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- Part 1:We talk with Stephanie Hanes, who has written broadly on subjects ranging from climate and the environment to education, families, food and farming. She has been an Alicia Patterson fellow and a multiple-time grant recipient from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. She holds teaching positions at Yale University's School of the Environment and The College of William & Mary.We discuss the push to drill and dig in the administration, when many of the minerals and metals we need are already available in the byproducts of existing mining an drilling, in addition to the resources available in discarded items. […]
- Part 1:We talk with Alex Sammon, Slate Features writer.We discuss how the administration has been treating people imprisoned because of immigration policies, and because of thought crimes that are critical of Trump. Specifically, we discuss the case of Mahmoud Khalil, a legal immigrant and graduate student, who has been held in Louisiana since his kidnapping by ICE. We discuss the prison, which is private, and its conditions. We also discuss the environment there and the local economy's dependence on this private prison. The prisoners there have not been convicted of any crimes.Part 2:We talk with MIchael Tomasky, the editor of […]
- Rethink the week.This is a panel discussionJamie Rowen is Associate Professor of Legal Studies and Political Science at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She received her doctorate from the Jurisprudence and Social Policy Program at the University of California, Berkeley, as well as a law degree from Berkeley School of Law. Dr Rowen's work has been published in the International Journal of Transitional Justice, Law and Social Inquiry, Human Rights Quarterly, and numerous other outlets.Stephen Pimpare is Professor of Public Policy at Vermont Law and Graduate School. He is the author of four books, including “A Peoples History of Poverty” […]
- Part 1:We talk with Harvey Kronberg, Publisher of the Texas Quorum Report.We discuss how Gov. Abbott has characterized criticism of Israel as 'anti-Israel' policies, and therefore 'anti-Texas' policies.We also discuss the latest Texas Senate-adopted criminalizing the 'morning-after' pill. This, despite Texas having a high maternal mortality rate. Since the Dobbs decision, the number of abortions has increased nationwide.We discuss the upcoming elections in Texas. Cornyn, Paxton, and possible candidates for the governorship.The Texas economy is contracting. The amounts collected by sales taxes have declined. Texas has no income tax. Small business owners are worried because of the tariffs.Part 2:We talk […]
- Part 1:Benjamin T. King, Esquire, is a partner in the Concord law firm of Douglas, Leonard & Garvey, P.C., concentrating in employment litigation, civil litigation, workers compensation, and personal injury litigation. Attorney King, who has been a New Hampshire trial lawyer since 1997, is the current President of the New Hampshire Chapter of the National Employment Lawyers Association and is a Past President of the New Hampshire Association for Justice. Attorney King graduated from Dartmouth College and the University of Virginia School of LawWe discuss employee rights, particularly in the right-to-work states, where the employees are "At-will", and not covered […]
- Part 1:We talk with Sophie Hill, reporter for the Christian Science Monitor.We discuss antisemitism in higher education in the US. This is being used by the Trump administration to punish universities, particularly the more prestigious universities for not having more stringent rules about antisemitism for their employees and students. However, according to surveys and interviews, rabbis and antisemitism activists do not agree what constitutes antisemitism, and whether Trump's approach is correct. Withdrawing funds from schools hurts ALL students, including Jewish students.Part 2:We talk with John Nichols, who is a national affairs correspondent for The Nation. He has written, cowritten, or […]
- Part one: Susan Milligan is a contributing editor for The New Republic. She is a former White House and congressional correspondent for the Boston Globe, U.S. News and World Report, and the New York Daily News.s America Pissed Off Enough at Trump and Musk for a General Strike?The United States hasnt seen such a massive labor action in 78 years. But the oligarchic wreckage of this administration is fueling multiple movements toward that goal.https://newrepublic.com/article/193370/general-strike-trump-musk-sara-nelson-labor-unionsWe note that Canada's election was yesterday, and results are that Canadians voted AGAINST what Trump represents. He made himself an issue in their election. "In the US, […]
- This is a panel discussion. The panelists are: Stephen Pimpare is Professor of Public Policy at Vermont Law and Graduate School. He is the author of four books, including A Peoples History of Poverty and, most recently, Politics for Social Workers: A Practical Guide to Effecting ChangeBob Hennelly Hosts What's Going On! Moral Monday on WBAI.He's an award winning print and broadcast journalist and staff reporter. He was with the Chief-Leader for years covering unions since 1897. Bob is also a regular contributor for Salon where he writes about the economy and politics. Over the years he has done reporting […]
- Part 1:We talk with Joe Jaworski, who is a third-generation Texas trial attorney and former Mayor of Galveston, Texas. He has served as a law clerk to the United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit, and he has spent years in private practice as a trial attorney, mediator, and legal commentator.We discuss the state of Texas' prisons. There have been many heat deaths (41 in 2024). The Texas legislature has decided that there should be air conditioning in prisons by 2032. Effect, people who go to prison in Texas risk death, even for non-capital crimes.Texas is planning to study the […]
- Part 1:We talk with Nitish Pahwa, Staff writer at Slate.We discuss what has been happening at the National Parks. Douglas Burgum, the Interior Secretary, has allocated all authority to the Acting Assistant Secretary, Tyler Hassan. Hassan is a DOGE member. There have been massive layoffs of park rangers, and funding for parks has decreased. This is having an economic impact. Mining rights are being considered. The parks had a gain of $30 B in 2024, at a cost of $5 B.Part 2:We talk with Jonathan Feingold, who is an associate professor of law at Boston University School of Law.#RaceClass Ep. […]
- Part 1:We talk with Linggong Kong, aa Ph.D. candidate in Political Science at Auburn University. My research focuses on international relations, including U.S.-China relations, China's grand strategy, and Northeast Asian security, as well as comparative politics, with a particular emphasis on political culture.We discuss the tariffs being imposed on Chines goods, and how this is likely to be perceived by the Chines government. The Chinese economy has been weakened, and now Trump may be perceived as the cause, thus helping the Chinese government shift blame, if any, on him. Weaknesses in the China are due to to export orientation, depopulation, […]
- Part 1:We talk with Professor Barnet Sherman, Multinational Finance and Trade,Boston UniversityDuring his 30+ year career on Wall Street, Barnet Sherman grew and managed multibillion dollar portfolios for Morgan Stanley ($3B) and TIAA ($10B) as well as founded a hedge fund. Now a Professor at Boston University, he draws on these experiences in both his Multinational Finance & Trade and Corporate Finance classes to give graduate students professional insights on these complex topics. A Senior Contributor to Forbes.com, he continues to write extensively on the capital markets.We discuss the effect of discouraging students from around the world from coming the […]
- This is a panel discussion. The panelists are:Laura Jedeed, journalist who chronicles the right-wing movement.Lincoln Mitchell, a professor of Political Science at Columbia University.Stephen Pimpare, Professor at the Vermont School of Law.We discuss various topics that are in the headlines, and some that should be.-Cuts to programs–Head Start–Medicaid–NPR–courts across the country-The Systemic destruction of US institutions–universities–media outlets–law firms–museums–cultural institutions–foundationsThis full scale assault on US institutions and persons who represent them (individual lawyers, judges, protest leaders, etc.) is causing fear of the government among citizens.Trump defies court orders, with no consequence.There is an increased use of government terror, in the form […]
- Part 1:We talk with Skye Perryman, President and CEO of Democracy Forward. and Dr. Ray Perryman, President and CEO of the Perryman Group.Grouphttps://www.perrymangroup.com/has half a century of experience in developing systems, analyzing complex problems, and communicating effectively with legislative, regulatory, and judicial bodies, Fortune 500 companies, business organizations, civic community leaders, and audiences through the world.We discuss the chaos that the Trump administration has brought to the US. This is not sustainable in the long term, and is ruinous to the country. It is obvious that Trump is NOT prioritizing the US. People are afraid of many things now: the […]
- Part 1:We talk with Laura Belin, is the publisher, editor, and primary reporter forBleeding Heartland, a community website focused on Iowa politics. She is also the Statehouse reporter for KHOI Radio in Ames and co-host of the station's "Capitol Week" program, as well as a member of theIowa Writers' Collaborative.We discussInteresting election cycle shaping up in Iowa. In addition to the open governor's race, we will have competitive U.S. House races in at least the first and third districts (Mariannette Miller-Meeks and Zach Nunn). Plus the DCCC announced last week that it will also target thesecond district (Ashley Hinson). We […]
- Part 1:We talk with T. Christian Miller, reporter for ProPublica.We discuss the case currently in Louisiana courts. Blue Cross/Blue Shield is appealing a judgement that was rendered by a jury after 18 years of litigation. The Jury was out for two hours of deliberation. The case covered "prior authorization" for procedures which BC/BS refused to pay, even after authorization was given. Many interesting arguments were presented by BC/BS to avoid payment. A story of bad faith by the health insurer.Part 2:We talk with Regina Mahone, Senior Editor at The Nation.Regina describes the painful story of a young woman who was […]
- Part 1:We talk with John P. Jackson, Jr., Professor of History and Philosophy of Science,Michigan State UniversityProfessor Jackson writes in the area ofhistory and philosophy of science, especially the scientific study of race in the United States. He has authored, co-authored, or edited six books.We discuss the social construct of 'race' in the US.We examine how 'race' is human invention, a way to distinguish between people who may represent something different from our near acquaintances, and who may somehow represent a threat. We can thus justify enslaving and mistreating others by whatever physical characteristic that we chose to focus on. […]
- This is a panel discussion.Stephen Pimpare is Professor of Public Policy at Vermont Law and Graduate School. He is the author of four books, including "A Peoples History of Poverty" and, most recently, "Politics for Social Workers: A Practical Guide to Effecting Change"Lincoln Mitchell teaches political science and public policy at Columbia University. He is the author of nine books and his writings have appeared at CNN, Reuters, the New York Times, NBC, the San Francisco Examiner and numerous other media platforms. For more of Lincolns work you can subscribe to his Substack Kibitzing with Lincoln at /lincolnmitchell.substack.com/.Jamie Rowen is […]
- Part 1:We talk with Attorney Joe Jaworski to talk Texas politics, JoeJaworski, grandson of Leon a third generation Texan and a former council member, mayor pro tem and mayor of Galveston, Texas, owns The Jaworski Law FirmWe discuss the chaos caused by Trump's tariff actions, and how this has affected Texas. The business community is cautious about criticizing the actions, but still worried about the effects. Texas is the largest single state to export, mostly energy in the form of refined oil and related products.We learn that Ken Paxton, the Atty General, is running against long-time Senator John Cornyn. This […]
- Part 1:We talk with Henry Grabar, Staff Writer at Slate.We discuss the Canadian government's plan to increase housing buildup in Canada, including changes to local regulations to allow different kinds of housing builds. This would include zoning changes, increased use of modular construction, and pre-fab construction. Additionally, they plan to decrease borrowing costs. The Liberals are up in the polls, and popular sentiment in Canada is against the Trump policies and tariffs.Part 2:We talk with Frank Bowman a law professor and former federal and state prosecutor.He is the author of the bookHigh Crimes and Misdemeanors: A History of Impeachment for […]
- Bob Sanders|Sam Whitehead[image: image.png] opening thoughts*: a friend, writer and professor posted this* I’m currently visiting Normandy, to honor the anti-fascist soldiers who gave their lives for America…and this is the thanks they get: An electorate that re-hires a choleric buffoon who’s dumber than a barrel of bricks. When asked yesterday how he birthed his brainstorm about reopening Alcatraz (which was shuttered 62 years ago because it was three times more expensive to operate than other federal prisons), the convicted criminal mustered this verbatim reply: “Well, I guess I was supposed to be a movie maker. We’re talking—we started with the movie making and will end. I mean, it—it represents something very strong, very powerful in terms of law and order. Our country needs law and order. Alcatraz is, uh, I would say, the ultimate, right? Alcatraz. Sing Sing and Alcatraz. Eh, the movies. But, uh, it’s right now a museum, believe it or not, a lot of people go there. It housed the, uh, most violent criminals in the world, and nobody ever escaped. One person almost got there. But they, as you know the story, they found his clothing rather badly ripped up. And, uh, it was a lot of shark bites, lot of, a lot of problems. Nobody’s ever escaped from Alcatraz. And just represented something, uh, strong having to do with law and order. We need law and order in this country. And so we’re going to, uh, look at it. Some of the people up here are going to be working very hard on that. And, uh, we had a little conversation. I think it’s going to be very interesting. We’ll see if we can, uh, bring it back in large form, add a lot. But I think it represents something. Right now it’s, uh, a big hunk that sitting there rusting and rotting, uh, very, uh, you look at it, it’s sort of a [unintelligible]. You saw that picture that was put out. It’s sort of amazing. But it sort of represents something that’s both horrible and beautiful and strong and miserable. Weak. It’s got a lot of, it’s got a lot of qualities that are interesting. And I think they, they make a point. Okay.” BTW: * He lied. Three people did escape Alcatraz. They were never found, dead or alive, so the “shark bites” riff was bullshit, too. *opening to the first segment about GAZA* headline: Israel plans to occupy and flatten all of Gaza if no deal by Trump’s trip This Is the Moment of Moral Reckoning in Gaza nugget: This is the longest continuous <www.wfp.org/news/wfp-runs-out-food-stocks-gaza-border-crossings-remain-closed> total siege Gaza has endured in the war. Israel is now openly exploiting aid as a tool of war; senior Israeli officials have declared <www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250416-israel-says-no-humanitarian-aid-will-enter-gaza> what effectively is the intent to use starvation as a tactic <www.nytimes.com/2025/05/04/world/europe/israel-gaza-blockade-humanitarian-crisis.html> to pressure Hamas to release the remaining hostages — a clear violation of international law. Many Palestinians fear it is also part of a plan to expel them from Gaza, and aid groups warn that Palestinians could end up in “de facto internment conditions <www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/05/03/gaza-aid-displacement-humanitarian-crisis/287526ee-27de-11f0-ae6d-e4db528eba27_story.html> .”Israel’s blockade — and the deliberate delays, denials and excessive security procedures that surround it — is not