Heather Cox Richardson on Her Book Democracy Awakening
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
- Heather says that Trumpers have bought into an alternative reality and that we are, at this moment, on a knife’s edge. She’s an historian and not a clairvoyant. But she’s also an activist, doing all she can to spread the word through historical analysis. Beat that, Trump!
I've heard Heather Cox Richardson talk on many podcasts since the release of her book. And you know what....I never get tired of hearing what she has to say, even if it's something I've heard her say before. Thanks for a great one, Senator Franken.
She has a UA-cam channel of her name and you might enjoy her 17-part series on the history of the Republican Party. I found it fascinating to hear how it morphed over the years.
Loved how Heather was really tuned into Al when he was talking about his experience in the Senate.
…for a change
@@rhondah1587 Thank you so much for this info.
@@robincosta8973 You're welcome.
Thank you both so very much for this wise explanation .
Much appreciated ❤
In the 1980’s, my big big huge beef was that Rush was on the radio. It wasn’t due to a cause he was drawn to, he fell into it. It had no merit to him, it was a way to be relevant and make money. He certainly did make money, (reported worth at the time of death: 600 million). My 🥩 was that he held a ‘captured’ audience, particularly in TX, where I was at the time (don’t ask).
A decade earlier, I got what I can only say was a psychic hit about DJT. It suddenly occurred to me that he was going to make ALL of our lives miserable. I scoffed at my own intuition because I couldn’t imagine how he could and would have such an impact. But intuition for me is in my nature and when it’s strong, it’s correct.
I would not have been able to put together in my mind all of the pieces that needed to fall into place for him to wreak havoc. Yes, I totally agree with you Al that had Rush not pursued talk radio, softening up those vulnerable to his bold and incendiary rhetoric, basically yelling at his audience through a microphone, there would have been NO DJT disturbance in the force field.
However there were a few other pieces that brought him center stage. He had to APPEAR to be a business success. He had to become widely known and be some sort of celebrity. He also had to have some advisers and fixers with a bit of IQ guiding him with public image and in the political arena, people who know how to sell appearances. And he had to have a niche, like birtherism. Relentlessly pursuing that the first black (half black) president did not qualify to be POTUS due to place of birth was just the ticket. And then he had to have the backing of rich donors and heads of state who would NEVER have otherwise supported him If it were not that he had became the one who would do what they wanted whether it be about abortion, appointing justices, covering for their lies, enacting and supporting certain bombastic, harmful policies, etc.
I am not one who thought DJT wanted the presidency in 2016, or thought he had a chance in hell. I don’t think he had a master plan or much of a plan. Rather like Limbaugh, he fell into the broader notch that was preempted by what started as a narrow niche, railing against Obama, in his case. In Limbaugh’s case railing against the many of the most vulnerable and marginalized.
Without the hodge podge coalition of various segments coming together, oligarchs, Christian nationalists, white supremacists, China, Saudi Arabia, Putin and many other bottom feeders (who would not have otherwise given him the time of day) he still would not have ended up being a player with electoral viability on the world stage. But yes, I blame Rush for preying on those who actually believed that his vitriolic rants had validity. Eventually, ranters come to believe what they knew at first was just a con, they play a role until their con suit fits like it’s their own skin.
I was long gone from Texas when Air America Radio hit the airwaves. I listened to you and Rachel back then (didn’t know who she was but was awesomely impressed with her). I was greatly relieved that the crazed commentary on AM radio was no longer all that was on the dial without any sane and relevant commentary and pushback. But then when it folded, the airwaves were once again consumed with those who raggedly followed in Rush’s template, setting us up for what is no longer unimaginable.
Truly those were just the preliminary days. Now we have what I think many GOPers wanted to foment for decades, a divided and pliable environment on the verge of operating without constraints, without regulations, without laws, without accountability, without oversight, rules or consequences. In fact the precipice for this is now in sight. But be careful all you who secretly enjoyed January 6, 2021. In an animated cartoon the word is SPLAT! The problem with destroying things of value and the desolation of everything around you is that you also destroy yourselves.
I’ll finish with Joan Walsh giving her best analysis as to the real Rush: “… his right-wing schtick became an act. It made him fabulously wealthy, and then he couldn’t kick it.”
