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Coffee Party Shows
LIVE! Texas Energy Accountability, Iran Sanctions, Canada Tariffs & Jeffries-Kushner Fallout
Jon Rosenthal demands Texas energy accountability as Trump escalates Iran sanctions, attacks Canada with tariffs, DSA wins grow, and Jeffries faces Kushner backlash.
LIVE! MAGA Attacks Mullin, McMorrow Rebukes Third Way as Debt and Healthcare Costs Explode
MAGA turns on Mullin over immigration, McMorrow pushes back on Third Way, the debt tops $40T, and employer healthcare costs race toward another painful increase.
Red-State Races Shift Blue as Glaude, Kasich & Beshear Explain the DSA Surge
Cook moves red-state races toward Democrats as Eddie Glaude, John Kasich and Andy Beshear explain why bold, working-class DSA politics are gaining traction.
Angie Nixon’s DSA Upset, Ossoff Neuters Trump, Graham Craters, Democrats Repair GOP Economies
Angie Nixon’s DSA upset rattles Florida, Jon Ossoff unloads on Trump, Darline Graham exposes GOP “reverse DEI,” and the data show Democrats repeatedly inherit and repair weaker economies.
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Interviews
Jenna Flanagan Panel: Will Trump’s Iran D-Day Work? DSA Victories Show Voters Want Economic Change
Trump expands economic warfare against Iran while DSA-backed candidates gain momentum by focusing on healthcare, housing, wages, and an economy increasingly dominated by concentrated wealth.
Jon Rosenthal Brings Engineering, Accountability to Texas Energy Regulation
Texas energy policy affects bills, land, safety, pollution, and democracy. Jon Rosenthal says the public must come first.
Nydia Cárdenas: Tarrant County Government Must Serve Working Families, Not Powerful Interests
A mechanical engineer turned grassroots candidate, Nydia Cárdenas argues that Tarrant County can replace austerity and cruelty with competent, people-centered government.
Trump’s China Trip Flops as Iran Peace Talks Continue and Israel Defies Gaza and Lebanon Ceasefires
A WBAI panel with Jenna Flanagan discusses Trump leaving China with little to show, Iran peace talks remaining fragile, and Israel continued attacks in Gaza and Lebanon despite ceasefires.
The Clean New Deal and Politics Done Right Reveal America’s Oligarchic Crisis
The Clean New Deal conversation reveals how oligarchs and authoritarian politics threaten America and what citizens can do to rebuild democracy.
KPFT Shows
LIVE! Mail Ballot Fight, Iran Sanctions, DSA Gains, Canada Trade Clash and the Cost-of-Living Vote
The Supreme Court lets Trump enforce disputed mail-ballot rules as Iran sanctions widen, DSA candidates gain ground, Canada threatens retaliation, and affordability dominates 2026 politics.
LIVE! Texas Energy Accountability, Jeffries-Kushner Backlash, Food Crisis & Iran Economic Warfare
Jon Rosenthal demands Texas energy accountability as Jeffries faces Kushner backlash, a foodborne outbreak exposes Big Ag failures, and Trump escalates economic warfare against Iran.
LIVE! Wahab Beats AIPAC, Red States Shift Blue, Healthcare Soars, $40T GOP Debt, Beshear Backs Big Tent
From surging employer healthcare costs to Wahab’s upset over AIPAC money, Democrats gain ground in red states while $40T debt and Beshear’s DSA message reshape the political debate.
Houston Renters Win A/C, Bessent Bond Move Raises Alarm, Judge Blocks Trump-RFK Teen Policy
Neil Aquino discusses Houston’s renter A/C victory and Plummer, as critics blast Bessent’s bond-market move and a judge blocks Trump-RFK changes to teen pregnancy prevention.
Angie Nixon Wins, Voters Eye Democratic Socialism as GOP Healthcare Cuts Devastate Working Families
Angie Nixon won. Her upset over a vastly better-funded rival shows grassroots power as voters reconsider democratic socialism while Trump-GOP healthcare cuts batter families and hospitals across all 50 states.
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.
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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.