just a failure of logistics. It is an engineered system of deprivation. The short-lived cease-fire in January proved inadequate to meet humanitarian needs. Aid increased beginning on Jan. 19, but was again cut off entirely by March. The intent to use hunger as leverage is explicit, and it is unconscionable….When we talk about peace, we must ask: What kind of future are we envisioning if an entire people is left to suffer starvation? Israelis will not be safer while Gaza remains under siege. Sustainable peace is built not through domination, but through dignity, freedom, opportunity and mutual security.This is the moment of moral reckoning. Will the world be complicit in Gaza’s collapse, or part of its recovery? www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/opinion/gaza-israel-aid-starvation.html Part One: Bob Sanders ride and GazaA 70-year-old Jewish former reporter turned activist is cycling across the country this summer in a 4000-mile Ride Against War on Gaza (RAW GAZA). Bob Sanders, also a founder of Not In My Name, NH – a group of Jews opposed to Israeli policy on Palestine — will fly out to San Francisco on May 28, and start cycling a few days later, almost 50 years to the day when he last embarked from the Bay area on his last transcontinental trek.RAW GAZA is backed by the national American Friends Service Committee, Peace Action and Veterans For Peace. The ride will raise awareness about Israel’s ethnic cleansing of Gaza and the West Bank encouraged and paid for by the United States. It will also raise funds for humanitarian assistance and peace groups. “I feel compelled as Jew to speak out considering what the Nazi’s did to us,” Sanders said. “How can I then remain silent when a Jewish nation is systematically destroying and starving an entire population of two million people with my tax dollars? It can’t be antisemitic to protest this injustice. Never Again means never again for anyone, not just Jews.”With a sign on his back, Sanders plans to ride a gravel bike over the mountains and through the nation’s rural heartland, skirting the Great Lakes, arriving back at his home state around Labor Day. *Part two: work requirements for medicaid* Government Watchdog Expects Medicaid Work Requirement Analysis by FallWork Requirements Might Cut Medicaid Spending. But at What Cost? conversation with Sam Whitehead, correspondent, covers the South <www.kffhealthnews.org/news/author/sam-whitehead/> from his base just outside Atlanta. He previously worked as a health care reporter for public radio station WABE, where he chronicled the covid-19 pandemic as host of the award-winning podcast “Did You Wash Your Hands?” Before that, he was a general assignment reporter and fill-in radio host at Georgia Public Broadcasting. He also co-founded a long-running nightly news program on WRFI Community Radio in Ithaca, New York. He’s a graduate of Emory University. Listen online at www.wnhnfm.org/live. Listen anytime to the podcast at www.podomatic.com/podcasts/staff74238 <www.podomatic.com/podcasts/staff74238> podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/attitude-with-arnie-arnesen/id1634055179 tunein.com/podcasts/News–Politics-Podcasts/Attitude-with-Arnie- <tunein.com/podcasts/News–Politics-Podcasts/Attitude-with-Arnie-Arnesen-p1711842/> Arnesen-p1711842/ <tunein.com/podcasts/News–Politics-Podcasts/Attitude-with-Arnie-Arnesen-p1711842/> Attitude with Arnie Arnesen, Alcatraz, Trump, Gaza, Bob Sanders, medicaid, work requirement, KFFhealthnews *KEEPING THE POT STIRRED SO SCUM DOESN’T RISE TO THE TOP* – Anonymous
- (no title)[image: image.png] opening thoughts*: * *Good Morning Arnie, I didn’t know who to ask. Am I in danger of being arrested because of my Facebook posts?* Everyone is a target if they have found u thousands have already been rounded up *For posting on Facebook* they don’t need an excuse…it is the thought police but don’t lose sleep there are too many posts on Facebook and blue sky and folks at rallies that they don’t have the prison cells to hold us…intimidation and fear is their tool don’t fall for it. *I had a dream over the weekend that I was arrested for my Facebook posts. I think I need to scrub my site It is hard to hear folks glorify this man. Feel like we are in the dark ages Now I understand the fear that other countries lived in* Don’t succumb to your fear…you have millions who feel like you, they undermine us by getting folks like you to disappear, to stop showing your disgust and frustration and anger…Don’t let your nightmares dictate your life then they will have succeeded they have occupied your mind *I am just a little person that believes in the truthI told my daughter if I get arrested get the media involved. There is power in the media.* I am not much bigger than you and I believe in the truth too. part one: Pursuit of critical minerals unearths new idea: Use what’s already dug up <www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2025/0505/rare-earth-critical-minerals-u.s.-china> CynthI am not much bigger than you and I believe in the truth toopart one: Pursuit of critical minerals unearths new idea: Use what’s already dug up <www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2025/0505/rare-earth-critical-minerals-u.s.-china> www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2025/0505/rare-earth-critical-minerals-u.s.-china Stephanie Hanes is the Monitor’s environment and climate change writer. After covering justice for both The Concord Monitor and The Baltimore Sun newspapers, she began writing for the Monitor as a correspondent from southern Africa in the mid 2000s. There, she took particular interest in the many intersections of development, conflict, conservation and culture. Her environmental reporting in Mozambique, South Africa, Zimbabwe and elsewhere led to her book, “White Man’s Game: Saving Animals, Rebuilding Eden and other Myths of Conservation in Africa” (Henry Holt/Macmillan, 2017). Part two: Worker Rights Threatened at the Department of Labor Elon Musk and Donald Trump want to make federal employees miserable on the job. Their latest trick: threaten criminal penalties for exercising free speech. prospect.org/labor/2025-04-25-worker-rights-threatened-department-of-labor/ Global Working Conditions Matter for American WorkersThe Trump administration has cut programs that help prevent forced labor and child labor. This will suppress wages everywhere, including the U.S. prospect.org/labor/2025-03-30-global-working-conditions-matter-american-workers-su-tai-ilab/ Julie Su is a nationally recognized workers’ rights and civil rights expert who served in President Biden’s cabinet as the Acting Secretary of Labor where she successfully led efforts to build worker power and union strength, negotiate historic contracts, and expand good jobs for all. Listen online at www.wnhnfm.org/live. Listen anytime to the podcast at www.podomatic.com/podcasts/staff74238 <www.podomatic.com/podcasts/staff74238> podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/attitude-with-arnie-arnesen/id1634055179 tunein.com/podcasts/News–Politics-Podcasts/Attitude-with-Arnie- <tunein.com/podcasts/News–Politics-Podcasts/Attitude-with-Arnie-Arnesen-p1711842/> Arnesen-p1711842/ <tunein.com/podcasts/News–Politics-Podcasts/Attitude-with-Arnie-Arnesen-p1711842/> Attitude with Arnie Arnesen, CSMonitor, Stephanie Hanes, critical minerals, re use, Julie Su, Department of Labor, worker’s rights, independent contractors
- Alex Sammon|Michael Tomasky[image: image.png] The Attitude with Arnie Arnesen opening thoughts: a part of a poem by Mary Oliver and the lyrics from Kindness producers: Dave Scott and Stephanie Collins Chloé LaCasse (the best of the attitude) streaming live at wnhnfm.org noon & 7pm EST on the dial-94.7FM Concord NH podcasts available at podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/attitude-with-arnie-arnesen/id1634055179 opening thoughts*:* What can I say that I have not said before? So I’ll say it again. The leaf has a song in it. Stone is the face of patience. Inside the river there is an unfinishable story and you are somewhere in it and it will never end until all ends. Take your busy heart to the art museum and the chamber of commerce but take it also to the forest. The song you heard singing in the leaf when you were a child is singing still. (from, “What Can I Say”)” ― Mary Oliver Kindness by Mark Hayes the original text of “Kindness,” written by Hayes, seeks to answer the question, “How then shall we live, especially in a world that seems so dysfunctional?” The answer: live with kindness, courage and compassion. When we are joined as one in our pursuit of these values, we can make a lasting impact. To quote Margaret Mead, “Never underestimate the ability of a small group of committed individuals to change the world.” The text is intentionally not sacred, rather universal in its appeal. Imagine how the music and message of this work could join a community together in the pursuit of kindness, courage and compassion. It’s what the world needs.. now. part one: Alex Sammon Slate features writer How Mahmoud Khalil First Glimpsed His Son One heartbreaking afternoon inside an ICE facility in a remote corner of Louisiana. part two: Michael Tomasky is the editor of *The New Republic* Donald Trump’s Biggest, Dumbest Lie Is … *Really* Big and *Really* Dumb The president is peddling hot nonsense on what tariffs can do for America—and the person he’s conned the most seems to be himself. Elon Musk Is an Evil Piece of Garbage—and an A-Level Fraud Too He is stupid. He is incompetent. He is cruel. He is sinister. And people will die because of what he’s done. -Listen online at www.wnhnfm.org/live. Listen anytime to the podcast at www.podomatic.com/podcasts/staff74238 <www.podomatic.com/podcasts/staff74238> podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/attitude-with-arnie-arnesen/id1634055179 tunein.com/podcasts/News–Politics-Podcasts/Attitude-with-Arnie- <tunein.com/podcasts/News–Politics-Podcasts/Attitude-with-Arnie-Arnesen-p1711842/> Arnesen-p1711842/ <tunein.com/podcasts/News–Politics-Podcasts/Attitude-with-Arnie-Arnesen-p1711842/>Attitude with Arnie Arnesen,Mary Oliver, What Can I Say, Kindness by Mark Hayes,Alex Sammon, Slate, Louisiana, Mahmoud Khalil,prison,Michael Tomasky, The New Republic Elon Musk, DOGE, data, tariffs, Trump, income tax *KEEPING THE POT STIRRED SO SCUM DOESN’T RISE TO THE TOP* – Anonymous *D. ARNIE ARNESEN* 15 Rumford Street Concord NH 03301 nharnie@gmail.com (C) 603-321-7654 *Host of “The Attitude with Arnie Arnesen”* *Award Winning Public Affairs Show (NHAB 2018)* *airs noon to 1pm and 7pm EST M-F at 94.7FM (concord nh)* Home Station – wnhnfm.org Part of the Pacifica Network go to wnhnfm.org for streaming live Podcasts available here: www.wnhnfm.org/category/attitude-3/ *Arnie on the Air* Boston, MA-WGBH Under the Radar/Sunday Nights Keene, NH-WKBK Friday Morning with Dan Mitchell
- Aaron Rosenthal|Lincoln Mitchell|Stephen Pimpare|Jamie Rowen[image: image.png] opening thoughts*:* Socialism is what they called public power. Socialism is what they called social security. Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations. Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people. —Harry Truman, 1952 *rethink the week* *talkers:* *Jamie Rowen* is a Professor of Legal Studies and Political Science at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst *Stephen Pimpare *is Professor of Public Policy at Vermont Law and Graduate School. *Lincoln Mitchell* teaches political science and public policy at Columbia University. *Aaron Rosenthal* is the research director for North Star Policy Action Racial Inequality. *topics:* Taxing people’s wages is bad because it undermines liberty….it means (government) controls your life.” Really SO what does placing an unconscionable burden on property taxes ie your shelter, your home, perhaps the only significant asset you have? Wait how do you pay your property taxes? WITH YOUR INCOME Curious…. What is liberty with no place to live???? “ Almost half of layoffs this year driven by DOGE: Report \ Stephen Miller claims Americans likely ‘willing to pay more’ for US-made dolls Trump, on Tariffs, Says ‘Maybe the Children Will Have 2 Dolls Instead of 30 *.* Judge rules Trump’s Alien Enemies Act deportations unlawfulA federal judge in Texas said Trump can’t be allowed to determine a new scope of the law while invoking it ICE raids wrong Oklahoma home, seizes life savings and leaves family ‘traumatized for life’ The state agreed earlier this year to increased cooperation with federal immigration agents Corporations Exploiting Migrant Labor Left Unscathed by Trump Crackdown <www.leefang.com/p/corporations-exploiting-migrant-labor?> The Trump Tariffs and the U.S. Labor Movement <mronline.org/2025/05/01/the-trump-tariffs-and-the-u-s-labor-movement/> MR Online RFK Jr Says Vaccine Contains ‘Aborted Fetus Debris’ <www.newsweek.com/rfk-jr-robert-f-kennedy-jr-vaccine-aborted-fetus-2066618> Newsweek How Trump’s tariff chaos is bringing China’s ‘trade circle of friends’ closer <www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3308544/how-trumps-tariff-chaos-bringing-chinas-trade-circle-friends-closer> U.S. maternal deaths doubled during COVID-19 pandemic, among other findings in new study <www.brown.edu/news/2025-04-28/maternal-mortality> Brown University Canada Strong. There are 3 steps Carney must take to get a truce from Trump <www.cbc.ca/news/world/carney-trump-meeting-trade-war-lookahead-1.7523186> CBC “Bats**t crazy”: House Dems float unsuccessful amendment to bar ICE deportations of US citizens In a meeting of the House Judiciary Committee, Democrats tried to bar ICE deportations of US citizens Trump’s Recession Has Begun It’s already in Seattle. It will now travel east. Republicans Opt to Make Education an Upper-Class Privilege The goal is to save money on higher-education assistance to pay for tax cuts for the rich. “A liability for your party”: Schumer confronted over flagging poll numbers The Senate minority leader has the worst approval ratings of any congressional leader Listen online at www.wnhnfm.org/live. Listen anytime to the podcast at www.podomatic.com/podcasts/staff74238 <www.podomatic.com/podcasts/staff74238> podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/attitude-with-arnie-arnesen/id1634055179 tunein.com/podcasts/News–Politics-Podcasts/Attitude-with-Arnie- <tunein.com/podcasts/News–Politics-Podcasts/Attitude-with-Arnie-Arnesen-p1711842/> Arnesen-p1711842/ <tunein.com/podcasts/News–Politics-Podcasts/Attitude-with-Arnie-Arnesen-p1711842/> Attitude with Arnie Arnesen,Stephen Pimpare, VT Law School,Lincoln Mithcell,Columbia,Aaron Rosenthal, North Star Policy Action, Jamie Rowen, U. of Massachusetts, Amherst, taxes, tariffs,Labor, recession, immigration, courts, dolls, Stephen Miller, Trump, China, deportations, chaos- *KEEPING THE POT STIRRED SO SCUM DOESN’T RISE TO THE TOP* – Anonymous
