Donald Trump faces more than 30 counts related to business fraud in an indictment from a Manhattan grand jury, according to two sources familiar with the case – the first time in American history that a current or former president has faced criminal charges.

Trump is expected to appear in court on Tuesday.

The indictment has been filed under seal and will be announced in the coming days. The charges are not publicly known at this time.

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office has been investigating the former president in connection with his alleged role in a hush money payment scheme and cover-up involving adult film star Stormy Daniels that dates to the 2016 presidential election. Grand jury proceedings are secret, but a source familiar with the case told CNN that a witness gave about 30 minutes of testimony before it voted to indict Trump

We discuss the impact of and Fed reaction to the "bail out" of Silicon Valley Bank and look at inflation in 2023.

We discuss Adam Scott outing himself as a total racist, and getting more popular as a result, Attorney Anna talks SCOTUS, who has two interesting cases, one on student loans and one on the future of the internet (Gonzales vs Google) and we discuss the DoE Lab Leak assessment. 

We welcome podcaster Lisa to the show to look at the 2024 election season and make some predictions.

We look into the Palestine Ohio environmental disaster caused by our BFF's capitalism and conservative de-regulation. Lindsay RN aka socialistlyawkward on Tik Tok and DutchJasen from Twitch get down on it!!

We look at Kamala's polling, ask if zonked can be the new word for the opposite of woke, and look at this weeks news, including Trump's very nice water bottles.

Brent and Lourin and Ty Ross discuss the system of policing

Its a bird... Its a plane... It's a balloon...

Attorney Anna and Lindsay RN (aka socialistlyawkward ) break down the Tyre Nichols case

Just the other day, Newly elected U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy took the gavel promising to fix “woke indoctrination in our schools.” And then announced they would look to cut the military budget to weed out woke policies in the military. Matt Walsh, Ben Shapiro, Victory channel, Greg Gutfeld, Trump, most everyone on the right uses the word religiously. In his re-election speech, Ron DeSantis said “Florida has rejected woke idealology!”  But what is Woke?

Welcome to our first ever Ladies' Night on DoA, with Amani Wells, Attorney Anna, Kimberly Kay Scott and Lindsay RN. We talk about women's issues and men like Matt Walsh and Andrew Tate who run their mouths... 

The Poor People's Campaign fell short of its goal to win significant antipoverty legislation. It did, however, mark a change of the civil rights movement from advocating a platform of only racial equality to one that incorporated interracial class issues and economic goals.

Kimberly Kay Scott, Dino Moore and Revolution MacGinnis tackle the uncomfortable conversations. 

McCarthy struggles to win the speakership and Skip Bayless struggles to own his laundry in light of the Damar Hamlin situation. 

We look back on 2022 and touch on many topics, including the J6 committee, Will Smith and Chris Rock, The James Webb Space Telescope, James Gunn blowing up the DCEU, The death of Queen Elizabeth, Brittney Griner, Putin invading Ukraine, Herschel Walker, inflation, The NFL, supply chain turmoil, the overnight failure of FTS, and introduce a new strategy for Democrats in a jam packed 3 and a half hour double sized episode.

Kimberly Kay Scott and Dino Moore welcome Rev and Amani to the show.

Elon Musk bought Twitter in late October. Since then, he’s bulldozed the platform’s regulatory features, allowed hate speech to fester, and let most of the company’s staff go. What comes next?

Senate Republicans are slowly but surely distancing themselves from Donald Trump after a call to terminate the Constitution and a meeting with Kanye West and Nick Fuentes

Antireligion is opposition or rejection of religion of any kind. Apatheism is the attitude of apathy or indifference towards the existence or non-existence of god(s). Atheism is the lack of belief that any deities exist or, in a narrower sense, positive atheism is specifically the position that there are no deities. Plus an exorcism is promised in the episode... find it on YouTube recorded LIVE on Christmas Eve. 

Breaking Barriers is hosted by Kimberly Kay Scott, Dino Moore, and Revolution MacInnes. 

Deseere Cruz, a self love and manifestation acceleration coach joins the show to talk about the polyamorous lifestyle and looks at combatting some common myths. "Polyamory is the nonpossessive, honest, responsible, and ethical philosophy and practice of loving multiple people simultaneously," according to the Polyamory Society. "Polyamory emphasizes consciously choosing how many partners one wishes to be involved with rather than accepting social norms which dictate loving only one person at a time."

On the heels of Kanye's insane claims... we have to go here... Holocaust denial is any attempt to negate the established facts of the Nazi genocide of European Jews. Holocaust denial and distortion are forms of antisemitism, prejudice against or hatred of Jews. Holocaust denial and distortion generally claim that the Holocaust was invented or exaggerated by Jews as part of a plot to advance Jewish interests

Matt, Hass and Mikey dive into Bruce Lee and Kung Fu films and look at how they affect our culture.

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We talk the Georgia Runoff, Ye on Tim Poole and more

Young voters delivered on President Joe Biden’s hopes they would turn out in the midterms, helping to win key Senate races and fending off a Republican bid to wrest full control of Congress.

