The Rick Smith Show

Today's Podcast

Scott Dworkin, co-founder Democratic Coalition

@funder @TheDemCoalition

Emily de La Bruyère, co-founder of Horizon Advisory

@edelabruyere @AdvisoryHorizon

Bob Ney, Political Analyst/Former OH Congressman

@BobNey

Scott Dworkin, co-founder Democratic Coalition @funder @TheDemCoalition

Scott Dworkin: Neera Tanden is a person of honor, has no ties to Putin. I'd take every single one of Biden's nominees over any of the other guy's nominees.

@funder

@TheDemCoalition

Emily de La Bruyère, co-founder of Horizon Advisory @edelabruyere @AdvisoryHorizon

Emily: China allowed a pandemic to spread across the world. If that wasn't an act of war, then our removing Permanent Normal Trade Relations with China shouldn't be seen as an act of war. Removing PNTR is a viable option to move China into line.

@edelabruyere

@AdvisoryHorizon

Bob Ney, Political Analyst/Former OH Congressman @BobNey

Bob Ney: You would think the legislature would make it clear that Renz's testimony was debunked & it would be entered into the record. We had 113 kids die from COVID.

@bobney

Today's Podcast

Hassan Ahmad, Immigration Attorney/Advocate

@HMAesq #ImmigrationBill

 ​Sarah Burris, Reporter, Raw Story

@Sarah

Brett Pransky, former Ohio State House candidate, English Professor

@BrettPransky

Burris @RawStory

Hassan Ahmad, Immigration Attorney/Advocate @HMAesq #ImmigrationBill

Hassan Ahmad: I draw inspiration from believing full effort is full victory. As long as we're making the most effort we can & keep pushing forward, that's the victory.

@HMAesq

#ImmigrationBill

Sarah Burris, Reporter, Raw Story @SarahBurris @RawStory

Sarah Burris: When the whole thing was happening with Liz Cheney, I was wondering why she wasn't joking, like "Don't make me call my dad!"

@SarahBurris

@RawStory

Brett Pransky, former Ohio State House candidate, English Professor @BrettPransky

Brett Pransky: Why is one guy without the title doing the job while the guy with the title is in Cancun?

@BrettPransky

Today's Podcast

Alex Cawthorne Gaines, VP for Poverty to Prosperity team

@ACGinDC @CAPPoverty @amprog

Gary Morton, President of AFGE Council 238

@AFGENational @ProtectEPA @SavetheUSEPA

Christine Vaccaro, New York Teacher

@BadassTeachersA

Bob Ney, Political Analyst/Former OH Congressman

@BobNey

Alex Cawthorne Gaines, VP for Poverty to Prosperity team @ACGinDC @CAPPoverty @amprog

Alex Cawthorne Gaines: This plan is permanent but is paid for by eliminating other programs that benefit our lowest income families, which is concerning to us.

@ACGinDC

@CAPPoverty

@amprog

Gary Morton, President of AFGE Council 238 @AFGENational @ProtectEPA @SavetheUSEPA

Gary Morton: I retired in Nov 2019, so I'm still in the fight but not in the office. We showed enforcement [of regulations] going down over 20% just the first 2 years under Trump.

@AFGENational

@ProtectEPA

@SavetheUSEPA

Christine Vaccaro, New York Teacher @BadassTeachersA

Bob Ney, Political Analyst/Former OH Congressman @BobNey

Today's Podcast

Rick Levy, President, Texas AFL-CIO

@TexasAFLCIO 

Scott Paul, President of Alliance for American Manufacturing

@ScottPaulAAM @KeepItMadeinUSA

Chris Lilienthal, PSEA Assistant Director of Communications

@chrislilienthal @PSEA

James Earl White, Founder, Unit Workers

@jamieearlwhite 

Rick Levy, President, Texas AFL-CIO @TexasAFLCIO

Rick Levy: I'm from the frozen ground in Texax. It's cold here! I guess you deal with it all the time but this is unusual for us.

@TexasAFLCIO

@RickTxAFLCIO

@dallasaflcio

@AFLCIO

Scott Paul, President of Alliance for American Manufacturing @ScottPaulAAM @KeepItMadeinUSA

Scott Paul: There are many Repub elected officials who understand the importance of working class politics. Trump tried to approach it by division & by sowing seeds of doubt & blame.

@ScottPaulAAM

@KeepItMadeinUSA

Chris Lilienthal, PSEA Assistant Director of Communications @chrislilienthal @PSEA

Chris Lilienthal: We've seen schools open their buildings to community meetings & events, so we could certainly look into opening them for mass vaccinations.

@chrislilienthal

@PSEA

James Earl White, Founder, Unit Workers @jamieearlwhite

Jamie Earl White: If you can mate education with tools for organizing, it's a good start for organizing in the U.S.

@jamieearlwhite

Today's Podcast

Sara Nelson, President, AFA-CWA

@FlyingWithSara @afa_cwa

John Nichols, National Affairs Correspondent, The Nation 

@NicholsUprising @thenation

Bob Ney, Political Analyst/Former OH Congressman

@BobNey

John Nichols, National Affairs Correspondent, The Nation @NicholsUprising @thenation

John Nichols: At the end of the day, the most dangerous guy in the Senate is Mitch McConnell. He's the biggest liar. In the first days after the riot, he said Trump was dangerous.

@NicholsUprising

@thenation