I couldn’t agree more. All of those downwind of Limbaugh know what his remaining stench smells like, they can follow it easily everywhere it leads, and they do. They want what he was having, the tearing down of America and Americans for fame, fortune, kicks, and a sense of false power (yes many of them do realize it’s false). This is what happens when mostly “teenage boys“ in men’s bodies are allowed to fester together secretly fomenting hate in their states of arrested development while in bedrooms and then boardrooms and eventually platforms with microphones all across the country, hoping to blow up the world - often just to see what it looks like when they set off the explosives.
PS thanks for having Heather on again, what a wisened trooper.
I remember back when I had a tube tv and UHF channels I saw Trump advertising a kind of scheme that was getting government grants to buy property and flip it and make profit. My intuition heard this and I heard the phrase “empty the coffers” and I suddenly knew this was designed to undermine our country’s wealth.
Well that was long. Living in the country where all this bs is happening is worse then living to the north of you. But the scumbags of America are doing their best to screw our naive or opportunistic citizenry. Just like they ruined your citizenry
Ronald Reagan is to Donald Trump as Paul Harvey is to Rush Limbaugh. I was in the Navy during the 1970s, and hearing Harvey on Armed Forces Radio influenced me towards conservatism.
I believe it was JFK who said something like the enemy of the truth is not the lie -- but the myth. And Harvey and Reagan knew how to spin the mythology. Limbaugh and Trump are just out and out liars.
136th!
I just discovered Dr Richardson and she is so worth hearing. Looking forward to keeping up with her content.
Yes
Be sure to sign up for her newsletters. So interesting.
@@chezmoi42 Coffee and Heather in the mornings. My daily ritual..
@@gregpain7991 Very wholesome.☕
I am a 75 year old American living in Kherson, Ukraine throughout the war including the initial battle for the city, military occupation, liberation, the flood and about 14 months of bombardmant. The fate of Ukraine is being determined, for better or worse, in Washington and the all important 2024 election. Some of my Ukrainian friends, especially my attorney, Sergiy, are very knowledgeable on American politics and follow it very closely. I will be sharing this discussion on my Facebook page for my American friends but also for my Ukrainian friends. Keep up the good work, both of you. Thank you.
Wonderful.
Thank you for clarity.
Trust me ... while Democrats in the USA might praise Ukraine, they simultaneously curse the USA and make it resemble Russia and China.
DO NOT believe any good which the world tells you about Joe Biden, and ...
DO NOT believe any evil which the world tells you about Donald Trump.
If Ukraine survives, it won't be on account of Joe Biden, and if Ukraine falls, it won't be on account of Donald Trump.
Sending our love to you and All Ukrainians ❤
What a great podcast Al! I love hearing the details as it helps me measure where we are at. I still have hope, but we have to fight for it! Blessings!
Two of my favorite people on the planet! Thank you SO much for this one.
Never get tired of hearing Dr Cox Richardson speak. Great chat!
Great episode, love you both! A question…why can’t we expand the Supreme Court? We’ve had 9 justices forever, and our population has increased by nearly 100 million in the last 50 years. Can’t we add justices based on population and the fact that we have 13 circuit courts, shouldn’t we have 13 justices? These are not political justifications for expanding the court, but based on population increases and number of circuit courts.
Heather has discussed this before and yes.. she alluded to Court expansion based on the 13 Circuit Court system.
No dice unless you get real Democrats in the Senate not Sinema and Manchin.
Biden could do it tomorrow and has said NO. FDR did expand.
Fantastic podcast!!! Details were brought out that were new to me and I thank you both for taking time to help us become more informed about out history and whats really happening in our present time.
I didn’t think I needed to hear another podcast on Heather Cox’s book, but this discussion was different and I learned something new. Thanks Al and Heather!
Dr Richardson is my first read every morning❤️
Me too, then I enjoy the impassioned reporting of Keith Olbermann and finally The Daily Beans with Allison Gill (of Mueller, She Wrote fame).
Me too!
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Me too!
Just say *"NO!"* to Trump
This (Capitol) is your brain.
This (tennis photo) is Trump.
This (Jan 6) is your brain on Trump.
Any questions?
Friends DON'T let friends vote Trump!
