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Only a Progressive renaissance can rebuild the middle-class
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Today we discuss the need for a Progressive Renaissance, one that is already occurring. The political field is already fertilized. It’s just waiting for the seeds and the nurturing. Are Progressives ready to farm it?
Our special guest today is former MSNBC contributor and former co-host of The Cycle Krystal Ball.
Krystal Ball is a University of Virginia graduate with a bachelor’s degree in economics. She is a certified public accountant and an entrepreneur. In 2010 she ran for Congress in Virginia’s 1st Congressional District. While her run was unsuccessful, she was named by Forbes Magazine as number 21 on the magazine’s “The Top Most Powerful Women of the Midterm Elections.” She put on a valiant effort in a race stacked against her.
Krystal Ball showed her character as she assisted the recovery efforts after Hurricane Katrina in Louisiana. She showed her resolve against evil as she led a boycott against Rush Limbaugh for his attack on Sandra Fluke.
Krystal Ball has a new book out titled “Reversing the Apocalypse: Hijacking the Democratic Party to Save the World” that challenges Democrats resettled their roots to FDR’s New Deal and advocating a more interventionist economic agenda. She is the founder of People’s House Project.
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Blog of the week
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My Blog Posts Of The Week
- Don’t believe Trump’s bombing lies about the U.S.-Iran War
- Failing Upward: Another Musk SpaceX rocket blow up as his ineptitude continues to manifest itself.
- A discussion with an African American journalist who seems to support Trump’s MAGA immigration.
- New York is forcing Medicare Advantage on retirees, a transfer of our money to the wealthy, again.
- Watch Charlie Kirk disrespect students, implying women go to college to get a husband.
- GOP Senator ridiculed for his bald-faced lie about tax cuts by Lawrence O’Donnell & Norm Ornstein.
- Jasmine Crockett nails a rural hospital truth to Chris Hayes’s question. I’ve got the real answer!
- Donald Trump threatens Iran in vicious manner as if taking America to war.
- Big Beautiful Bill screws poor people and Trump’s voters the most.
- A changing Red suburban town, Kingwood, Texas. A new narrative emerges from their #NoKings protest.
- #NoKings Protest in Kingwood, Texas
- #NoKings Protest in Kingwood Texas Slideshow
- The Progressive Budget is the only budget that works because …
- BREAKING: DHS thugs at Kristi Noem ICE press conference violently handcuffed Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA)
- Bernie Sanders flips Dana Bash’s false narrative about national debt and Medicare cuts.
- Dr. Eddie Glaude explains: Donald Trump gives America license to be who they really are.
- Steve Rattner maps out the irresponsible Republican path to uncontrollable deficits and debt.
- Hakeem Jeffries agrees with Elon Musk. Progressives do not, nor should any Democrat or American.
- Why do some environmentalists fear that Artificial Intelligence may be the biggest threat
- Does Trump have the political capital needed to gut or overturn the Endangered Species Act?
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