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MAGA Mike Johnson’s Top Priority to Cut Taxes on the Rich by Gutting the IRS’s Ability to Collect Revenues From Wealthy Tax Cheats We begin with the top priority of MAGA Mike Johnson, the new House Speaker, which is to serve his benefactors by cutting taxes on the rich. Johnson’s first act is to gut … Continued
More Civilian Deaths in Gaza as Israel’s Ground Campaign Intensifies We begin with more civilian deaths in Gaza as Israeli ground forces move into the north and destroy tunnels in a campaign that may be over much sooner than the months that Netanyahu recently announced. Joining us to discuss the war’s impact on domestic politics … Continued
How the War in Gaza is Impacting U.S. Electoral Politics We begin with an analysis of how the war between Israel and Hamas is impacting electoral politics in the U.S. as a new poll indicates a drop of 11% among Democratic voters in support for President Biden since the war began in early October. Joining … Continued
Winning the Military Campaign But Losing the Information War We begin with the beginning of a ground invasion of Gaza by Israeli forces and the human cost in Palestinian lives as television screens around the world show heartbreaking images of wounded and traumatized children. Joining us to discuss who is winning the military campaign, but … Continued
Trump’s Christian Soldier MAGA Mike Johnson We begin with an autocrat and a kleptocrat joining forces with a theocrat and explore the role of white Christian nationalism as a vital component of the coalition to reelect Trump now bolstered by Trump’s Christian soldier MAGA Mike Johnson, the new Speaker of the House. Joining us is Clyde … Continued
The Continuing Paralysis of the Legislative Branch We begin with the continuing paralysis of the legislative branch as nine Republican men, only two of whom accept the fact that Joe Biden won the presidency, offer themselves up as candidates to be the next speaker. Joining us is E.J. Dionne, a columnist for The Washington Post, … Continued
Putin, Hamas and Trump’s House Republicans Demonstrate Their Contempt For Democracy We begin with President Biden’s speech to the nation on Thursday in which he likened Putin to Hamas in their determination to exterminate democracy in their neighbor’s country. But Biden did not extend the analogy to our domestic politics where the Trump cult in … Continued
The War on Children as Bombs Fall on Gaza Where Half the Population is Under 18 We begin with the war on children as bombs fall on Gaza where half the population is under 18 and as every kibbutz baby for Hamas in an oppressor, and every Palestinian baby for Netanyahu and his cohorts is … Continued
