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- Part 1:We talk with Matt Angle, Principal of Angle Strategies and Director of the Texas Democratic Trust. He is a representative of the Lone Star Project.We discuss Texas politics, specifically elections in the big counties in Texas, Harris Co (Houston area), and Tarrant County (Dallas area). We discuss the importance of county elections, and the current push by the Republicans to displace the current mayor of Mansfield, TX. We discuss the role of County judges, which is more administrative than in other states, and powerful because of the size of Texas counties. We talk about the right-wing "True Texas Project". […]
- Part 1:We talk with Anders Croy, Communications Director, DeSantis Watch, Florida Watch.We discuss attempts by the Florida Legislature to limit the reach and power of the Citizen-Led Amendment law in Florida, and the effects that would have.We also talk about the secret Insurance Report, which revealed the corruption in the insurance industry in Florida, and which has finally been revealed after the original 2022 completion.We discuss the rise in electricity prices in Florida and how prices are set.Part 2:We talk with Mark Joseph Stern, who write for Slate.com, and has been quoted in Raw Story.We discuss the GOP spending bill, […]
- Part 1:We talk with Analilia Meijia, Co=Executive Director of the Center for Popular Democracy.We discuss the actions of Trump, essentially gutting most government service for people who are not wealthy. For example, 40% of all children in the US are covered by Medicaid, as are a large percentage of people in nursing homes. This constitutes a wealth transfer from the poor to the rich, who stand to gain through tax cuts they do not need. What should be done?Part 2:We talk with Laura Belin, Editor and Publisher of 'Bleeding Heartland' which is based in Iowa.We discuss the Iowa legislature voting […]
- Part 1:We talk with Justin Elliott who writes for ProPublica.He describes the results of an investigation he did, with colleagues, to find out the details of a boarding house in Washington D.C. being used by Speaker Mike Johnson and other Republican Members as a residence. The house is owned by wealthy Republican supporter Lee Beeman, and is occupied/run by Rev. Berger as a home for white christian nationalists. It is not clear how much rent is being paid, and not clear how much unregistered lobbying is happening. Former Congressman Ogles, among others, is also resident.Part 2:We talk with Sasha Abramsky, […]
- This is a panel discussion.We discuss the Address to Congress made by Trump. We talk about the comments made by Al Green. What happened is indicative that the US is no longer in "normal' mode. What can be done to counter the fascist behavior of Trump and his supporters?How can the propaganda machine be broken?We need a communication strategy that cannot be overridden by Trump and Musk.Any vote that could depose this government must be much more than 51% of voters. Fascists do not leave because they lose a close election. They do what is necessary to stay on.Do not […]
- Part 1:We talk with Joe Jaworski, former mayor of Galveston, TX.We discuss a Democratic member of Congress who died: Sylvester Turner. This gives Gov. Abbott the opportunity to delay a special election for that seat, giving Republicans an advantage (218R vs. 214 D)We discuss Abbott's pressure for school vouchers in Texas. Senate Bill 2 has passed, House Bill 3 covers this question. We discuss the implications for poorer families, and what implications this has for public education in Texas.Part 2:We talk with Bill Curry, two-time candidate for Governor of Connecticut, and with Matthew Cooper, of the Washington Monthly.We discuss the […]
- Part 1:We talk with Christine Keiner, Department Chair, Department of Science, Technology, and Society, Rochester Institute of Technology.We discuss the cuts to NOAA, and the effects this will have on weather prediction, research on oceanic problems and solutions, research on wetlands, lakes, and streams. Climate change research will suffer.Part 2:We talk with Steve Paikin, host of the Canadian talk show "Agenda".We discuss how the relationship between Canadians and the US has changed due to Trump. Canadians, who were 'best friends' to US citizens, now find themselves at odds due to Trump's decisions. Canadians are reexamining the relationship with the US. Music: […]
- Part 1:We talk with Greg Smith, Senior Associate Director of Research at Pew Research Center, where he studies religions role in American public life.We discuss data from recent surveys that indicates that religiosity is slowly disappearing from American lives. Every generational cohort is less religious. We discuss the gender gap in religiosity, and what this means for the future.Part 2:We talk with Arhur Allen, senior correspondent, writes about the FDA and the pharmaceutical industryas well as topics related to covid-19. He joined KFF Health News in 2020.He discusses how the supplements industry will likely benefit from the intervention of RFK […]
