money on Facebook ads when Democrats ...
05.14.2019 Election polls, the GND, and investigating Mueller In today's show, we discuss the latest polls showing Bernie's support among young people dropping while that same support rises for Biden and Warren, talk a bit about Kamala Harris as a possible VP choice (should she not win the ...
05.10.2019 Trump cheats little boy at golf We all knew Trump was a cheater, but cheating a ten-year-old kid? Oh yeah. We start with that little anecdote, and move to James Comey's appearance on CNN last night, then Don Jr.'s subpoena, Giuliani pressuring the Ukrainian government to ...
05.08.2019 Jerry Falwell's pool boy In today's episode, we discuss the breaking that Trump didn't pay taxes for 8 of 10 years during the 1980s and 90s, after losing more than a billion dollars. But the real question is whether Trump is just an awful ...
05.03.2019 "Everything's a f'g haiku with Mueller." Bob Cesca joins us to talk Bill Barr. Bob Cesca joins us to talk about Attorney General William Barr's disastrous testimony before the Senate this week. We all agreed that Mueller seems to have punted far too much to Congress, when he could have been far more helpful ...
05.01.2019 Pete Buttigieg framed by far-right Internet troll Jacob Wohl This week we delve into Biden's first week on the campaign and the polls showing him doing awfully well, along with some improvement from Elizabeth Warren. We also talk about Jacob Wohl's plot to smear Pete Buttigieg with a false ...
04.25.2019 Joe Biden enters the race Joe Biden has finally entered the Democratic primary race. Where does Biden stand on the issues, and how does his candidacy affect Bernie Sanders and the other top candidates? That's our topic in today's free episode. Become a member of ...

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