@@jps0117 When you are in-the-wrong, a friend corrects you if they care about you.
@@jps0117 What goes both ways? State what you mean.
@@jps0117 Then why are you commenting on politics and giving your opinion about how people should behave about elections?
Absolutely Brilliant. I will buy your T-shirt 👕
Guess only for Nancy Reagan era fried eggs on hot cement commercial 'Just Say No' campaign.
The White Church Cultists MAGA have a bigger picture in mind, one party rule, therefore no Constitution or democracy. Destroying government and it's institutions is Phase one in Project 2025 playbook. Until Heritage's we site, I couldn't figure out the Washington D.
C. Republican Party and PACs.Now I know desire much more than Party Over Country.
Always wonderful listening to Heather! ❤
This Supreme Court has lost all validity and credibility. I never would have believed how far it has fallen 20 years ago.
Weak Chief Justice Roberts, check his wife's professional career too. Not just Thomas's. Pay attention Scalia son these days.
We must begin to advocate vigorously for term limits and elections instead of lifetime appointments. Who thought that up anyway? It seems phenomenally UNdemocratic for this to be continuing… creating a greedy, controlling oligarchy of unethical phonies in what is supposed to be a Democracy.
Amazing interview and discussion.
The word "fascist" has been used by respectable historians to describe Trump for a couple of years now. It is not extremist language. It is totally appropriate.
I wish Democrats would have been doing this years ago, too instead of calling them, "My colleagues from the other side."
No wonder so many Americans are falling asleep, apathetic, or consider a foreign war more important than the war here at home all Rethuglicons declared on anybody who's not of their own tribe..just like any fascist will.
I keep saying, 2024, if any Rethuglicon takes the helm, there's no re-do ever again. 😮
Supposedly, Mussolini called his brand of fascism, "corporatism." This the Republican Party's brand.
so profound. and so scary. History was not my favorite subject in school but if I had had teachers such as Dr. Richardson and Al Franken, it would have been. Thank you for continuing to fight and giving us hope.
I'll never forget when the 'new' subject and 'treacher' of only subject came into elective curriculum. Called it History of the Bible, I lasted two classes and went to church that Sunday after a transfer. The school ended up closing within a couple of years. Boo. 👻
The show with Heather Cox was outstanding. Please have her on again. Learning about history with eyes wide open, no spin or agenda gives me hope and peace of mind. You having first hand experience with the Senate gives me insite in another way, because the historian was asking you about your historical experience.. Great Show. Comedians are very insightful and just say it, good or bad
Amazing history lesson!!! Thank you once again Senator Franken 🎉
It really was a great one. Very enlightening. Thanks so much for sharing.
Lincoln named forever that Autocrat/Oligarch strain in our government when he declared that they would choose to "rule or ruin"- a signal quality of our current Republican party.
POTW
Thank you
Democrats need a new new deal. We should have an education revolution. Equal access to job training and higher education based on talent, ambition, interests and a willingness to work, not based on your finances. Instead we encourage the opposite by subsidizing low skills jobs with welfare benefits. Equal access will level the playing field. It will pay for itself just like bridges highways and other infrastructure. Thanks to FDR we have a safety net. Americans want opportunity not handouts.
the top 10% will not give up their power & advantages ..
Thanks for the new episode. Blessings to all
Heather Cox Richardson, Politics Girl, and Jess Craven are THE BEST when it comes to history & current events... Thanks, Al!
@carpepoodle- hope you’re riffing off Franken’s opening and not being snarky about his previous shows. Franken should still be in the Senate, but at least he still has a platform.
you are aware the running joke for this show is that today's show is a good show, "for a change..."?
I am aware.
Dr. Richardson is perhaps our most important voice in the process of understanding the principles of how the United States has evolved and become the phenomenon with which we grapple in our times. It is my belief that her importance lies precisely in her constantly reminding us of the principles of democracy and how it has been subverted by the special interests of the few who wish to impose their version of the 'good and proper life' on everyone. It is only by repeatedly referring to the compass of democratic principles, as she so accurately portrays them, that we can avoid becoming "lost in the weeds" of political argumentation. This was a very interesting conversation because it exemplified veering constantly away from articulating her book's narrative of democratic principles into those weeds. Granted, the devil is in the details, so credit must be given to Mr. Francken for his efforts here. However, as a supposed interview of Dr. Richardson about her book, which I'm assuming was the purpose, this missed the mark. She deftly went with the flow of his weedy narrative and used it fairly successfully to demonstrate the ideas in the book, and so congratulations to her for that. On the other hand, this podcast can serve as an example of how easily deflected we can be by an imbalanced emphasis on the details, while wandering away from the principles which are involved.