- Part 1:We talk with Corey Johnson, who writes for ProPublica.We discuss Cambridge Analytica, who accessed intimate data about gun owners from various sources to provide to create profiles to use as information to tailor messages to potential voters during the 2016 election cycle. In addition, the kind of analysis that was done, after Cambridge Analytica went out of business continues to be used to target voters in various districts and states. The targeting can thus be very focused. It is important to note that DOGE is reviewing ALL data about all Americans through the various agencies that it is 'reviewing'.Part […]
- This is a panel discussion.We cover many topics.- The GOP's betrayal of the American people-There is no "opposition party" to speak of-Voter suppression-the Constitution is problematic–What models of resistance can be used? The Civil Rights Movement?-Problem: professionalization of activist class causes deradicalization when it is most needed.-The structural dismantling of the federal government will require generational rebuilding. Music: From David Rovics, “The Richest Man in the World Says So”, 2025
- Part 1:We talk with Harvey Kronberg, owner and publisher of the Quorum Report.We discuss education vouchers in Texas, and that many school football coaches have come out against them. We discuss the centers of community in rural Texas: schools, churches, farm bureaus, community hospitals. All will be affected by vouchers on public schools: shutting them down.We also discuss the outbreak of measles in Texas, the state with the highest uninsured population in the country. There has been no response from the Texas legislature.Texas has been used to budget surpluses in recent times. That is about to change. We discuss why.Part […]
- Part 1:We talk with Betsy Leondar Wright, Sociologist, researcher and social justice activist.We discuss with the perceptions of Americans about the concept of racism and sexism. Leondar Wright's book "Is It Racism? Is It Sexism/" discusses the survey that was held, and she discusses the results of the survey, and the implications for our society.Part 2:We talk with Jonathan Feingold, Professor of Law at Boston University about race, as part of the Race Class.#RaceClass Ep. 38 | Why are all the universities folding to Trump?In this episode, Arnie and Jon explore why so many universities have voluntarily scrubbed websites and […]
- Part 1:We talk with Alex Lawson, Executive Director of SOCIAL SECURITY WORKS, and a Convener with The STRENGTHEN SOCIAL SECURITY COALITION.We discuss the claims made by Musk that "waste" in the Social Security Administration. Instead, it appears that Musk has looted the Federal government of information about the millions of people who have social security records. Musk wants to monetize data. People in general love social security, and feel ownership, since it has been supported by workers' wages, with a very small overhead. We discuss the implications of this abuse.Part 2:We talk with Alvin Tillery, Ph.D., the founder of the […]
- Part 1:We talk with John Nichols, who writes for the Nation magazine.Nichols discusses what Musk is doing to federal employees and how Democrats should IMMEDIATELY respond to each outrage. There is a lot of resistance to Trump and Musk, as shown by people who attend events sponsored by Democrats. These resistors should band together to make their collective voices heard. Among the MAGA cult members, Trump's lies are only viewed as weapons to be wielded to undermine the opposition, not promises or real statements of fact. We should not let this continue.A ray of hope, Germans voted 80% AGAINST the […]
- This is a panel discussion.The topics:-Texas school vouchers and the costs anticipated-Eliminating DEI is damaging future workers-Stephen MIller's culture war-Musk's smash and grab–Trump's destruction of the post-WW2 order-DOGE as a protection racket-The transnational fascist movement, with the US as part of it-Eroded trust in the institutions of government-decline of expertiseMusic: From David Rovics, “The Richest Man in the World Says So”, 2025
- Part 1:We talk with Joe Jaworski, former mayor of Galveston, TX, lawyer.We discuss Texas' push for school vouchers, and how the governor has touted them, despite their cost, and their effect on the public schools in Texas.We also discuss the lawsuits stemming from the 2021 Freeze in Texas, which are still pending.Part 2:We talk with Bill Curry, a former White House counsel to Bill Clinton, and Laura Jedeed, a free-lance journalist who write about the far right in the US.We discuss immigration, and the failure of the Democrats to deal with it when they had majorities. Now, the Republicans have […]
- Part 1:We talk with Ben Sprague, VP First National Bank in Bangor Maine, and community supporter and activist.We discuss the likely effects of the housing crisis, especially exacerbated by climate change and its consequent disasters.The 'popular' living places are becoming less attractive due to climate disasters, and the unavailability of home insurance as a result. Disasters affect not only homes, but infrastructure. Rebuilding is problematic, because 40-60% of laborers fear deportation. Interest rates are higher, there are fewer properties available for many reasons. The American dream of home ownership is fading. We discuss reasons, and what could change this outlook.Part […]
