Woke AF Daily

The Supreme Court has declared that presidents are in fact above the law - more on that tomorrow on Woke Wednesday. Today Danielle speaks with her friend Kierra Johnson, Executive Director of the National LGBTQ Task Force, about the very real threats to our democracy and the tools we do still have to organize and resist.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Joe Biden is an imperfect candidate. But right now, he is the candidate we have. This is it - we are standing in the face of full-on authoritarianism if Donald Trump wins this election.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

SCOTUS is continuing to fuck with everyone's rights, and if Trump wins in November it will only get exponentially worse.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Danielle reacts to the unprecedented primary defeat of Jamaal Bowman, and Jonathan Metzl returns to discuss his thoughts on the Surgeon General's declaration that guns are a public health crisis.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

With Project 2025, the Republican party and the American right wing want to send us back to the days of chattel slavery and complete oppression of women. That is what is at stake in 2024.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

"States' rights" do not actually matter to the Republican party. What matters is power, and Democrats have spent too much of the last few decades ceding power to their political opponents.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We are in the hottest part of hell - depending on where you're living, you may be feeling that literally - but GLSEN executive director Melanie Willingham-Jaggers joins to discuss why it's so important to believe in and fight for a better future.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

And those of us on the left should be pursuing power with the same level of passion and strategy. Meanwhile, Democrats have compromised with terrorists for decades - leading to this precarious moment.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Danielle gives her thoughts on Juneteenth being a federal holiday, and talks with Jonathan Metzl about the steady decline of America as convicted felon Donald Trump's presidential campaign continues to heat up.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Who? The mainstream media, big corporations...anyone and everyone who will materially benefit from another Trump presidency, despite what the consequences will be for the rest of us.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.