What you may have missed on PDR last week
Following is our end-of-the-week summary of all the topics covered on our Politics Done Right on KPFT 90.1 FM program, which is also streamed on Facebook Live, YouTube Live, Twitter, and Twitch.
Monday October 30th, 2023
Chris Christie knocks Trump: 2nd Trump term would be a clown cart. The GOP needs to be rid of him!: Perennial Trump Chris Christie reminded Americans that a 2nd Trump term would be tantamount to a clown cart as no one reputable would work for him. [More]
Alex Lawson, Social Security Works’ Exec. Dir justly destroys the fraudulent Medicare Advantage: Alex Lawson visited Politics Done Right at Netroots Nation 2023 #NN23 in Chicago, where he justifiably exposed Medicare Advantage for the fraud that it is. [More]
‘A Historic Agreement’: UAW Reaches Tentative Deal With Stellantis: The United Auto Workers has reached a tentative deal with Stellantis, the union announced on Saturday. The news comes three days after the UAW announced a tentative agreement with Ford. The union has been on strike against the Big Three U.S. automakers since September 15 in its first-ever work stoppage targeting all three companies at once. [More]
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Tuesday October 31st, 2023
UAW Wins Tentative Contract Deal With Final Big Three Holdout General Motors: The United Auto Workers on Monday secured a tentative agreement with General Motors that reportedly includes a 25% general wage increase over the life of the four-and-a-half-year contract as well as cost-of-living adjustments. According to Bloomberg, the UAW’s agreement with GM has similar economic terms as the historic tentative deal the union reached with Ford last week and a subsequent agreement with Stellantis over the weekend. With the GM deal, the UAW has now reached a tentative contract agreement with each of the Big Three U.S. automakers, putting an end—at least for now—to the union’s historic six-week strike that involved nearly 50,000 workers. [More]
5 Climate Change Facts to Scare You Into Action This Halloween: We’re not in a Hollywood studio, helplessly in the hands of sadistic screenwriters. We can actively choose to change the ending of our story—and for that we should feel hopeful. It’s nearly Halloween, which means costumes, candy, and scary movies. Fear turns to fun on October 31 because Halloween lets us seek scary thrills that can’t hurt us. When we feel like threats are closing in on us and things are getting truly scary, we just turn off the TV and turn on the lights. But there is one terror that we can’t escape, no matter the time of year. We’re talking about climate change! Here are five of the scariest, most bone-chilling facts about climate change to get you in the mood for terror this season (and hopefully also scare you and your fellow trick-or-treaters into action to address it). [More]
Wednesday November 1st, 2023
Houston Ultra MAGA Radio Host Michael Berry all but endorses John Whitmire. Dems, are you listening?: Daniel Cohen, President of Indivisible Houston, visited to discuss Houston’s Ultra MAGA Host Michael Berry’s strong support of John Whitmire for Houston Mayor, which should give every Democrat pause. [More]
Discussing New MAGA Speaker and Texas & Wisconsin failed GOP policies on Devil’s Advocate Radio: Egberto Willies appeared on Devil’s Advocates Radio with Progressive Host Mike Crute 92.7 FM Madison and WTTN 1580 AM Columbus to discuss the new Speaker and Texas & Wisconsin politics. [More]
UAW Pledges All Necessary Resources to Help Unionize Key Tesla Factory: The United Auto Workers has reportedly offered to provide organizers with all the resources they need to unionize Tesla’s electric car factory in Fremont, California, an effort that would pit an invigorated UAW against a company run by Elon Musk—the world’s richest man and an aggressive union-buster.
Thursday November 2nd, 2023
New Speaker and GOP holding Americans hostage if they don’t provide another windfall for the rich: In an amazingly stunning display of a lack of a moral compass, Speaker Mike Johnson and his Republican Party are attempting to give rich tax cheats, their constituents, an IRS gift. [More]
Discussing New MAGA Speaker and Texas & Wisconsin failed GOP policies on Devil’s Advocate Radio: Egberto Willies appeared on Devil’s Advocates Radio with Progressive Host Mike Crute 92.7 FM Madison and WTTN 1580 AM Columbus to discuss the new Speaker and Texas & Wisconsin politics. [More]
Neil Aquino from Houston Democracy Project is here. The Houston Democracy Project works every day to make democracy a top issue in 2023 Houston city politics & to inspire and strengthen pro-democracy coalitions. This week, we’ll discuss John Whitmire’s surrogates saying he is “one of us?” [More]
Friday November 3rd, 2023
Morning Joe slams Tommy Tuberville for blocking the military, but it’s our Democracy at fault: It is easy to blame Tommy Tuberville for blocking several military officers. However, the problem is with our Democracy. It was written to be gained. [More]
Does Morning Joe realize this morning’s rant is a precursor to Healthcare For All & unions?: The Morning Joe crew excoriated CVS and Walgreens executives after workers threatened a ‘soft strike.’ They attacked the greed of the companies. [More]
‘MAGA Mike Johnson’ Wants Commission to Cut Social Security Formed ‘Immediately’: When Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives elected Louisiana Congressman Mike Johnson as speaker last week, critics quickly sounded the alarm about his previous calls to cut trillions of dollars from Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid—and the GOP leader triggered a fresh wave of fears on Thursday with related comments to a Capitol Hill journalist. [More]
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