- Philip Levine|Ben King|Gene Carroll[image: image.png] opening thoughts*:**Poet Philip Levine (1928-2015) knew intimately about the monotony, filth and physical pain of hard labor. But he also greatly admired the men and women who toiled every day in America’s factories. The son of Russian-Jewish immigrants, Levine was born and raised in Detroit and began working in an auto plant when he was just 14 years old. He assumed that would be his career, as he told the NewsHour’s Jeffrey Brown in 2010. <www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/entertainment-jan-june10-levine_01-12/>**“When I was a young guy working in these places and didn’t see a way out as yet — and I certainly didn’t think the way out would be poetry,” he said.But poetry did indeed become his vocation. After attending Wayne State University, he went on to do graduate work at the Iowa Writer’s Workshop and Stanford University and would eventually teach writing at California State University, Fresno for more than 30 years. He wrote 20 collections of verse, won a Pulitzer Prize and served as Poet Laureate of the United States. And yet he always considered his main mission was to document and honor the lives of working-class people.“I saw that the people that I was working with…were voiceless in a way,” he told Detroit Magazine. “In terms of literature of the United States they weren’t being heard. Nobody was speaking for them. And as young people will, you know, I took this foolish vow that I would speak for them and that’s what my life would be. And sure enough I’ve gone and done it. Or I’ve tried anyway.”* What Work Is BY PHILIP LEVINE <www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/philip-levine> We stand in the rain in a long line waiting at Ford Highland Park. For work. You know what work is—if you’re old enough to read this you know what work is, although you may not do it…. *part one:employee rights a discussion of at will employees, contract employees* bio: Benjamin T. King, Esquire, is a partner in the Concord law firm of Douglas, Leonard & Garvey, P.C., concentrating in employment litigation, civil litigation, workers’ compensation, and personal injury litigation. Attorney King, who has been a New Hampshire trial lawyer since 1997, is the current President of the New Hampshire Chapter of the National Employment Lawyers Association and is a Past President of the New Hampshire Association for Justice. Attorney King graduated from Dartmouth College and the University of Virginia School of Law *part two: a conversation with Labor Educator and Organizer Eugene Carroll So where is the labor movement going*….we talked about the possibility of a general strike the question: can you even imagine such a thing? and the assault on unions under Trump bio: Eugene Carroll, a longtime labor educator and organizer and a Worker Institute Fellow at Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations. His previous positions included executive director of New York Jobs with Justice; communications specialist for the United Mine Workers of America; national labor coordinator and organizing director for the National Campaign for a Nuclear Weapons Freeze; and organizer for the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union. Listen online at www.wnhnfm.org/live. Listen anytime to the podcast at www.podomatic.com/podcasts/staff74238 <www.podomatic.com/podcasts/staff74238> podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/attitude-with-arnie-arnesen/id1634055179 tunein.com/podcasts/News–Politics-Podcasts/Attitude-with-Arnie- <tunein.com/podcasts/News–Politics-Podcasts/Attitude-with-Arnie-Arnesen-p1711842/> Arnesen-p1711842/ <tunein.com/podcasts/News–Politics-Podcasts/Attitude-with-Arnie-Arnesen-p1711842/> Attitude with Arnie Arnesen, Poet Philip Levine, What Work Is (poem), Ben King, employment law, at will employment, Gene Carroll, Labor Educator, Labor Organizer, Cornell ILR School, Trump, unions, national strike- *KEEPING THE POT STIRRED SO SCUM DOESN’T RISE TO THE TOP* – Anonymous *D. ARNIE ARNESEN* 15 Rumford Street Concord NH 03301 nharnie@gmail.com (C) 603-321-7654 *Host of “The Attitude with Arnie Arnesen”* *Award Winning Public Affairs Show (NHAB 2018)* *airs noon to 1pm and 7pm EST M-F at 94.7FM (concord nh)* Home Station – wnhnfm.org Part of the Pacifica Network go to wnhnfm.org for streaming live Podcasts available here: www.wnhnfm.org/category/attitude-3/ *Arnie on the Air* Boston, MA-WGBH Under the Radar/Sunday Nights Keene, NH-WKBK Friday Morning with Dan Mitchell
- Sophie Hills|John Nichols[image: image.png] opening thoughts*:**From dread to action: Tracking the Trump-Musk death toll from cuts to USAID **A researcher at Boston University is keeping tabs on deaths likely caused by dismantling U.S. foreign aid programs* www.salon.com/2025/04/26/from-dread-to-action-cuts-to-usaid-spurred-one-researcher-to-begin-tracking-the-impact/ At the outset of the United States’ freeze on billions of dollars in foreign aid, Brooke Nichols thought President Donald Trump <www.salon.com/topic/donald_trump> would never cut funding to the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, a $6.5 billion program that supplies most of the HIV treatment drugs in low-income countries across the world. PEPFAR <www.salon.com/2025/02/28/our-progress-in-ending-the-hivaids-epidemic-shows-the-importance-of-support/> saves too many lives, the global health expert recalled thinking, he couldn’t possibly touch it.But the Trump administration soon did. Dread then set in.”I immediately knew what the impact was,” Nichols, a Boston University associate professor of global health and infectious disease mathematical modeller, told Salon in a video call. “If you don’t have that funding, and it just disappears overnight, people die.”Nichols said she wracked her brain over how she could make clear to others just how devastating the cuts to U.S. foreign aid would be for the world. How could she impart how outrageous the Trump administration’s decision was — and how outraged everyone should be?Then an idea came to her during a run: create a model tracking the human impact, including the inevitable increase in HIV/AIDS infection and transmission and the subsequent rise in otherwise preventable deaths. HIV response research was one of her first professional focuses when she got her start in 2008, so the effort came naturally, the Amsterdam-based mathematical modeler said.The first version of her model, now a web dashboard focused on multiple diseases called theImpact Counter <www.impactcounter.com/dashboard?view=table&sort=funding_status&order=asc> estimating the death tolls caused by the funding freezes, terminations and the effective elimination of the U.S. Agency for International Development, would go live on Jan. 28. The hope, Nichols said, was that it would resonate with others and galvanize them to advocate for the government to change course. “I hope that people can feel the numbers because I know there’s a subset of people that understand and ‘feel’ numbers, that these are people,” she said. “To a lot of people, numbers are just numbers, and without stories around them, it’s really hard to engage with what those mean. But because I’m a numbers person, I’m speaking to the numbers people, and I hope that all the people that visit the site or engage with the work can feel the gravity of what’s happening.”On the first day of his presidency, Trump signed an executive order <www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/reevaluating-and-realigning-united-states-foreign-aid/> establishing a 90-day, program-by-program review of foreign assistance programs to determine which would continue, bringing funding for foreign assistance to a screeching halt. Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency also forced out the majority of USAID employees, reducing <www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/us/politics/usaid-trump-doge-cuts.html> its staff to just 15 legally required positions and folding it into the State Department as part of the administration’s concerted effort to shrink the size of the federal government. Aid organizations dependent on U.S. funding felt the fallout immediately, including largely successful programs that contained outbreaks of Ebola and saved more than 20 million people through HIV and AIDS treatment. Musk and Trump have both characterized USAID projects as a waste of money that push a liberal agenda. As of Friday afternoon, the Impact Counter estimates that the funding discontinuation and terminations will result in 70,856 adult deaths and 147,852 child deaths at a combined rate of 103 deaths per hour. The PEPFAR-related counters, which reflect the number of adult and child deaths to date since funding disruption earlier this year, estimate nearly 40,000 additional adult HIV deaths and just over 4,000 additional infant HIV deaths. Those numbers are projected to reach nearly 159,300 and 16,954 deaths, respectively, after one year. In the face of such anticipated loss at the hands of her native government, Nichols said she’s battling a “general feeling of powerlessness” not unlike other Americans, particularly those on the left. But she said creating the Impact Counter is her way of attempting to fight back part one: Antisemitism reaches 45-year high in US. It’s ‘the canary in the coal mine.’ Sophie Hills is the Monitor’s faith and religion writer, focusing on the intersection of religion and politics, culture, and ideas. She’s based in Washington, D.C. part two: The FBI Arrests a Milwaukee Judge in “a Whole New Descent Into Government Chaos” Trump’s escalation in the struggle between the courts and his administration sent shock waves through Milwaukee and beyond. John Nichols is a national affairs correspondent for *The Nation*. He has written, cowritten, or edited over a dozen books on topics ranging from histories of American socialism and the Democratic Party to analyses of US and global media systems. His latest, cowritten with Senator Bernie Sanders, is the *New York Times* bestseller *It’s OK to Be Angry About Capitalism* <www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/667864/its-ok-to-be-angry-about-capitalism-by-bernie-sanders-with-john-nichols/> . Listen online at www.wnhnfm.org/live. Listen anytime to the podcast at www.podomatic.com/podcasts/staff74238 <www.podomatic.com/podcasts/staff74238> podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/attitude-with-arnie-arnesen/id1634055179 tunein.com/podcasts/News–Politics-Podcasts/Attitude-with-Arnie- <tunein.com/podcasts/News–Politics-Podcasts/Attitude-with-Arnie-Arnesen-p1711842/> Arnesen-p1711842/ <tunein.com/podcasts/News–Politics-Podcasts/Attitude-with-Arnie-Arnesen-p1711842/> Attitude with Arnie Arnesen, Trump-Musk, the Impact Counter, USAID, AIDS, Brooke Nichols, death, Sophie Hills, CSMonitor, Antisemitism, John Nichols, The Nation, Milwaukee Judge, arrested ICE, FBI
- (no title)[image: image.png] opening thoughts: from immigration lawyer Hassan Ahmad immigration lawyer No, the immigration law business isn’t good. I would hope oncologists don’t get excited when the cancer rate spikes. I’m asked often how’s business. I usually say I’m busy and not in a good way. It’s exhausting. I can’t turn my mind off because there’s always a fire to put out or prevent. Everyone’s worried about traveling. Vacations are getting canceled. Trips to see family, too. There’s a chill over political speech – I have clients who have deleted their entire social media profiles. Others who opt for virtual meetings because it’s safer. Others who simply don’t leave their homes. The psy op of being sent to Bukele’s House of Horrors in El Salvador is imprinted in the collective psyche of the aspiring American community. I’d be lying if I said it hadn’t crossed my mind as a native citizen. Another question I’m asked is how 2.0 differs from 1.0. A lot of it is the same: the exhaustion certainly is. But it does feel different. I think the damage being done to our institutions – and our democracy – is far more pervasive this time. Last time this administration took to democracy with a sledgehammer. This time, they’ve added a scalpel. I carry the weight of being targeted or disappeared or worse. … This administration knew where to surgically strike and knew what to do to abuse our law to create American political prisoners like Dr. Suri. It fills me with dread that I could easily piece together a slam-dunk asylum case for him if he were to go to a third country. I’ve often thought that the real measure of a country’s greatness is inversely proportional to the number of refugees it creates. Now another metric is emerging: the adoption of ideology that literally creates cruelty. Whatever we naively believed in as the good, the promise of America – it’s being incinerated. The evil of white supremacy continues to rear its ugly head, making all of what has been accomplished feel so empty. I find myself asking did it really matter? Emanicipation, suffrage, integration? When the white supremacists felt threatened they turned it all off, seemingly with no more difficulty than flipping a switch. I remember that feeling the night of the Muslim Ban at Dulles Airport in 2017. What good are laws that can just be turned off at will? But I’ll be damned if I sit on my ass waiting for the dominoes to fall. They want us running scared. They control the action, for sure. We control the reaction. Go down swinging. rethink the week *Stephen Pimpare *is Professor of Public Policy at Vermont Law and Graduate School. *Bob Hennelly ** Hosts What’s Going On!*He’s an award winning print and broadcast journalist and staff reporter *Lincoln Mitchell* teaches political science and public policy at Columbia University. topics: Dartmouth was the only Ivy League that did not sign the letter standing up to Trump…read this and you will understand why: At Last, College Presidents Are Standing Up to Trump A letter signed by more than 400 university heads offers a sharp rebuke to the bully-in-chief. -When the government asks if you’re Jewish Campus communities rally around international students threatened by ICE Largest federal employee union, a leading Trump opponent, to lay off more than half of staff. The Teamsters Make Some Moves on Amazon Today on TAP: They’re compelling the company to bargain with their warehouse workers and delivery drivers. The Permanent Tariff Damage Trump tries to walk back his tariffs after supply chain collapse and threats of empty store shelves. But reversing course entirely may not be possible. China cancels 12,000 metric tons of US pork shipments Trump administration looking at $5,000 ‘baby bonus’ to incentivize public to have more childrenThe “baby bonus” is one of a number of proposals being considered. -Listen online at www.wnhnfm.org/live. Listen anytime to the podcast at www.podomatic.com/podcasts/staff74238 <www.podomatic.com/podcasts/staff74238> podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/attitude-with-arnie-arnesen/id1634055179 tunein.com/podcasts/News–Politics-Podcasts/Attitude-with-Arnie- <tunein.com/podcasts/News–Politics-Podcasts/Attitude-with-Arnie-Arnesen-p1711842/> Arnesen-p1711842/ <tunein.com/podcasts/News–Politics-Podcasts/Attitude-with-Arnie-Arnesen-p1711842/> Attitude with Arnie Arnesen, immigration, Hassan Ahmad,Robert Hennelly, Lincoln Mitchell, Stephen Pimpare,Jewish, Trump, student visas, deportation, higher education, federal employee union, Teamsters, tariffs, baby bonus, fertilizaion *KEEPING THE POT STIRRED SO SCUM DOESN’T RISE TO THE TOP* – Anonymous *D. ARNIE ARNESEN* 15 Rumford Street Concord NH 03301 nharnie@gmail.com (C) 603-321-7654 *Host of “The Attitude with Arnie Arnesen”* *Award Winning Public Affairs Show (NHAB 2018)* *airs noon to 1pm and 7pm EST M-F at 94.7FM (concord nh)* Home Station – wnhnfm.org Part of the Pacifica Network go to wnhnfm.org for streaming live Podcasts available here: www.wnhnfm.org/category/attitude-3/ *Arnie on the Air* Boston, MA-WGBH Under the Radar/Sunday Nights Keene, NH-WKBK Friday Morning with Dan Mitchell