Voters under 30 were decisive in Democratic Senator Catherine Cortez Masto’s win in Nevada -- which officially secured the party’s hold on the chamber. And Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock might not have been able to force a December runoff against Republican challenger Herschel Walker without them.

The 2022 United States elections were a set of elections that were primarily (with the exception of absentee balloting) held on November 8, 2022. During this midterm election year, all 435 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives and 35 of the 100 seats in the U.S. Senate were contested. Thirty-nine state and territorial gubernatorial elections, as well as numerous other state and local elections, were contested. The results will determine the 118th United States Congress. This was the first election affected by the 2022 U.S. redistricting that followed the 2020 U.S. census.[1] A predicted red wave election did not materialize, and the race for U.S. Congress control has been closer than expected.[2][3][4]

While midterm elections often see the incumbent president's party lose a significant number of seats in Congress,[5] preliminary results instead saw Democratic Party candidates dramatically overperform these historical trends.[6][7][8] Meanwhile, Republican Party candidates that were backed by Donald Trump or that denied the results of the 2020 U.S. presidential election underperformed compared to election analysts' predictions of a more Republican-leaning national environment and Republican expectations.[1][2] Both general turnout and among young voters (18–29) was the second-highest (after 2018) of any midterm since 1970.[9][10]

Issues that favored Democrats included significant concern over extremism and a lack of respect for democratic norms among Republicans, along with abortion rights and a potential Trump 2024 presidential campaign.[3][4][11] The elections continued trends starting in 2012, in which Republicans made gains among the working-class, especially whites but since 2016 also working-class minorities like Hispanics,[12] while Democrats continued to improve among affluent and college-educated whites.[2]

Recorded history of the Chubb family in North America dates back to 1775. Nicholas Chubb, the oldest known ancestor, is listed as a free colored male, head of a household on the 1820 census of Caswell County, North Carolina. 

John Henry Chubb, along with his wife, daughter and eight sons were originally in North Carolina. Kenneth Jones, another descendent of the Chubbtown founders, researched the family’s history and found that the 1830 census listed Chubbs living as free blacks in North Carolina. The Chubbs and other free blacks journeyed to Georgia and settled near a creek in the northwest corner of the state sometime between 1850 and 1864.

According to records of Floyd County, where Chubbtown is located, Henry Chub (spelled with one b), one of the original eight sons, purchased 120 acres for $900 in 1864, before the end of the Civil War.

The settlement grew to include a church, school, post office, meeting hall and a lodge. It also had businesses such as a saw mill, cotton gin, wagon company, blacksmith, grist mill, syrup mill and a company that made caskets. The settlers farmed the land and were self-sufficient.

During the Post-Reconstruction period the Chubb brothers continued purchasing real estate to become the self-sufficient community known as Chubbtown. The Chubb family remained and prospered in Floyd County, Georgia, while many southern blacks were seeking prosperity in the north. The town was spared destruction by the Union Army during the Civil War.[5] The family's prosperity declined after 1916 when a devastating flood destroyed 

MARISA WOOD IS A PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER, MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER, AND HAS SPENT HER LAST 20 YEARS SERVING THE BAKERSFIELD COMMUNITY THAT SHE CALLS HOME.Marisa knows that this district – and all of its families – deserve someone fighting for them in Washington, not a career politician who cares about his rich donors and fighting partisan battles.

We review the history of Bleeding Kansas and the Kansas Nebraska Act, and look into some recent political ongoings, plus the case of the Waukesha parade attack is over.

Paul Pelosi attacked with a hammer, Elon takes over at Twitter, and we tease our British friend Wayne of The Bin Podcast 

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We look at the History of Tecumseh, the native American freedom fighter. We also discuss Twitch streamer Amouranth, who was allegedly abused by her husband and forced to stream in the shower, in the pool and in provocative outfits, plus we ask if Twitch has any responsibility to protect streamers by banning "thirst traps".

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From Natalie

Why I am running for Idaho House District 22

I am running because I am an everyday Idahoan, born and raised right here. My whole family lives, owns businesses, recreates and gathers here. I teach and own a house in the same neighborhood of Southwest Ada County, Legislative District 22. I love this state and am ready to get to work, giving back to the place and people that have given so much to me.

I love and care about people. As a middle school teacher, I am well versed in leading, meeting people where they are, inspiring self-advocacy, and encouraging everyone to find their voice. My training as a theatre artist has taught me to care about the stories of others, to find a way to relate no matter how different we may be, and present those stories as though they are my own. This is the work of a Legislator.

Brandenburg v. Ohio, 395 U.S. 444 (1969), was a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court interpreting the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.[1] The Court held that the government cannot punish inflammatory speech unless that speech is "directed to inciting or producing imminent lawless action and is likely to incite or produce such action".[2][3]: 702  Specifically, the Court struck down Ohio's criminal syndicalism statute, because that statute broadly prohibited the mere advocacy of violence. In the process, Whitney v. California (1927)[4] was explicitly overruled, and Schenck v. United States (1919),[5] Abrams v. United States (1919),[6] Gitlow v. New York (1925),[7] and Dennis v. United States (1951).[8] were effectively overturned.

