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Episodes
Thursday Jul 19, 2018
Thursday Jul 19, 2018
Melissa Ryan, visiting fellow at Media Matters for America and editor of Ctrl Alt Right Delete joins Rick to discuss persistent whining amongst conservatives that the world is out to censor their hate speech and provide the data that conclusively debunks the myth of conservative censorship on Facebook.
@MelissaRyan @mmfa
Thursday Jul 19, 2018
Thursday Jul 19, 2018
David Faris, author of It’s Time to Fight Dirty joins Rick to discuss his recent Washington Post article proposing once Democrats regain control of the White House and both chambers of congress they pursue the FDR idea of packing the US Supreme Court with addition justices to balance the court more favorably to the will of the people.
@davidmfaris
Thursday Jul 19, 2018
Thursday Jul 19, 2018
David Faris, author of It’s Time to Fight Dirty joins Rick to discuss his recent Washington Post article proposing once Democrats regain control of the White House and both chambers of congress they pursue the FDR idea of packing the US Supreme Court with addition justices to balance the court more favorably to the will of the people.
@davidmfaris
Melissa Ryan, visiting fellow at Media Matters for America and editor of Ctrl Alt Right Delete joins Rick to discuss persistent whining amongst conservatives that the world is out to censor their hate speech and provide the data that conclusively debunks the myth of conservative censorship on Facebook.
@MelissaRyan @mmfa
John Fetterman, Democratic nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania and current Mayor of Braddock joins Rick form the campaign trail to discuss why this election cycle is so important, the issues people are telling him they care about, and how reelecting Tom Wolf as Governor of Pennsylvania is going to help move the Commonwealth forward.
@JohnFetterman
John Feltz, TWU Rail Division Director and Amy Griffin, TWU Local 1460 President joins Rick to discuss the needless cuts to Amtrak, the furloughed Amtrak workers, and explain what should be happening with the Amtrak system.
@transportworker @AmtrakCouncil #coldcuts
Wednesday Jul 18, 2018
Wednesday Jul 18, 2018
Sakira Cook, Senior Counsel with The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights joins Rick to discuss their upcoming congressional briefing on sentencing reform, Quelling the Crisis: The Case for Mandatory Minimum Sentencing Reform and to explain why now is the time for reform, what reform looks like, and how to get there.
@civilrightsorg @SakiraCook
Wednesday Jul 18, 2018
Wednesday Jul 18, 2018
Suneel Gupta, Founder of the healthcare startup @rise and Congressional candidate in Michigan’s 11th district joins Rick to discuss what issues have brought him to the political arena and the vision he will bring to the US House of Representatives.
@suneel #MI11
Wednesday Jul 18, 2018
Wednesday Jul 18, 2018
Luke N. Vargas, Chief Correspondent Talk Media News joins Rick from Helsinki to talk aftermath of Trump/Putin Summit. @thecourier @TalkMediaNews
Wednesday Jul 18, 2018
Wednesday Jul 18, 2018
Sarah Kendzior, journalist and co-host of the newly released podcast #GasLitNation joins Rick to discuss the recent He said, He said drama surrounding Trump’s Helsinki comments and to talk about why her podcast is perfectly timed to educate those haven’t been paying attention. Seriously, it’s extremely important stuff.
@SarahKendzior
Wednesday Jul 18, 2018
Wednesday Jul 18, 2018
Sarah Kendzior, journalist and co-host of the newly released podcast #GasLitNation joins Rick to discuss the recent He said, He said drama surrounding Trump’s Helsinki comments and to talk about why her podcast is perfectly timed to educate those haven’t been paying attention. Seriously, it’s extremely important stuff.
@SarahKendzior
Luke N. Vargas, Chief Foreign Correspondent Talk Media News joins Rick from Helsinki to talk aftermath of Trump/Putin Summit. @thecourier @TalkMediaNews
Suneel Gupta, Founder of healthcare the startup @rise and Congressional candidate in Michigan’s 11th district joins Rick to discuss what issues have brought him to the political arena and the vision he will bring to the US House of Representatives.
@suneel #MI11
Sakira Cook, Senior Counsel with The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights joins Rick to discuss their upcoming congressional briefing on sentencing reform, Quelling the Crisis: The Case for Mandatory Minimum Sentencing Reform and to explain why now is the time for reform, what reform looks like, and how to get there.
@civilrightsorg @SakiraCook
Tuesday Jul 17, 2018
Tuesday Jul 17, 2018
Red T Raccoon, Army veteran, EMT, and Well-Known Twitter Commentator joins Rick to share his thoughts on today’s Trump-Putin Treason Summit in Helsinki given the backdrop of allegations of 2016 election Russian cyberwarfare and the 2018 Russian assets attack on American troops in Syria.