- Joe Jaworski|Bill Curry|Robert Hockett[image: image.png] opening thoughts: split screen Pope Frank and Lyn Ekedahl’s political poem *Out of Adjectives* I’ve run out of adjectives! What’s crueler than cruel? To call Don’s thugs mean makes me sound like a fool. The depths they will go to, just to show they are tough, Renders such adjectives meaningless fluff! To render young men, cause they’re wearing tattoos, To horrendous conditions, and then to refuse A court order telling them they must comply, Is pure evil. Don smirks and tells lie after lie. Some of Don’s thugs go to pose by the cages Where these young men are held in the farce Donald wages. Trump says that these men are all MS Thirteen, But offers no proof anybody has seen! The real gang to fear—the gang that’s a killer? Kristi Noem and Tom Homan, and ICE, Stephen Miller! Their goal—disappear those not welcome—not white. Ship them off to El Salvador, in secret, at night! To stop this gang’s crimes will require a fight, Like the fights that were fought to obtain human rights. Legal fights in the courts, peaceful fights in the street May force the Don’s gangs into sullen retreat! I had no idea- Bergoglio (his name before he took Francis) came in second in the conclave that elected Benedict XVI in 2005 Pope Francis Obits Omit Focus on PalestineToward the end of Francis’ life, the head of the Catholic Church focused his attention on ongoing genocide in Gaza. “He used to call us at 7 p.m. every night. No matter how busy he was, no matter where he was, he always called,” George Anton, spokesperson for the Church of the Holy Family in Gaza, told NPR (4/22/25 <www.npr.org/2025/04/22/g-s1-62064/pope-francis-gaza-church-palestinian-christians> ). Reuters (4/22/25 <www.reuters.com/world/gazas-christians-heartbroken-pope-who-phoned-them-nightly-2025-04-21/>) ran the headline, “Gaza’s Christians ‘Heartbroken’ for Pope Who Phoned Them Nightly.” AP (4/21/25 <apnews.com/article/pope-francis-israel-hamas-war-gaza-31f1755f8426ec81cb07b29bff3db70e>) called these communications his “frequent evening ritual,” noting that this “small act of compassion made a big impression on Gaza’s tiny Christian community.” *Part one: Texas with Attorney Joe Jaworski* Joe Jaworski is a third-generation Texas trial attorney and former Mayor of Galveston, Texas. He has served as a law clerk to the United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit, and he has spent years in private practice as a trial attorney, mediator, and legal commentator. topics: House panel passes bill requiring air conditioning in Texas prisons by 2032 <www.texastribune.org/2025/04/04/texas-prison-air-conditioning-bills/> Texas may study the impact of immigration again, but focus only on costsThe only time the state conducted such an assessment two decades ago, it found that undocumented Texans contributed more to the state’s economy than they cost the state. Abbott signs first bill of session into law, creating a Texas DOGEThe first bill to reach Abbott’s desk this session creates a regulation-cutting state agency under the purview of the governor. It was passed with bipartisan supermajorities *Part two: * *Robert Hockett * is an American lawyer, law professor <en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_education>, and policy advocate he teaches legal, financial and some philosophical subjects at Cornell University in New York, where I am the Edward Cornell Professor of Law and a Professor of Public Policy. *Bill Curry* was a Connecticut state senator, comptroller and two time Democratic nominee for governor who served as Counselor to the President in the Clinton White House. He has written for Salon, the Daily Beast, the Huffington Post and the Hartford Courant and has provided commentary on National Public Radio, MSNBC and many other news outlets. topics: Pope Francis…Curry writes: *Bill Curry <www.facebook.com/Bill.Curry12?__cft__[0]=AZWBMAvKJiEgsB20BffTSHNHHRgSmhjZBiwVW7SRCnL8TQAtPvOGqSnIeZsNB-2AbX_Sd7uySHicr_8STcSb5M_xM9ytD7w0W-W_K95r5LiWsGzcm2raOAZANNZ6gFbMXYHfYev2iaQw-U5N57LHCz-T&__tn__=-UC%2CP-R>*When I was a first grader at Saint Justin School, on a late spring day, my class dressed up as saints and toured the upper grades, looking, we supposed, very holy. Most of us dressed as our name saints, but as neither my mom nor Sister Elizabeth had a clue how the shadowy Saint William dressed, I was free to impersonate a saint of my choosing. I chose Saint Francis. I figured Francis loved animals and so did I. I imagined myself in a forest glade, chatting up small birds and squirrels. On the appointed day, I wore a bedsheet dyed Franciscan brown and cinched with clothesline rope. To drive home my point, I carried a small toy duck made of very innocent seeming styrofoam. When Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio picked Francis to be his papal name saint, I bet he was thinking along the same lines, albeit more deeply. Like Saint Francis, he knew we are mysteriously connected to all life, and that all life is sacred. Like Saint Francis, he would risk much to defend the poor and call out reckless, greedy consumption. Pope Francis failed to lead his church to a Christian view of women and gays. I suspect he feared a global schism, but failure to curb the 19th century homophobia and mediaeval misogyny still plaguing Catholicism may have worse consequences. For a brief moment in his early papacy, one could imagine women priests, married priests, even Catholic gay marriage, but that candle soon flickered out. Given the church’s current state, I’m not sure anyone could have done more.What Francis did achieve should enshrine him forever in our hearts. His greatest legacy is the example he set of the love, forgiveness and humility that is the beating heart of Christianity. The right accused Francis of being ‘political’, but standing up for refugees and immigrants today is hardly that. In his brilliant encyclical calling on us to protect the earth, “our common home,” from the scourge of climate change, he ignored politics to defend God’s Creation. Francis wasn’t political. He was Christian. Today is Earth Day. It is all too quiet without Francis. The poor and the displaced, even the earth itself had no greater champion. Today we pray for a leader to arise to match his courage and we rededicate ourselves, as we know we must, to the causes to which he devoted his ministry. Read the full letter from universities opposing ‘government intrusion’ Trump signs executive order targeting college accreditation process Head of ‘60 Minutes’ exits after saying he is losing independence www. <www.politico.com/news/2025/04/22/cbs-60-minutes-trump-00303605?fbclid=IwY2xjawJ2SpJleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFUU2F3MWZQbWVOVlhWR2VwAR5zkIzhWDVfvaT8tNMfe4GWzfmTnf1S4HVdVSmYIeQDUyTE9SZDynz9bXEYg_aem_X_H…> Majorities disapprove of some key Trump administration actions Trump vs Powell: how the clash is impacting financial markets <www.ig.com/en/news-and-trade-ideas/Trump-vs-Powell-how-the-clash-is-impacting-financial-markets-250422> IG International Trump economic approval rating falls to 37 percent: Survey Listen online at www.wnhnfm.org/live. Listen anytime to the podcast at www.podomatic.com/podcasts/staff74238 <www.podomatic.com/podcasts/staff74238> podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/attitude-with-arnie-arnesen/id1634055179 tunein.com/podcasts/News–Politics-Podcasts/Attitude-with-Arnie- <tunein.com/podcasts/News–Politics-Podcasts/Attitude-with-Arnie-Arnesen-p1711842/> Arnesen-p1711842/ <tunein.com/podcasts/News–Politics-Podcasts/Attitude-with-Arnie-Arnesen-p1711842/>Attitude with Arnie Arnesen, Lyn Ekedahl, Pope Francis, Texas, Attorney Joe Jaworski, prisons,AC, Texas DOGE, Governor Abbott, immigration, Bill Curry, Robert Hockett, economy, Powell, universities letter
- Joe Jaworski|Bill Curry|Robert Hockett[image: image.png] opening thoughts: split screen Pope Frank and Lyn Ekedahl’s political poem *Out of Adjectives* I’ve run out of adjectives! What’s crueler than cruel? To call Don’s thugs mean makes me sound like a fool. The depths they will go to, just to show they are tough, Renders such adjectives meaningless fluff! To render young men, cause they’re wearing tattoos, To horrendous conditions, and then to refuse A court order telling them they must comply, Is pure evil. Don smirks and tells lie after lie. Some of Don’s thugs go to pose by the cages Where these young men are held in the farce Donald wages. Trump says that these men are all MS Thirteen, But offers no proof anybody has seen! The real gang to fear—the gang that’s a killer? Kristi Noem and Tom Homan, and ICE, Stephen Miller! Their goal—disappear those not welcome—not white. Ship them off to El Salvador, in secret, at night! To stop this gang’s crimes will require a fight, Like the fights that were fought to obtain human rights. Legal fights in the courts, peaceful fights in the street May force the Don’s gangs into sullen retreat! I had no idea- Bergoglio (his name before he took Francis) came in second in the conclave that elected Benedict XVI in 2005 Pope Francis Obits Omit Focus on PalestineToward the end of Francis’ life, the head of the Catholic Church focused his attention on ongoing genocide in Gaza. “He used to call us at 7 p.m. every night. No matter how busy he was, no matter where he was, he always called,” George Anton, spokesperson for the Church of the Holy Family in Gaza, told NPR (4/22/25 <www.npr.org/2025/04/22/g-s1-62064/pope-francis-gaza-church-palestinian-christians> ). Reuters (4/22/25 <www.reuters.com/world/gazas-christians-heartbroken-pope-who-phoned-them-nightly-2025-04-21/>) ran the headline, “Gaza’s Christians ‘Heartbroken’ for Pope Who Phoned Them Nightly.” AP (4/21/25 <apnews.com/article/pope-francis-israel-hamas-war-gaza-31f1755f8426ec81cb07b29bff3db70e>) called these communications his “frequent evening ritual,” noting that this “small act of compassion made a big impression on Gaza’s tiny Christian community.” *Part one: Texas with Attorney Joe Jaworski* Joe Jaworski is a third-generation Texas trial attorney and former Mayor of Galveston, Texas. He has served as a law clerk to the United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit, and he has spent years in private practice as a trial attorney, mediator, and legal commentator. topics: House panel passes bill requiring air conditioning in Texas prisons by 2032 <www.texastribune.org/2025/04/04/texas-prison-air-conditioning-bills/> Texas may study the impact of immigration again, but focus only on costsThe only time the state conducted such an assessment two decades ago, it found that undocumented Texans contributed more to the state’s economy than they cost the state. Abbott signs first bill of session into law, creating a Texas DOGEThe first bill to reach Abbott’s desk this session creates a regulation-cutting state agency under the purview of the governor. It was passed with bipartisan supermajorities *Part two: * *Robert Hockett * is an American lawyer, law professor <en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_education>, and policy advocate he teaches legal, financial and some philosophical subjects at Cornell University in New York, where I am the Edward Cornell Professor of Law and a Professor of Public Policy. *Bill Curry* was a Connecticut state senator, comptroller and two time Democratic nominee for governor who served as Counselor to the President in the Clinton White House. He has written for Salon, the Daily Beast, the Huffington Post and the Hartford Courant and has provided commentary on National Public Radio, MSNBC and many other news outlets. topics: Pope Francis…Curry writes: *Bill Curry <www.facebook.com/Bill.Curry12?__cft__[0]=AZWBMAvKJiEgsB20BffTSHNHHRgSmhjZBiwVW7SRCnL8TQAtPvOGqSnIeZsNB-2AbX_Sd7uySHicr_8STcSb5M_xM9ytD7w0W-W_K95r5LiWsGzcm2raOAZANNZ6gFbMXYHfYev2iaQw-U5N57LHCz-T&__tn__=-UC%2CP-R>*When I was a first grader at Saint Justin School, on a late spring day, my class dressed up as saints and toured the upper grades, looking, we supposed, very holy. Most of us dressed as our name saints, but as neither my mom nor Sister Elizabeth had a clue how the shadowy Saint William dressed, I was free to impersonate a saint of my choosing. I chose Saint Francis. I figured Francis loved animals and so did I. I imagined myself in a forest glade, chatting up small birds and squirrels. On the appointed day, I wore a bedsheet dyed Franciscan brown and cinched with clothesline rope. To drive home my point, I carried a small toy duck made of very innocent seeming styrofoam. When Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio picked Francis to be his papal name saint, I bet he was thinking along the same lines, albeit more deeply. Like Saint Francis, he knew we are mysteriously connected to all life, and that all life is sacred. Like Saint Francis, he would risk much to defend the poor and call out reckless, greedy consumption. Pope Francis failed to lead his church to a Christian view of women and gays. I suspect he feared a global schism, but failure to curb the 19th century homophobia and mediaeval misogyny still plaguing Catholicism may have worse consequences. For a brief moment in his early papacy, one could imagine women priests, married priests, even Catholic gay marriage, but that candle soon flickered out. Given the church’s current state, I’m not sure anyone could have done more.What Francis did achieve should enshrine him forever in our hearts. His greatest legacy is the example he set of the love, forgiveness and humility that is the beating heart of Christianity. The right accused Francis of being ‘political’, but standing up for refugees and immigrants today is hardly that. In his brilliant encyclical calling on us to protect the earth, “our common home,” from the scourge of climate change, he ignored politics to defend God’s Creation. Francis wasn’t political. He was Christian. Today is Earth Day. It is all too quiet without Francis. The poor and the displaced, even the earth itself had no greater champion. Today we pray for a leader to arise to match his courage and we rededicate ourselves, as we know we must, to the causes to which he devoted his ministry. Read the full letter from universities opposing ‘government intrusion’ Trump signs executive order targeting college accreditation process Head of ‘60 Minutes’ exits after saying he is losing independence www. <www.politico.com/news/2025/04/22/cbs-60-minutes-trump-00303605?fbclid=IwY2xjawJ2SpJleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFUU2F3MWZQbWVOVlhWR2VwAR5zkIzhWDVfvaT8tNMfe4GWzfmTnf1S4HVdVSmYIeQDUyTE9SZDynz9bXEYg_aem_X_H…> Majorities disapprove of some key Trump administration actions Trump vs Powell: how the clash is impacting financial markets <www.ig.com/en/news-and-trade-ideas/Trump-vs-Powell-how-the-clash-is-impacting-financial-markets-250422> IG International Trump economic approval rating falls to 37 percent: Survey Listen online at www.wnhnfm.org/live. Listen anytime to the podcast at www.podomatic.com/podcasts/staff74238 <www.podomatic.com/podcasts/staff74238> podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/attitude-with-arnie-arnesen/id1634055179 tunein.com/podcasts/News–Politics-Podcasts/Attitude-with-Arnie- <tunein.com/podcasts/News–Politics-Podcasts/Attitude-with-Arnie-Arnesen-p1711842/> Arnesen-p1711842/ <tunein.com/podcasts/News–Politics-Podcasts/Attitude-with-Arnie-Arnesen-p1711842/>Attitude with Arnie Arnesen, Lyn Ekedahl, Pope Francis, Texas, Attorney Joe Jaworski, prisons,AC, Texas DOGE, Governor Abbott, immigration, Bill Curry, Robert Hockett, economy, Powell, universities letter
- Linggong Kong|Chris Lehmann[image: image.png] opening thoughts: 5. Global dance In 2024, University of Notre Dame professor David Lantigua <theology.nd.edu/people/david-lantigua/> had a cup of maté tea with some “porteños,” as people from Buenos Aires are known. They shared a surprising take on the Argentine pope: “a theologian of the tango.”Francis does love the dance – in 2014, thousands of Catholics tangoed in St. Peter’s Square to honor his birthday. But there’s more to it <theconversation.com/at-88-pope-francis-dances-the-tango-with-the-global-catholic-church-amid-its-culture-wars-222855>, Lantigua explains. Francis’ vision for the church was “based on relationships of trust and solidarity,” like a pair of dance partners. And part of his task as pope was to “tango” with all the world’s Catholics, carefully navigating culture wars and an increasingly diverse church. Francis was “less interested in ivory tower theology than the faith of people on the streets,” where Argentina’s beloved dance was born. part one:*In trade war with the US, China holds a lot more cards than Trump may think − in fact, it might have a winning hand. **bio: *Linggong Kong I am a Ph.D. candidate in Political Science at Auburn University. part two: Trump’s Great Big Fascist Gaslighting Show Trump, his minions, and El Salvador’s president teamed up to tell a string of obscene lies about the innocent man they sent to a gulag. bio: Chris Lehmann is the DC Bureau chief for *The Nation* Listen online at www.wnhnfm.org/live. Listen anytime to the podcast at www.podomatic.com/podcasts/staff74238 <www.podomatic.com/podcasts/staff74238> podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/attitude-with-arnie-arnesen/id1634055179 tunein.com/podcasts/News–Politics-Podcasts/Attitude-with-Arnie- <tunein.com/podcasts/News–Politics-Podcasts/Attitude-with-Arnie-Arnesen-p1711842/> Arnesen-p1711842/ <tunein.com/podcasts/News–Politics-Podcasts/Attitude-with-Arnie-Arnesen-p1711842/> Attitude with Arnie Arnesen,Pope Francis, tango,China, trade war, Linggong Kong, Trump, Fascist, El Salvador, rendition, Gaslighting, Garcia Abrego *KEEPING THE POT STIRRED SO SCUM DOESN’T RISE TO THE TOP* – Anonymous
