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As wildfires continue to burn in California, the Trump team is signaling that they may withhold aid to the region due to insufficient loyalty shown to Trump by California's leaders. We're not kidding - the loyalty tests are a real thing. Also, the incoming administration has begun its inquisition of current government employees, identifying and the…
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So the Trump Administration hasn't even begun yet, and Congress is already trying to repeal the progress made during Joe Biden's historic four years. First on the chopping block is the Inflation Reduction Act, which includes a number of items relevant to working Americans, including the $35 per month cap on insulin. Prices on many things are about …
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Here we go again. Another promise made, and another promise broken, This time, it's Elon Musk, the DOGE-boi himself, admitting that his program probably won't be able to come up with the 2 trillion in cuts he promised during the campaign. So far, Trump and his new work wife have rolled back pretty much every campaign promise, so expect more of this…
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Another day of chaos theater from the soon-to-be President of The United States. After seeing this train wreck before, we've become accustomed to hearing and then ignoring the crazy things he says, so he goes bigger and crazier until we can ignore him no more. Today he's talking about annexing Greenland and Canada, invading the Panama Canal, and re…
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Today we're talking about business, and how so many Americans seem to think that running government "like a business" is something we should want. In fact, it was a motivating factor for many voters in the last election. Well, now that the corporate vultures are about to take control, we're all going to learn what running a country "like a business…
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Inauguration Day is approaching quickly, and Trump is already rolling back nearly all of his promises to working people. Project 2025 is now the Republican agenda, and it is already becoming legislation. So as the prices stay high and Social Security and Medicare get cut, will working families begin to regret our decision, or will we simply double …
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December 20, 2024 As America braces for a Trump presidency, and as American legacy media cowers in the corner rather than do their jobs, we find ourselves right back where we were four years ago - at the mercy of a narcissist and his billionaire friends. And we're already enduring the daily nonsense cooked up by the incoming administration to distr…
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December 19, 2024 Wal-Mart - the largest employer in the world, has just started forcing workers to wear body cameras. They say it's for "safety" but working people know better. It'll be used as a means of control, and as a way to force people to work at a dangerous pace. Expect more and more of this as the Trump war on working families grows. We d…
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December 18, 2024 The time will come, and very soon, when we all understand that our next batch of public servants have no interest in serving the public at all. As we enter into four years in which the wealthy will absolutely rob and pillage the working-class, there is very little that any of us can do about it. We discuss this and more with Lori …
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December 17, 2024 The working-class voters didn't just elect Trump. We gave him the House, the Senate, and The White House - the legislative hat trick. And he's going to use it to absolutely decimate the very people who put him in office. We discuss what will happen, and what might happen, with former GOP Congressman Bob Ney, and Sarah Burris of Ra…
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December 16, 2024 The next four years are going to be an absolute war against working-class Americans - the very working-class American who voted for Trump, and also the ones that didn't. Prepare for the most corrupt four years in American history. It's going to be quite a ride. Today's guests are Michael Sainato of The Guardian and Ian Millhiser o…
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December 12, 2024 As each day passes, and the Trump administration gets closer and closer to power, they are beginning to reveal the truth - they lied about just about everything. The next four years will be a boom time for the super rich, and a bust for everyone else. We discuss this and more with Will Ragland of The Center for American Progress a…
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December 11, 2024 In this episode, and in several more to come, we are going to take a look at what the first 100 days of the Trump presidency might look like. Also, we will discuss China policy present and future, and discuss the arrest of the man who allegedly killed a corporate pirate on the streets of Manhattan. Scott Paul of The Alliance for A…
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December 10, 2024 As we get closer to a Trump presidency, we are learning more and more about the differences between Republican promises and Republican actions. After denying all knowledge of Project 2025 and swearing up and down that they won't cut Social Security and Medicare, now that they won, the GOP is full steam ahead on the Project 2025 ag…
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December 9, 2024 As every new days passes, we hear more and more about the extreme agenda promised by the Trump administration, and many of the moves he's promising (like revenge tariffs and mass deportation) are sure to wreak havoc on the American economy. We discuss this and more with Economics Professor Matias Vernengo ion Bucknell University. D…
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December 6, 2024 The CEO of United Healthcare was murdered yesterday in a targeted attack, and every CEO in America should take notice of the fact that there is really no outrage about it. Some are even defending the act, and wondering out loud if it might be self-defense. After all, it would be very hard to find anyone who kills Americans with gre…
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December 5, 2024 As many listeners know, recent tragedy has put Rick and the Smith family in full conflict with our healthcare system - not the people doing the actual work, but the system that controls them and often takes away their ability to do what needs to be done. And in the next four years, the system is going to get so much worse. We discu…
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December 4, 2024 The title pretty much says it all. In this election, people voted their anger, and they voted for chaos, and chaos is what we are all going to get. We are joined by longtime friend of the show and former Republican Congressman Bob Ney to discuss how the GOP can keep Trump from acting on his worst impulses, or if the party even inte…
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December 3, 2024 Everyone is screeching about what the Trump team is doing, and Trump hasn't even taken power yet. And while the outrage economy will boom for the next four years, we as a nation are sure to decline. It may get better someday, but before then, it is going to get so so so much worse. Our guest today is Sarah Burris, Reporter at Raw S…
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November 26, 2024 The Trump Administration is not even in office yet, and the theft has already begun. The Louisiana GOP has fired the first shot, cutting taxes for the rich and paying for it by raising taxes on everyone else. There's a lot more of this to come, but at least Sarah Burris of Raw Story and former US Congressman Bob Ney are here to te…
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November 25, 2024 Let's face it: We voted angry. It was an angry election. And if the country is anything like a person, then making decisions while angry can have some serious consequences. In today's episode, we speak to Doug Jones, the former US Senator and who, not all that long ago, turned an Alabama Senate seat blue. We'll talk about what hap…
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November 22, 2024 It's that time of the year again - the time when we shine a spotlight on one of the only debt-free ways to achieve the American Dream. For decades, union apprenticeship programs have been lifting up the working class and feeding families from coast to coast. Today's guests are John LeConche from LIUNA and Scott Paul of The Allianc…
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November 20, 2024 America is feeling the effects of a giant case of buyer's remorse as the Trump administration, which hasn't even taken power yet, is throwing its support behind some of the worst characters on the hard right wing of American politics, appointing them to some of the most powerful roles in government. Our guests today are Economic P…
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November 19, 2024 The Trump administration has starting making its appointment to the most critical roles in our government ... but its choices have people scratching their heads. A vaccine denier in charge of public health? A climate denier in charge of the EPA? A Russian asset as the Director of National Intelligence? Every pick seems to be desig…
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November 13, 2024 There's no stopping it now. Trump will take office, and working families will suffer as a result. And with the Democratic establishment all but useless in the years to come, we will have to find our own way out of the mess our betters have made. We discuss this and more with Michael Mechanic of Mother Jones and Rich Ojeda, host of…
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