Kimberly Kay Scott and Dino Moore welcome Twitter Space Host Dee "Nature Lover" to the Breaking Barriers program and discuss Kanye and Candace Owens, Herschel Walker, and how Twitter Spaces has changed the global conversation. 

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We discuss Christopher Columbus' history, his letters, the actual history, and the movement by Italian Americans to obtain their "whiteness" via the holiday, and the change to Indigenous People's Day. Special Guest is Rayyvana of The Young Turks

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Matt Delhauer joins us again to talk a little pop culture politics, as he breaks down how the hit Netflix series Stranger Things engages the topic of race dynamics in the 1980's.

Follow Matt on Twitter @MattyDVO72 and catch him on the Jock and Nerd podcast.

We break down the conversation around fentanyl and the DEA's release of a warning about candy colored pills that may be mistaken for candy just before Halloween. We look at the conversation and give you the information to see past the politics.

Mikey Famine gives us the Dig on Adnan Syed's release from prison and other wrongful convictions in the US and how it took the Serial Podcast to get the man free. 

Dr. Jeffrey Powell, a progressive Democrat running for Secretary of State in North Dakota, joins the show. Special guest hosts Matt Delhauer and Tim Bristol ask about his campaign and the issues important to voters in the traditionally red state.

Follow Dr. Powell on Twitter @drjeffreypowell and check out his campaign or donate at https://powell4nd.com/

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Dutch sits in for Dino this week as we discuss the insane Tiffany Haddish and Aries Spears controversy plus we look at the phenomenon of Karoline Leavitt and the new wave of GOP Gen Z political candidates.

Join Breaking Barriers by following Kimberly Kay on Twitter @dearkimberlykay and watch the stream on Twitch Thursday nights twitch.tv/digonamerica

Paul DelPonte, the National Director of the NCPC joins Kimberly Kay Scott and Dino Moore to discuss the rebranding of the McGruff the Crime Dog campaign, known for it's "Take a bite out of crime" motto since the 1970's.

Mikey and Tim Bristol, aka Tim Pool, discuss campaigning in local races and how it can be done with Dustin Burley, a democrat funning in Kentucky's 53rd district for state rep. Dustin is a bookkeeper and openly gay man of color who supports OT40.

Dr. Cindy Banyai is running for congress in Florida, and Rev. Darrius Butler is running for congress in Georgia. Both of them are Democrats looking to flip seats. View their websites below!

Political Candidate | Cindy Banyai For Congress - FL 19 | FloridaReverend Darrius Butler Congressional Campaign

We discuss the arguments against forgiving student debt, brought to us by Prager U, and we combat that argument, as well as a discussion on the pros and cons, if any. We also tell you what you need to know to get your money. 

The Breaking Barriers team reacts to the death of Queen Elizabeth and we welcome Tik Tok star Lindsay to the network, who, like Kim, is a former Mormon. Kim gets HOT in this one.

Francine Ly is running for Texas State Senate, and Jesus Lugo Jr. is a progressive candidate for state legislature in Florida.

Francine's campaign: https://sites.google.com/view/francine-ly-for-senate/homeJesus' campaign: https://www.jesuslugojr4arizona.com/

We look into the Federalist Society and it's history, why it was formed, other organizations that counter it, and their claims. 

We welcome our friends The Maniac Pixie Weirdo and Socialistly Awkward to the show to talk about what is going on with MAGA lately and whether Donald Trump will run again. 

Tony is the author of the new book Red, White, and Blind. We have a relatively friendly debate. 

Join us live on Wednesday nights for Leftist Late Nite at 7:30pm pacific at www.twitch.tv/digonamerica 

Lourin and Brent welcome Senate candidate Natalie James to the show, who is running to unseat Republican John Boozman in Arkansas. You can follow her campaign at https://www.facebook.com/JamesForArkansas

Check out the live stream Sundays at 5:30pm pacific on YouTube www.youtube.com/digonamerica 

Economist Irish Swede and Political Scientist Tim Bristol join the show to discuss the history of Venezuela, the US's role, Socialism's role, and we look at it's leadership. This is a comprehensive arugment meant to dispell narritives and fact check common theories on the financial collapse of the Latin American nation.

A Facebook post shared tens of thousands of times since 2019, and recently viral, claims that in only a decade, Venezuela's once thriving economy was crippled by socialism. 

The post, which shows a photo of Venezuela on a map, claims that 60 years ago the South American nation was twice as rich as China and four times as rich as Japan. It says it had the fourth wealthiest economy in the world and the most thriving country in Latin America. 

It further claims that Venezuela's currency was the worth the most, second only to the U.S. dollar. It also says it had a thriving health care system.

But all of that was washed away in only a decade due to socialism, the post first shared by Facebook user Katharine Trauger says. She didn't respond to a message seeking comment on where she found her information about Venezuela. 

J.R. Gaillot is running for Commissioner of Agriculture in Florida, while Sam Lawrence, a 19 year old, is running for state house in Ohio. Get to know both these exceptional Democrats!