Fabulous conversation. Thank you for bringing high quality guests on you podcast, Al.
Heather is a patriot with a pen. I will do my part to help her get back in her kayak and relax.
In my humble opinion, the worst decision regarding big money in politics, is the decision allowing money as speech.
Here is one idea to impact the electoral college: all liberal business owners that can afford for their workers to work remote should incentivize their workers to move to purple states first then red states. We have enough liberals in the blue states to do this.
I will save this and share it. This is definitely a great one, Al !
Glad she got him talking about his experiences in the well of the Senate
2 of my favorite people!
Mine too! 🥰
I agree that ‘Citizens United’ was the beginning of the ugly that we now are suffering.
It started in 1977 with
Bellotti vs first national bank of Boston
My state refused to put ANY limit on a single donation, AGAIN this past session🎩🟥🤠
🎯 The Dem party, though, had sold it's soul to corporate CEO donors when Bill Clinton was president. Going to the right then, in the 90s, Democratic party leadership lost a lot of leftwing supporters because they saw they weren't being represented with free higher education, Universal healthcare, green economy now & into our future, taxing the very rich and many other progressive policies that virtually all other developed countries have enjoyed for decades.
THEN, we get hit with oligarchs power exploding with 2010 Citizens United.
When the progressive left is turned off, & no longer votes for Democrats but 3rd parties that go nowhere, Dem party leaders don't do anything now to get them back.
I would bet anything that with this major issue of womens' privacy rights being a threat to them, Dem party establishment say, "Screw progressives, we now have many rightwing females joining in to vote blue--atleast for the president." And they are satisfied with that. Dem party leadership--establishment Dems don't think they have to do any work to do.
I don't see Biden changing his pro-war stance on the Middle east at all.
I say this based on the total lack of interest Dem establishment have with being more progressive:
Ex. When Obama was president, though he ran on a progressive platform, he appointed nothing but staunch conservative pro-corporate advisors like Rahm Emanuel.
Rahm was caught on a hot mic saying, "F*** progressives." No surprise.
Many of the economic advisors Clinton had like Larry Summers, Obama brought in.
Obama, Day 1, was trying to find bipartisan ways of cutting our PRECIOUS(!) social safety net programs with his Simpson-Bowles Commission.
Obama even brought in Alan Simpson who was a retired Rethuglicon who made it clear while he was in Congress how much he HATED Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and any program that helped poor & middle-class Americans.
WTF.
It wasn't just one thing that caused us to disintegrate in America. Personally I vote blue every damn chance I get as I am terrified of the criminal, corrupted reichwing, fascist party but also am sick & tired of mediocre Democrats that only want to appeal to corporations & their CEOs.
Many Americans feel this same way, now, too.
Can we start using "reactionary" instead of "conservative" for the GOP? Liberals dream of a future utopia that is never realized. Reactionaries want to return to a Golden Age that never happened. Conservatives believe we should leave well enough alone.
Regressive vs. Progressive world view...
By their actions, and don't actions speak louder than words? But conservatives today are promoting by reversing our rights, one by one to have US be a country that only rich, white, male landowners have all the rights.
In fascism, as Al read off, hierarchy is very integral to their way of life. Going back in a time when that existed is back to the 1850s or earlier, not 1950s as some liberal talk show hosts like to claim.
Their goal is scarier than we even want to admit.
I recently found Heather Cox Richardson and listen to many of her talks. She has a GREAT series on the history of the Republican Party on UA-cam. It’s very informative and enlightening. Really recommend checking it out. Thank you Al Franken for this program. It was really a good one, you know,”for a change”😊.
Where did Americans expect democracy would finally reside in the hearts and minds of those most in support after seven decades of nearly unfettered consumer capitalism culture?
