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Episodes
Tuesday Feb 13, 2018
Tuesday Feb 13, 2018
Propane Jane is back joining Rick to discuss the latest Omarosa dust up on Celebrity Big Brother and how her statement raises questions about the Trump administrations vetting of domestic abusers or lack thereof.
Micah C. T. Sims, Executive Director at Common Cause Pennsylvania joins Rick to discuss the recent events surrounding the Pennsylvania State Supreme Court’s mandate to redraw the state’s congressional map and how the process is moving along as the GOP submitted a map on Friday February 9, 2018 to Governor Tom Wolf.
Tuesday Feb 13, 2018
Tuesday Feb 13, 2018
Propane Jane is back joining Rick to discuss the latest Omarosa dust up on Celebrity Big Brother and how her statement raises questions about the Trump administrations vetting of domestic abusers or lack thereof.
Tuesday Feb 13, 2018
Tuesday Feb 13, 2018
Micah C. T. Sims, Executive Director at Common Cause Pennsylvania joins Rick to discuss the recent events surrounding the Pennsylvania State Supreme Court’s mandate to redraw the state’s congressional map and how the process is moving along as the GOP submitted a map on Friday February 9, 2018 to Governor Tom Wolf.
Saturday Feb 10, 2018
Saturday Feb 10, 2018
Pennsylvania State Senator Jay Costa joins Rick to discuss the looming #PAGerryMandering deadline as @PAGOP leadership races to throw something together without input from the legislative body.
Adam Parkhomenko, political strategist joins Rick to discuss the latest news surrounding the Trump Administration as all roads lead back to Russia.
Linda Benesch, Communications Director at Social Security Works joins Rick to discuss the recent Paid Parental Leave plan being floated by @GOP and what their ideological plan will mean for working class parents.
Saturday Feb 10, 2018
Saturday Feb 10, 2018
Adam Parkhomenko, political strategist joins Rick to discuss the latest news surrounding the Trump Administration as all roads lead back to Russia.
Saturday Feb 10, 2018
Saturday Feb 10, 2018
Pennsylvania State Senator Jay Costa joins Rick to discuss the looming #PAGerryMandering deadline as @PAGOP leadership races to throw something together without input from the legislative body.
Saturday Feb 10, 2018
Saturday Feb 10, 2018
Linda Benesch, Communications Director at Social Security Works joins Rick to discuss the recent Paid Parental Leave plan being floated by @GOP and what their ideological plan will mean for working class parents.
Friday Feb 09, 2018
Friday Feb 09, 2018
Scott Dworkin, Co-Founder of The Democratic Coalition joins Rick to discuss the evil genius of Donald Trump and dispel the notion that Trump is not cold, calculating and and mindful of the chaos he is causing as the Mueller investigation closes in. Will Trump divisive manipulation save him? Or will he go down?
Tom Jawetz, vice president of Immigration Policy at the Center for American Progress joins Rick to discuss the countdown to another government shutdown and another shutdown without a resolution to our nation's immigration struggle not to mention security for the hundreds of thousands of Deamers whose lives are in the balance.
Maulana Tolbert, Chief Operating Officer of the Detroit Youth Report and Dana Hart, member of Michigan We Choose join Rick to discuss their upcoming #WeChoose event at Wayne State University Law School on February 13 to raise awareness to education issues and demand funded quality community schools for their children.
Friday Feb 09, 2018
Friday Feb 09, 2018
Scott Dworkin, Co-Founder of The Democratic Coalition joins Rick to discuss the evil genius of Donald Trump and dispel the notion that Trump is not cold, calculating and and mindful of the chaos he is causing as the Mueller investigation closes in. Will Trump divisive manipulation save him? Or will he go down?
Friday Feb 09, 2018
Friday Feb 09, 2018
Tom Jawetz, vice president of Immigration Policy at the Center for American Progress joins Rick to discuss the countdown to another government shutdown and another shutdown without a resolution to our nation's immigration struggle not to mention security for the hundreds of thousands of Deamers whose lives are in the balance.
Friday Feb 09, 2018
Friday Feb 09, 2018
Maulana Tolbert, Chief Operating Officer of the Detroit Youth Report and Dana Hart, member of Michigan We Choose join Rick to discuss their upcoming #WeChoose event at Wayne State University Law School on February 13 to raise awareness to education issues and demand funded quality community schools for their children.
Thursday Feb 08, 2018
Thursday Feb 08, 2018
Matthew Chapman, national political writer with Shareblue joins Rick to talk Pelosi DACA-Buster and Trump Parade.
Sarah Burris, Political writer and digital strategist at Raw Story joins Rick to discuss the top stories of the day.
Senator Art Haywood joins Rick to discuss Governor Wolf's budget and the call for a raise in the Minimum wage.
Thursday Feb 08, 2018
Thursday Feb 08, 2018
Matthew Chapman, national political writer with Shareblue joins Rick to talk Pelosi DACA-Buster and Trump Parade.
Thursday Feb 08, 2018
Thursday Feb 08, 2018
Sarah Burris, Political writer and digital strategist at Raw Story joins Rick to discuss the top stories of the day.
Thursday Feb 08, 2018
Thursday Feb 08, 2018
Senator Art Haywood joins Rick to discuss Governor Wolf's budget and the call for a raise in the Minimum wage.
Wednesday Feb 07, 2018
Wednesday Feb 07, 2018
Ian Millhiser, Justice Editor at ThinkProgress joins Rick to discuss the recent developments in Pennsylvania as Republican leadership works to maintain their gerrymandered majority and share his thoughts on what to expect in the coming days.
David Yankovich, digital campaign strategist joins Rick to discuss the recent news surrounding the Trump administration, the call for a huge military parade, and how Democrats must get their act together.
Dr. Craig Wilkinson, co-author of The People’s Governor The Honorable Culbert Levy Olson, Governor of California 1939-1943 joins Rick to discuss his new book and to share his thoughts on why Governor Olson is such an important historical figure to be remembered.
Wednesday Feb 07, 2018
Wednesday Feb 07, 2018
Ian Millhiser, Justice Editor at ThinkProgress joins Rick to discuss the recent developments in Pennsylvania as Republican leadership works to maintain their gerrymandered majority and share his thoughts on what to expect in the coming days.
Wednesday Feb 07, 2018
Wednesday Feb 07, 2018
David Yankovich, digital campaign strategist joins Rick to discuss the recent news surrounding the Trump administration, the call for a huge military parade, and how Democrats must get their act together.
Wednesday Feb 07, 2018
Wednesday Feb 07, 2018
Dr. Craig Wilkinson, co-author of The People’s Governor The Honorable Culbert Levy Olson, Governor of California 1939-1943 joins Rick to discuss his new book and to share his thoughts on why Governor Olson is such an important historical figure to be remembered.
Tuesday Feb 06, 2018
Tuesday Feb 06, 2018
Matt Scharfstein, Executive Director of The Loyal Opposition joins Rick to discuss the Nonsense Nunes Memo and what the massive distraction was really all about for we the people.
Propane Jane is back to share her thoughts on the Dodge Super Bowl commercial and the outrage it has brought on from people seeing the hypocrisy of Dr. King’s words being used to sell trucks from the same speech he condemned advertisers.
Emily Peck, Sr. Reporter on Gender, Economics, and Inequality at Huffington Post joins Rick to discuss the how and whats of the recent reports of Senator Marco Rubio and Ivanka Trump pushing a paid parental leave program.