By working people. For working people. Welcome to The Rick Smith Show.
Working Americans are tired of listening to think tank approved corporate news and commentary. They want a direct, honest approach to the issues that matter, so this is what The Rick Smith Show provides.
No puppets. No focus groups. No talking points.
Mia Ives-Rublee is Director of the Disability Justice Initiative at the Center for American Progress @SeeMiaRoll @CAPDisability @amprog
We welcome Opinion Columnist Will Bunch of the Philadelphia Inquirer for a discussion on his new op-ed “Merrick Garland’s Elitist Caution Shows How Dems Could become a Minority Party.” @Will_Bunch
The second hour begins with Democratic Strategist David Yankovich for a preview of what we can expect from the 1/6 Commission hearings begin. @DavidYankovich
Rick kicks things off with commentary on the re-emergence of the company town, and why this is a disaster for American working families, and then Mia Ives Rublee of The Center for American Progress joins to talk about the 31st anniversary of the American with Disabilities Act, and then we welcome Opinion Columnist Will Bunch of the Philadelphia Inquirer for a discussion on his new op-ed “Merrick Garland’s Elitist Caution Shows How Dems Could Become a Minority Party.”
The second hour begins with Democratic Strategist David Yankovich for a preview of what we can expect from the 1/6 Commission hearings begin, and then we close the night with former GOP Congressman Bob Ney, who will offer us his no-nonsense brand of political analysis and help us separate the real from the spin.
We are joined by Sina Nemazi, Co-Chair of United Students for America to discuss the GOP threat to voting rights. @SinaNemazi13 @VotersTomorrow @US4America
Alex Press of Jacobin stops by to discuss the Frito-Lay strike in Topeka, Kansas, and how employees are quite literally working themselves to death. @alexnpress
Rick starts the show with commentary on the news of the day, and then we are joined by Sina Nemazi, Co-Chair of United Students for America to discuss the GOP threat to voting rights, and then Alex Press of Jacobin stops by to discuss the Frito-Lay strike in Topeka, Kansas, and how employees are quite literally working themselves to death.
The Panel is back, and we’re talking infrastructure, tax credits for working people, GOP voter suppression efforts, the 1/6 commission, and lots of other topics. This week’s panelists are:
Scott Dworkin of the Democratic Coalition
Rich Ojeda of No Dem Left Behind
Sarah Burris of RawStory
Democratic Strategist David Yankovich tells us a bit about how Democrats plan to get their infrastructure bills passed, and how they intend to deal with all the obstruction the GOP will certainly attempt. @DavidYankovich
The second hour begins with Sarah Burris of RawStory for our weekly roundup of news and spin from DC and beyond. @SarahBurris @RawStory
Former Congressman Joe Walsh joins us to discuss the GOP acting as a support group for insurrectionists. @WalshFreedom
Joe Walsh is a Former IL Congressman and 2020 Republican Candidate for President For more information on what Joe Walsh is doing visit: joewalsh.org
Rick kicks things off with commentary on the sudden and odd flip-flop by the GOP on vaccines, and what probably generated the reversal, and then former Congressman Joe Walsh joins us to discuss the GOP acting as a support group for insurrectionists, and then Democratic Strategist David Yankovich tells us a bit about how Democrats plan to get their infrastructure bills passed, and how they intend to deal with all the obstruction the GOP will certainly attempt.
The second hour begins with Sarah Burris of Rawstory for our weekly roundup of news and spin from DC and beyond, and then we close the night with former GOP Congressman Bob Ney, who will offer us his no-nonsense brand of political analysis and help us separate the real from the spin.
Timothy Noah of The New Republic closes the first hour with his new article about the massive challenges at this year’s Olympic Games. @timothynoah1
The second hour begins with Maria Freese of the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare. @NCPSSM #NCPSSM
Rick starts off the program with commentary on the GOP’s performative anger over their 1/6 commission clowns being rejected by Speaker Pelosi. Then Max Burns of The Daily Beast joins to discuss his new column on the infrastructure negotiations, and the cost of reaching too far right looking for cooperation that will never come. Then Timothy Noah of The New Republic closes the first hour with his new article about the massive challenges at this year’s Olympic Games.
The second hour begins with Maria Freese of the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare, and then we close the night with former GOP Congressman turned political analyst Bob Ney, who will help us understand today’s right-wing tantrum over their 1/6 committee choices being rejected, and how that might affect other negotiation in DC.