Those of both political parties helped trivialise the vote when it suited them, made it difficult to vote even when there was enthusiasm, allowed gerrymandering to skew outcomes, halted civic lessons for most school children upon when reaching voting age never knew who their respective congressional representatives were nor what responsibilities they were legally required to fulfil. The populace was encouraged to follow celebrity over politician, wealth over reason and responsibility while ignoring anyone they may consider a wrong skin colour or gender. Where could these pursuers and promoters of democracy have expected this all to lead but an old, fat, white, male billionaire descend down an elevator of a gaudily gilded hotel with an x- model in tow? Anaesthetised by massive consumer indulgence, a nearly endless stream of distracting fantasy entertainment, the marshalling of its best talent promoting a targeted PR campaign to declare itself ‘ a shining beacon of light’ for a struggling world to embrace; it’s no wonder that even the most ardent supporters of democracy would weaken.
And now the well meaning American electorate acts surprised. America spent decades trying to change other countries to follow, not in their footsteps but their image. As with many well orchestrated PR campaigns (propaganda) it wasn’t without some success. Now its failure will be theirs as well. My question is America going to own this failure, spend what little righteous currency in still retains and take this moment in history to help a planet in peril or throw what remains yet again towards myth making PR?
MZSA, Make Zelinskyy Successful Again. Slava Ukraine Sovereignty 🌹💯
Democracy Rocks 🥌
Biden said '...not.an inch...'
Vote for Democracy, Hold your nose and vote for Joe 2024 "the alternative is far worse"
Maybe reelection will net new Supremes. Diana📣 we need ya Detroit gals🌹
🎯 I can't disagree at all.
If only the Democratic party leadership was more forward-thinking, more made up of fighters, instead of weasels capitulating to greedy wealthy CEOs and conservative economists...
I vote blue, as you suggest, terrified of reichwing criminal crooks aka: Rethuglicon tribe.
I wish Democrats would talk more about campaign finance reform but that may be a conflict of interest.
Absolutely conflicted subject.
Our "big tent party" has conflicts built into it that so many shades of Democrats exist within our tribe.
Conservative, establishment types, unfortunately, hold the power. True from Clinton to Biden.
Only the Katie Porters, Cori Bush, Jamaal Bowman & progressive wing-types
would be fighting for the change we all need.
Fortunately, SCOTUS will stand as a bulwark for the Constitution and preserve our individual rights and democracy against fascism --- Not. Heather rocks!
The very morning when Kellyanne's "alternative facts" hit the news, I somehow locked myself out of an employer application. I told our IT administrator that I had been using an alternative password.
“You have to have Christianity”.
No, I don’t.
We need more congressional districts.
System was based on the House of Representatives being the People’s House.
Since Congress froze the number of congressional districts in 1912, it has just made it easier to gerrymander. As I’ve read it, the people that designed court system envisioned 35,000 being the smallest population of a congressional districts. Now they average 3/4 of a million.
Ten star show. HCROCKS
Great conversation! I have always appreciated your insights. And I am a long time follower of Heather Cox Richardson who inspires me everyday with her letters and her generosity. And I love Leo Kottke!!
Including the weaponization of migration.
So good! For a change :)
Brilliant lady who can put it all in plain, precise, action oriented language. Approximately $325 billion dollar expenditures PER YEAR on local and federal political advertising expenditures out of the economy. Add the military expenditure to that, and it's a wonder you can afford to do anything.
Raising a child religiously is akin to child abuse. It's also the biggest procrastination on the human project.
She is absolutely the best.
A wonderful conversation!
Listening to your conversation, I have truly learned quite a lot. Thank you.
I wonder if there is a way to take one of her courses. I would consider paying the going rate per credit hour
18:57 Fox “News” is like that scene in “The Shining” where Jack Torrence goes to room 237 (Fox) and sees this gorgeous naked woman (thinks he sees)that wants him and wraps herself around him and in reality she is hideous and laughs at him (the real Fox “News”).
A great one! Thanks for having such wonderful discussions.
Really, really enjoyed this discussion....you know....for a change.
Re: the Biden Economy: Al, I respect you, but your wishy-washy objections regarding the Biden economy is EXACTLY why Democrats leave Americans with the idea that Republican are better at the economy than we are. Do you think for an instance that ANY Republican wouldn't be beating their chest if the economy performed HALF as well under their policies. Regarding inflation, this has been a GLOBAL issue. PLEASE stop being a part of the problem and start talking about the GOOD (and improving) economy we have thanks to Biden's policies.
