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0:08 – On January 5th, 2021 two Senate Runoffs in Georgia will largely determine what a Biden presidency could look like if it can tip the scales in favor of the democratic party. Democrat hopes and dreams are now resting on Georgia’s shoulders. We speak with Mondale Robinson (@mondalerobinson) Founding Principal of Black Male Voter Project … Continued
0:08 – What the Biden Administration can do now: Foreign Policy Conn Hallinan is a military analyst and columnist for Foreign Policy in Focus. 0:34 – New Stanford study on where people get infected David Grusky is the Edward Ames Edmonds Professor of Sociology and Director of the Center on Poverty and Inequality at Stanford … Continued
0:08 – Trump’s legal challenges, contesting the election; plus the Trump Administrations challenge of the Affordable Care Act in Supreme Court Erwin Chemerinsky is a constitutional law scholar and dean of Berkeley Law. 0:34 – What the Biden Administration can do now: Healthcare Anthony Wright (@aewright) is Executive Director of Health Access California, a health consumer … Continued
0:08 – Mondays with Mitch Mitch Jeserich hosts Letters and Politics, weekdays at 10AM on KPFA. We discuss the Trump’s refusal to concede, Republicans splintering support, the continued campaign for the Senate and more. 0:34 – COVID updates and listener calls. John Swartzberg is clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health. … Continued
0:08 – Biden leads in battleground states, very close to winning the Presidency. If he wins, what will his first two years look like? With a Republican controlled Senate and a conservative leaning Supreme Court? John Nichols (@NicholsUprising) is National Affairs Correspondent for The Nation 0:34 – More Black voters turn out for Trump, as … Continued
0:08 – What does it mean for Trump to go the legal route? Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC) covers courts and the law for Slate. 0:20 – Vote count and mobilization in Georgia Cliff Albright (@BlackVotersMtr) is co-founder of Black Voters Matter 0:34 – National election results known plus we take your calls Steve Phillips (@StevePtweets) … Continued
0:08 – Elections roundup: Wisconsin Ruth Conniff (@rconniff) is editor in chief of the Wisconsin Examiner, a nonprofit newsroom. 0:15 – Elections roundup: Florida goes for Trump on anti-socialist sentiment Mitch Perry (@MitchPerry18) Political Reporter for Spectrum Bay News 9 in Tampa. 0:22 – Elections roundup: Trumps wins in Texas, and Democrats fail to take … Continued
0:08 – Election Day: on the ground in Florida Mitch Perry (@MitchPerry18) is a political reporter for Spectrum Bay News 9 in Tampa, FL. 0:19 – Election Day: on the ground in Wisconsin John Nichols (@NicholsUprising) is a national affairs correspondent for The Nation. 0:34 – What to watch in national politics Steve Phillips (@StevePtweets) … Continued
This story aired on UpFront on Monday, November 2, 2020. By Ariel Boone (@arielboone), KPFA election reporter In the final days of the 2018 California legislative session, the push to eliminate cash bail went through massive revisions that lost it support from a lot of groups working to end mass incarceration. It passed — … Continued
0:08 – Mondays with Mitch Mitch Jeserich hosts Letters and Politics, weekdays at 10AM on KPFA. We discuss the upcoming election, anxieties around political violence and Trump refusing a peaceful transfer for power, and where swing states – Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania – are at now, one day before the election. 0:34 – COVID updates … Continued