- Barnet Sherman|Lori Wallach[image: image.png] opening thoughts: This is the Easter message of the man that over half of our fellow citizens voted for. Read and weep. Donald J. Trump @realDonald Trump Happy Easter to all, including the Radical Left Lunatics who are fighting and scheming so hard to bring Murderers, Drug Lords, Dangerous Prisoners, the Mentally Insane, and well known MS- 13 Gang Members and Wife Beaters, back into our Country. Happy Easter also to the WEAK and INEFFECTIVE Judges and Law Enforcement Officials who are allowing this sinister attack on our Nation to continue, an attack so violent that it will never be forgotten! Sleepy Joe Biden purposefully allowed Millions of CRIMINALS to enter our Country, totally unvetted and unchecked, through an Open Borders Policy that will go down in history as the single most calamitous act ever perpetrated upon America. He was, by far, our WORST and most Incompetent President, a man who had absolutely no idea what he was doing — But to him, and to the person that ran and manipulated the Auto Pen (perhaps our REAL President!), and to all of the people who CHEATED in the 2020 Presidential Election in order to get this highly destructive Moron Elected, I wish you, with great love, sincerity, and affection, a very Happy Easter!!! *the Sermon on the Mount* Now when Jesus saw the crowds, he went up on a mountainside and sat down. His disciples came to him and he began to teach them.*The Beatitudes* *3 *“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. *4 *Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. *5 *Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth. *6 *Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled. *7 *Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy. *8 *Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. *9 *Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God. *10 *Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. *part one: international students infuse tens of millions of dollars into local economies across the US. What happens if they stay home? * Barnet Sherman Professor, Multinational Finance and Trade, Boston University <theconversation.com/institutions/boston-university-898> -*Part two: our continuing conversation with Lori Wallach the director of the Rethink Trade program at the American Economic Liberties Project.* *Lori Wallach* is the director of the Rethink Trade program at American Economic Liberties Project. She is also Senior Advisor to the Citizens Trade Campaign, the U.S. national trade justice coalition of unions and environmental, consumer, faith, family farm and other groups. The Trade Policy We NeedTrump’s on-again, off-again tariffs are incoherent, but that should not discredit targeted tariffs paired with investment as a policy lever. Listen online at www.wnhnfm.org/live. Listen anytime to the podcast at www.podomatic.com/podcasts/staff74238 <www.podomatic.com/podcasts/staff74238> podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/attitude-with-arnie-arnesen/id1634055179 tunein.com/podcasts/News–Politics-Podcasts/Attitude-with-Arnie- <tunein.com/podcasts/News–Politics-Podcasts/Attitude-with-Arnie-Arnesen-p1711842/> Arnesen-p1711842/ <tunein.com/podcasts/News–Politics-Podcasts/Attitude-with-Arnie-Arnesen-p1711842/> Attitude with Arnie Arnesen,Barnet Sherman, Boston U, international students, local economies, tariffs,Trump, Lori Wallach, Rethink Trade Program, American Economic Liberties Project, American Prospect, Trade justice-
- Laura Belin|Mark Joseph Stern[image: image.png] Part one: Laura Belin is the publisher, editor, and primary reporter for Bleeding Heartland <www.bleedingheartland.com/>, a community website focused on Iowa politics. She is also the Statehouse reporter for KHOI Radio in Ames and co-host of the station’s “Capitol Week” program, as well as a member of the Iowa Writers’ Collaborative <iowawriters.substack.com/>. topics: At a town hall in Iowa Grassley: It’s up to El Salvador, not Trump, to return deported migrant <www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2025/04/15/chuck-grassley-constitutional-crisis-el-salvador-wrongfully-deported-man/83102990007/> Iowa Governor Reynolds will not run for re-election why? Bernie Sanders has an organizer on the ground in Iowa, trying to make life hard for vulnerable House Republicans on the reconciliation bill part two: Mark Joseph Stern senior writer at Slate.comThe Crisis Over Trump’s Salvadoran Gulag Has Reached a Terrifying Breaking Point slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/04/trump-defying-supreme-court-el-salvador-bukele.htm <slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/04/trump-defying-supreme-court-el-salvador-bukele.html> l Listen online at www.wnhnfm.org/live. Listen anytime to the podcast at www.podomatic.com/podcasts/staff74238 <www.podomatic.com/podcasts/staff74238> podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/attitude-with-arnie-arnesen/id1634055179 tunein.com/podcasts/News–Politics-Podcasts/Attitude-with-Arnie- <tunein.com/podcasts/News–Politics-Podcasts/Attitude-with-Arnie-Arnesen-p1711842/> Arnesen-p1711842/ <tunein.com/podcasts/News–Politics-Podcasts/Attitude-with-Arnie-Arnesen-p1711842/> Attitude with Arnie Arnesen,Laura Belin, Bleeding Heartland, Iowa, Governor Reynolds, Senator Grassley, El Salvador, Bernie Sanders,Joni Ernst,Nathan Sage,Mark Joseph Stern, Slate,deportation, courts, Trump, Stephen Miller,Abrego Garcia *KEEPING THE POT STIRRED SO SCUM DOESN’T RISE TO THE TOP* – Anonymous *D. ARNIE ARNESEN* 15 Rumford Street Concord NH 03301 nharnie@gmail.com (C) 603-321-7654 *Host of “The Attitude with Arnie Arnesen”* *Award Winning Public Affairs Show (NHAB 2018)* *airs noon to 1pm and 7pm EST M-F at 94.7FM (concord nh)* Home Station – wnhnfm.org Part of the Pacifica Network go to wnhnfm.org for streaming live Podcasts available here: www.wnhnfm.org/category/attitude-3/ *Arnie on the Air* Boston, MA-WGBH Under the Radar/Sunday Nights Keene, NH-WKBK Friday Morning with Dan Mitchell
- T Christian Miller|Regina Mahone[image: image.png] opening thoughts:1 To every Jew in America: Rise up now!!!Trump has begun the move to construct concentration camps…I grew up in a Jewish Italian neighborhood and was remind by my neighbors that we should never forget, never again. It is returning and your collective voice is needed now-at this very moment! [image: bafkreihkbyvn7beym3akmawk6ch6vftygugskgnsaswsevusptvkifoa6a.jpg] opening thought part 2: Maine’s Governor Janet Mills is channeling US Senator Margaret Chase and her 1950 Declaration of Conscience speech aimed at Senator Joe McCarthy -Joe is to Donald as Margaret is to Janet. I could not be prouder of. her courage and her convictions Part one: Slow Pay, Low Pay or No Pay www.propublica.org/article/blue-cross-blue-shield-louisiana-insurance-lawsuit-breast-cancer-doctors author: T. Christian Miller Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter dedicated to accountability, transparency and data-driven journalism. Part two: We begin this conversation with the knowledge that this week is Black Maternal Health Week (4/11-17), so the conversation couldn’t be more timely: blkmaternalhealthweek.com/ The Nation’s Senior editor *Regina Mahone*, coauthor, with We Testify Founder Renee Bracey Sherman, of *Liberating Abortion: Claiming Our History, Sharing Our Stories, and Building the Reproductive Future We Deserve*, is available for interview to discuss the storytellers putting the struggle for reproductive freedom into action across the country. In “*Abortion Bans Upended Their Lives — Now They’re Fighting Back, <www.thenation.com/article/activism/abortion-in-america-storytelling/>** One Story at a Time <www.thenation.com/article/activism/abortion-in-america-storytelling/>* ,” www.thenation.com/article/activism/abortion-in-america-storytelling/ Listen online at www.wnhnfm.org/live. Listen anytime to the podcast at www.podomatic.com/podcasts/staff74238 <www.podomatic.com/podcasts/staff74238> podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/attitude-with-arnie-arnesen/id1634055179 tunein.com/podcasts/News–Politics-Podcasts/Attitude-with-Arnie- <tunein.com/podcasts/News–Politics-Podcasts/Attitude-with-Arnie-Arnesen-p1711842/> Arnesen-p1711842/ <tunein.com/podcasts/News–Politics-Podcasts/Attitude-with-Arnie-Arnesen-p1711842/>Attitude with Arnie Arnesen, concentration camps, Governor Janet Mills, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana, Propublica, T. Christian Miller, The Nation, Regina Mahone, abortion post Dobbs, Black Maternal Health week
- (no title)[image: image.png] opening thoughts:1 Tariffs are non-negotiable, negotiable, but not a negotiating tactic. They are permanent until they are paused but they will never be paused, until they are paused which means they increase. Permanent exemptions already announced are temporary, but nothing has been announced. opening thoughts 2 No union and forget staff toilet breaks, but hey, at least Bezos can buy Venice for his wedding. www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/13/no-union-and-forget-staff-toilet-breaks-but-hey-at-least-bezos-can-buy-venice-for-his-wedding?CMP=share_btn_url WELL DONE US. IT CAN’T BE LONG BEFORE JEFF BEZOS PERSONALLY EXTENDS HIS THANKS <news.sky.com/story/jeff-bezos-space-flight-backlash-after-worlds-richest-man-thanks-amazon-customers-and-staff-for-paying-for-his-trip-12360436>, AS HE DID WHEN WE – AMAZON EMPLOYEES AND AMAZON CUSTOMERS – PAID FOR HIS FLIGHT TO SUB-ORBITAL SPACE, BUT LET’S NOT WAIT. AS SOON AS MONDAY, WHEN HIS FIANCEE, LAUREN SÁNCHEZ, IS DUE WITH FIVE FRIENDS ON A ROCKET TRIP, AMAZON GIVERS COULD BE WITNESS, AGAIN, TO THE KIND OF UNFETTERED EXCESS THAT IS ONLY POSSIBLE IF EVERYONE, AT EVERY LEVEL, CONTRIBUTES, EVEN IF IT’S ONLY VIA PERMANENT SURVEILLANCE AND A SURRENDERED TOILET BREAK <timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/amazon-asked-workers-not-to-take-toilet-breaks-report/articleshow/111122742.cms> …. *part one: John P Jackson Jr Professor of History and Philosophy of Science, Michigan State University <theconversation.com/institutions/michigan-state-university-1349>* Professor Jackson writes in the area of history and philosophy of science, especially the scientific study of race in the United States. Race isn’t a ‘biological reality,’ contrary to recent political claims − here’s how scientific consensus on race developed in the 20th century <theconversation.com/race-isnt-a-biological-reality-contrary-to-recent-political-claims-heres-how-scientific-consensus-on-race-developed-in-the-20th-century-253504> An executive order critiques the idea that race is a human invention. But that’s exactly what modern science supports. *Part two: Lori Wallach is the director of the Rethink Trade program at the American Economic Liberties Project.* *Lori Wallach* is the director of the Rethink Trade program at American Economic Liberties Project. She is also Senior Advisor to the Citizens Trade Campaign, the U.S. national trade justice coalition of unions and environmental, consumer, faith, family farm and other groups. The Trade Policy We NeedTrump’s on-again, off-again tariffs are incoherent, but that should not discredit targeted tariffs paired with investment as a policy lever. Listen online at www.wnhnfm.org/live. Listen anytime to the podcast at www.podomatic.com/podcasts/staff74238 <www.podomatic.com/podcasts/staff74238> podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/attitude-with-arnie-arnesen/id1634055179 tunein.com/podcasts/News–Politics-Podcasts/Attitude-with-Arnie- <tunein.com/podcasts/News–Politics-Podcasts/Attitude-with-Arnie-Arnesen-p1711842/> Arnesen-p1711842/ <tunein.com/podcasts/News–Politics-Podcasts/Attitude-with-Arnie-Arnesen-p1711842/> Attitude with Arnie Arnesen,tariffs,Trump, Bezos, Venice, trip to space, John Jackson, Michigan State, race, human invention, Lori Wallach, Rethink Trade Program, American Economic Liberties Project, American Prospect, Trade justice <tunein.com/podcasts/News–Politics-Podcasts/Attitude-with-Arnie-Arnesen-p1711842/>
- Stephen Pimpare|Lincoln Mitchell|Jamie Rowen[image: image.png] opening thoughts tariffs on China, Trump shakes down law firms rethink the week talkers: *Stephen Pimpare *is Professor of Public Policy at Vermont Law and Graduate School. *Jamie Rowen* is Associate Professor of Legal Studies and Political Science at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. *Lincoln Mitchell* teaches political science and public policy at Columbia University. topics: corruption-insider trading El Salvadore Medicaid cuts anti semitism being monitored on social media stocks tank the bond market Listen online at www.wnhnfm.org/live. Listen anytime to the podcast at www.podomatic.com/podcasts/staff74238 <www.podomatic.com/podcasts/staff74238> podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/attitude-with-arnie-arnesen/id1634055179 tunein.com/podcasts/News–Politics-Podcasts/Attitude-with-Arnie- <tunein.com/podcasts/News–Politics-Podcasts/Attitude-with-Arnie-Arnesen-p1711842/> Arnesen-p1711842/ <tunein.com/podcasts/News–Politics-Podcasts/Attitude-with-Arnie-Arnesen-p1711842/>Attitude with Arnie Arnesen, China, tariffs, Trump, Law Firms, Stephen Pimpare, Lincoln Mitchell, Jamie Rowen, stock, bond markets, anti-semitism, corruption, insider trading \. *KEEPING THE POT STIRRED SO SCUM DOESN’T RISE TO THE TOP* – Anonymous *D. ARNIE ARNESEN* 15 Rumford Street Concord NH 03301 nharnie@gmail.com (C) 603-321-7654 *Host of “The Attitude with Arnie Arnesen”* *Award Winning Public Affairs Show (NHAB 2018)* *airs noon to 1pm and 7pm EST M-F at 94.7FM (concord nh)* Home Station – wnhnfm.org Part of the Pacifica Network go to wnhnfm.org for streaming live Podcasts available here: www.wnhnfm.org/category/attitude-3/ *Arnie on the Air* Boston, MA-WGBH Under the Radar/Sunday Nights Keene, NH-WKBK Friday Morning with Dan Mitchell
- Attorney Joe Jaworski|Laura Jedeed|Bill Curry[image: image.png] opening thoughts: This is one section from a short paper titled “What was the impact of fascist rule upon Italy from 1922 to 1945?” This section is quite chilling to read ~ it is America today. *Gender Roles and Sexual Mores* *part one: Attorney Joe Jaworski * joins us today to talk Texas politics, Joe Jaworski, grandson of Leon Jaworski, Joe is a third generation Texan and a former council member, mayor pro tem and mayor of Galveston, Texas, owns The Jaworski Law Firm *topics:* ‘Con man’ vs. ‘anti-Trump’: Years of Republican fighting fuel a nasty Senate primary in Texas GOP Sen. John Cornyn is facing a challenge from state Attorney General Ken Paxton in what figures to be an expensive and personal contest. Elon Musk’s attorney running to succeed Paxton as Texas attorney general <thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5241796-elon-musks-attorney-running-texas-attorney-general/> Texas AG Ken Paxton officially joins U.S. Senate race challenging John Cornyn The attorney general positions himself as a disruptor against the Republican establishment embodied in the longtime Senate fixture. *part two:* *Bill Curry* was a Connecticut state senator, comptroller and two time Democratic nominee for governor who served as Counselor to the President in the Clinton White House. . *Laura Jedeed* is a freelance journalist who primarily focuses on the American conservative movement. *topics:* ICE Chief Suggests Copying Amazon Prime for Trump’s Mass Deportations Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons wants mass deportations to look like Amazon Prime, “but with human beings.” ‘An extraordinary threat to the rule of law’: Justice Sotomayor excoriates ‘inexplicable’ decision to side with Trump admin in high-profile deportation case Corporate Media Minimize Massive Hands Off! Protests <fair.org/home/corporate-media-minimize-massive-hands-off-protests/> Print Media to Mass Protests: “Please Turn to Page 18” Here’s how newspapers across America minimized one of the largest demonstrations since Trump’s return to power. Listen online at www.wnhnfm.org/live. Listen anytime to the podcast at www.podomatic.com/podcasts/staff74238 <www.podomatic.com/podcasts/staff74238> podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/attitude-with-arnie-arnesen/id1634055179 tunein.com/podcasts/News–Politics-Podcasts/Attitude-with-Arnie- <tunein.com/podcasts/News–Politics-Podcasts/Attitude-with-Arnie-Arnesen-p1711842/> Arnesen-p1711842/ <tunein.com/podcasts/News–Politics-Podcasts/Attitude-with-Arnie-Arnesen-p1711842/> . Attitude with Arnie Arnesen, Italy, Fascism, Texas, Joe Jaworski, Ken Paxton, Senator Cornyn, Musk’s Lawyer, Bill Curry, Laura Jedeed, the media, April 5, ICE,deportation, Amazon Prime
- Henry Grabar|Frank Bowman[image: image.png] opening thoughts: Germany considers school lessons to prepare students for crisis and war situations Federal Interior Ministry proposes civil defense lessons in schools amid Europe’s changing security situation, according to local media *part one:**Henry Grabar is a staff writer at Slate.* Trump’s Trade Wars Are Having a Very Unexpected Effect on Housing. But Not Where You Think. It’s the kind of bold federal plan that progressive Americans can only dream about. *part two:* *Frank Bowman** is a law professor and former federal and state prosecutor.* He is the author of the book *High Crimes and Misdemeanors: A History of Impeachment for the Age of Trump (2nd ed.) *. His new book on the presidential pardon power will be published by Cambridge University Press in 2025. The Biggest Political Scandal of Trump’s Term Has Gone Completely Ignored Listen online at www.wnhnfm.org/live. Listen anytime to the podcast at www.podomatic.com/podcasts/staff74238 <www.podomatic.com/podcasts/staff74238> podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/attitude-with-arnie-arnesen/id1634055179 tunein.com/podcasts/News–Politics-Podcasts/Attitude-with-Arnie- <tunein.com/podcasts/News–Politics-Podcasts/Attitude-with-Arnie-Arnesen-p1711842/> Arnesen-p1711842/ <tunein.com/podcasts/News–Politics-Podcasts/Attitude-with-Arnie-Arnesen-p1711842/>Attitude with Arnie Arnesen, Frank Bowman, pardons, Henry Grabar, Housing, Canada– *KEEPING THE POT STIRRED SO SCUM DOESN’T RISE TO THE TOP* – Anonymous