While I agree with you that leftwing talk show hosts should be cheerleaders for Biden in 2024, I have seen & from my own life, see that just promoting the great stock market gains or lower unemployment has it's limits!!
The left needs to message what fascism is, that Rethuglicons are fascists and whatever way of life you live today will all be gone if any Rethuglicon takes the helm.
Not teaching proper history & Civics in our schools anymore has left us ignorant of our past & how to use it to fight our present nightmare.
Democratic party leaders need to paint a picture of exactly what Rethuglicons would do to our lives--the rights we'd have taken away should any reichwinger get the presidency. Economy talk is boring now, it doesn't apply to my life directly, if you're poor and struggling. There are 10s of millions who are.
Best episode ever!! Fascinating and informative. BRAVO!!
Thank You Both for an Extraordinary & Important Conversation!
Thank You Both for all your work to help us be "a more perfect union".
Great conversation! So, how do we get congress to bring back the fairness doctrine?
They've got that Ministry of Truth thing down pat.
Great conversation!!
thanks to both of you. please vote blue
There isn't historic low US unemployment! Look at Bureau of Labor Statistics U6 unemployment at circa 7%. Headline U3 rate at circa 4% doesn't reflect all Americans in the unemployment malaise. But politicians benefit when the media only headlines the U3 rate.
Two of my favorites on one pod. I'm so happy.😂
I watched a documentary about American Indian Movement. The homesteaders and land grant colleges came about, but were not open to Native Americans or black Americans. So, the key is to open helpul policies to ALL. Maybe the universal basic income is best: any policy that does not pit one group of people against another. Promote community and trust and love.
Unfortunately, we are still suffering through the effects of The introduction of neoliberalism in five out of six Republican presidential administrations, and many Democrats acquiesced and helped implement so many of their damaging policies.
I can totally believe we are talking about this. Didn't you two live through the 1990's? Bush-Clinton-Bush. And the only name in that list also on the Weinstein list was a democrat? Clinton is deplorable.
Realizing that this BS didn't start with trump, what an epiphany. If the tall hats would have caught on, things might be different. Now you rely on a cheney to save the day. Now that's a piece of irony.
Easy to see the 'blackmailed' in todays House, and a few in Senate. Election Deniers CAN be voted out, in State Chambers also🗳️💙🌊🗣️
Replay # Heather Cox Richardson is a national treasure ❤
My life was saved by the ACA when I got cancer, pity that the Democrats couldn't have made the case for it stronger, millions of Americans got coverage, some for the first time, many for the first time in years, and on top of that Rubio and others managed to squeeze the Law enough that many of the cost saving measures were stripped from the bill. Why can't Democrats do a better job of informing Americans about their ideas?
Why aren't Democrats fighting back, acting stronger knowing The People stand behind them whenever--if ever, they fought for them?
I basically know why: corporate greed. And Citizens United, 2010 which gave the greedy rich & CEOs even more political power over The People.
I fear Democratic party leadership sees more reichwing women coming over to the left and doesn't give a crap to losing more and more progressive American voters. This can easily happen if/when SCOTUS decides to chop off more of our rights, like right to contraception, or if Roe is reversed federally by them.
You can be sure those 6 sociopaths on SCOTUS are drooling to subjugate women, minorities even more than we could possibly imagine.
If that happens, don't expect anything will get better in our lives. Democratic party leadership already is too conservative for me. That's why so many Americans have left the party. It's only because they have ppl like Katie Porter or Cori Bush, & Jamaal Bowman, etc...that I stay hopeful. When progressive voters leave for say, the Green party, we only hurt ourselves more.
We need more progressives in Dem party to takeover the establishment that play to the greedy rich & corporations over us.
BTW: Obama was never a progressive, so I'm not surprised he didn't even put up a fight for a public option!!
His wife was a corporate lawyer, as in worked to PROTECT corporations & their greedy CEOs.
