Episodes
Friday Nov 10, 2023
’When Will They Ever Learn?’
Friday Nov 10, 2023
Friday Nov 10, 2023
CLR Show 1866. Air Date November 10, 2023. Based on the results of Tuesday's off-year elections, the republicans are giving every indication that they won't, or more likely can't, learn from their prior political mistakes and will continue to tout the same losing attitudes and behaviors that have sunken them in every race since 2016. And this is before Donald's legal problems and the likelihood of actual convictions and sentencing(s) are factored in. The GOP is, quite literally, trapped in its own demented fantasies. With Friday Co-Host, David Bach.
Tuesday Nov 07, 2023
(Don’t Panic)
Tuesday Nov 07, 2023
Tuesday Nov 07, 2023
CLR Show 1865. Air Date November 7, 2023. The release of a NY Times/Marist poll yesterday showed Donald with as much as an 11 point lead in key battleground states, and sizable favorability ratings in the areas of the economy, the military and handling of the Israel-Gaza conflict. The findings are upsetting––and not a little irrational given Donald's current legal status. It also helps to remember that republicans have had substantial leads one year before every election since 2018, and have lost every single election since the (unexpected) election of Donald in 2016. This is not the time for democrats to panic. It's the time to revisit and revive proven election strategies and to work all the harder to preserve American Democracy in 2024.
Friday Nov 03, 2023
For One Man’s Selfish Needs: The Friday Show
Friday Nov 03, 2023
Friday Nov 03, 2023
CLR Show 1864. Air Date November 3, 2023. For all of Israel's rationalization of its military actions, it is rapidly approaching the point where the fears and political needs of its largely unpopular leader, Bibi Natanyahu, will overshadow whatever moral justification it may be able to present to the world. It is what inevitably happens when an extreme politician is allowed to co-opt the levers of government to fulfill personal ends 'in the name of national security.' Americans should be watching very carefully and realizing we are one misguided vote away from a far worse situation under Donald. With Friday Co-Host, David Bach.
Tuesday Oct 31, 2023
Stopping Donald Now
Tuesday Oct 31, 2023
Tuesday Oct 31, 2023
CLR Show 1863. Air Date October 31, 2023. Too many democrats are making meaningless arguments about delaying the most powerful legal and Constitutional actions against Donald so as not to give him something else to 'turn around' and 'use against us.' Understand this: Donald will never back down. He lives in fear of his freedom and fortune and will fight anyone or anything without fear of legal restriction or contempt proceedings in any Court to regain his hold on the White House, pardon himself for the crimes he can and take revenge on all others. He will destroy the Constitution and the Court System in the process without a second thought. This is not the time to worry about what Donald might say or how The Base will moan. We must focus only on what he would most definitely do ... again.
Friday Oct 27, 2023
Loneliness Weaponized: The Friday Show
Friday Oct 27, 2023
Friday Oct 27, 2023
CLR Show 1862. Air Date October 27, 2023. In a brilliant article in the Atlantic ('The Weaponization of Loneliness') and an equally brilliant follow-up interview with Christiane Amanpour, Hillary Clinton focuses on the the underlying despair and emptiness effecting a substantial part of the republican party and Donald's demented capacity to exploit it rather than rectify it for his own selfish purposes. In the Trumpian world, emptiness and loneliness present perfect opportunities to insert objects of hatred and fear. MAGA types have reached a point where no position is too extreme if it fills an emotional void, no matter how dangerous of destructive that position might be to an individual or the nation. Democrats can and must confront this ideology of self- and national destruction head on. With Friday Co-Host, David Bach.
Tuesday Oct 24, 2023
Accent The Positive
Tuesday Oct 24, 2023
Tuesday Oct 24, 2023
CLR Show 1861. Air Date October 24, 2023. We can surrender to the clown car madness of the MAGA crowd and, like them, believe that Donald is an impregnable force and will overcome all efforts to be brought to 'deep state' justice. Or we can believe our eyes and ears, the Constitution and laws of this country and the judicial processes that confront him and accept the overwhelming likelihood that his financial and political demise is only weeks away. And having recognized that, we must communicate this reality as vigorously and broadly as we possibly can. Because it is the reality that will collectively save and reinvigorate us as a nation.
Friday Oct 20, 2023
No More Games
Friday Oct 20, 2023
Friday Oct 20, 2023
CLR Show 1860. Air Date October 20, 2023. The political gamesmanship of the republican party is, literally, all they have left in the tank. If Americans can be convinced to embrace any tentacle of the demented republican political beast, they may be foolish enough to imagine it is capable of governing and, even more incredibly, improving the lives of Americans. It cannot and will not. America must again assert itself as the sole credible remaining world leader. To fail to do so under the mantle of decency and reasonably projected strength is to encourage the worst of the tyrants and dictators and those who follow them to assert their destructive strength on the world stage, with predictable globally disastrous effects. We cannot and must not let this happen. With Friday Co-Host, David Bach.
Tuesday Oct 10, 2023
Until We Face Our Fears
Tuesday Oct 10, 2023
Tuesday Oct 10, 2023
CLR Show 1859. Air Date October 10, 2023. There is no shortage of analytical skill being demonstrated of late, offering detailed descriptions of the events and perceptions that have lead to our current state of domestic and international conflict. But there are fewer and fewer realistic long-term strategies for defeating or even diminishing the other side. To discover those, we must consciously and collectively identify and suppress our fears, and elevate our collective hope and love. The nature and pathways to practical, lasting solutions will present themselves as soon as we do. It has been this way throughout human history.
Friday Oct 06, 2023
Speaker-less / Rudder-less: The Friday Show
Friday Oct 06, 2023
Friday Oct 06, 2023
CLR show 1858. Air Date October 6, 2023. The House republicans have once again done the unprecedented and unimaginable. With McCarthy booted out of the Speaker slot, the ever-certifiable Jim Jordan has tossed his jacket into the ring and gotten the predictable support of panic-stricken, racing-to-the-bottom Donald. The only problem is, on Earth 1, the republicans will need democratic support to elect a new Speaker, just like they needed it to get rid of the old. And they won't get that support until a rational contender emerges. Which would suggest, unless enough republicans come to their senses, we are in for a long government shutdown once the current CR expires, and may still be Speaker-less when it does. With Friday Co-Host, David Bach.
Tuesday Oct 03, 2023
Losing Faith
Tuesday Oct 03, 2023
Tuesday Oct 03, 2023
CLR Show 1857. Air Date October 3, 2023. Evangelical Leader, Pastor Russell Moore, eloquently and thoughtfully describes the problems of a politicized religious movement that is currently 'using Jesus as a means to an end' in an interview with Carol Martin. His description of the church's problems track perfectly with the larger political problems of the country and particularly with the grievance-based cult of Donald that both motivates and spiritually diminishes the far right. While we can't solve it all overnight, we can understand it now and prioritize our actions. Priority 1: Keep Donald out of the White House.