- John Nichols|Ro Khanna[image: image.png] opening thoughts: This was posted on my Facebook page -I need to share it here & as I noted: we must do what we can no matter where we are, alone is tough but as my friend wrote, inspiring!Big crowds are great but I saw the most poignant rally today driving home from caring for my mother. It was pouring rain as I was driving through Winchester NH – nobody around but a rain-drenched woman all alone holding up a Hands Off sign. This rally of one was the most powerful and made me teary and proud. Whoever you are, thank you for standing up for democracy, decency, and humanity. part one: John Nichols is a national affairs correspondent for *The Nation*. He has written, cowritten, or edited over a dozen books on topics ranging from histories of American socialism and the Democratic Party to analyses of US and global media systems. His latest, cowritten with Senator Bernie Sanders, is the *New York Times* bestseller *It’s OK to Be Angry About Capitalism* <www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/667864/its-ok-to-be-angry-about-capitalism-by-bernie-sanders-with-john-nichols/> . part two: Congressman Ro Khanna where is america today…what is your vision…how do we talk to the American people at this moment and realize that we must address the challenges of a stock market tanking, a billionaire attempting a twofer…dismantle govt with a chain saw and using his billions to remake govt to his liking, the tariffs make us a poria on the world stage, the war on the other from students losing their visas, and disappearing because they exercised their free speech rights to higher ed being bullied and threatened with grant cancellations and faculty firings, the rule of law being paid lip service or ignored, the Congress castrated by their fascist in chief, courageous judges being threatened with impeachment, major law firms taking the knee and oh yeah the dire threats of climate change and a possible war with iran… just to list a few. How do you talk about this moment? What is your hopeful vision and how do you bring a disgusted base with you to get beyond this. How do we navigate this moment? Congressman Ro Khanna represents California’s 17th Congressional District, located in the heart of Silicon Valley, and is serving his fourth term. Listen online at www.wnhnfm.org/live. Listen anytime to the podcast at www.podomatic.com/podcasts/staff74238 <www.podomatic.com/podcasts/staff74238> podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/attitude-with-arnie-arnesen/id1634055179 tunein.com/podcasts/News–Politics-Podcasts/Attitude-with-Arnie- <tunein.com/podcasts/News–Politics-Podcasts/Attitude-with-Arnie-Arnesen-p1711842/> Arnesen-p1711842/ <tunein.com/podcasts/News–Politics-Podcasts/Attitude-with-Arnie-Arnesen-p1711842/> Attitude with Arnie Arnesen,John Nichols, April 5, rallies, tariffs, Congressman Ro Khanna
- Stephen Pimpare|Lincoln Mitchell|Ryan Cooper[image: image.png] opening thoughts: Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on how tariffs will bring jobs to the US, for robots: “We all hold our iPhones, which we love. Why do they have to be made in Taiwan and China? Why can’t those be made with robotics in America? ” That sinking feeling in New Hampshire is brought to you by the grand illusion newhampshirebulletin.com/2025/04/02/that-sinking-feeling-in-new-hampshire-is-brought-to-you-by-the-grand-illusion/?fbclid=IwY2xjawJcGbBleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHQOEZkPC2FXGvk_DCvQ6oNXkyA2gMdt1qEo-7mn4zu06p… Seven years ago, we were in a tight spot. My wife, daughters, and I were sharing a house in central New Hampshire with my parents, and even that frugal living arrangement wasn’t enough to make it affordable for any of us after a while. The property taxes were too high and climbing (even in our tight-fisted red town), the cost of upkeep became prohibitive, and there were too many years of paychecks going in the wrong direction. Amid that tense mess, my dad passed away — of course it was his heart — and my sister and her family ended up selling their place next door and taking over the old house, in part so my mom could stay. We all agreed it was the best option of the few available to our extended clan. Meanwhile, the four of us — the family within the family — found a starter home we felt like we could afford and began again in a new town with new schools for the girls. It wasn’t the softest landing, for any of us.We were unmoored. The first year in that new life was tough, and we almost lost everything. My wife and I were both working full time but carrying a lot of credit card debt. The minimum payments combined with the mortgage, utilities, and other standard living expenses left us with nothing at the end of the month. If you didn’t know us, if you weren’t there, it would be as good a guess as any that the debt was a result of us living beyond our means. After all, every family has to live within a budget, and every family needs to learn how to trim the fat. The thing is, there wasn’t any. The thousands in debt wasn’t the result of vacations; we never took any. It wasn’t for nights on the town or Amazon splurges. It is just how much extra it cost, added up over the first 15 years of our life together, to keep a young family of four afloat in New Hampshire. It was for urgent home and car repairs that we didn’t see coming, school clothes and supplies for the girls, all of those incidental bills that turn ledgers red. In the end, we felt our only option — after exploring all of them — was to do precisely what the experts say you should not do: We cashed out part of my 401(k) to pay off the debt. For us, the choice amounted to sink now or struggle later. In other words, there was no choice at all. I’m sharing all of these personal details, and uncomfortably so, not because I think my family’s story is unique but because in most ways it isn’t. In America, it is so very expensive to have nothing. And that is why political debate in this country strikes me as a kind of madness. We have created a system that exerts endless economic pressure on the middle and lower classes, and the big myth is that whoever you perceive to be below you on that class ladder is the primary, and undeserving, beneficiary of your hard work, your taxes, your struggle. But they are not. And I have to believe — or at least hope — that all of you will see that one day, whatever political party you support. The whole of the American political establishment — long owned by the actual beneficiaries of that downward economic pressure — serves as the architect for the grand illusion. But the American right takes the cake — has long taken the cake — for subterfuge and misdirection, and it’s a bitter bite. …Why is it so hard to get by when you’ve done everything right, or tried anyway? Shouldn’t paying the bills be a little easier, just a little bit, in the richest country in the world?If those questions don’t form the immovable center of our politics, I have no idea what it is we are doing. rethink the week talkers: *Stephen Pimpare *is Professor of Public Policy at Vermont Law and Graduate School. *Ryan Cooper* is the *Prospect*’s managing editor *Lincoln Mitchell* teaches political science and public policy at Columbia University. topics: No Personnel Is Policy The Trump administration is accomplishing through layoffs what it couldn’t accomplish through Congress They’re Not Tariffs, They’re Sanctions Stop trying to place coherence on a policy that’s really just a mob boss breaking legs and asking for protection money. What Elon Musk Won in Wisconsin Democratic attorneys general join legal fight over Trump’s election order The Fascism Expert at Yale Who’s Fleeing America <www.vanityfair.com/news/story/the-fascism-expert-at-yale-whos-fleeing-america?srsltid=AfmBOopSIkbjVmKutWKVm7F_JN5_iGlR0eA3wPTGlR0P84HwnCL9TaOR> “This is bananas”: Trump’s “reciprocal” tariffs rely on “indescribably crazy” mathTrump admin “computed reciprocal tariffs without using tariff data,” ex-Treasury Secretary says UAW president stresses ‘excess capacity’ in US amid tariffs, auto layoffs Trump open to tariff negotiations, contradicting White House aides <www.cnbc.com/2025/04/03/trump-tariffs-live-updates-stock-market-trade-war.html> CNBC — Listen online at www.wnhnfm.org/live. Listen anytime to the podcast at www.podomatic.com/podcasts/staff74238 <www.podomatic.com/podcasts/staff74238> podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/attitude-with-arnie-arnesen/id1634055179 tunein.com/podcasts/News–Politics-Podcasts/Attitude-with-Arnie- <tunein.com/podcasts/News–Politics-Podcasts/Attitude-with-Arnie-Arnesen-p1711842/> Arnesen-p1711842/ <tunein.com/podcasts/News–Politics-Podcasts/Attitude-with-Arnie-Arnesen-p1711842/>Attitude with Arnie Arnesen, Howard Lutnick, robots,Trump, Tariffs,Wisconsin, elections, Stephen Pimpare, Lincoln Mitchell, Ryan Cooper, American Prospect- *KEEPING THE POT STIRRED SO SCUM DOESN’T RISE TO THE TOP* – Anonymous
- Harvey Kronberg|Tim Noah|Bill Curry[image: image.png] *part one: * Harvey Kronberg…we talk Texas: property taxes, vouchers, immigration, voting what has been the reaction to Musk loss in Wisconsin Harvey is an American journalist who owns and edits the *Quorum Report <en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Quorum_Report&action=edit&redlink=1>*, an online publication covering Texas politics. In 2005, *Texas Monthly <en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Monthly>* named Kronberg as one of the 25 most powerful people in Texas <en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas> politics. topics: Internal fighting between the Lt Gov and the Speaker of the House…they may all be Republicans but don’t assume they are on the same page Hakeem Jeffries says Democrats ‘likely’ to sue over delayed special election for Sylvester Turner seat Texas farmers warn Trump’s new tariffs are ‘bad for business,’ while oil and gas excluded Texas officials’ claim that school funding is at an all-time high ignores inflation and temporary federal money *part two:* Bill Curry was a Connecticut state senator, comptroller and two time Democratic nominee for governor who served as Counselor to the President in the Clinton White House. He has written for Salon, the Daily Beast, the Huffington Post and the Hartford Courant and has provided commentary on National Public Radio, MSNBC and many other news outlets. *Timothy Robert Noah* is an American journalist, author, and a staff writer at *The New Republic <en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_Republic>*. Previously he was labor policy editor for *Politico <en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politico>*, a contributing writer at MSNBC <en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSNBC>.com, a senior editor of *The New Republic*[2] <en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_Noah#cite_note-2>[3] <en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_Noah#cite_note-3>[4] <en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_Noah#cite_note-4> assigned to write the biweekly “TRB From Washington” column, and a senior writer at *Slate*, where for a decade he wrote the “Chatterbox” column. In April 2012, Noah published a book, *The Great Divergence*, about income inequality in the United States <en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Income_inequality_in_the_United_States>. topics: THOUGHTS ON THE RALLIES ACROSS AMERICA ON APRIL 5 More than 1,000 events are planned in all 50 states and multiple countries. The question of if a country could fuck itself harder than the UK did with Brexit has today been answered. Job Cuts Soared 60% In March To Highest Since Spring 2020—Almost All Because Of DOGE Fighting Back, a citizen’s guide to Resistance Trump to impose higher-than-expected tariffs, markets drop: — Listen online at www.wnhnfm.org/live. Listen anytime to the podcast at www.podomatic.com/podcasts/staff74238 <www.podomatic.com/podcasts/staff74238> podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/attitude-with-arnie-arnesen/id1634055179 tunein.com/podcasts/News–Politics-Podcasts/Attitude-with-Arnie- <tunein.com/podcasts/News–Politics-Podcasts/Attitude-with-Arnie-Arnesen-p1711842/> Arnesen-p1711842/ <tunein.com/podcasts/News–Politics-Podcasts/Attitude-with-Arnie-Arnesen-p1711842/> Attitude with Arnie Arnesen,Texas, Harvey Kronberg, the Quorum Report,Bill Curry, Tim Noah, The New Republic, Tariffs, job loss, fighting back, April 5 rallies
- Anders Croy| Dr. Elizabeth Minnich[image: image.png] opening thoughts: poem by Lyn Ekedahl *Shocked, Simply Shocked* Our great business leaders are shocked, simply shocked, That their hero, their Donald to whom they had flocked, Is going to do all the things he’d declared, Not just lower their taxes, about which they cared. The Don glorified tariffs and how he would use them. Why in the world should his actions confuse them? Did they think that the Donald was driven by reason? By facts or convictions—a man for all seasons? Did they think just because they got down on their knees, Kissed his ring, said they’d give him whatever he pleased, That he’d think for a moment, say, “Ah, you’re so right! “What I’m doing will cause economical blight!”? These great business leaders are thick in their heads. Perhaps they’ve ingested some hazardous meds. The Don has repeatedly said what he’ll do And who he is going to do those things to! He’s a hater, maliciously focused on vengeance, He’s got multiple targets—the British, the French, Canadians, Mexicans—-it’s a very long list. The Don wants to be sure that no target is missed! When will he stop? Business guys need to know. They’re hoping quite soon, so their businesses grow. But the Don doesn’t stop when he’s off on a whim. The Don will not stop til the spree’s hurting him! part one: Anders Croy…Communications Director for Florida Watch and the DeSantis Watch accountability project. Anders Croy has been working in the Florida political process for a decade, amassing extensive experience in both campaigns and legislative policy. A sixth-generation Floridian, Anders lives in his hometown of Tallahassee elections, taxes, and child labor part two: author Elizabeth Minnich Dr. Minnich earned her M.A. and Ph.D. in Philosophy from The Graduate Faculty for Political and Social Science of The New School University in New York, where she was Teaching Assistant for Hannah Arendt. She wrote her dissertation on John Dewey, and has continued to work on political and moral implications, roles, responsibilities of education in and for democracy. *The Evil of Banality: On the Life and Death Importance of Thinking <rowman.com/ISBN/9798881802929/The-Evil-of-Banality-On-the-Life-and-Death-Importance-of-Thinking-Expanded-Edition>. new chapter why not lie?* Listen online at www.wnhnfm.org/live. Listen anytime to the podcast at www.podomatic.com/podcasts/staff74238 <www.podomatic.com/podcasts/staff74238> podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/attitude-with-arnie-arnesen/id1634055179 tunein.com/podcasts/News–Politics-Podcasts/Attitude-with-Arnie- <tunein.com/podcasts/News–Politics-Podcasts/Attitude-with-Arnie-Arnesen-p1711842/> Arnesen-p1711842/ <tunein.com/podcasts/News–Politics-Podcasts/Attitude-with-Arnie-Arnesen-p1711842/> Attitude with Arnie Arnesen, Lyn Ekedahl, Anders Croy, Florida elections, child labor, DeSantis, Dr. Eiizabeth Minnich, The Evil of Banality *KEEPING THE POT STIRRED SO SCUM DOESN’T RISE TO THE TOP* – Anonymous *D. ARNIE ARNESEN* 15 Rumford Street Concord NH 03301 nharnie@gmail.com (C) 603-321-7654 *Host of “The Attitude with Arnie Arnesen”* *Award Winning Public Affairs Show (NHAB 2018)* *airs noon to 1pm and 7pm EST M-F at 94.7FM (concord nh)* Home Station – wnhnfm.org Part of the Pacifica Network go to wnhnfm.org for streaming live Podcasts available here: www.wnhnfm.org/category/attitude-3/ *Arnie on the Air* Boston, MA-WGBH Under the Radar/Sunday Nights Keene, NH-WKBK Friday Morning with Dan Mitchell
