Episodes

  • An American Betrayal

    An American Betrayal
    May 13 2025
    They fought alongside American troops for years. They risked their lives siding with and helping American troops in Afghanistan. And because of that, they were promised refuge here in America. Yesterday, Trump broke that promise and is sending them back to suffer under the Taliban. Shameful. Also, the plane from Qatar isn’t the Statue of Liberty, and, we continue to normalize Trump’s lying. All today.

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    36 mins
  • Polarization Is Our Biggest Internal Threat

    Polarization Is Our Biggest Internal Threat
    May 12 2025
    This week, in my weekly face to face conversations with Americans, I sat down in Northern Virginia with regular guy/expert Brian Murphy, former Marine,FBI, and Homeland Security, to discuss the threats America faces at home and from abroad. Today, we dig into the threat of polarization.

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    39 mins
  • Do Most Americans Today Support Basic Decency?

    Do Most Americans Today Support Basic Decency?
    May 9 2025
    A final clip today from my face to face conversation with folks from Lancaster, PA. Today they discuss whether a political party that ran on a “decency” platform could win. And this group of Republicans, former Republicans, and Democrats isn’t convinced it would win.

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    35 mins
  • A Respectful Disagreement On The Assault Weapons Ban

    A Respectful Disagreement On The Assault Weapons Ban
    May 8 2025
    Nick Wilson at the Center for American Progress supports a ban on assault weapons. I don’t. We disagree. But we didn’t have a fight about the issue, we didn’t argue, we didn’t debate. We sat down and had a conversation. We listened to each other. We tried to gain understanding. We need to do more of this

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    1 hr and 12 mins
  • Is There Room In The Democratic Party For Center-Right Former Republicans?

    Is There Room In The Democratic Party For Center-Right Former Republicans?
    May 7 2025
    Our conversation with Democrats, Republicans, & former Republicans in Lancaster, PA continues today, and the focus is on the best way forward for the opposition party, the Democratic Party. The good folks in Lancaster wrestle with the age old question of how big of a tent should the Democratic Party be. And they’re not quite sure.

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    33 mins
  • We’re Better Than Trump Thinks We Are

    We’re Better Than Trump Thinks We Are
    May 6 2025
    I spent way too much of my day yesterday explaining to Trump voters that that image of Trump as the next pope wasn’t “fake news.” Time well spent. Stephen Miller thinks the American people are cruel. He’s wrong. Republicans are growing “antsy” with Trump and his tariffs. Cowards. And, American support for Ukraine and for free trade is growing. Good news. All on today’s show.

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    34 mins
  • Why The Divide In America? A Conversation With Folks In Lancaster, PA

    Why The Divide In America? A Conversation With Folks In Lancaster, PA
    May 5 2025
    I sat down with a group of twenty Republicans, former Republicans, and Democrats in Lancaster, PA. We talked about the political divide in America. Why all the hate politically these days? Why won’t Republicans stand up against Trump? Why are people afraid to engage with those they disagree with politically. Fascinating conversation.

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    35 mins
  • How Big Of A Tent Do Democrats Want To Be? Democrats Discuss

    How Big Of A Tent Do Democrats Want To Be? Democrats Discuss
    May 2 2025
    Final clip from my conversation with a group of Los Angeles progressives. Today, their party. Should they go left, go center, embrace them all, do they want to big a big tent? Do they want to win? Is the party big enough for AOC and Joe Walsh? A conversation.

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    40 mins