The PoliticsGirl Podcast

Today’s PoliticsGirl: Candid Conversation is with esteemed epidemiologist, and Public Health expert Dr. Eric Feigl-Ding. As BA.2 decimates China and takes over Europe, it’s clear that no matter how much we want to be done with Covid, Covid isn’t done with us. Dr. Feigl-Ding and I talk how we got here, what’s really happening, and what to look for next. It’s a great conversation with a brilliant mind about a situation we can’t avoid. No matter your politics, we have to do what we can to protect ourselves and our loved ones and that starts with knowledge. Guest social: Twitter: @DrEricDinghttps://www.pdsoros.org/meet-the-fellows/eric-ding Please RATE and SUBSCRIBE so we can grow the show, open the dialogue, and inspire change moving forward! All my links here!: https://linktr.ee/politicsgirl Thank you to today’s sponsors! http://www.ThirdLove.com/politicsgirlhttp://www.AthleticGreens.com/politicsgirlhttp://www.blinkist.com/politicsgirl The PoliticsGirl Podcast is a Meidas Touch original podcast produced by Happy Warrior Entertainment. Sources:https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2022/03/covid-relief-aid-congress-republicans/627109/https://www.pdsoros.org/meet-the-fellows/eric-ding

In less than a year Governor Hochul has gone from Governor by default, after the abrupt resignation of Governor Andrew Cuomo, to leading gubernatorial candidate for New York’s November’s election. Born and bred in upper New York State, Governor Hochul is lawyer, a mother and lifetime public servant, Governor Hochul is also a tireless advocate for women’s rights and women in leadership. She stepped up to the plate when opportunity called, and she’s a big proponent of more women feeling the confidence to do the same. Governor Hochul makes the argument that Democrats must, and can, protect our majority in government and that we need to reach out to anyone who believes in democracy and the American experiment to fight for values that are currently under attack. Governor Hochul really seems to be the real deal. A leader who believes in listening, collaboration and learning from others. She’s also not afraid to get scrappy if the moment calls for it. As Governor Hochul said, “I’m hardwired to help other people, and I’m in a position to do something about it.” Shouldn’t we all have leaders who feel that same pull? Twitter Governor Hochul: @KathyHochulPlease RATE and SUBSCRIBE so we can grow the show, open the dialogue, and inspire change moving forward! All my links here!: https://linktr.ee/politicsgirl Thank you to today’s sponsors! http://www.Stamps.com Promocode: politicsgirlhttp://www.BetterHelp.com/politicsgirlhttp://www.SunBasket.com/politicsgirl The PoliticsGirl Podcast is a Meidas Touch original podcast produced by Happy Warrior Entertainment. Source Notes:https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/16/nyregion/kathy-hochul-governor.htmlhttps://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/597745-hochul-cuomo-neck-and-neck-in-hypothetical-governor-primary-pollhttps://gothamist.com/news/lawmakers-look-to-halt-hochuls-penn-station-project-until-funding-questions-are-resolvedhttps://www.masterclass.com/articles/what-does-a-governor-do#what-are-the-responsibilities-of-a-governorhttps://www.politico.com/news/2021/09/29/the-fifty-women-governors-499533https://www.governor.ny.gov/about-governor-hochulhttps://www.politico.com/news/2022/02/17/hillary-clinton-backs-hochul-00009922https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/17/nyregion/kathy-hochul-democratic-nomination.htmlhttps://www.syracuse.com/politics/2022/02/hochul-gets-democratic-party-endorsement-for-governor-fortifies-frontrunner-status.html

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is not some standalone crisis that started in late February, but rather a much bigger picture that’s coming together. A picture made up of hundreds of puzzle pieces that tell a story. A story of greed, power and ambition. A story of lawlessness and fraud. As story of weakness, and yes, a story of treason. We might never know everything that happened, but we can start by acknowledging what we do know as it comes into focus. We can no longer refuse to see what is right in front of us simply because we wish it wasn’t true. Intellectual honesty demands we see these connections so we can become singularly focused on defeating Putin and his anti-democratic coalition worldwide, even if many of his collaborators are American citizens themselves. Please RATE and SUBSCRIBE so we can grow the show, open the dialogue and inspire better change moving forward! All my links here!: https://linktr.ee/politicsgirlThank you to today’s sponsors!http://www.Blinkist.com/politicsgirlhttp://www.AthleticGreens.com/politicsgirlhttp://www.Masterworks.art/politicsgirl The PoliticsGirl Podcast is a Meidas Touch original podcast produced by Happy Warrior Entertainment. Special Thanks to Julia Lee Stander for her research assistance.Speaker from Palate Cleanser: https://www.julielythcotthaims.comSource Notes:https://www.politicsgirl.com/ep-17-sources

