Bedste The Rick Smith Show-podcasts (2025)

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The Rick Smith Show - February 26, 2025 55:09

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During the campaign, Democrats warned the American people over and over again that Trump had not plane to make their lives better, or bring down prices, and that if he was elected, he would slash necessary programs to fund tax cuts for the rich. Now that he's president, Trump is gutting Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security to fund - you guessed i…

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The Rick Smith Show - February 25, 2025 55:09

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After Elon Musk took the stage at CPAC swinging a chainsaw around and slurring his words badly, everyone simply gave him a pass. While the guy digging into every one of our national secrets likes to parade around in public completely wasted while firing career civil servants by the boatload - it doesn't exactly inspire confidence among America's wo…

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The Rick Smith Show - February 24, 2025 55:09

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When Teamsters President Sean O'Brien spoke at the RNC ahead of the 2024 election & praised Trump, he was hoping to be in a position to shape the administration's position on labor. And what did he get for his trouble? He got a fat sack of nothing, and now Trump and his goons are preparing to gut worker protections across the board. And O'Brien is …

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The Rick Smith Show - February 20, 2025 55:09

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We begin the show with a discussion of our broken healthcare system and just how much more broken it is going to become in the next four years. Then we speak to climate expert Jenny Rowland-Shea of the Center for American Progress about Trump's attempts to roll back Biden's progress on climate policy, and then we are joined by Veteran Rich Ojeda to…

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The Rick Smith Show - February 19, 2025 55:09

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Trump and his goons are dismantling our government as quickly as they can, and Democrats can't seem to find a way to stop them. There may not be a way to stop them. And the economy is starting to buckle as a result. We speak with Scott Paul of The Alliance for American Manufacturing about the coming economic troubles, and we also speak to former GO…

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The Rick Smith Show - February 18, 2025 55:08

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President Musk, who no one voted for, is now tearing through your IRS file, accessing every little detail of your financial life and weaponizing the parts that can hurt you. And an American population that would never allow such a thing 20 years ago is now just sitting back and watching it all happen. We discuss this and more with Reporter Sarah Bu…

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The Rick Smith Show - February 17, 2025 55:09

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On today's show, we welcome two of our favorite journalists - Will Bunch, National Opinion Columnist at The Philadelphia Inquirer, and Labor Reporter Michael Sainato of The Guardian. They're going to help us get through a wild week of events in and around the new and incredibly corrupt Trump Administration. Don’t miss our daily TV show on Free Spee…

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The Rick Smith Show - February 14, 2025 55:09

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While the corrupt Trump Administration is busy doing corrupt things for corrupt ends, it's beginning to look like Democrats may just start fighting back. California Congressman Ro Khanna joins us to discuss what this fight might look like, and how we might just be able to keep Trump and his minions from acting on the worst of their impulses. Don’t …

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The Rick Smith Show - February 13, 2025 55:08

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Politicians have always been celebrities in some way, but the rise of Trumpism has elevated that celebrity status to cult worship, which is not something Americans typically embrace. We need to get back to treating our politics like we used to, as a means to get what all Americans need. And the evils of Trumpism have convinced many of us to look fo…

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The Rick Smith Show - February 12, 2025 55:09

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Well ... there just no good way to say this. America is falling apart, our government is being dismantled, and your personal information is probably in the hands of a 19 year-old Musk disciple with no security clearance who uses the online handle "Big Balls". That last sentence may just be the most depressing thing we've ever written, but it's true…

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The Rick Smith Show - February 11, 2025 55:06

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Trump and his allies feed into our worst impulses, attacking vulnerable people and playing on our indifference towards those we consider "not us." It's an old trick, and it never doesn't work. So it should surprise no one that while Trump and Musk are deporting American citizens and trampling on our freedoms, their approval numbers are actually goi…

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The Rick Smith Show - February 10, 2025 55:06

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During the campaign, Trump and the Republicans ran on promises of lower prices for Americans. Now, only a few weeks into his term, Trump has raised the price of just about everything. For example, Waffle House is now charging an additional fifty cents per egg sold just to cover the rising costs. Today's guests will help us understand how Trump and …

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The Rick Smith Show - February 7, 2025 55:06

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Now that Trump has begun his destruction of our system of government, it's time to talk about what this will mean for working families. First we speak to Phil Glover of AFGE, the union for federal employees, about the mass firing that Trump is attempting and how working people can fight back, and then we speak with former OSHA Deputy Secretary Jord…

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The Rick Smith Show - February 6, 2025 55:06

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Ever since Trump took office, we have witnessed an all out assault on the very idea of government, and it's happening for a very specific reason. Government is the tool, often the only tool we have, to restrain powerful people, whether they are politicians or self-absorbed beta billionaires. That is why government must be destroyed. We discuss this…

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The Rick Smith Show - February 5, 2025 55:06