Sam's website - https://www.samforohio.com/JR's website - https://www.jrgaillot.com/

Dino Moore and Kimberly Kay Scott welcome their daughters to the show, who both identify as Queer. Why does it matter? How do you become an ally? Is there a spectrum of belief in the LGBT community? Plus we look at some local news.

We are joined by Irish Swede and Tim Bristol, sans Mikey Famine and discuss a crazy week in politics. 

? Social identity theory defines a group as a collection of people who categorize themselves as belonging to the same social category and internalize that category's identity-defining attributes to define and / or evaluate themselves. The theory was proposed by social psychologists Henri Tajfel and John Turner in the 1970s and the 1980s.

Social identity refers to the ways that people's self-concepts are based on their membership in social groups. 

Maebe A. Girl joins for the first segment of the show

Lourin Hubbard and Brent Hennrich welcome Democratic congressional candidate Melanie D'Arrigo to Last Call, where Melanie defends several progressive opinions and talks about her campaign in New York. Check out her campaign at www.darrigo2022.com and get out the vote on August 23!

Melanie D’Arrigo is a healthcare advocate, community organizer, non-profit co-founder and mother of three who believes we need new leaders in Washington who will fight for Long Island and Queens families—not become part of the same broken system.

Melanie was born into an impoverished family on the South Shore of Long Island, and raised in a union household by her grandmother. With grit and determination, Melanie beat the odds and was the first in her family to attend college—working numerous jobs while attending Barnard, and graduating with thousands in student loans.

Melanie earned her Masters of Science degree from the School of Health Professions at Long Island University, and has worked as a healthcare advocate and strategist ever since, teaching children, families and organizations how to live healthier lives, prevent serious medical conditions, and save money. 

As a mother of three, Melanie knows what it’s like to battle the American healthcare system and the workplace as a new mom. While pregnant, Melanie was passed over for a job after the employer saw she was expecting. And when her son Ryan was born and her husband was laid off, Melanie was put on a payment plan — owing the hospital thousands of dollars for having a baby.

Maebe A. Girl has gotten a lot of press, but none of that press is about anything other than her identity. We want to focus on her policy and discuss how the media's portraying her is unfair. We also talk about her race with Adam Schiff.

We look at patriotism, nationalism, and listen to some right wing perspectives, breaking them down, as well as some older clips that discuss patriotism. We look at the history of the two terms and ask if it's even necessary to be a patriot. 

Lourin sits down with Amane Badhasso, a progressive running for congress in Minnesota, and Odessa Kelly, another progressive running in Tennessee. Jasen Dutch joins the show to sub for Brent Hennrich. 

Lourin and Brent interview progressive Angelica Duenas. Angelica Dueñas, a mother, wife, activist and community organizer. Born and raised in the San Fernando valley. Raising five children who attend LAUSD schools. BA, in political science. MA, in organizational leadership. Accepts zero corporate PAC money so she is beholden to the people and not special interests. 

Brittney Yevette Griner is an American professional basketball player for the Phoenix Mercury of the Women's National Basketball Association. She played college basketball for the Baylor Lady Bears in Waco, Texas. She is the only NCAA basketball player to both score 2,000 points and block 500 shots.

After a Russian court sentenced WNBA star Brittney Griner to nine years in prison for a drug smuggling conviction on Thursday, the player's supporters, teammates and numerous US officials swiftly condemned the decision, many concerned that her detention is being used to advance Russia's agenda in the Ukraine war.

Now, Griner has returned to the detention center where she was held during her weeks-long trial as her lawyers vow to appeal the sentence and the Biden administration attempts to negotiate for her release.

WNBA star Brittney Griner sentenced to 9 years in Russian jail for drug-smuggling

During the trial, Griner pleaded guilty to carrying less than 1 gram of cannabis oil in her luggage as she traveled through a Moscow airport on February 17.

Amber Heard sold her desert hideaway in July — just six weeks after her ex-husband Johnny Depp won a $10.35 million judgment against her in his defamation trial.

Heard, 36, unloaded her Yucca Valley digs in Southern California for $1,050,000 — nearly double what she paid for it. 

The luxury home was purchased in 2019 for $570,000 through an anonymous trust that had ties to the "Aquaman" actress, according to property records and TMZ.

Monica Lewinsky, the former White House intern who became embroiled in a sex scandal with then President Bill Clinton in the 1990s, tweeted the news of Beyoncé removing an abelist slur from the song "Heated" on her new album "Renaissance" with a suggestion.

"uhmm, while we're at it... #Partition,"Lewinsky tweeted.

"Partition" is a track from the singer's 2013 self-titled fifth studio album. In the song, Beyoncé sings that a man "Monica Lewinsky'd all on my gown."

In 2021, Lewinsky told CNN's Jake Tapper that "what's really important to remember in today's world is that we never should have even gotten to a place where consent was a question." "So it was wholly inappropriate as the most powerful man, my boss, 49 years old," she said. "I was 22, literally just out of college. 