California Congressman Adam Schiff, Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, Member of the January 6th Select Committee and one of the Lead Impeachment Managers for the first impeachment of Donald Trump, joins us to share insight on the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Congressman Schiff notes that what we’re seeing in Ukraine is not a new war. This is all part and parcel of what started with Putin a long time ago and we should prepare ourselves for it to get worse before it gets better. But he has faith in NATO, in America, and in our current leadership and he reminds us that one of the best ways to protect democracy around the world is to make sure we continue to protect it here at home.Guest contact: https://schiff.house.govTwitter: @RepAdamSchiff Book: https://www.amazon.com/Midnight-Washington-Almost-Democracy-Still/dp/B092MXH9J5/ref=sr_1_1?crid=173KGF2CBCYPG&keywords=midnight+in+washington+adam+schiff&qid=1646695892&sprefix=midnight+in+Washington%2Caps%2C219&sr=8-1 Please RATE and SUBSCRIBE so we can grow the show, open the dialogue and inspire better change moving forward! All my links here!: https://linktr.ee/politicsgirlThank you to today’s sponsors!http://www.JenniKayne.com and use promocode: PoliticsGirlhttp://www.AthleticGreens.com/politicsgirlhttp://www.Apostrophe.com/politicsgirl The PoliticsGirl Podcast is a Meidas Touch original podcast produced by Happy Warrior Entertainment.Remember to subscribe to ALL the Meidas Media Podcasts:MeidasTouch: https://pod.link/1510240831Legal AF: https://pod.link/1580828595The PoliticsGirl Podcast: https://pod.link/1595408601The Influence Continuum: https://pod.link/1603773245Kremlin File: https://pod.link/1575837599Mea Culpa with Michael Cohen: https://pod.link/1530639447Zoomed In: https://pod.link/1580828633The Weekend Show: https://pod.link/1612691018 

The current, far right, conservative make up of the Supreme Court clearly has an agenda, and it’s terrifying for the legitimacy of our rule of law and way of life. So today we’re going to talk about the Supreme Court, its importance to American society, it’s capture by the far right and what, if anything, can be done to save it from itself. I want to be clear, this is a completely destructive situation and pretending any of this is business as usual will be America’s undoing. In fact, ignoring it is how we got in this position in the first place.Please RATE and SUBSCRIBE so we can grow the show, open the dialogue and inspire better change moving forward!All my links here!: https://linktr.ee/politicsgirlThank you to today’s sponsors!http://www.ThirdLove.com/politicsgirlhttp://www.AthleticGreens.com/politicsgirlhttp://www.MagicSpoon.com/politicsgirlThe PoliticsGirl Podcast is a Meidas Touch original podcast produced by Happy Warrior Entertainment. Special thanks to Holly Shuter & Julia Lee Stander for additional research.The Hill: Opinion - Supreme Court should look more like America or so the Republicans once thought by Glenn C. Altschuler 02/06/22USA Today The Supreme Court Shadow Docket: Alabama Redsitricting Case Renews fight amoung justices - John Fritze 02/08/2022https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/26/us/politics/trump-ginni-thomas-meeting.htmlDemocracy Docket - by Marc Elias (subscribe on Twitter)https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-rights-judicial-movement-perfected-dark-money-it-takes-chutzpah-for-them-to-decry-it-now/2021/04/09/4dfd3a44-9950-11eb-b28d-bfa7bb5cb2a5_story.htmlhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/02/04/gorsuch-federalist-society-supreme-court/?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_source=twitterhttps://ballotpedia.org/History_of_the_Supreme_Courthttps://www.senate.gov/about/powers-procedures/nominations/judicial-tempest.htmhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/02/17/federalist-society-dark-money-breyer-supreme-court-seat/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/09/opinion/supreme-court-voting-rights.html?referringSource=articleSharehttps://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/11/opinion/supreme-court-alabama-maps.htmlhttps://www.stradley.com/insights/publications/2020/10/scope-and-standard-issue-2?utm_source=Mondaq&utm_medium=syndication&utm_campaign=LinkedIn-integrationhttps://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2021/10/14/bidens-supreme-court-commission-warns-adding-justices-may-not-serve-democratic-values/?sh=5f574458407dhttps://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2021/04/22/court-packing-real-motive-adding-supreme-court-not-historical-column/7288802002/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/26/us/politics/supreme-court-nominee-nomination-biden-democrats.htmlhttps://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/10/20/8-key-findings-about-catholics-and-abortion/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/17/us/anita-hill-women-power.htmlhttps://www.senate.gov/legislative/nominations/SupremeCourtNominations1789present.htmhttps://www.vanhollen.senate.gov/news/press-releases/van-hollen-whitehouse-cicilline-reintroduce-disclose-act-to-repair-americans-faith-in-democracy-require-transparency-in-campaign-financehttps://www.markey.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/judiciary_act_of_2021.pdfhttps://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/who-ketanji-brown-jackson-likely-biden-short-lister-supreme-court-n1288053https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/02/25/us/supreme-court-nominee-biden#ketanji-brown-jackson-supreme-courthttps://harvardlawreview.org/2022/02/as-the-legislature-has-prescribed/https://medium.com/an-idea-for-you/45-things-to-remember-when-the-world-gets-scary-d2a085f4053d

