Why, America? with Leeja Miller

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Why, America? with Leeja Miller episodes

October 09 Originalism Is A Psyop
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🔗 Sources: https://www.leejamiller.com/episodes/2026/10/9/originalism-is-a-psyop
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25 min
October 07 Americans Love The Death Penalty
Get your free, 30-second personalized assessment TODAY at https://PDSDebt.com/miller | Christa Pike was awake and talking less than one week after the botched attempt by the state of Tennessee to execute her for the murder of Colleen Slemmer in 1995. Fully 66% of Americans support the death penalty. But what does it mean when a society gleefully entrusts a corrupt state with carrying out murder?
🔗 Sources: https://www.leejamiller.com/episodes/2026/10/7/americans-love-the-death-penalty
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22 min
September 29 Your Tax Dollars Just Paid For Trump's Propaganda
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🔗 Sources: https://www.leejamiller.com/episodes/2026/9/29/your-tax-dollars-just-paid-for-trumps-propaganda
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22 min
September 23 Should The Press Boycott Trump?
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you SimpliSafe for sponsoring. | On Friday, Trump banned CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from the White House press pool. On Monday, there was no one there to provide audio for his helipad unveiling. CNN, MS NOW, and Politico have sued. What does this all mean for the bigger picture of press freedom under an increasingly authoritarian, TV-obsessed wannabe dictator?
🔗 Sources: https://www.leejamiller.com/episodes/2026/9/23/trump-ban-press-boycott
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28 min
September 16 Who Will Save Us From AI?
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🔗 Sources: https://www.leejamiller.com/episodes/2026/9/16/who
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31 min
September 11 You Don't Have A Right To Clean Drinking Water
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🔗 Sources: https://www.leejamiller.com/episodes/2026/9/10/you-dont-have-a-right-to-clean-water
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30 min
September 09 MAGA Hates Children
Get your free, 30-second personalized assessment TODAY at https://PDSDebt.com/miller. | The Trump administration issued new rules last month that would gut Head Start programs across the country. The move is not to empower parents or states, like the regime claims, but instead to eviscerate the only federal program that provides holistic services to impoverished children and their families.
Leave your comment before October 6, 2026: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/08/07/2026-16134/reducing-federal-burden-for-head-start-programs
🔗 Sources: https://www.leejamiller.com/episodes/2026/9/9/maga-hates-children
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29 min
September 03 The Coming Kalshi Elections
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35 min
August 28 The Meta Settlement Isn’t The Victory You Think It Is
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🔗 Sources: https://www.leejamiller.com/episodes/2026/8/28/the-meta-settlement-isnt-the-victory-you-think-it-is
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38 min
August 26 Manifest Destiny Includes Canada, Too
Get your free, 30-second personalized assessment TODAY at https://PDSDebt.com/miller. | The US just slapped new 50% tariffs on imports from Canada, and Canada has promised to do the same. This comes on the heels of over a year of Trump threatening to annex Canada as the 51st state in the union. Turns out, Trump is just using a playbook that's older than the republic.
🔗 Sources: https://www.leejamiller.com/episodes/2026/8/25/manifest-destiny-includes-canada-too
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