The show where we have the tough conversations and truly show that barriers can be broken. On this episode Dino and Kimberly Kay discuss how they came to know one another in Twitter Spaces, what their background is and what this new show will cover.

WELCOME TO THE PREMIER EPISODE OF LAST CALL W/ LOURIN HUBBARD (& BRENT HENNRICH)

Allen L. Ellison founded the Center for Economic & Policy Development. (The Center) to facilitate economic growth throughout Central Florida and rural parts of the country. His vision, core philosophies and strong principles are igniting young future leaders from around the country through The Emerging Leaders Initiative, a project placed under The Center. This initiative facilitates his vision of pairing young bright minds with current leaders in the fields of medicine, science, engineering, law, policy and politics.

In 2018, Allen Ellison, Democratic Nominee for Florida’s 17th U.S. Congressional District, made an impressive showing on November 6th to his opponent, an experienced and well known candidate who has served three terms in the Florida House. The youthful political newcomer, Ellison, won an impressive 37.7% of the vote with 62.3 % for his opponent.

We look at a history of Red Scares and examine communism. Notably absent from this podcast, on purpose, is a deep dive into McCarthyism and of Venezuela, which will get full episodes. We examine some Red Scare tactics used in US History, including some arguments by Jordan Peterson and Dinesh D'Souza and we look at a few definitions of socialism... 

We talk with Arkansas gubernatorial candidate Dr. Chris Jones about his campaign to win back the state for Democrats in a race against Sarah Huckabee-Sanders, who will not debate him, of course. Chris is an MIT educated PhD in Physics. Joining us for the interview is Jessica L. Burbank from The Young Turks (TYT).

www.chrisforgovernor.com@JessicaLBurbank on Twitter

We welcome in another TYT host as Jessica L. Burbank joins the show to discuss some CIA history, the history of American foreign interventionism and proxy wars, and we take a close look at Iran Contra and the ensuing congressional hearings as they relate to Oliver North, Ronald Reagan, and other actors in the drug running into minority neighborhoods in the US, all in the name of beating communism. Apparently it's better to be a drug lord than a dirty socialist. 

Follow Jessica on Twitter @JessicaLBurbank and subscribe to our Twitch feed to catch us LIVE every Wednesday at www.twitch.tv/digonamerica 

Just a chill episode this time... come have a beer with us

Dig on America's newest members join us, as Kimberly Kay Scott and Dino Moore from Breaking Barriers join the show to discuss cultural assimilation and what it means. Should Americans expect immigrants, as well as non-binary or trans Americans to assimilate?

About Darlene McDonald: A Quaker, she currently serves on the board for the American Friends Service Committee as a member-at-large and on the Friends Relations Committee. Previously, she’s served as Outreach Director for the Utah Women’s Democratic Club — the oldest women’s Democratic club in the country, and on the board for Alliance for a Better Utah. In 2019, Ms. McDonald was elected Chair of the Utah Black Roundtable and served in that role for a one year term. In 2020, Ms. McDonald was elected to serve as the Democratic National Committeewoman for Utah.

Following the summer of protest after the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Ms. McDonald was one of 6 community leaders appointed by Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall to serve on the Salt Lake City Racial Equity in Policing Commission. Find all of her socials at @VoteDarlene as she looks to unseat Burgess Owens. 

We discuss our relationship with Oil, take a look at the history of oil from starting with our reliance on the Middle East, how it impacts our economy, and why the price is high. Plus we discuss alternatives and look at a few reports with differing views and some fun graphs. 

Some facts for the graphs. U.S. gasoline prices jumped from $1.37 to $2.37 per gallon in 2005 as the price of a barrel averaged about $60.In 2008, oil prices rose to as high as $145 per barrel causing a search for alternate sources, and gas at the pump hit as high as $3.90 national average. By 2012, less than half the US oil consumption was imported, which took place under Obama, and in January 2015 decreased to around $50 per barrel gasoline fell to about $2.43 and then to a 20 year low of $2.14 in 2016, and have risen slightly since. After Trump took office in 2017, prices increased slowly, hitting $2.99 in May 2018 against a barrel cost of $74. After a slight dip in 2019, (oil companies made about $55 billion that year) prices fell sharply early in the COVID 19 pandemic, which of course was orchestrated by this podcast and our boss, George Soros, but raised quickly by may and increased steadily since then. When Biden was sworn in, the price per barrel of crude oil was $ 55, and the price at the pump was about $3 per gallon.

Bernie Sanders voters and the 2016 Presidential Election and how this narrative that the Bernie Bros cost Hillary Clinton the presidency is not only going on far too long but also is false.  In Mr Humble’s defense, I don’t think he knew the future.

But now, it’s the past, although it certainly seems to be still an ongoing campaign. But lets look at it, starting with outlining the events preceding the DNC convention.

Bernie built a coalition with a populist movement centered around workers rights, healthcare, raising the minimum wage and not accepting money from most PACs.  The primary turned out to be more competitive than expected, with Clinton winning 55% to Sander’s 43%, and the races early in the primary were much closer, with Sanders leading at times. After losing California, The Sanders campaign released a video statement on June 16 and announced that Sanders looked forward to helping Clinton defeat Trump, officially endorsing her on July 12.

