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Patrick Gaspard, CEO of the Center For American Progress Action Fund, joined Danielle to discuss the dire need for Democrats and American liberals to have a counter to "Project 2025", the Trumpist authoritarian agenda.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On the night of this year's State of the Union address, Joe Biden delivered when he needed to the most, while the Republican party continues to push its regressive propaganda. While they are working to send us back to the days of the nuclear family, there is also the issue of nuclear power - journalist Sarah Scoles, author of Countdown: The Blinding Future of Nuclear Weapons joined Danielle to discuss.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Recorded before this year's State of the Union address, Danielle gets frank about Joe Biden's prospects in the face of the party that wants to seat the first fascist president.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Danielle talks with Dr. Jonathan Metzl about feeling a "sense of stuck" between a rock and a hard place as we approach the 2024 elections.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The whole world is watching as American democracy collapses. Republicans are pushing for it and Democrats are not doing nearly enough to fight back.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

William He founded Dream For America when he was just sixteen years old and has been doing political work since the age of 11. Danielle spoke with him about his organization's work and the political issues that matter to his generation in this election cycle.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Gina Ortiz Jones is the founder of the Find Out PAC, a Texas group targeting three state Supreme Court justices - Jimmy Blacklock, John Devine, and Jane Bland - who f*cked around with reproductive freedoms. Danielle talks with her about how they're going to make them find out.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this Friday, Danielle calls out the New York Times and other mainstream media outlets for the media blackout and disinformation around the extreme protest of former serviceman Aaron Bushnell, who died from self-immolation while crying out for a free Palestine. We are our own last stand for truth and democracy. We have to fight.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As Mitch McConnell announces he is stepping down from his position as Senate Minority Leader, Danielle Moodie reflects on his time in leadership and the many times Democrats chose to "compromise" rather than fight back. Jonathan Metzl returns to recap the discussions he's been having as he tours to promote his new book What We've Become.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this Woke Wednesday, Danielle takes on the media's intentionally irresponsible coverage of Aaron Bushnell's self-immolation to protest Israel's continued genocide in Gaza. She also directly compares Fanni Willis with Clarence Thomas, the man who continues to get away with political grift from the highest office in the country, and opines how the Alabama Supreme Court's ruling on IVF may end up hurting Republicans in this year's elections.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.