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What Trump's actually doing--as opposed to what he's tweeting--plus news about the resistance. Hosted by Jon Wiener, contributing editor at The Nation, and broadcast live at KPFK 90.7FM in LA Thursdays at 3.

The 'Bipartisan' Infrastructure Bill: Harold Meyerson; Utopia: Jeet Heer; Alvin Aliey: Ella Taylor

July 22, 2021

Senate Republicans blocked taking up the bipartisan infrastructure bill on Wednesday-Democrats are trying one more time to satisfy GOP demands on this...

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Biden's Big Budget: Harold Meyerson; The Sixties: David & Margaret Talbot; Bourdain: Ella Taylor

July 15, 2021

Biden’s Big Budget: Harold Meyerson comments on the Democrats’ agreement to spend $3.5 trillion, and on Bernie’s new status as the architect of some o...

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Voting after the Supremes: Meyerson; Critical Race Theory: Kim Crenshaw; 'Summer of Soul': Taylor

July 8, 2021

The Supremes gave the green light last week to Republican moves to make it harder to vote -- that gives Democrats and voting rights groups more work t...

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The Gates Foundation: Tim Schwab; Kyrsten Sinema: Aida Chavez; Katha: Dr. Seuss, Eric Foner: Obama

July 1, 2021

First, the divorce last May, and then Warren Buffett resigned as a trustee last week; so, who exactly IS Bill Gates, the second richest man in the wor...

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Voting rights: What Now? Harold Meyerson; Jimmy Carter: Kai Bird; 'Rebel Hearts": Ella Taylor

June 24, 2021

Tuesday Republicans blocked the Senate from even beginning to consider voting rights legislation. Chuck Schumer said afterwards, “In the fight for vot...

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GOP vs. Voting: Harold Meyerson; Advice to Men: Katha Pollitt; "In the Heights": Ella Taylor

June 17, 2021

Republican efforts to make it harder to vote, and easier for their judges and state legislatures to reverse elections they have lost, may backfire: Ha...

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Filibuster vs. Democracy: Alan Minsky; Israeli politics: Amy Wilentz; ‘Lupin’: Ella Taylor

June 10, 2021

What does Joe Manchin want? Doesn’t he want Democrats to have equal voting rights? Without filibuster reform, Republican attacks on voting will broade...

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Progressives & Biden: Alan Minsky; Tulsa & history: David Perry: Tulsa on TV: Ella Taylor

June 3, 2021

Progressives and Biden: the infrastructure plan and the threat of a bipartisan “compromise”; Biden’s ‘American Families Plan,” $1.8 Trillion for worke...

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Bipartisan Biden? Harold Meyerson; Adam Shatz on Edward Said; “Don’t Look Back”: Ella Taylor

May 27, 2021

A group of moderate Republicans led by Mitt Romney are offering Joe Biden a bipartisan compromise on infrastructure-one trillion that would fund tradi...

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Palestinians & Congress: Harold Meyerson; Inside Israel: Saree Makdisi; Big Pharma: Ella Taylor

May 20, 2021

Harold Meyerson talks about breakthroughs in the House and the Senate on Palestinian human rights. Also: remember Jared Kushner's mideast peace plan? ...

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