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Coffee Party Shows
LIVE! Blue Tsunami: Reality Check, Kornacki Bias, Barnicle’s Take—Will Corporate Democrats Blow It Again?
The Reality Check reacts to the Blue Tsunami; we probe Kornacki’s media double standard, examine Barnicle’s verdict, and ask whether corporate Democrats will fight Trump, Musk, and billionaire power.
LIVE! Ayman Slams False Equivalence; Warren’s Worker Agenda, Bernie’s Medicare for All, Solar Bill Relief
Ayman dismantles right-left false equivalence. Warren urges Democrats deliver for workers, Bernie pushes Medicare for All, and reviving Solar for All could save families $450 million in year one.
LIVE! Florida Loss Lessons, Huffines Rips Texas GOP, Bernie’s Long Game Pays Off: Democrats Must Deliver
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.
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.
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Interviews
Jon Rosenthal Defeats Bo French: Texas Democrats Win Big and Target Oil Industry Accountability
Railroad Commissioner-elect Jon Rosenthal discusses Texas Democrats’ big wins, rejecting GOP hate, restoring public comment, and expanding efforts to tackle dangerous wells.
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.
KPFT Shows
LIVE! Sanders’ Medicare, Social Security +$2,400 Push; El-Sayed vs. Kornacki; Barnicle on Blue TsunamiSanders’ Medicare, Social
Sanders seeks broader Medicare and $2,400 more in Social Security. El-Sayed’s win challenges Kornacki’s moderate myth. Barnicle’s blue tsunami warning: Democrats must deliver for workers before 2028.
LIVE! Rosenthal Wins Texas; Ayman Slams False Equivalence; Populism Wins Big; Paraguay’s Peña Resigns
Rosenthal defeats French and targets oil harm; Ayman rejects false equivalence; economic populism powers Democratic wins; Paraguay’s Trump ally Peña resigns after a bank collapse. Accountability now.
LIVE! Aquino on Houston’s Next Fight, Huffines Blasts Texas GOP, WBAI Revisits MI, OH, TX Senate Stakes
Neil Aquino tackles Houston’s ICE policy, Pride crosswalk and city elections; Huffines blasts Texas GOP; Jenna Flanagan’s WBAI panel revisits Congress and Senate stakes in Michigan, Ohio and Texas.
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.
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
Kathleen Morin-Morgan
Independent Media is important because clearly we do not get unbiased news. In fact, it is clear that in this political season there are predetermined candidates who get preferential coverage.
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.
General
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.