- Harold Meyerson|Jessica Piper[image: image.png] opening thoughts:Rutgers challenges Trump part one: *Harold Meyerson* is editor at large of *The American Prospect*. Trump Stomps Workers Stripping bargaining rights from most federal employees is one more way he’s converting a constitutional government into a monarch’s court. part two: *Jessica Piper* is a reporter at POLITICO, where she covers politics and elections through the lens of data, including campaign finances and fundraising, political messaging, voting patterns, and changing demographics. The hidden trend behind Latinos’ shift toward Trump Many of the Latino voters who broke for Donald Trump also backed Democrats for Congress. What that means will shape politics for elections to come. Listen online at www.wnhnfm.org/live Listen anytime to the podcast at www.podomatic.com/podcasts/staff74238 <www.podomatic.com/podcasts/staff74238> Attitude with Arnie Arnesen, Rutgers, Trump, unions, Harold Meyerson, The American Prospect, Jessica Piper, Politico, Latino voters *KEEPING THE POT STIRRED SO SCUM DOESN’T RISE TO THE TOP* – Anonymous *D. ARNIE ARNESEN* 15 Rumford Street Concord NH 03301 nharnie@gmail.com (C) 603-321-7654 *Host of “The Attitude with Arnie Arnesen”* *Award Winning Public Affairs Show (NHAB 2018)* *airs noon to 1pm and 7pm EST M-F at 94.7FM (concord nh)* Home Station – wnhnfm.org Part of the Pacifica Network go to wnhnfm.org for streaming live Podcasts available here: www.wnhnfm.org/category/attitude-3/ *Arnie on the Air* Boston, MA-WGBH Under the Radar/Sunday Nights Keene, NH-WKBK Friday Morning with Dan Mitchell
- Stephen Pimpare|Lincoln Mitchell|Felipe de la Hoz[image: image.png] opening thoughts: from Jessica Valenti’s substack the Georgia police arrest a woman who had a miscarriage…this story is terrifying Police arrested the young woman after she was found unconscious and bleeding near her apartment complex, charging her with “concealing the death of another person” and “abandonment of a dead body.” Why? Because after miscarrying, they say, she bagged up the fetal remains and put them in the trash. *What exactly did they expect her to do?* Was she supposed to call the police after her miscarriage? A funeral home? At what point in pregnancy are women supposed to start reporting their pregnancy losses to law enforcement? It’s completely unhinged. Naturally, this case follows the same pattern we’ve seen over and over again: A woman of color is criminalized for a pregnancy loss, charged under vague laws that seemingly have nothing to do with abortion, while local media frames her medical crisis as a criminal act. Let’s be clear: The Tifton police themselves say <www.tifton.net/DocumentCenter/View/1661/PR-032125-UPDATE-Tifton-PD?bidId=> this was a miscarriage. They’re not claiming it was an illegal abortion—and even if it were, *Georgia* law doesn’t allow the prosecution of people who have abortions. So why is this a police matter? Why did they send the fetus to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation’s Crime Lab for a *fucking autopsy*? rethink the week talkers: *Stephen Pimpare *is Professor of Public Policy at Vermont Law and Graduate School. *Felipe De La Hoz* iis an immigration-focused journalist , he teaches journalism at CUNY’s graduate school and NYU’s undergraduate program. *Lincoln Mitchell* teaches political science and public policy at Columbia University. topics: Professor Tim Snyder of “On Tyranny” fame has left the US Canada Announces Bombshell Break With U.S. Over Trump The new Canadian prime minister announced the two countries’ relationship is “over.” Can the Democratic Party free itself from the Biden brand? Bernie’s ‘Fighting Oligarchy’ Tour Is Organizing, Too Capitalizing on a surge of Democratic energy, the Sanders team is hiring full-time organizers and pushing supporters toward critical local issues. Trump’s Simple Racism The real targets of the war on DEI include civil rights enforcement, federal outlays that serve Black communities, and Black workers in and out of government. HHS plans to shutter or downsize several health agencies, including at CDC Health and Human Services is planning to cut 10,000 jobs across the sprawling department. — Listen online at www.wnhnfm.org/live. Listen anytime to the podcast at www.podomatic.com/podcasts/staff74238 <www.podomatic.com/podcasts/staff74238> podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/attitude-with-arnie-arnesen/id1634055179 tunein.com/podcasts/News–Politics-Podcasts/Attitude-with-Arnie- <tunein.com/podcasts/News–Politics-Podcasts/Attitude-with-Arnie-Arnesen-p1711842/> Arnesen-p1711842/ <tunein.com/podcasts/News–Politics-Podcasts/Attitude-with-Arnie-Arnesen-p1711842/> Attitude with Arnie Arnesen, Jessica Valenti, Georgia, miscarriage, Stephen Pimpare, Lincoln Mitchell, Felipe De La Hoz, detention, immigration, disappearing,campus unrest, Canada, tariffs, Tim Snyder *KEEPING THE POT STIRRED SO SCUM DOESN’T RISE TO THE TOP* – Anonymous
- Joe Jaworsky|Robert Hockett|Bill Curry[image: image.png] opening thoughts: U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on the Constitution Hearing on Censorship Written Testimony of Dr. Mary Anne Franks George Washington Law School — part one: Attorney Joe Jaworski joins us today to talk Texas politics, Joe Jaworski, grandson of Leon a third generation Texan and a former council member, mayor pro tem and mayor of Galveston, Texas, owns The Jaworski Law Firm from Jaworski’s conversation with State Rep Wu amazing as it talks about their leadership role as V Chairs John Cornyn leans heavily on pro-Trump message as he begins reelection bid Cornyn invoked Trump by name seven times in a campaign kickoff video. local leaders push back against school vouchers part two: Bill Curry was a Connecticut state senator, comptroller and two time Democratic nominee for governor who served as Counselor to the President in the Clinton White House. He has written for Salon, the Daily Beast, the Huffington Post and the Hartford Courant and has provided commentary on National Public Radio, MSNBC and many other news outlets. Robert Hockett is an American lawyer, law professor <en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_education>, and policy advocate. He holds two positions at Cornell University <en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornell_University> (the Edward Cornell Professor of Law at Cornell Law School <en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornell_Law_School> and a Professor of Public Affairs topics: Columbia Expelled Me for My Palestine Activism, but I Won’t Be SilencedAnd neither will anyone else targeted by the university. We are not afraid, we are undeterred, and we will continue to fight. Appeals court keeps block on Trump’s sweeping funding freeze <thehill.com/homenews/administration/5216594-appeals-court-keeps-block-on-trumps-sweeping-funding-freeze/> Federal Appeals Court Keeps Block on Trump Use of Alien Enemies Act to Deport Immigrants <www.aclu.org/press-releases/federal-appeals-court-keeps-block-on-trump-use-of-alien-enemies-act-to-deport-immigrants> Trump Weighs In On If Signal Group Chat Was Classified: ‘I Don’t Know’ Here Are the Attack Plans That Trump’s Advisers Shared on Signal <archive.is/DA1hV#selection-707.0-707.64> Mike Johnson Suggests Eliminating Federal Courts After Trump Rulings Blocked <truthout.org/articles/mike-johnson-suggests-eliminating-federal-courts-after-trump-rulings-blocked/> Listen online at www.wnhnfm.org/live Listen anytime to the podcast at www.podomatic.com/podcasts/staff74238 <www.podomatic.com/podcasts/staff74238> Attitude with Arnie Arnesen,Joe Jaworski,vouchers, democratic leadership in th TX house, Robert Hockett, Bill Curry, deportation, ICE
- thoughts bye Oscar Romero| Patrik Jonsson|Ron Abramson[image: image.png] opening thoughts: Monseñor Óscar Arnulfo Romero (15 August 1917 – 24 March 1980) Romero is also one of the ten 20th-century martyrs depicted in statues above the Great West Door of Westminster Abbey <en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westminster_Abbey> in London. In 1980, Romero was shot by an assassin while celebrating Mass <en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_(liturgy)>. Though no one was ever convicted for the crime, investigations by the UN-created Truth Commission for El Salvador <en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truth_Commission_for_El_Salvador> concluded that Major Roberto D’Aubuisson <en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_D%27Aubuisson>, a death squad <en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_squads_in_El_Salvador> leader and later founder of the right-wing Nationalist Republican Alliance <en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationalist_Republican_Alliance> (ARENA) political party, had ordered the killing.[5] <en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%93scar_Romero#cite_note-5> In 1997, Pope John Paul II <en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_II> bestowed upon Romero the title of Servant of God <en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Servant_of_God#Catholic_Church>, and a cause for his beatification <en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatification> was opened by the church. The cause stalled but was reopened by Pope Benedict XVI <en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Benedict_XVI> in 2012. Romero was declared a martyr <en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martyr> by Pope Francis <en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Francis> on 3 February 2015, paving the way for his beatification on 23 May 2015. During Romero’s beatification, Pope Francis declared that his “ministry was distinguished by his particular attention to the most poor and marginalized.”[6] <en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%93scar_Romero#cite_note-6> Pope Francis canonized <en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canonization> Romero on 14 October 2018. PRESENTE! “This is what we are about: We plant seeds that one day will grow. We water seeds already planted, knowing that they hold future promise. We lay foundations that will need further development. We provide yeast that produces effects beyond our capabilities. We cannot do everything and there is a sense of liberation in realizing that. This enables us to do something and to do it very well. It may be incomplete, but it is a beginning, a step along the way, an opportunity for God’s grace to enter and do the rest. We may never see the end results, but that is the difference between the master builder and the worker. We are workers, not master builders, ministers, not messiahs. We are prophets of a future not our own.” ~ Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero ~ (assassinated in San Salvador on March 24, 1980) part one: Why extreme violence in the US has police trying new tactics CS Monitor reporter Patrik Jonsson The Attitude with Arnie Arnesen opening thoughts:Monseñor Óscar Arnulfo Romero (15 August 1917 – 24 March 1980) producers: Dave Scott and Stepthanie Collins Chloé LaCasse (the best of the attitude) streaming live at wnhnfm.org noon & 7pm EST on the dial-94.7FM Concord NH podcasts available at podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/attitude-with-arnie-arnesen/id1634055179 opening thoughts: Monseñor Óscar Arnulfo Romero (15 August 1917 – 24 March 1980) Romero is also one of the ten 20th-century martyrs depicted in statues above the Great West Door of Westminster Abbey <en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westminster_Abbey> in London. In 1980, Romero was shot by an assassin while celebrating Mass <en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_(liturgy)>. Though no one was ever convicted for the crime, investigations by the UN-created Truth Commission for El Salvador <en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truth_Commission_for_El_Salvador> concluded that Major Roberto D’Aubuisson <en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_D%27Aubuisson>, a death squad <en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_squads_in_El_Salvador> leader and later founder of the right-wing Nationalist Republican Alliance <en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationalist_Republican_Alliance> (ARENA) political party, had ordered the killing.[5] <en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%93scar_Romero#cite_note-5> In 1997, Pope John Paul II <en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_II> bestowed upon Romero the title of Servant of God <en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Servant_of_God#Catholic_Church>, and a cause for his beatification <en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatification> was opened by the church. The cause stalled but was reopened by Pope Benedict XVI <en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Benedict_XVI> in 2012. Romero was declared a martyr <en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martyr> by Pope Francis <en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Francis> on 3 February 2015, paving the way for his beatification on 23 May 2015. During Romero’s beatification, Pope Francis declared that his “ministry was distinguished by his particular attention to the most poor and marginalized.”[6] <en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%93scar_Romero#cite_note-6> Pope Francis canonized <en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canonization> Romero on 14 October 2018. PRESENTE! “This is what we are about: We plant seeds that one day will grow. We water seeds already planted, knowing that they hold future promise. We lay foundations that will need further development. We provide yeast that produces effects beyond our capabilities. We cannot do everything and there is a sense of liberation in realizing that. This enables us to do something and to do it very well. It may be incomplete, but it is a beginning, a step along the way, an opportunity for God’s grace to enter and do the rest. We may never see the end results, but that is the difference between the master builder and the worker. We are workers, not master builders, ministers, not messiahs. We are prophets of a future not our own.” ~ Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero ~ (assassinated in San Salvador on March 24, 1980) part one:Why extreme violence in the US has police trying new tactics Patrik Jonsson is the CSMonitor’s Georgia bureau chief. Part two: Immigration Attorney Ron Abramson what is life like as an immigration lawyer in the time of Trump and mass deportations…no one is safe Listen online at www.wnhnfm.org/live. Listen anytime to the podcast at www.podomatic.com/podcasts/staff74238 <www.podomatic.com/podcasts/staff74238> podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/attitude-with-arnie-arnesen/id1634055179 tunein.com/podcasts/News–Politics-Podcasts/Attitude-with-Arnie- <tunein.com/podcasts/News–Politics-Podcasts/Attitude-with-Arnie-Arnesen-p1711842/> Arnesen-p1711842/ <tunein.com/podcasts/News–Politics-Podcasts/Attitude-with-Arnie-Arnesen-p1711842/> Attitude with Arnie Arnesen, Monseñor Óscar Arnulfo Romero, CS Monitor Patrik Jonsson, violence, police, community, Ron Abramson, immigration, Trump *KEEPING THE POT STIRRED SO SCUM DOESN’T RISE TO THE TOP* – Anonymous
- Jeet Heer|Eamon Whalen[image: image.png] opening thoughts: Back in the late 80s I read a book by the great educator Jonathan Kozol. A quote that he used to begin his book “Illiterate America” has never seemed so prescient as it does now. It was delivered by the British physicist and author C. P. Snow. “I can’t help thinking of the Venetian Republic in their last half century. Like us, [the Venetians] had once been fabulously lucky. They had become rich, as we did… They had acquired immense political skill, just as we have. A good many of them were tough minded, realistic, patriotic men. They knew, just as clearly as we know, that the current of history had begun to flow against them. Many of them gave their minds to working out ways to keep going. It would have meant breaking the pattern into which they had crystallised. They were fond of the pattern, just as we are fond of ours. They never found the will to break it.” bluesky from Felipe de la Hoz What the right-wing has long understood that the liberals refuse to learn is that if you fight every battle to the hilt you either eventually win or lose having drawn enough blood to make a win likelier next time (while recruiting to the cause) part one: Chuck Schumer Should Resign to Spend More Time With His Imaginary Friends The bad news is that the Democratic Senate leader isn’t up for reelection until 2028. The good news is that he can resign right now, and should do so—twice. Chuck Schumer Is the Weakest Link The Senate minority leader wants to make sure everyone else is fighting for democracy—so he’s not at risk. — Jeet Heer is a national affairs correspondent for The Nation and host of the weekly Nationpodcast, The Time of Monsters <www.thenation.com/content/time-of-monsters/>. part two: “*Are Men OK? <thenation.com/article/society/richard-reeves-profile/>*,” *Eamon Whalen* looks at the life’s work of Richard V. Reeves, the go-to source on the crisis of masculinity in America. *Nation* contributor Eamon Whalen is a freelance journalist covering culture and politics. Listen online at www.wnhnfm.org/live Listen anytime to the podcast at www.podomatic.com/podcasts/staff74238 <www.podomatic.com/podcasts/staff74238> Attitude with Arnie Arnesen,Jeet Heer, The Nation, Chuck Schumer, US Senate, CR, Are Men OK?, Eamon Whalen
