Episode 636: Arnie Arnesen Attitude January 17 2025
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Part 1:
We talk with Mel Goodman, a senior fellow at the Center for International Policy and a professor of government at Johns Hopkins University, and former CIA officer.
We discuss Biden's farewell speech, and reference to the impending oligarchy in the US, due to Trump's presidency. We discuss the actions of Russia, China, North Korea, and the nations of the Middle East, particularly Israel and Iran.
Part 2:
We talk with Paul Glastris and Bill Curry.
Bill Currywas a Connecticut state senator, comptroller and two time Democratic nominee for governor who served as Counselor to the President in the Clinton White House. He has written for Salon, the Daily Beast, the HuffingtonPost and the HartfordCourant and has provided commentary on National Public Radio, MSNBC and many other news outlets
Paul Glastrisis currently Editor in Chief at Washington Monthly and has been there for the past 18 years.
We discuss the role of political consultants, and the role of big donors in the failure of the Democratic party. Biden had real achievements, but consultants muted those facts by their 'safe' topics during the campaigns. Democrats need new ideas and policies to regain the trust of the middle and working class. "We also need to tell the truth as relentlessly as they lie."
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Music: David Rovics, "Time to Act", for Will Von Sproson
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