A week later, the Wiki Leaks story hit

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/8/24/16194086/bernie-trump-voters-studyhttps://www.businessinsider.com/hillary-clinton-pennsylvania-michigan-wisconsin-what-happened-2017-9

Fox News aired a fantastic segment in support of trans rights about trans teen Ryland Whittington, so of course conservatives, such as Matt Walsh lost their minds and scream cancel!

We interview attorney and author Mark Berrios-Ayala on his new book "Let's Get Sincere" set to release in September which talks about allyship to resilient communities. 

The U.K. government on Friday formally approved the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the United States to face espionage charges, a decision that human rights groups condemned as a dire threat to journalism worldwide.

Assange, who has been detained in a high-security London prison since 2019, is expected to appeal the move by U.K. Home Secretary Priti Patel, whose office insisted that the publisher's extradition to the U.S. would not be "incompatible with his human rights, including his right to a fair trial and to freedom of expression." The first amendment and freedom of the press are at risk. Credit to Rational National

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Allen Ellison switches his campaign from going against Rubio in the Senate Race to running for Congress, and posts a fantastic video about Money in Politics. TJ Johnson gives us an update on what's up in pop culture, Anna and Hass break down Greg Kelly and Newsmax's racist video on Juneteenth, and we look at a good video by Politics Girl from Meidas Touch, but wonder why they are so late to the party... The Texas GOP loses touch with reality, and Lourin Hubbard has an announcement...

Lauren Boebert accused of hypocrisy by Muckrakers PAC, AOC unfairly criticized for being divisive, Halo is under fire for a Juneteenth promotion, and we discuss gay marriage, interracial marriage, including the case of Loving vs Virginia, and the history of marriage as a social construct in general. 

We talk with Francine Ly, an Asian American immigrant running for the Texas State Senate in District 12. Francine has committed to not taking any money from oil PACs and is an advocate for common sense gun regulations.  

Follow her campaign at https://sites.google.com/view/francine-ly-for-senate/home

Join us weekly on Wednesday nights at 730 pacific for the live stream on YouTube or Twitch. 

Birds Aren't Real is a satirical conspiracy theory which posits that birds are actually drones operated by the United States government to spy on American citizens. In 2018, journalist Rachel Roberts described Birds Aren't Real as "a joke that thousands of people are in on.

Plus Tim Bristol from Speaking from the Center and The Bin Podcast joins to do the Dig and talk inflation.  Is it Joe Biden's fault? 

We feature another progressive running against a corporate Democrat as we talk to Jason Call, a candidate in Washington State's 2nd congressional district. Jason is running against incumbent Rick Larsen. Follow Jason's campaign below:

https://www.callforcongress.com/

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Attorney Anna shows us her chops as we discuss the origins of Supreme Court and discuss the Marbury vs Madison case.  Perhaps the most important case in the history of the court. Plus we discuss Moses Ingram blowback on Star Wars Kenobi. 

Join us for the live stream on YouTube and Twitch on Wednesday nights 730pm pacific. 

Judd Larkin is running to unseat Joe Wilson in South Carolina's 2nd district. We also discuss the Tulsa shooting at a hospital coming on the heels of Buffalo and Uvalde. 

Follow Judd's campaign at www.juddlarkin.com and check out our live stream every Wednesday night at 730pm pacific on YouTube or Twitch. 

We look at how Eric Cantor, Kevin McCarthy and Paul Ryan's Young Guns strategy married the rise of the Tea Party, despite having some different views and strategy, especially on social issues.  How did they coalesce and eventually collide?

The Tea Party movement was an American fiscally conservative political movement within the Republican Party. Members of the movement called for lower taxes and for a reduction of the national debt and federal budget deficit through decreased government spending. The movement supported small-government principles and opposed government-sponsored universal healthcare. The Tea Party movement has been described as a popular constitutional movement composed of a mixture of libertarian, right-wing populist, and conservative activism. It has sponsored multiple protests and supported various political candidates since 2009. According to the American Enterprise Institute, various polls in 2013 estimated that slightly over 10 percent of Americans identified as part of the movement

Ira Shapiro's new book The Betrayal is a look at the McConnell senate and turns his gaze to how the Senate responded to the challenges posed by the Trump administration and its prospects under President Biden. We discuss the book as well as ask our own questions about arguably the most important body in US government.

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In two previous highly regarded books on the U.S. Senate, Ira Shapiro chronicled the institution from its apogee in the 1970s through its decline in the decades since. Now, Shapiro turns his gaze to how the Senate responded to the challenges posed by the Trump administration and its prospects under President Biden. The Founding Fathers gave the US Senate many functions, but it had one fundamental responsibility—its raison d’etre: to provide the check against a dangerous president who threatened our democracy. Two hundred and thirty years later, when Donald Trump, a potential authoritarian, finally reached the White House, the Senate should have served as both America’s first and last lines of defense. Instead, we had the nightmare scenario: today’s Senate, reduced through a long period of decline to a hyper-partisan, gridlocked shadow of its former self, was unable to meet its fundamental responsibility. Shapiro documents the pivotal challenges facing the Senate during the Trump administration, arguing that the body’s failure to provide leadership represents the most catastrophic failure of government in American history. The last section covers the Senate’s performance during President Biden’s first year in office and looks forward to the 2022 Senate elections and beyond.

