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 January 1st, 2024
Andy Schmookler discusses whether it is human nature or nurture that determines our behavior: The question of “human nature” has always been central to my life’s work — A BETTER HUMAN STORY: important for understanding what has happened to us as a species, and for understanding the challenges humankind must meet for our civilization to avoid destroying itself. [More]
Erica Chomsky, Shire’s Chief Strategist and Partnership Officer, discusses their volunteer platform: Shire brings volunteering home. From sign-up to action, the digital platform makes it easy to onboard, train, and communicate with volunteers from anywhere on Earth. [More]
Democrats are far better than Republicans for both the economy and debt: BY A BUNCH!: Republicans give the impression that they are best for the economy. The numbers and facts prove absolutely that Democrats are much better on both the economy and debt. [More]
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Tuesday January 2nd, 2024
HOLD YOUR HORSES: Fmr GOP operative Stuart Stevens thinks Biden will win larger than the 2020 margin: Is it wishful thinking that Stuart Stevens, The Lincoln Project Senior Advisor, believes Biden will win by a bigger landslide than 2020? The stars could align, but … [More]
Watch Senator Mitt Romney describe the hell that would be a Trump 2nd term: While Mitt Romey isn’t as concerned as many that Trump is a threat to Democracy itself, in no uncertain terms, he paint a 2nd Trump administration as a disaster for America. [More]
Black Democratic pundit shocks CNN panel stating she’s a descendant of Confederate Robert E. Lee: CNN Democratic Commentator and Pundit Karen Finney shocked the panel as she told them her grandmother sounded like Nikki Haley. Finney, a black woman, is a descendant of Confederate General Robert E. Lee. [More]
Jamie Raskin destroys excuses to keep Trump on the ballot. He democratically disqualified himself: Jamie Raskin makes it clear that it is not only constitutional for Trump to be removed from the ballot. It is the most Democratic constitutional disqualification because, in his case, it’s self-inflicted. [More]
Wednesday January 3rd, 2024
Economist Douglas Holtz-Eakin continues to put caveats on Biden’s economic success: Economist Douglas Holtz-Eakin had difficulty accepting that, like most economists, he was wrong about Biden’s economy as the host showered him with the data. [More]
Massachusetts Dems Urge Biden to Take Cuba Off US Terrorism List: “Removing Cuba from this list is one thing that the U.S. can do immediately to ease the daily hardships facing so many Cuban families,” wrote seven lawmakers. [More]
This is what it will take for young voters to reengage as they did in 2020: The Likely and Registered Voter polls are virtually tied between Trump and Biden. Biden is overperforming with older voters while Trump is with younger. Biden is in a better position. [More]
Thursday January 4th, 2024
Founder of the Houston Democracy Project, Neil Aquino, visits. [More & More]
SCOTUS HAS NO CHOICE: Trump has no constitutional escape clause. He cannot run for president: If one follows the Constitution as a textualist and originalist, Trump cannot run for the presidency. Failure to execute will put the nail in the coffin of this SCOTUS. [More]
‘Deeply Disturbing’: Federal Court Rules Texas Can Ban Emergency Abortions: U.S. Sen. Patty Murray called the 5th Circuit’s ruling “a horrifying and astonishingly dangerous decision from a court that has shown repeatedly they have absolutely no regard for women’s lives.” [More]
Friday January 5th, 2024
She dumped Medicare Advantage, still healthy, she went to traditional Medicare & affordable Medigap: Barbara’s Medicare Advantage left her with thousands of dollars to pay. She was still healthy and migrated to Traditional Medicare with an affordable Medigap plan. [More]
Dr. Jason Johnson exposes the inconvenient truth about Donald Trump’s strength in his party: Dr. Jason Johnson did not mince his words as he made it clear that Donald Trump only has power because of the fear his Republican cult has of him. But most Americans are not buying his power. [More]
Politicians complicit in insurrection should be disqualified as well. If Brazil could, we can: Many Republican politicians were complicit in the Jan 6th insurrection. They should all be removed from their respective ballots. [More]
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