Inflation is an obvious problem in America right now. The cause, however, is little less obvious. We have a supply chain problem due to the pandemic, but we also have companies recording record profits, and one whole political party who would rather weaponize inflation than solve it. I’m no financial expert but when this many people are talking about the same thing, it’s important for us to at least understand the broad strokes so we’re dialed in and asking the right questions. If you’ve ever been confused by economics you aren’t alone, join me as we break it down. Please RATE and SUBSCRIBE so we can grow the show, open the dialogue and inspire better change moving forward!All my links here!: https://linktr.ee/politicsgirlThank you to today’s sponsors!http://www.AthleticGreens.com/politicsgirlhttp://www.Apostrophe.com/politicsgirlhttp://www.Wondrium.com/politicsgirlThe PoliticsGirl Podcast is a Meidas Touch original podcast produced by Happy Warrior Entertainment. Big thanks to Julia Lee Stander for her help with research this week.Sources:https://www.thebalance.com/what-is-inflation-357610https://kids.kiddle.co/Inflationhttps://www.businessinsider.com/corporations-using-inflation-as-excuse-to-reap-fatter-profits-reich-2021-11https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/biden-nominates-jerome-powell-second-term-federal-reserve-rcna4696https://www.forbes.com/advisor/investing/why-is-inflation-rising-right-now/https://www.nytimes.com/article/inflation-definition.htmlhttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-11-30/fattest-profits-since-1950-debunk-inflation-story-spun-by-ceos?utm_campaign=socialflow-organic&utm_content=business&cmpid=socialflow-twitter-business&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=socialhttps://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/ap-explainer-why-us-inflation-is-so-high-and-when-it-may-easehttps://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/nov/11/us-inflation-market-power-america-antitrust-robert-reichhttps://www.reuters.com/business/meat-packers-profit-margins-jumped-300-during-pandemic-white-house-economics-2021-12-10/https://apnews.com/article/latest-inflation-numbers-consumer-prices-616055db3bf67691b4fdc0015fc00783?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_medium=AP&utm_source=Twitterhttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/today-explained/id1346207297?i=1000542026490https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/kcrws-left-right-center/id73329771?i=1000541579199https://robertreich.substack.com/p/unvarnished-truth-inflationRemember to subscribe to ALL the Meidas Media Podcasts:MeidasTouch: https://pod.link/1510240831Legal AF: https://pod.link/1580828595The PoliticsGirl Podcast: https://pod.link/1595408601The Influence Continuum: https://pod.link/1603773245Kremlin File: https://pod.link/1575837599Mea Culpa: https://pod.link/1530639447Zoomed In: https://pod.link/1580828633

Active and prolific Republican communications and PR strategist for most of his career. Schmidt worked on the George W Bush presidential campaign, the Schwarzenegger campaign for California Governor, and ran John McCain’s presidential campaign in 2008. Schmidt was the Vice Chair at Edelman PR and a political analyst for MSNBC. A founding member of the Lincoln Project, a group founded to campaign against Donald Trump, Schmidt officially left the Republican party in 2018 saying, “Today’s GOP has become a danger to our democracy and our values. The Republican Party is an organized conspiracy for the purposes of maintaining power for self-interest, and the self-interest of its donor class. It's no longer dedicated to American democracy.” And for that, I couldn’t agree more. Please join PG:CC as we have a conversation about democracy, unity and the fundamental refusal to throw away the American experiment. Guest Information: Twitter: @SteveSchmidtSESPlease RATE and SUBSCRIBE so we can grow the show, open the dialogue and inspire better change moving forward!All my links here!: https://linktr.ee/politicsgirlThank you to today’s sponsors!http://www.MagicSpoon.com/politicsgirlhttp://www.SunBasket.com/politicsgirlhttp://www.MasterWorks.Art/politicsgirl The PoliticsGirl Podcast is a Meidas Touch original podcast produced by Happy Warrior Entertainment.Remember to subscribe to ALL the Meidas Media Podcasts:MeidasTouch: https://pod.link/1510240831Legal AF: https://pod.link/1580828595The PoliticsGirl Podcast: https://pod.link/1595408601The Influence Continuum: https://pod.link/1603773245Kremlin File: https://pod.link/1575837599Mea Culpa: https://pod.link/1530639447Zoomed In: https://pod.link/1580828633

