May 24, 2024

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has declared this to be “Freedom Summer” in Florida. We start the show today with a discussion of Freedom Summer in 1964 and whether or not DeSantis has ever heard of it, and if he has, what he might mean by making this declaration while leading the most freedom-restricting state administration in half a century. Our guests today are Hamilton Nolan of In These Times and Ian Millhiser, Senior Correspondent at Vox.

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May 23, 2024

While we put very little faith in polls these days, sometimes the numbers are overwhelming. For example, recent polling tells us that Americans feels they are doing well financially … but at the same time they believe the country is on the verge of collapse. Only a well-funded corporate rage machine can make the masses disbelieve what they experience every day and instead believe what’s on their screens, but that is the current state of affairs in our America. We discuss this and much more with Mike Williams of The Center for American Progress, and Special Guest Rep. Mark Pocan, Democrat & Congressman from Wisconsin’s Second District.

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May 22, 2024

After Singapore Air announced record profits, they thanked their workers by giving them a bonus equal to almost 8 months of pay. If that sounds like a big number, that’s probably because you’re an American worker, and your employer thanks you for its profitability by throwing the occasional pizza party. We talk about this and more with Everett Kelley, President of AFGE (American Federation of Government Employees) and Scott Paul of The Alliance for American Manufacturing.

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May 21, 2024

In a close vote last week, workers at Mercedes in Alabama chose not to join a union. To understand this result, we must understand just how much power corporations have to bust unions, the tactics they use, and the laws they consistently break, and why they break those laws. We also discuss the attacks on public schools with Professor & Author Josh Cowan, and we get a state-of-the-race update from the Colorado 4th, where our guest Trisha Calvarese is the Democratic Nominee taking on right-wing nutbag Lauren Boebert.

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May 20, 2024

America is the richest country in the history of history, and we are at its richest moment. So how is it that so many still go hungry, or go without a roof over their heads, or die because they cannot afford healthcare? Simply put, the programs that make us great, or at least the ones that make us great to those in need, are under constant assault from the richest among us. It seems that no matter how much they have, they will always want more for themselves, and less for you and your family. Today’s guests are Abbie Malloy of First Focus on Children, and Reporter Sarah Burris of Raw Story.

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May 17, 2024

Well … the GOP is running against Democrats, and certainly against Biden, but recently it also looks like they’re running against reality itself. Asking questions like “Are you better off than you were four years ago,” the GOP seems to be trying to convince voters that 4 years of absolute chaos and criminality, punctuated by a failed response to Covid that caused the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Americans … never happened. We discuss this ridiculous strategy and more with guests Lynn Rhinehart of The Economic Policy Institute, and Lee McNamara of the Culinary Union Local 226.

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May 16, 2024

Joe Biden just announced a number of new tariffs on Chinese goods, but no one is hearing about it because corporate media is busy cashing in on tangerine-flavored courtroom drama. There’s also a monumentally important union vote going on at Mercedes in Alabama, and teachers are busy giving away books at a time when radicals are trying to ban them. Once again, corporate media is busy giving us the same hour of clickbait 24 times in a row. These stories and more with our guests: Saru Jayaraman of One Fair Wage, and Randi Weingarten, President of the American Federation of Teachers.

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May 15, 2024

Infrastructure is more than bridges and potholes. It’s how we keep up in a very competitive world, and it’s about creating better lives for American families. It’s also the difference between saying and doing, as the last administration talked about it endlessly but did nothing, while the Biden administration got the legislation passed in very difficult circumstances and put America to work. We discuss this and more with today’s guests – Scott Paul of The Alliance for American Manufacturing, and Irene Tung of The National Employment Law Project.

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