We look at GOP political strategy during midterms, the lasting effect, and wonder what the Biden, Pelosi or the DNC is doing, if anything...

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Dr Oz thinks people with yards are elites, while selling yard signs. Rayvanna is banned then restored to Twitter thanks to Cenk, and we discuss cancel culture, complaint culture, and Democratic infighting vs that on the Republican side with Jackson White of TYT.

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In American political discourse, states' rights are political powers held for the state governments rather than the federal government according to the United States Constitution, reflecting especially the enumerated powers of Congress and the Tenth Amendment.  We are joined by author and candidate Catherine Fleming Bruce.

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Catherine Fleming Bruce is a candidate for US Senate 2022 running against Tim Scott. She is a self described Preservationist and the foreperson on South Carolina's longest public corruption investigation.

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Amber joins us to talk about Madison Cawthorne wearing ladies undies and the more important issues surrounding the science and debate around gender incongruence.  Gender incongruence (GI) is defined as a condition in which the gender identity of a person does not align with the gender assigned at birth

Abstract on Amber's book, Hiding from Myself

In nearly an instant I had conquered my lifelong insecurities, fears, and demons by facing them with unapologetic authenticity. I was confidently staring down a societal construct that immersed itself in long-held sexual and gender-related mythology and ignorance. Had I finally overcome the mortal heartache of being a person who to me was anything but natural? Or was I about to be sideswiped by more adversity than I could have ever possibly imagined?

This must-read book will help extricate you from your irrational fears and help you uncover the courage and confidence hidden within you to become your best version—unapologetically you. It will help you discover a new understanding of the world, and yourself, all through the lens of one woman’s rebirth into the person she was always meant to be.

Happy Mothers Day to all the moms!!

The unprecedented leak of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito's draft opinion in a key case striking down Roe v. Wade (1973) has sparked a heated debate... Thousands of people protested across the country after a Supreme Court draft opinion was leaked that shows a majority of the justices ready to overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling that established the right to abortion. Justices can change their votes before a final decision, and our own Attorney Anna breaks this down to the granular, with commentary from the gang. 

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The Ginger Geek Matt Delhauer joins us for our 100th show to discuss the political undertones and overtones (and of course some racism and classism) in the Star Wars franchise as a salute to May the Fourth be with you, and happy cinco de mayo too...

Ahead of the release of the “Star Wars” film “Rogue One,” Disney chief executive Bob Iger made an emphatic claim when asked about the movie’s message: “Frankly, this is a film that the world should enjoy. It is not a film that is, in any way, a political film,” he told the Hollywood Reporter, speaking about what was then the latest addition to the sprawling sci-fi saga. “There are no political statements in it, at all.”

Iger was reacting to controversy over (quickly deleted) tweets from two of the film’s writers. Chris Weitz had observed that the series’ Galactic Empire represented “a white supremacist organization.” It was “opposed,” commented his colleague Gary Whitta, “by a multicultural group led by brave women.” Just weeks after the election of President Trump and the culmination of an acrimonious, racially charged political campaign, the film was hailed by some as “anti-Trumpian” — and subject to boycotts by irate members of the alt-right, a coterie of white nationalist who were upset about the film’s supposed liberal bent.

Special Guest Amber Rose Washington joins DoA to discuss Autism as part of our honoring Autism Acceptance Month during April. We discuss the history of Autism and Dutch gives some anecdotal experiences as the father of a non-verbal autistic. 

According to Oxford, autism is a developmental disorder of variable severity that is characterized by difficulty in social interaction and communication and by restricted or repetitive patterns of thought and behavior.

According to the U.S Department of Labor, Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is considered a neurological developmental disability, with the symptoms being measured on a spectrum from subtle and mild symptoms to severe cognitive and developmental delays.

Lastly, according to the American Psychiatric Assn, Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a complex developmental condition involving persistent challenges with social communication, restricted interests, and repetitive behavior. 

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BLM Organization in hot water over how they have not spent the money they have been given, we critique the story and observe how it is being conflated into anti-civil rights, plus we discuss the mask mandate being abruptly ended and offer commentary. Finally, we give you the Dig on Jackie Robinson and talk about his little discussed activity in civil rights as this week is the anniversary of his breaking the color barrier in 1947.

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We explore the history of Sovereign Citizen groups in the US. Despite the white supremacist origins, it now includes varying racial ideologies, most commonly white, white identifying Hispanics and Blacks, with the latter often belong to the Black Israelites or the Moorish sects. Many of the beliefs are based on a bogus U.S. history lesson, which goes as follows: Since 1933, the U.S. dollar has been backed not by gold, but by the “full faith and credit” of the Federal government, which has pledged its citizenry as collateral, by selling our future earning capabilities to foreign investors, effectively enslaving all Americans.  However, as mentioned earlier, when we are born, there is an account set up for us, called a Treasury Direct Account or TDA. These groups, such as the National Liberty Alliance and the Republic for the United States of America (literally RuSA, ironic, eh) also advocate creating a strawman, which is a second identity that appears to adhere to laws, in contrast with the true self, which doesn’t.

