A Florida caller finds hope in defeat. Huffines blasts the Texas GOP. Organizers credit Bernie’s long game, while progressives demand Democrats turn the blue tsunami into gains for working people.
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Coffee Party Shows
LIVE! Election Day 2026: $1,500 Premium, Jolly vs. Donalds, Talarico vs Paxton, Call for Reform
One voter pays $1,500 a month for coverage. A Florida caller sees a path for Jolly against Donalds. WBAI weighs Senate turnout in MI, OH and TX. Sanders tells Democrats what a win demands of them.
LIVE! Haley Stevens warned against electing Mike Rogers. Now she backs him. Mark Thompson explains why a Detroit church cheered
Haley Stevens warned against electing Mike Rogers. Now she backs him. Mark Thompson explains why a Detroit church cheered Abdul El-Sayed, and Texas Latinos describe the cost of Trump’s ICE raids.
LIVE! Texas 2026: Talarico vs. Paxton, Healthcare & Power; Stevens Faces El-Sayed Sabotage Backlash
Texas Democrats confront GOP rule, healthcare profiteering and corporate power. Patrick Lovell examines turnout and accountability as Haley Stevens faces backlash over demands on Abdul El-Sayed.
LIVE! Trump’s Rich Get Richer; El-Sayed, Ossoff & Obama Hit on War, Voting Rights & Delayed Heart Care
Trump’s fans cheer rich gains; El-Sayed calls him an idiot; Ossoff blasts Iran war and voter suppression; Obama mocks corruption and incompetence; a caller’s stent delay exposes profit-first care.
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Interviews
Jenna Flanagan WBAI Panel: 2026 Midterms: Who Wins? Congress Key Senate Races in MI, OH, and TX
Jenna Flanagan and the We Decide panel break down three Senate races, what the polls suggest, and how turnout could decide which party controls the Senate.
Mark Thompson on the Detroit Reaction to Haley Stevens Endorsement of Republican Mike Rogers
Why did Abdul El-Sayed draw cheers at a church service he didn’t attend? Make It Plain host Mark Thompson breaks down Haley Stevens’s endorsement of Mike Rogers.
Texas Elections 2026: Can Democrats Break the GOP’s Grip on Power?
Patrick Lovell and Egberto Willies examine Texas’ 2026 elections, Talarico vs. Paxton, healthcare, corporate power, and why turnout must lead to lasting accountability.
Jodie Evans: Taxpayer Uprising Challenges Trump’s $1.5 Trillion Defense Plan
CODEPINK co-founder Jodie Evans joins Egberto Willies to discuss the Nov. 10–12 DC Taxpayer Uprising and challenge Trump’s proposed $1.5 trillion defense budget.
Chuck Pennacchio: Why Democrats Must Deliver More Than Election Wins
Defeating Republicans is only the beginning. Chuck Pennacchio calls for a movement that makes Democrats deliver healthcare, economic justice, and real accountability.
KPFT Shows
LIVE! Texas Blue Tsunami: El-Sayed Wins Senate, Democrats Win House, People Power Beats Billionaire Money
A blue tsunami rocks Texas, Medicare for All champion Abdul El-Sayed wins Michigan, and Democrats take the House. People power beats billionaire politics. Now Democrats must deliver for the people.
LIVE! Vote Today: MI, OH and TX Senate Races, Latino Anger at ICE Raids and Trump’s Strike on Iran
Vote today. Jenna Flanagan weighs Senate control in Michigan, Ohio and Texas. South Texas Latinos describe the cost of ICE raids, and Trump strikes Iran’s Qeshm Island hours before the midterms.
LIVE! Stevens Backs GOP, Centrists Fight the Left. Can Latino Turnout Fuel a Blue Wave in Texas and Beyond?
Trump fans applaud as bills rise. El-Sayed confronts Trump, Vance, and Hegseth. Murphy warns of a post-election Iran assault. Corporate funeral costs bury grieving families in debt. Who serves labor?