Between Tucker Carlson doing an entire prime time segment on the brown M&M's shoes, to The New York Times printing deceptive clickbait titles and op-eds from known liars because they think it’ll sell, to major corporations systematically buying up and dismantling our entire media structure in the shadows, something has clearly gone wrong with media in America. This episode takes a look at how our media got off track, what we should be looking out for, and why we should be demanding better laws, stronger repercussions and more personal accountability. We need to be thoughtful about what we’re reading and watching and seeing because the way we’re going now is completely unsustainable. Please RATE and SUBSCRIBE so we can grow the show, open the dialogue and inspire better change moving forward!All my links here!: https://linktr.ee/politicsgirlThank you to today’s sponsors!Apostrophe: http://www.Apostrophe.com/politicsgirlBluBlox: http://www.BluBlox.com/politicsgirlWondrium: http://www.Wondrium.com/politicsgirlThe PoliticsGirl Podcast is a Meidas Touch original podcast produced by Happy Warrior Entertainment. Thanks to Julia Lee Stander for additional research. SOURCES:https://civilrightscorps.orghttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-meidastouch-podcast/id1510240831?i=1000548189194https://www.thoughtco.com/what-is-the-fourth-estate-3368058https://www.amazon.com/How-Fascism-Works-Politics-Them/dp/0525511830https://medium.com/chompsky/how-to-fix-the-media-919c3a969f1https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/dec/09/whats-really-wrong-mainstream-mediahttps://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/01/21/media-journalism-future-527294https://bettermarketing.pub/whats-wrong-with-the-media-and-how-we-can-fix-it-3383a28288a0Remember to subscribe to ALL the Meidas Media Podcasts:MeidasTouch: https://pod.link/1510240831Legal AF: https://pod.link/1580828595The PoliticsGirl Podcast: https://pod.link/1595408601The Influence Continuum: https://pod.link/1603773245Kremlin File: https://pod.link/1575837599Mea Culpa: https://pod.link/1530639447Zoomed In: https://pod.link/1580828633

Alexander Vindman was the Director for European Affairs for the National Security Council under Donald Trump and the military officer who reported the now infamous phone call between President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that led to the first of Donald Trump’s two impeachments. Vindman is a military expert in all things Ukraine/Russia and his wife Rachel, a popular writer and podcaster, fills in the civilian perspective. We talk the threat of war, Russia/NATO and America’s role in it all. Whether we end up with war, or fingers crossed, it can be avoided, Vindman wants us to take Russia’s threat of invasion seriously. As we both agree, democracies worldwide deserve to be protected. Autocrats are seeing how far they can push, and we have to show them we have the stomach to push back. Please RATE and SUBSCRIBE so we can grow the show, open the dialogue and inspire better change moving forward!All my links here!: https://linktr.ee/politicsgirl Listen to Rachel Vindman's podcast "The Suburban Woman Problem" here: https://pod.link/1565897152Thank you to today’s sponsors!http://www.MagicSpoon.com/politicsgirlhttp://www.AthleticGreens.com/politicsgirlhttp://www.Blinkist.com/politicsgirl Sources/Links:https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/declassified_139339.htmhttps://mjhnyc.org/events/here-right-matters-a-conversation-with-alexander-vindman/https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2022/01/25/jill-dougherty-fiona-hill-nyt-oped-russia-ukraine-newday-vpx.cnn/video/playlists/new-day-highlights/https://twitter.com/theswppodhttps://www.pbs.org/video/rachel-vindman-democracy-and-authoritarianism-yacl8o/The PoliticsGirl Podcast is a Meidas Touch original podcast produced by Happy Warrior Entertainment.

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki joins us today for our new segment PG:CC to discuss where we’re at at the one year mark of the Biden Administration. We dive into the disconnect between what is really happening and what we hear about. We talk Covid, voting rights, the Supreme Court, and the democratic messaging problem. It’s a candid conversation with someone in the know to give us all a better idea of where we stand and what we can do to moving forward. I hope you like it!!Please RATE and SUBSCRIBE so we can grow the show, open the dialogue and inspire better change moving forward!All my links here!: https://linktr.ee/politicsgirlThank you to today’s sponsors!http://www.BLUblox.com/politicsgirlhttp://www.AthleticGreens.com/politicsgirlhttp://www.Wondrium.com/politicsgirlThe PoliticsGirl Podcast is a Meidas Touch original podcast produced by Happy Warrior Entertainment. Remember to subscribe to ALL the Meidas Media Podcasts:MeidasTouch: https://pod.link/1510240831Legal AF: https://pod.link/1580828595The PoliticsGirl Podcast: https://pod.link/1595408601The Influence Continuum: https://pod.link/1603773245Kremlin File: https://pod.link/1575837599Mea Culpa: https://pod.link/1530639447Zoomed In: https://pod.link/1580828633