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Episode 5: Democratic Debate and GOP Infighting
Headlines: Lawrence Lessig withdraws ‘totally stupid’ plan to resign presidency Jeb Bush just another presidential aspirant Fox News “ex-CIA” guest lied about his past We fixed the ozone layer (sort of) Sucking carbon out of the air and making money Segments: Democratic debate Trump vs. the GOP Joe Biden’s Lingering Decision
Episode 4: No One Wants To Be Speaker (and Democratic Debate Preview)
Headlines: Presidential Election Super Pac Donors John Kasich: I Don’t Want Taylor Swift Tickets Vilsack and Burwell Testify on Dietary Guidelines Jeb Bush Would Not Reauthorize Voting Rights Act Segments: House Speaker Race Democratic Debate Preview Third Quarter Campaign Fundraising Results
Episode 3: The Oregon School Shootings
Headlines The Texas prison system influences the world Illegal immigrants could elect Hillary Clinton The truth about the Benghazi investigation Squirrel causes 1,900 power outages Guns We all offer imperfect solutions to the current state of guns in America.
Episode 2: Boehner walks, Walker bails
The More Perfect Union Podcast is sponsored by Campaign Trail! A new strategy game where you fight to get elected president. Check it out here on Kickstarter. Headlines! Carson & Trump tied in latest poll as Clinton keeps losing ground. Even Charles Krauthammer thinks Ben Carson and Trump aren’t doing the right thing. US-trained rebels betray...
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Democrats Need to Make the Political Case Against Trump’s Russia Policy
by D.J. McGuire “It was worse than a crime; it was a blunder.” – Joseph Fouché, Chief of Police for Napoleon (though often misattributed to Talleyrand) For Democrats, the case against Donald Trump is so personal that we risk losing or not gaining support that would otherwise naturally be ours. There is, sadly, no other...
Russia-gate Harkens Back to the Bygone Days of Benghazi-gate
by Kevin Kelton For Americans over 19, today’s “Russia-gate” headlines harken back to a bygone era of the 2015 “Benghazi-gate” scandal and a time of hot yoga, iPhone Sixes, John Green novels, and a guy named “Jeb!” captured the hearts of dark money donors everywhere. Hard as it is to believe, it’s been almost two...
I’m watching my former Party devolve before my eyes
by D.J. McGuire The title of this post comes – literally, word for word, from a lament of mine on Facebook as I gauge the reaction from Republicans to the Trump revelations. For those unaware, I was active in the Republican Party for over 25 years: in College Republicans, as a campaign volunteer, as a precinct...
The Fault Lies In Ourselves
by Kevin Kelton While we watch the slow, painful destruction of our political system, we should take a moment to reflect that we did this to ourselves. Every one of us. We bought into the politics of hate. We bought into the politics of cults. We devoured negative ads and delighted in dirty, underhanded campaigns....
To What Standard Do We Hold Presidents?
by Rebekah Chodoff Kuschmider It was 1998. I was a 25 year old liberal. President Clinton, the first president I had ever voted for, was embroiled in an investigation and an impeachment proceeding that was about perjury and obstruction of justice and adultery and real estate and some thread of thick contempt for an arrogant...
On Donald Trump’s Alarming Weakness on Communist China
By D.J. McGuire For those of us who look with a wary eye across the Pacific Ocean to the Chinese Communist regime, Donald Trump was something of a wild card in the presidential campaign of last year. His rank protectionism included harsh words against the Beijing cadres, but he also ripped the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a...
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College Daze (Ep. 198)
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