- Part 1:We talk with Naureen Shah, Deputy Director of Government Affairs, Equality Division, ACLUWe discuss Trump's threat to Sanctuary States and cities: no federal help for disasters or other events. This is coercion by withholding funds voted by Congress.We discuss how ICE wants to round up everyone that they define as criminals. Primary prison companies are beneficiaries of this tactic. No laws.Text "Sanctuary " to 82623 to help.Part 2:We talk with Harold Meyerson, Editor-at-Large at The American Prospect.We discuss the government firings of personnel who collect and analyze data. Facts that run counter to what Trump wants are to be […]
- Part 1:We talk with Dr. Conor P. Williams, Senior Fellow at the Century Foundation.We discuss how the Republican party has spent years to eliminate positive feeling about government. We know that the services that government provides are necessary for us all, but we are constantly bombarded with the 'ills and disfunction" of government. We must therefore provide the alternative view: "government is needed, and make our lives easier."Part 2:We talk with David Masciotra, of the Washington Monthly.We discuss exurbia, a region outside cities, outside suburbs, which is characterized as the last stop of white flight. This is an important geographical […]
- This is a panel discussion. Our guests are:Lincoln Mitchell, Stephen Pimpare, and Aaron RosenthalThis is panel discussion.-We talk about how no one seems to be very perturbed about the actions of an increasingly authoritarian president-Oligarchy is now manifest in the US-Grift is blatant-School vouchers as a way to shut down the Department of Education-HHS now led by RFK Jr, an anti-vax, anti-science, and anti-prevention activist-The mainstream media essentially ignoring what is happening: e.g., the Washington Post buries the story of resigning prosecutors in New York on page 20. WNHNFM.ORG productionMusic: David Rovics, "Time to Act", for Will Von Sproson
- (no title)[image: image.png] Opening thoughts from the 19th News Voters in New Hampshire are contending with a strict new voter ID law requiring new voters to show proof of citizenship at the polls — a policy that is impacting, among others, women who have changed their names due to marriage. The law requires first-time voters to show proof of citizenship such as a passport, birth certificate or naturalization documents in addition to proof of residency every time they vote. Brooke Yonge told New Hampshire Public Radio (NHPR) she had to make two extra trips to the polls to vote on Tuesday in Derry, New Hampshire — to get her birth certificate and then to get her marriage certificate to show she’d changed her name. Another woman, Betsy Spencer, came prepared to register and vote in Hopkinton with several documents. But she too was initially denied because she didn’t have her married name, which she kept after her divorce, on her birth certificate. “The idea that women have to prove their name change is profoundly sexist and limiting,” she told NHPR. Eventually, Spencer was able to vote using an expired passport, but the ordeal took hours. “I should be back working, but the truth was, I could not let this go,” Spencer told NHPR. “This is not ok.” The New Hampshire law, which is in effect pending court challenges, is the latest and strictest iteration of Republican-backed laws targeting unlawful non-citizen voting, which is already prohibited and extremely rare. Laws in Arizona and Kansas that sought to require voters to provide proof of citizenship to register to vote were blocked in court. Republicans in Congress are aiming to pass the SAVE Act, a bill that would require voters nationwide to provide proof of citizenship when registering or re-registering to vote. An estimated 21.3 million Americans, 9 percent of Americans of voting age, don’t have documents proving their citizenship readily available. 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. *Adam Finkel *is a Clinical Professor of Environmental Health Sciences(Adjunct) at the University of Michigan School of Public Health, and is also an expert witness specializing in plaintiffs’ exposure to toxicants in the workplace and general environment. *topics:* Trump’s Stagflation Who’s Deportable Now? When anti-war protesters are called national security threats <responsiblestatecraft.org/free-speech-khalil-green-card/> Columbia expels some students Schumer says he will vote to advance GOP spending bill, lowering threat of shutdown – 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,voting, NH, Adam Finkel,Stephen Pimpare, Lincoln Mitchell, Stagflation, Deportation, Schumer, Anti-War protestors, Columbia
- Matt Angle|Bill Curry|Laura Jedeed[image: image.png] Opening thoughts poem by Lyn Ekedahl *How Germany Fell* Who’d have thought that our leaders would crumble and kneel? Who’d have thought they’d so quickly be brought to Trump’s heel? Who’d have thought that so many—our brightest and best— Would fold up like curtains when put to the test? We knew that the whole G O P had gone missing, But hoped one or two would refrain from butt kissing. The tech bros, okay, they’re at best libertarians, But I still would have thought they’d reject the barbarians. University presidents, university boards, With the best educations our country affords, Supposedly wed to our right to free speech, Are caving before they’re within Donald’s reach. Corporate leaders are closing their D E I programs, Afraid to stand up to Trump’s battering bro rams. Top Democrats say, “Just be patient