- Stephen Pimpare|Lincoln Mitchell|Dave Levinthal[image: image.png] opening thoughts: JFK grandson Jack Schlossberg- JFK grandson: This is what he said when he learned Trump unclassified his grandfather’s assassination. This is pretty powerful! A.) “President Trump is obsessed with my grandfather — but not in his life or what he achieved in it. No, just like @robertfkennedyjr @realdonaldtrump is only interested in JFK’s carcass.” B.) “JFK drafted the civil rights act — Trump made DEI illegal. JFK stared down Russia and did not blink — Trump is Russia’s closest ally. JFK sent a man to the moon — Trump gave Elon the keys to Air Force One. JFK created USAID — Trump eliminated it.” C.”JFK fought fascism and Communism. Trump is selling us out to tech warlords, at home and abroad. JFK stood behind unions and labor, demanding healthcare, higher pay. Trump is stripping working families from lifesaving care , financial support.” D.)”These men are stealing history from present and future generations — by appropriating the past for their criminal agenda, they normalize themselves in the minds of those without living memory.” rethink the week talkers: *Stephen Pimpare *is Professor of Public Policy at Vermont Law and Graduate School *Lincoln Mitchell* teaches political science and public policy at Columbia University. *Dave Levinthal *Based in Washington, D.C., Dave has led Raw Story <www.rawstory.com/staff-bio-dave-levinthal/>’s newsroom as editor-in-chief and served as deputy editor of Business Insider <www.businessinsider.com/author/dave-levinthal>, where he oversaw the publication’s political investigations and enterprise journalism. Dave has also worked as an editor or reporter at the Center for Public Integrity <publicintegrity.org/author/dave-levinthal/>… topics: The Wisconsin Supreme Court Race Has Become All About Elon Musk The richest man in the world is the biggest spender on behalf of a right-wing effort to take control of a state Supreme Court. Musk’s PAC offers $100 to Wisconsin voters in pitch against “activist judges” Britain and Germany issue travel warnings for folks considering coming to the US…so goes our foreign tourism Trump Administration Live Updates: President Signs Order Aimed at Closing Education Dept DOGE Is Going to Kill a Lot of Americans The Democratic Party could spell this out clearly and consistently for voters. Carville blasts Democrats for focusing too much on urban voter <thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5206681-carville-blasts-democrats-for-focusing-too-much-on-urban-voters/> Trump is bombarding the Ivy League. This college just hired a staunch ally as its top lawyer. Matt Raymer, the former chief counsel for the Republican National Committee who has backed ending birthright citizenship, will serve as Dartmouth’s general counsel. ‘You’re not fighting!’: Dems run into angry crowds at town halls It was only weeks ago that House Republicans were facing their own rowdy forums Trump is becoming a bigger problem for the Supreme Court — and John Roberts can’t control it After extending presidential immunity in Trump’s Jan. 6 case, the court has no room to stop his judicial attack How Trump Is Trying to Consolidate Power Over Courts, Congress and More President Trump’s expansive interpretation of presidential power has become the defining characteristic of his second term. Can Public Opinion Help Stop Donald Trump? <www.left-notes.com/p/public-opinion-how-to-stop-trump?> Listen online at www.wnhnfm.org/live. Listen anytime to the podcast at www.podomatic.com/podcasts/staff74238 <www.podomatic.com/podcasts/staff74238> podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/attitude-with-arnie-arnesen/id1634055179 tunein.com/podcasts/News–Politics-Podcasts/Attitude-with-Arnie- <tunein.com/podcasts/News–Politics-Podcasts/Attitude-with-Arnie-Arnesen-p1711842/> Arnesen-p1711842/ <tunein.com/podcasts/News–Politics-Podcasts/Attitude-with-Arnie-Arnesen-p1711842/> Attitude with Arnie Arnesen, Jack Schlossberg, JFK grandson, Trump,assassination,Stephen Pimpare, Lincoln Mitchell, Dave Levinthal, higher ed, courts, town hall, Schumer, angry crowds, AOC, Bernie, Musk, Wisconsin, Election, WI Supreme Court
- Jeremy Schwartz|BillCurry|David Atkins[image: image.png] opening thoughts *Losing Our Rights by Lyn Ekedahl* What are human rights and how do we lose them? We’re learning that now as Trump’s minions abuse them. Because what’s being done to each one of their prey At all of our rights surely’s chipping away. Mahmoud Khalil just engaged in free speech, Expressing his views in an effort to teach. But the Donald’s Gestapo brutally seized him, Put him in prison where no one can see him! Khalil has a green card, the right to be here, He’s broken no laws, had no reason to fear. At legal protections, the Donald just jeers. He likes to create and exacerbate fears. In an action despicable, vicious and mean, Treating people as badly as I’ve ever seen, Don’s Gestapo rounded up lots of young men, Calling them gang members, Venezuelan. But there was no evidence this was the case. Their rights to a hearing were simply erased. These guys were deported in manner obscene, Put in a foreign jail—dystopian/mean. As the Don and his gang with sick violence act, They hope The Resistance from fear will react, By crumbling, dispersing, just fading away. But it won’t. The resistance is here and will stay! word of the day: ul·tra·crep·i·dar·i·an. expressing opinions on matters outside the scope of one’s knowledge or expertise. I part one: Texas on the Attitude “The Way Texans Elect School Board Members Plays a Key Role in What Students in Diverse Districts Learn <www.propublica.org/article/texas-school-boards-richardson-keller-at-large-voting> ” Jeremy Schwartz is an investigative reporter for the ProPublica-Texas Tribune Investigative Initiative. part two: WHO ARE WE? Professor Scott Galloway nails it: In America today rights and democracy are a function of how much money you have.The wealthy technocrats and 1% feel that they are protected by the law but not bound by it and the rest of the 99%…we are bound by the law but not protected by it. This truth is hard to hear but it turns out it is harder to live the truth of this moment. Bill Curry was a Connecticut state senator, comptroller and two time Democratic nominee for governor who served as Counselor to the President in the Clinton White House. He has written for Salon, the Daily Beast, the Huffington Post and the Hartford Courant and has provided commentary on National Public Radio, MSNBC and many other news outlets. David Atkins is a Washington Monthly, contributing writer, activist, and research professional living in Santa Barbara as well as an elected DNC Member from California. He is president of The Pollux Group, a qualitative research firm. topics: This Has Got to Be the Most Hitler-Curious Administration in U.S. History Trump is bombarding the Ivy League. ‘You’re not fighting!’: Dems run into angry crowds at town halls It was only weeks ago that House Republicans were facing their own rowdy forums — Listen online at www.wnhnfm.org/live. Listen anytime to the podcast at www.podomatic.com/podcasts/staff74238 <www.podomatic.com/podcasts/staff74238> podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/attitude-with-arnie-arnesen/id1634055179 tunein.com/podcasts/News–Politics-Podcasts/Attitude-with-Arnie- <tunein.com/podcasts/News–Politics-Podcasts/Attitude-with-Arnie-Arnesen-p1711842/> Arnesen-p1711842/ <tunein.com/podcasts/News–Politics-Podcasts/Attitude-with-Arnie-Arnesen-p1711842/> Attitude with Arnie Arnesen,Lyn Ekedahl, political poem, Propublica Jeremy Schwartz, Texas, SchoolBoards, Bill Curry, David Atkins, War on Higher Ed, the Democratic Response
- (no title)[image: image.png] opening thoughts: from a newsletter that asks the question: Can democracies hold?? Ian Bremmer’s description of the US is beyond depressing but not surprising: “The democracy experiment in America right now is particularly interesting. it’s the most broken and unrepresentative political system among advanced industrial democracies. specifically, it’s the most structurally kleptocratic, with policy captured by monied special interests. and large numbers of americans (and some 42% of young men, in a recent survey) now believe non-legal means are required to fix the system. president trump is both a principal symptom and a beneficiary of this reality, having achieved the biggest political comeback in american history after being twice impeached, tried and found guilty of felony convictions, and nearly assassinated. trump now believes he has a revolutionary mandate to upend the political system at home. the checks and balances on a top-down, executive-led (and more closed) political system are being eroded daily in the united states. we’ve seen this with the politicization of core “power ministries” in washington (loyalist non-professionals appointed to key positions in the justice department, fbi, and defense department, for example); government putting its thumb on the scale against independent legal representation, media, and ngos; efforts to remove inspectors-general, auditors, and other more independent functions of the bureaucracy; and many other developments, all in the service of removing constraints on executive authority…” –part one: Felipe De La Hoz is a contributing editor for *The New Republic.* Along with co-writer Gaby Del Valle, he runs BORDER/LINES <borderlines.substack.com/>, a weekly newsletter breaking down the rapid pace of change in federal immigration policy. The Worst Thing About Mahmoud Khalil’s Detention Is That It’s Legal <newrepublic.com/article/192566/mahmoud-khalil-detention-immigration-court> The Columbia student’s arrest may look unjust on its face, but this is our immigration enforcement mechanisms working exactly as designed. <newrepublic.com/article/192566/mahmoud-khalil-detention-immigration-court> part two: L. Alison Phillips Professor of Psychology, Iowa State University <theconversation.com/institutions/iowa-state-university-1322> a social and health psychologist, trained in the social and individual processes involved in attitude and belief formation, communication and decision-making, and behavior change. Julia Standefer a social psychologist, interested in social cognition and political polarization. Specifically, I research perceptions of attitudes, persuasion, political identity, and motivated reasoning. *The psychology behind anti-translegislation: How cognitive biases shape thoughts and policy * Listen online at www.wnhnfm.org/live Listen anytime to the podcast at www.podomatic.com/podcasts/staff74238 <www.podomatic.com/podcasts/staff74238> Attitude with Arnie Arnesen, Ian Bremmer, democracies,Felipe de la Hoz, New Republic, detention, Mahmoud Khalil,immigration,transgender rights, Julia Standefer, Professor Alison Phillips, Iowa State U, bias *KEEPING THE POT STIRRED SO SCUM DOESN’T RISE TO THE TOP* – Anonymous
- Katherine Stewart|Nathan Meyers[image: image.png] opening thoughts:deciding to fight back james: I wrote about the point of deciding to just fight and die on a hill rather than endlessly calculating the best moment to put up an opposition. I’ve sort of struggled over the last couple of weeks to correctly capture the words necessary to demonstrate what I think is the most important principle of our political moment—the need to fight. The opposition, or lack thereof, to the slow degeneration of American political life into an erratic personalist kleptocratic system of governance, has been the subject of significant debate lately. The inability of Senate Democrats to hold firm and force the shutdown of the government last week was based on a rational calculus about the long-term benefits of attempting a fight later predicated on the belief that the slow erosion of support for President Trump would make the fight easier at a later date. In a frictionless void, Trump’s increasingly erratic policymaking would almost assuredly deplete his polling numbers—and by extension, his political capital—providing a better basis from which to wage a fight. Politics, however, is not a frictionless void. This moment has caused me to think quite a bit about a passage from Machiavelli’s *The Prince* where he provides two cases about the fate of a political community facing invasion from an outside power vastly superior in strength to their own. In one of the scenarios, he presents the leaders of the community as making a rational decision to surrender without a fight, rationally preserving their lives and wealth at the expense of giving up their sovereignty. While they remained alive, Machiavelli was quick to point out that their sense of being independent people died with their unwillingness to fight. In the second case, the political community decides to fight on despite their almost impossible odds—and are conquered by the foreign power. However, because they decided to fight, they kept alive an idea of who they were, and would one day inevitably become free again. What Machiavelli was pointing out (and what many others have noted) is that the fight itself is as important as the odds of winning… This gets me back to the point I want to make here about the necessity of the Democratic leadership putting aside rational political calculations and just *fighting*. Politics is a realm that’s inhibited by passions ignited by myths and images of who we are and what we’re doing in the world. When our leadership is willing to dig their heels in and die on a hill—regardless of where that hill is—the rank and file feel like there’s *something to fight for. * It’s almost a question of momentum, like a grand rugby match. The earlier and more tenaciously you dig into a scrum, the more willing those alongside you are to stick their necks out and just fight the thing out. When people see others as willing to fight, *they* believe they can fight too. The will to fight doesn’t go out of a community unless the individuals in that community give up their faith in their cause. We merely need leaders who will push us to live up to that mental image of ourselves that we hold. It’s also a story about who *we *are as people. I think there’s some form of psychological necessity in *knowing* there are things we are unwilling to bargain for. That we all have lines internal to us that we’re willing to fight it out over, and we’re not just constantly negotiating our beliefs. How can you feel like getting up in the morning if you don’t have a sense of yourself as someone with the character to draw a line in the sand somewhere after all? We could sit around and calculate how much better our odds might be a year from now, but by then, is there going to be anyone left with the spirit to fight? part one: GROSS EXPORTSAmerica’s Christian Right Is Coming to the U.K.The Christian nationalist movement has undertaken a vast worldwide expansion. Hello, London? Texas calling. author: Katherine Stewart is the author of *The Power Worshippers*:* Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism *and *Money, Lies and God: Inside the Movement to Destroy American Democracy*. part two: Trump’s DOGE campaign accelerates 50-year trend of government privatization. Nathan Meyers PhD Candidate in Sociology, UMass Amherst Listen online at www.wnhnfm.org/live. Listen anytime to the podcast at www.podomatic.com/podcasts/staff74238 <www.podomatic.com/podcasts/staff74238> podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/attitude-with-arnie-arnesen/id1634055179 tunein.com/podcasts/News–Politics-Podcasts/Attitude-with-Arnie- <tunein.com/podcasts/News–Politics-Podcasts/Attitude-with-Arnie-Arnesen-p1711842/> Arnesen-p1711842/ <tunein.com/podcasts/News–Politics-Podcasts/Attitude-with-Arnie-Arnesen-p1711842/> Attitude with Arnie Arnesen,time to fight,James, Katherine Stewart, New Republic, Money, Lies and God:Inside the Movement to Destroy American Democracy, Nathan Meyers, UMass Amherst, privatization *KEEPING THE POT STIRRED SO SCUM DOESN’T RISE TO THE TOP* – Anonymous
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