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The UAW and the Transition to EV: Avoiding the False Choice Between a Good Job and a Green Job We begin with the UAW strike and the possibility that two of the Democratic party’s main constituencies, unions and environmentalists could be on different sides as the pro-union Biden administration finds itself at odds with the … Continued
The False Equivalence of Hunter Biden on Trial While His Father is Running Against the Head of the Trump Crime Family We begin with the indictment today of Hunter Biden for allegedly making false statements on an ATF form and illegally possessing a handgun with the three counts heading for a possible criminal trial for … Continued
How Delusion and Distraction Now Dominate Our Politics We begin with how Speaker McCarthy is a prisoner of the madness that has captured the Republican party as he embarks on a fruitless impeachment of President Biden and a shutdown of the U.S. government at the end of the month. Joining us to discuss how delusion … Continued
Why Can’t Biden and the Pentagon Control Elon Musk From Helping His Pal Putin? We begin with Secretary of State Blinken’s inability to answer a question on CNN’s “State of the Union” about Elon Musk preventing Ukraine from attacking the Russian Black Sea fleet to stop it from firing Kalibr missiles at Ukrainian civilian targets … Continued
Modi, the Host of the G20, Employs Fascist Tactics to Make India a Hindu Only Nation We begin with the G 20 summit in India at which China and Russia were absent and from which a lukewarm declaration on the war in Ukraine emerged. Joining us to assess the creeping authoritarianism of the Modi regime … Continued
The Impeachment Trial of the “Christian” Crook Ken Paxton Divides Texas Republicans We begin with the impeachment trial driving a wedge between MAGA Republicans and traditional conservative Republicans as Trump’s ally the Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton faces 16 articles of impeachment in 4,000 pages of evidence. Joining us is Jeremi Suri, who holds the Mack Brown … Continued
Erdogan Fails to Revive the Black Sea Grain Deal as Ukraine Breaks Through Russian Defenses We begin with the unsuccessful effort by Turkey’s Erdogan to revive the grain deal for Russia and Ukraine to resume exports of much needed food to Africa and other states and get an update on the war as Ukraine appears … Continued
The Summer of Strikes Enters the Fall With Energized Labor Movements From Hollywood to Detroit We begin on this Labor Day as the summer of strikes is about to go into the fall with the UAW contract expiring on September 14, leading to a possible walk-out that would shut down the Big Three automakers over … Continued
What Happened to America’s Liberals and Can They Reimagine a Vision For the Future? We begin with the question of what happened to America’s liberal majority that dominated the Supreme Court, the House and Senate for decades from the 1960’s to the 1980’s to the point where now liberals seem to be betting their success … Continued
The Political Rise of the Annoyingly Ambitious Ramaswamy Who Will Do or Say Anything to Get Ahead We begin with Trump toying with the idea of Ramaswamy as his running mate because Ramaswamy said Trump was the greatest American president for a generation. Joining us to discuss the Republican presidential candidate rising in the polls … Continued