LIVE! Trump Fans Pay More, El-Sayed Hits Back, Murphy Warns on Iran, and Funeral Costs Bury Families
Trump fans applaud as bills rise. El-Sayed confronts Trump, Vance, and Hegseth. Murphy warns of a post-election Iran assault. Corporate funeral costs bury grieving families in debt. Who serves labor?
LIVE! Early Vote, HCAD, HPD/ICE Report & Spying; $1.5T Revolt; Dems Must Deliver; Likud’s Election Lies
Aquino: early voting, HCAD, HPD’s ICE report & activist spying. Evans: $1.5T Taxpayer Uprising. Pennacchio: Democrats must deliver. Likud’s baseless Arab election-theft claims expose contempt.
The Reality Check
Weems and Willies Expose War Talk, Petrodollar Panic, Media Myths, and U.S. Empire
Weems and Willies unpack Trump’s Iran threats, Israel’s aggression, media war spin, petrodollar anxiety, and the myths that protect U.S. empire.
The Reality Check 2026-04-22 (Democrats Must Fight Back Before Republicans Rig Democracy)
Watch now | The Reality Check takes on gerrymandering, weak Democratic leadership, progressive power, and a capitalist system that rewards greed while working people pay the price.
The Reality Check 2026-04-15 (Medicare Trap, Trump Gimmicks & Democrats’ Reality Check)
Medicare Advantage traps, Trump’s “no tax on tips” gimmick, and timid Democrats collide as The Reality Check exposes who profits—and why working people need bold progressive change.
Marlon Weems discusses likely US regrets about the irresponsible Canada, Mexico, & China tariff war.
Marlon Weems, author of The Journeyman Substack, and Egberto Willies, author of Egberto Off The Record Substack, discussed the inconvenient truth about Trump’s irresponsible tariffs.
The GOP Civil War is on, MAGA vs DOGE duo: Weems & Willies expose the realities of the conned MAGA.
The DOGE duo, Elon Musk & Vivek Ramaswamy, exposed their disdain for the MAGA workers as they showed support for replacing them with skilled immigrants.
Independent Media Warriors
Karl Smith
Supports Independent Media to ensure that Americans receive information that is not biased by advertisers or other entities with interests not necessarily in line with middle-class America.
Tamara Johnson Shealey
As a candidate for one of the two Senate seats from Georgia, I know the importance of having independent media. It is clear that too often the mainstream media have an affinity for certain candidates and as such restrict their access to constituents through their venues.
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Trump is winning with the help of ‘ALL’ mainstream media. It is up to us to stop it!
The mainstream media continues to fail as they have allowed Trump to produce their news coverage. The Big Beautiful Bill coverage is virtually nonexistent, as it primarily focuses on LA protests.
MEDIA FAIL: Tapper gives Speaker Johnson a platform to lie about Trump’s economy and EVIL bill
Jake Tapper’s failed pushback allowed Speaker Johnson to present Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill as a good thing, as opposed to the suffering it will inflict on MAGA and others.
The Biden tapes sadly along with his cancer diagnosis is creating mainstream media distraction again.
An easily captured mainstream media, unable to concentrate on stories that matter, focuses on Biden. Let’s keep our eyes on the massacre of Trump’s effect on the working class!
Meet The Press’ Trump interview normalizes Tarrifs, Election, Inflation lies and invading countries.
Trump’s interview by mainstream media, Meet The Press, illustrates why Trump won. It normalized all his evil acts, including tariffs, elections, inflation lies, and invasions.
Trump’s mass deportation, deceiving MAGA, coercing Senators. Electoral college hope. Lemon & media.
Snippets on Trump’s mass deportation and his deceiving of his MAGA base. My wish is that the Electoral College correct its mistake. Don Lemon dings the media. A MAGA caller upset at Trump’s coverage.