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Civil Politics (3/21/25): Dominance Tests

Further Reading:

Run for Something - runforsomething.net

Scoop: Schumer faces growing House Dem calls to step down - LINK


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Civil Politics (3/14/25): Literacy is the Civil Rights Issue of our Time

This episode we were joined by Michael Moriarty: a member of the Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, and Executive Director of the OneHolyoke Community Development Corporation

OneHolyoke CDC - oneholyoke.org


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Civil Politics (3/7/25): Transgenic Mice and Other Tall Tales

Further Reading:

Transcript of President Donald Trump’s speech to a joint session of Congress - LINK

Scoop: Dems privately confront Trump speech disruptors - LINK

Video: Rep. Gooden rips away 'This is not normal' sign from Rep. Stansbury before Trump's address - USAToday

Watch: Moment Democrat Al Green sings to protest his censure - LINK

This Is What’s Behind Trump’s Uproar Over ‘Transgender Mice’ - LINK

A Brief Look at President Trump’s List of “Appalling” Aid Projects - CGD

Supreme Court denies Trump request to block $2 billion foreign-aid payment - LINK

Tonight's mid show song: Pink Pony Club (cover) by Rick Astley


Beginning Music: Glenn Gould - Goldberg Variation #5
Ending Music: Electronic - Getting Away With it (Instrumental)

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Civil Politics (2/28/25): Press Conference Pit Fight

Further Reading:

Jeff Bezos' revamp of 'Washington Post' opinions leads editor to quit - LINK

Top 'Washington Post' editor kills article on deputy's departure - LINK

Fake video of Trump kissing Musk's feet displayed at HUD office in Washington - LINK

Rachel Maddow staff to be let go as part of MSNBC overhaul - LINK

Watch tense Oval Office argument between Zelensky, Trump and Vance - Youtube

Exclusive: Russia could concede $300 billion in frozen assets as part of Ukraine war settlement, sources say - LINK

Fact Check: Map shows EU election results, not German federal election outcome - LINK

Alice Weidel: The far-right leader shaping Germany’s AfD - LINK

Cyber Shanty - Blaine M. Strange


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Civil Politics (2/21/25): Leaders Aren't Born, They're Forged

Hostile Government Takeover by AGiftfromTodd

Beginning Music: Glenn Gould - Goldberg Variation #5
Ending Music: Electronic - Getting Away With it (Instrumental)

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Civil Politics (1/31/25): Surviving the Trumpocalypse

Further Reading:

The Hidden Persuaders - Good Reads

Exclusive: Musk aides lock government workers out of computer systems at US agency, sources say - LINK

Legal questions surround Trump's federal worker resignation offer - LINK


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Civil Politics (1/24/25): Once More Unto the Breach

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Civil Politics (1/17/25): Tik Tik Boom

Further Reading:

TikTok ban: Why does the US want to shut down this app? - LINK

For TikTok users, mourning, frustration and clinging to hope as TikTok ban looms - LINK

Welt Am Draht - World On A Wire (1973) - LINK (Youtube)


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Civil Politics (1/10/24): A Facts-less Existence

Further Reading:

Families in shock begin to visit their charred homes in Los Angeles area - LINK

US right wing fans misinformation fires as firefighters battle Los Angeles blazes - LINK

Los Angeles fire maps show updating view of where Palisades, Eaton and more fires are burning right now - LINK

Inmates are fighting California wildfires in long-running and controversial practice - LINK

Why Do People Think NASA Has Discovered a 'Parallel Universe'? - LINK


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Civil Politics (1/3/25): This is Weird

Further Reading;

Soldier who died in Cybertruck explosion left note saying it was a ‘wakeup call’ for country’s ills - LINK

Driver who exploded Cybertruck in Las Vegas railed about ‘political grievances’ and domestic issues before suicide - LINK (CNN)

Suspect was pictured in New Orleans before attack - what else do we know? - LINK

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