Trump is scarier than fascism, he’s an authoritarian
Today's guest is Ruth Ben-Ghiat, an expert of fascism and authoritarian governments at New York University, and author of the book, "Strongmen: From Mussolini to the Present." Ruth joins us for a fasc...
18 Jan 20211h 20min
Where does America go from here?
It's 2021, the coup is over (for now), Trump has been impeached, Biden will be sworn in next Wednesday, so where does the country go from here? Will the coup embolden the far-right? How much "unity" d...
14 Jan 202131min
Coming to terms with Donald Trump's Coup
In today's show, the obvious topic is the ongoing fallout, and security concerns, following Donald Trump's attempted violent coup last Wednesday. We discuss the ongoing realization of just how bad it ...
12 Jan 20211h 26min
Insurrection
Today's show is about Donald Trump's attempted coup and his supporters' violent takeover of the US Capitol building. We also talk about the now-forgotten Democratic victory in the Georgia special elec...
7 Jan 202130min
Trump's coup attempt just got a whole lot more dangerous
Today's show is about Trump's ongoing coup attempt, and in particular, the revelation about Trump this weekend illegally attempting to coerce Georgia's Republican secretary of state to illegally chang...
4 Jan 20211h 7min
How Mitch McConnell killed the $2,000 stimulus check
Hey gang, in today's show, Cliff and I talk about Trump's latest election fraud nonsense, scheduled for January 6; Mitch McConnell's $2000 stimulus check poison pill; the pro-Trump GOP Congressman who...
31 Dec 202033min
Cong.-elect Ritchie Torres (D-NY) on Trump, Biden and 2021
Rising Democratic star Congressman-elect Ritchie Torres (D-NY) joins us to talk about his recent election to Congress as the first African-American and Latino member of Congress to be openly-gay, his ...
24 Dec 202046min
How Biden and the Democrats can, and must, improve their messaging
On today's show, we talk to longtime friend Simon Rosenberg about the importance of Democratic messaging, and exactly how Democrats should go about improving their messaging as we enter the Biden year...
17 Dec 20201h