Obama even tried to cut our PRECIOUS social safety net programs Day 1. There was so much chaos in our country at that time, most Americans didn't even know how Obama was trying to cut our throats. He created the Simpson-Bowles Commission for that very purpose. Here we were suffering from the damage of corporate greed in 2008, from Geo W's deregulation PLUS giving away about $800 billion back to Wall Street bankers after they screwed our economy, left millions homeless, & with no conditions on those greedy bankers! while regular Americans suffered.
Obama didn't help us then, made no changes to Bush's plans, either.
If you want to see change for The People, then we need more progressive Democrats in power, in majorities everywhere. Unless & until that happens little will improve with conservative Democrats.
One thing though, NO way should Rethuglicons be in power anywhere!
Reichwing politicians are corrupted criminals & as we hear now, fascists.😮
Someone help me here. The quote at 26:30 (...that's not the way the world works anymore...) Were those Buckley's words?
Answering my own question here, a few days later: I found this quote in the author's book in chapter 9. The person quoted was a senior advisor to George W in 2004. Wow, what chutzpah!
In Australia, electoral boundaries are determined by an independent body, the Australian Electoral Commission, who will alter the boundaries from time to time based on population data. There is no political influence in this process. Voting in federal and state elections is compulsory, as is registration on the electoral roll. The Electoral Commission is highly respected. The system works really well. Challenges to election results are almost unknown.
We also need to make some changes in law schools and bars across the country. Legal profession needs to level up ethically.
How so? How do? Where specifically?
So interested, copability?
@@jannichi6431 Work backwards from the problems we experience in the real world. Recusals as judges. More discussion about ethics. Probably could require students to sit through more ethics classes. Yes...more work. Psych exams? They do for cops and other professions. It's not so hard to think through, but I know you can do it.
What a treat Heather is. An intelligent guest on the liberal side who doesn’t end each sentence with the classic “Um”. It’s a sign of personal strength. Um. Right?
🥰
Thank you for producing this podcast!❤️
Another great one, Al!
Such a great talk!
"There are no facts, only interpretations". Friedrich Nietzsche. Peoples perceptions are matching their political outlook, regardless of the facts. A hard thing to change.
We PERSIST!
Facts are facts until they get messed up by major players with our "news." Reichwing billionaire-owned TV channels are spewing their nonsense & upside down "facts" saying they are entertainment--when they get sued for lying, then claiming they are the "real news, for real people." WTF.
Reichwing billionaires have sold their spew to ppl who love to hate, like Evangelicals, white nationalists, Proud Boys, etc...
They mix in big lies--which stirs up even more hate and spread it around via FOX, OAN, Newsmax, RAV, and how many other reichwing BS channels are there? Plus 1500 reichwing hate+lies propaganda radio stations nationwide & playing their messages 24/7, plus reichwing social media sites, like Dumpty's own, and X/Twitter to name a few.
There's nothing to compare on the left. There's no such thing as "liberal media," which the reichwing meme controls.
Al, Trump kept Mine Komph by his bedside it. became his Bible…..
Trump cannot read hard texts like that
Very informative thanks Al and Heather
this is one of the best podcasts with HRC and I have to say that they've all been great. I'm so glad she loves to chit chat
thank you
Bobbyesamdahl-the interview was with Dr.Heather Cox, Richardson, and author and historian about her new book
Really good segment. Exceptional.
Thank you Al for mentioning this roaring economy is benefitting some but not all people. @38:00. This is the trap that caused Trump to be elected. This economy based on wallstreet interests, big business etc . is not benefitting the middle class who are being squeezed into oblivion by the roaring economy. Food, gas, and especially housing is becoming out of reach to the average income earner.
Remember that corporations set prices and have exploited the present situation with price gouging. Interest rates were raised to tamp down inflation and have been quite successful at that. It is likely that we will start to see incremental drops in interest rates this year. Finally can people not remember how republicans from Reagan to the 2017 Congress have consistently screwed the middle class in more ways that I can count?
Dems including since Reagan have been outstanding in economy, worldwide effects🗣️💙🌏
J. Powell is a Republican. Carter got screwed on interest rates.
Perception is everything? Or is it FOX entertainment, NewsMax and Eyewitness News.
Haven't seen this much opportunity for young people AND old people (Wall Street ) since post Viet Nam.
Interesting when G AI models become mainstream in a couple of years.