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Well, the DNC has new leadership, but the jury is still out on whether or not they have a new direction, or the will to get into the fight they should have joined 50 years ago. But if we're going to defeat fascism in America, this is the team that will have to play a big role. We discuss whether or not they're up to the task with guests Sarah burri…

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The Rick Smith Show - February 4, 2025 55:06

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Don’t miss our daily TV show on Free Speech TV: www.freespeech.org Find us on: · DirecTV (Channel 348) · Dish (Channel 9415) · Sling · Roku · Apple TV · Amazon Fire TV · Get the FSTV iOS app here: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/free-speech-tv/id1327029481 Did you miss last night’s show? Miss part of the #RickShow on your local radio station? Want to…

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The Rick Smith Show - February 3, 2025 55:06

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On Tuesday of last week, Trump sent out a letter ordering a freeze on all federal aid spending, slashing everything from Medicare to school lunches. Then, two days later, he rescinded the letter. This is a perfect example of the Trump governing philosophy, which is "chaos for chaos' sake." We discuss this and more with former US Congressman Andy Le…

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The Rick Smith Show - January 31, 2025 55:06

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Just days ago, Donald Trump signed an Executive Order that basically cut off all federal funding for most of our safety net programs, instantly creating funding issues all over America. This is chaos by design, and it will be followed by massive cuts to many of the most vital domestic programs in American history. We discuss this and more with gues…

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The Rick Smith Show - January 30, 2025 55:06

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After denying that Project 2025 was the Republican plan during the campaign, now that Trump has been elected, he is enacting policy after policy that comes straight from the Project 2025 playbook. This should surprise no one, yet many Americans are expressing surprise anyway, mostly due to the fact that they listen to right-wing media and its fireh…

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The Rick Smith Show - January 29, 2025 55:06

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Americans are beginning to understand that none of the campaign promises are ever going to come true, and as we come to terms with just how fooled we were, the awful policies begin. We discuss this and more with Alex lawson of Social Security Works and podcast host Rich Ojeda. Don’t miss our daily TV show on Free Speech TV: www.freespeech.org Find …

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The Rick Smith Show - January 28, 2025 55:06

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The Trump Administration just completed its first week in power, and the results are about as terrible as we expected. Working families are going to be Trump's primary target for the next four years, and they're getting started fast. We will discuss this and more with Jeff Hauser of The Revolving Door Project, and Union Attorney David Borer. Don’t …

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The Rick Smith Show - January 24, 2025 55:06

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After fuming about Biden's pardons and commutations, Trump himself just released aver 1500 J6 terrorists. And after saying repeatedly that drug dealers shot be executed, he also pardoned one of America's biggest drug dealers, proving once again that in Trumpworld, truth is much stranger than fiction. Our guest today is Ian Millhiser, Senior Corresp…

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The Rick Smith Show - January 23, 2025 55:03

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We get it. There's a lot of anxiety out there right now, and most of it is justified. But in order to not fall for the distractions, we are going to intentionally look past the latest outrage and focus instead on the sleight-of-hand thievery going on just behind it. And some of our friends from The Center for American Progress and the Communication…

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The Rick Smith Show - January 22, 2025 55:06

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It was an Inauguration Day to remember - Elon did a Nazi salute, Trump took the oath of office without putting his hand on the Bible ... oh, and every J6 terrorist got a pardon, and Trump started his attack on federal workers and anyone who hasn't yet kissed the ring. We discuss this and more with Scott Paul of The Alliance for American Manufacturi…

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The Rick Smith Show - January 21, 2025 55:06

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Well, Dictator Day has arrived, and the Trump team is busy trying to make it look like it's the biggest Inauguration Day ever, but after moving the vent indoors to avoid those pesky drone images of what most believe will be the least attended inauguration in American history, we are preparing for the ceaseless spin machine to tell us not to believe…

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The Rick Smith Show - January 14, 2025 55:06

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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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The Rick Smith Show - January 13, 2025 54:58

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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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The Rick Smith Show - January 10, 2025 55:01

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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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The Rick Smith Show - January 9, 2025 55:07

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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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The Rick Smith Show - January 8, 2025 55:06

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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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The Rick Smith Show - January 7, 2025 55:03

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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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The Reality TV President 56:00

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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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Class War-Mart 56:00

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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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Just Doing the Job 56:00

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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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The Trump Hat Trick 56:00

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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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Good Government 56:00

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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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The Concept of a Lie 56:00

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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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From China to Midtown 56:00

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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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Here Comes the Awful 56:00

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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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Trickle Down Chaos 56:00

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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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Targeting CEOs 56:00

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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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Pay or Die 56:00

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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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Anger Works 56:00

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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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It'll Get Worse 56:00

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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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Stealing Your Future 56:00

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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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The Angry Election 56:00

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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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Apprenticeship Week 2024 56:00

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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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You Asked For It 56:00

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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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Clown Car Incoming 56:00

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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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The Solution is in The Suffering 56:00

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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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