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Episode 13: Trump, More Trump, and Glass-Steagall
Segments: The Trump Phenomenon Clinton, Sanders and Glass-Steagall State of the Races The Economic Argument Against Immigration Reform
Episode 12: San Bernadino, Gun Politics and Trump
Segments: Obama’s Oval Office Address: “Complex acts of terrorism” The San Bernadino Shooting The Politics of Guns – Where the Candidates Stand Trump and the polls: Is he for real? The pending government shutdown
Episode 11: The Planned Parenthood Shooting and Is Trump Really a Fascist?
Segments: The Colorado Planned Parenthood shooting Is Donald Trump truly a fascist? Ben Carson’s Iowa poll dive and Ted Cruz’s poll rise Bernie Sanders poll rise in New Hampshire November presidential polls in 2016 vs 2012 vs 2008
Episode 10: The ISIL Threat, Muslim Refugees, and Democratic Socialism
Segments: Clinton and Rubio on their plans to defeat ISIL Trump and Carson on Muslim refugees Election Day 2015 – Louisiana governor’s race Bernie Sanders’ “What is Democratic Socialism” speech 52nd anniversary of the JFK Assassination Jindal drops out of race. Who’s next?
Episode 9: GOP Debate, Democratic Debate, and Million Student March
Segments: GOP Debate Democratic Debate Million Student March Is this now a foreign policy election?
Episode 8: Trump on SNL; Carson on the Ropes
Segments: Election Day 2015 and the Kentucky governor’s race Donald Trump on SNL Ben Carson’s mendacity issues George H. W. Bush’s new memoire MSNBC Democratic Forum Obama rejects the Keystone XL Pipeline State of the races
Episode 7: Third Republican Debate Postmortem
Segments: Third GOP Debate Jeb Bush campaign Ben Carson’s dietary supplement pills Syria and boots on the ground School Resource Officers in high school classrooms The state of the races
Episode 6: Hillary and the Benghazi Hearing
Headlines: Bill Maher pressures Bernie Sanders on how to pay for ‘socialist’ measures Why Hillary Will Likely Win the White House Rubio the Unusual Frontrunner Aging Supreme Court Energizes Republicans More Than Democrats in 2016 race Segments: Clinton testimony at the Benghazi hearing Paul Ryan agrees to run for Speaker – but only for one...
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Democrats Must Move to the Center…the 21st Century Center
by D.J. McGuire Amidst the whirl and rush of Trump’s G-20 visit to Hamburg, Mark Penn and Andrew Stein placed on Op-Ed in the New York Times calling on the Democratic Party to “move to the center and reject the siren calls of the left.” As a self-described conservative Democrat, I am happy to read that. Unfortunately, the...
The Day I Almost Became Philando Castile
by Kevin Kelton In the wake of recent news stories about the police shooting death of Philando Castile, More Perfect Union cohost Kevin Kelton shares his own story of being pulled over gunpoint by the LAPD. Luckily, he’s still here to tell it. Which is why it’s valuable. In 1990, back in my long hair and bearded...
On Health Care Reform (Which is NOT Being Offered by Washington Republicans)
by D.J. McGuire So, the Senate Republicans have, at long last, graced us with their plans for “health care reform” – quotes used because it isn’t health care reform. At best, it’s an attempt at health insurance reform much like “Obamacare,” which was corporatized health insurance cleverly disguised as socialized medicine. Regarding “Obamacare” – or, as I...
About Last Night’s Special Elections
by D.J. McGuire “The people have spoken…the bastards.” – Richard Tuck, defeated candidate for California State Senate, 1966 Democrats will instinctively feel forlorn about their defeat in Georgia’s Congressional special election. They shouldn’t, although there are lessons to be learned.
Democrats Can “Save the World” AND Save Tax Reform
by D.J. McGuire Republican division and incompetence has opened a door for Democrats to have a say on tax reform this year. If they play their cards right, they can move America past the Paris Accord kerfuffle and strike a serious blow for carbon reduction – and even get the GOP to thank them for...
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College Daze (Ep. 198)
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