The economy is not working for a lot of low to lower middle class workers. Corp mergers resulting in price fixing, record profits and greed-flation have impacted our buying power. And the tax burden has been shifted to us. Healthcare as a profit industry hurts us too. These things need to be reversed.
Then vote blue 😎
🎯 You are absolutely spot on!
What The People need to do is run progressives & vote & win!
With the middle-east & US in crisis over the war machine, many younger voters and progressives, some black ppl, too are becoming less engaged with Biden as our leader. This is dangerous.
Despite what some leftwing talk show hosts claim, Biden is sticking by the rightwing authoritarian in Israel. Big mistake! Like Hillary in 2016 who ignored opportunities to cut her opposition in shreds, she acted too politely, never fought back and didn't think she needed to push for anything progressive. She lost those swing states!
We now have AIPAC which is a extremely well-funded conservative group going after our progressives in the House! This group plans to drop over $100 Million to run campaigns against all the Democrats that actually fight FOR us.
Very few ppl are talking about this.
As much as the vast majority of Americans need progressive programs as you stated, the fight we have is against the extremely greedy wealthy. And while we have the voters, the other side has the MSM.
We must keep fighting to keep those progressives & make them much larger to get what we need.
Too many young ppl don't understand how our government works. Some are giving up now, either not voting or voting for whoever is a 3rd party. Progressives need unity in a major way. Only becoming the majority of Dem party will get us there.
We have a lot of work to do. 23 or 24 Democratic senators are up for re-election in 2024, alone.
THE POWELL MEMO.
2010, Ds stayed home. 👎And here we are.
Yes, definitely Citizens United made us even more of an oligarchic mess but leftwing voters not voting had been a problem in all the previous decades up to the 1980s. Raygun put us on a 3rd world trajectory when he promoted the meme of economic "trickle down theory," that gave conservatives more power & more of our taxpayer $$$$$.
Raygun dropped the top tax rates on the greedy richest from 74% down to 25% while raising taxes 11 times!! on ppl like myself just starting the middle-class.
Not to mention, Raygun's war on unions, which up until then, created the middle-class.
Our working class had been about 25% public unions up until 1980. Today, because of Raygun and conservatives embracing trickle down, only about 5-6% public unions exist in the workplace.
Trillions of taxpayer dollars have been transferred up to the greedy richest from the poor and middle-class workers since then. Inequality in our country has never been worse.
Losing all that amount of wealth and our "American dream," naturally many Americans lost hope in both parties. One thing that guarantees Rethuglicons winning is low voter turnout.
I use the word fascist for Trump early doors - and many who follow him, or pretend to.
It saved time.
Subject: Democracy Awakening
Anagram: Kin women cagey - a card
I have learnt silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet strange, I am ungrateful to these teachers. - Khalil Gibran, mystic, poet, and artist (1883-1931)
I had a dream when I was seven about humanity (a bottle of Flintstone vitamins) being “on the bubble”. (A giant bubble in my hallway). There was a sky that was entirely rainbow. (S.F. Sep 9, 2020) and ambulances going slowly by my window from around the world. (COVID 19) NASCAR coined the phrase “on the bubble” that meant the career could go either disastrously bad or gloriously good. Yep. It’s in our hands.
Just judging from my news feed, nobody knows that inflation is slowing down. All of the news is Trump, Trump and more Trump. Oh, and occasionally Trump.
Franken you should have never resigned ... Great talk with Heather Cox Richardson.. an American Treasure
21 minutes in? Using Same Name as other Candidates? The Distinguished Gentleman film premise. RIP James Garner Oh Eddie Murphy the star.
Oh yes. A WebName years ago. Well almost the same WebName.
General question: what does everything think about MAGA followers - do they understand what facism and socialism actually are??? Or is it just a talking point/regurgitating what drumpf says?
"early doors"
INFORMAL•BRITISH
early on, especially in a game or contest.
So were are we now? A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves money from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship. The average age of the world's greatest civilizations has been 200 years. These nations have progressed through this sequence: From bondage to spiritual faith; From spiritual faith to great courage; From courage to liberty; From liberty to abundance; From abundance to selfishness; From selfishness to apathy; From apathy to dependence; From dependence back into bondage.