@RedTRaccoon
Tuesday Jul 17, 2018
Tuesday Jul 17, 2018
Propane Jane, psychiatrist and Well-Known Twitter Commentator joins to discuss #InstabilityinChief given today’s Trump-Putin Treason Summit in Helsinki and answer the question of how Trump can beat up on US allies while cozying up to Putin.
@docrocktex26
Tuesday Jul 17, 2018
Tuesday Jul 17, 2018
Andrea Chalupa, Journalist, Author, and co-host of the top ranked Podcast Gaslit Nation joins Rick to discuss today’s Trump-Putin Treason Summit in Helsinki and talk about her new podcast that lays out all the treason from the beginning.
@AndreaChalupa #GasLitNation
Tuesday Jul 17, 2018
Tuesday Jul 17, 2018
Andrea Chalupa, Journalist, Author, and co-host of the top ranked Podcast Gaslit Nation joins Rick to discuss today’s Trump-Putin Treason Summit in Helsinki and talk about her new podcast that lays out all the treason from the beginning.
@AndreaChalupa #GasLitNation
Propane Jane, psychiatrist and Well-Known Twitter Commentator joins to discuss #InstabilityinChief given today’s Trump-Putin Treason Summit in Helsinki and answer the question of how Trump can beat up on US allies while cozying up to Putin.
@docrocktex26
Red T Raccoon, Army veteran, EMT, and Well-Known Twitter Commentator joins Rick to share his thoughts on today’s Trump-Putin Treason Summit in Helsinki given the backdrop of allegations of 2016 election Russian cyberwarfare and the 2018 Russian assets attack on American troops in Syria.
@RedTRaccoon
Saturday Jul 14, 2018
Saturday Jul 14, 2018
Chelsea Acosta, Utah Middle School Educator and NEA Hispanic Caucus member joins Rick to discuss her unions recent convention, the resolution that were passed, and how those resolutions are going to help reshape public education for all kids across the nation as teachers become more unified standing up for their students, schools, and families.
@chelsie_acosta @BadassTeachersA
Saturday Jul 14, 2018
Saturday Jul 14, 2018
Bill Scher, political commentator joins Rick to discuss the realities of stopping Trump’s Supreme Court nominee from taking a seat on the bench and what, if any possibility there is in Senator Susan Collins to vote against confirmation.
@billscher @POLITICOMag @RealClearNews @DMZShow @NewBooksPolitic
Saturday Jul 14, 2018
Saturday Jul 14, 2018
Max Richtman, President of the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare joins Rick to explain why Trump’s most recent Executive Order ending the Civil Service hiring process for Administrative Law Judges (ALJ) is so dangerous and answer the question of whether or not Trump is Making Patronage Great Again.
@MaxRichtman @NCPSSM
Saturday Jul 14, 2018
Saturday Jul 14, 2018
Max Richtman, President of the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare joins Rick to explain why Trump’s most recent Executive Order ending the Civil Service hiring process for Administrative Law Judges (ALJ) is so dangerous and answer the question of whether or not Trump is Making Patronage Great Again.
@MaxRichtman @NCPSSM
Bill Scher, political commentator joins Rick to discuss the realities of stopping Trump’s Supreme Court nominee from taking a seat on the bench and what, if any possibility there is in Senator Susan Collins to vote against confirmation.
@billscher @POLITICOMag @RealClearNews @DMZShow @NewBooksPolitic
Chelsea Acosta, Utah Middle School Educator and NEA Hispanic Caucus member joins Rick to discuss her unions recent convention, the resolution that were passed, and how those resolutions are going to help reshape public education for all kids across the nation as teachers become more unified standing up for their students, schools, and families.
@chelsie_acosta @BadassTeachersA
Friday Jul 13, 2018
Friday Jul 13, 2018
Liz Kennedy, Senior Director of Democracy & Government Reform, Center for American Progress joins Rick to discuss their recent report on increasing voter turnout and what will be required of us and our policymakers to make voting accessible and registration simpler and why it’s important.
@LizKennedy_ @amprog
Friday Jul 13, 2018
Friday Jul 13, 2018
Rick Braendli, artist and project participant in the MakeArtGreatAgain Book joins Rick to discuss why he and 16 other artist from around the world have decided to raise awareness to the insanity of Donald Trump’s tweets through art and to talk about what he and his fellow artisans hope to accomplish with the book.
@theMAGAbook
Friday Jul 13, 2018
Friday Jul 13, 2018
Sarah Burris, reporter at Raw Story joins Rick to discuss the top stories of the day from ramblings of Louis Go Go Gohmert to the end of the 20th century brought on by Frat Bot Brett Kavanaugh and everything in between.
@SarahBurris @rawstory
Friday Jul 13, 2018
Friday Jul 13, 2018
Bob Ney, Talk Media News correspondent joins Rick to discuss the top stories of the day.
@talkmedianews @bobney