Happy Easter!

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Topics covered include Black Lives Matter, Blue Lives Matter, Religion, Patriotism, and Parenting. 

We are joined by Attorney Anna, our new legal analyst to interview Josh Price, who is running to help secure elections and make voting easier for the people in The Natural State.  Support Josh's campaign at https://www.joshforarkansas.com/

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We are joined by Attorney Anna ( @theregoesanna on twitter and instagram) and Josh Price, who is a candidate for Arkansas Secretary of State in 2022.  Anna breaks down the SCOTUS confirmation process, where Brown-Jackson's hearings are at now, and her prospects for being the first African American woman installed to the highest court in the land.  We then cover the history and impact of the filibuster and discuss whether it should stay or go

A popular term for a political committee organized for the purpose of raising and spending money to elect and defeat candidates. Most PACs represent business, labor or ideological interests. PACs can give $5,000 to a candidate committee per election (primary, general or special). They can also give up to $15,000 annually to any national party committee, and $5,000 annually to any other PAC. PACs may receive up to $5,000 from any one individual, PAC or party committee per calendar year. A PAC must register with the FEC within 10 days of its formation, providing name and address for the PAC, its treasurer and any connected organizations. Affiliated PACs are treated as one donor for the purpose of contribution limits. - Meidas Touch 

PACs have been around since 1944, when the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) formed the first one to raise money for the re-election of President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Thank you to Tim Bristol of Speaking from the Center Podcast for subbing in for Dutch this week.

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Get to know Tamie and her campaign against insurrection supporter and local idiot Jim "Gym" Jordan

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We discuss the Keystone Pipeline phase 4, (XL) and look at whether or not it is impacting current gas prices, how many jobs it would create, why it was shut down, and examine pros and cons from both sides. Tim from The Bin and Alicia from Bicurean join the show!

Sourceshttps://www.statesman.com/story/news/2017/04/21/politifact-what-happens-to-oil-from-keystone-pipeline/10023044007/https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-joe-biden-keystone-pipeline-canada-environment-and-nature-141eabd7cca6449dfbd2dab8165812f2https://vittana.org/17-important-keystone-pipeline-pros-and-cons

We welcome back Shahid Buttar, who is running against Nancy Pelosi for the second time.  He received a record 80,000 votes in 2020 as a progressive candidate advocating for getting money out of politics and universal health care. He discusses his views on Speaker Pelosi, her conservatism, corporate corruption allegations and attempts by her staff to smear him. 

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A ratchet effect is an instance of the restrained ability of human processes to be reversed once a specific thing has happened, analogous with the mechanical ratchet that holds the spring tight as a clock is wound up. The term is used in a variety of different silos, including sociology, famine cycle, game theory, production strategy, and anthropology, among others.  For example, in economics, Budget Ratcheting occurs when positive variances in performance, lead to greater absolute changes in the following cycle, when compared to any negative variances in performance. Point is, it’s not a strictly political idea, but this dig will focus on the ratcheting effect noted by the political left. Ratcheting, sometimes called the ratchet effect or ratchet theory in politics is the belief that the Democratic party is, like the Republican party, right wing, at least by global standards, and dampens positive change.

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Plus Tom Brady comes out of retirement a day after his "final touchdown ball" is sold for over a half million dollars.

TJ Johnson is BAAAACK to help us interview Josh Garcia, a Democratic candidate for Ohio 13 in the 2022 Midterms.  We discuss his platform and his creation of the concept of OT40, or, in other words, making overtime pay exempt from taxes.  TJ's new son Brandon even cameos on the show.  For those who did not listen to the original show, Voice from the Underground, which ran from 2017 to 2021, TJ is one of the original hosts of the show where politics and pop-culture used to collide!!

We also discuss Elon Musk challenging Putin to a duel as well as Jussie is out free again, and Newsmax turns on Tucker Carlson, but their viewers don't.  SMH.

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This week we are joined by Juan Paredes, a democratic congressional candidate in Florida, and we discuss fascism.  We explore the varying opinions online of what it is... PragerU claims it to be left wing, Yale's Jason Stanley claims it to be right wing, Mr. Beat claims it to be mostly right wing but not completely.. whos right?  Is Trump a fascist?  Is Putin a fascist?  Is Mikey Famine a fascist?

Plus we discuss SCOTUS nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson

Websters: Definition of fascism

1: often capitalized : a political philosophy, movement, or regime (such as that of the Fascisti) that exalts nation and often race above the individual and that stands for a centralized webster.com/dictionary/autocratic">autocratic government headed by a webster.com/dictionary/dictatorial">dictatorial leader, severe economic and social regimentation, and forcible suppression of opposition

2: a tendency toward or actual exercise of strong autocratic or dictatorial controlearly instances of army fascism and brutality

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