and wait!” “Perhaps Trump and his cohort will seal their own fate!” It’s shock, fear, and greed that are driving this caving. Given time, maybe some will the Trump coup start braving. But time we don’t have, as they’re moving so fast. Wake up please, dear leaders. Take a look at the past! It didn’t take long for the Germans to crumble, For Hitler and brown shirts to pillage and rumble. And if how Germany fell has never been clear, Take a good look around cause it’s happening here! Opening thoughts poem by Lyn Ekedahl *How Germany Fell* Who’d have thought that our leaders would crumble and kneel? Who’d have thought they’d so quickly be brought to Trump’s heel? Who’d have thought that so many—our brightest and best— Would fold up like curtains when put to the test? We knew that the whole G O P had gone missing, But hoped one or two would refrain from butt kissing. The tech bros, okay, they’re at best libertarians, But I still would have thought they’d reject the barbarians. University presidents, university boards, With the best educations our country affords, Supposedly wed to our right to free speech, Are caving before they’re within Donald’s reach. Corporate leaders are closing their D E I programs, Afraid to stand up to Trump’s battering bro rams. Top Democrats say, “Just be patient and wait!” “Perhaps Trump and his cohort will seal their own fate!” It’s shock, fear, and greed that are driving this caving. Given time, maybe some will the Trump coup start braving. But time we don’t have, as they’re moving so fast. Wake up please, dear leaders. Take a look at the past! It didn’t take long for the Germans to crumble, For Hitler and brown shirts to pillage and rumble. And if how Germany fell has never been clear, Take a good look around cause it’s happening here! part one *Tim O’Hare’s “Hate-triots” Make a Move on Mansfield **Mainstream success threatens O’Hare’s MAGA radicals* *Tim O’Hare and the Hate-triot forces behind him thrive on division, extremism, and conflict. They get ahead by tearing everyone else down. Their move against mainstream success in Mansfield should stand as a dire warning to every community. * The Lone Star Project was founded in 2005 and is now widely recognized as one of the most aggressive and effective political research and strategic communications organizations *Matt Angle* is the principal of Angle Strategies, Inc. <keywiki.org/index.php?title=Angle_Strategies,_Inc.&action=edit&redlink=1>. His wife Dolly Angle <keywiki.org/index.php?title=Dolly_Angle&action=edit&redlink=1> is Vice President. He is a consultant for America Votes <keywiki.org/America_Votes>. He is the director of the Texas Democratic Trust <keywiki.org/index.php?title=Texas_Democratic_Trust&action=edit&redlink=1> and founded a PAC, the Lone Star Project <keywiki.org/Lone_Star_Project> . 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. Laura Jedeed is a freelance journalist who primarily focuses on the American conservative movement. Her bylines include The New Republic, Rolling Stone, and Politico, and you can find her newsletter at BannedInYourState.com topics Mahmoud Khalil Is the First Activist to Be Disappeared by Trump The detention and attempted deportation of Khalil is a test by Trump to see how far he can go—and a test for us to see how hard we will fight back.Columbia Is Betraying Its Students. We Must Change Course. The administration is choosing complicity over courage in the case of Mahmoud Khalil. It’s time for the faculty to demand a new path. UN experts accuse Israel of sexual violence and ‘genocidal acts’ in Gaza. — 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,poem, Lyn Ekedahl, Texas, Lone Star Project, Matt Angle, Tarrant County, Tim O’Hare, Laura Jedeed, Bill Curry, Columbia, Green Card, Student,Mahmoud Khalil, Gaza, starvation, Palestinians
- Anders Croy| Mark Joseph Stern[image: image.png] Opening thoughts poem by Lyn Ekedahl *Hammer and Saw* If the goal of the Donald is total destruction, He’s doing a wonderful job. His enforcer, the Musk, quite opposed to construction’s, Recruited an infantile mob. DOGE breaks and they enter and then they just break, Destroying as quick as they can, Knowing that once you have smashed up a cake, You can’t put it whole in the pan. In this case, the cake’s made of people and programs All trying the world to make better. The DOGE devils come with their battering rams, Destroying each soul with a letter. Their mode of attack is barbaric and vicious, The results are brutal and cruel. Like the mob, their motto’s “Go swim with the fishes!” They destroy those who play by the rules. Now we know who the Donald considers “deep state.” It’s all those who to him don’t bow. And, as he’s consumed by both vengeance and hate, His prey form a sizable crowd. The damage is spreading as programs are slashed, And the Musk waves his saw with a laugh. The Don likes a hammer, likes to see people smashed. The asylum belongs to the daft. part one: Anders CroynCommunications Director for Florida Watch and the DeSantis Watch accountability project. The big stories here are the attacks on the citizen-led amendment process. Ron proposed doing this after the election & the House & Senate have started moving their bills on it. The secret insurance report also remains big news. The House is supposedly going to have executives under oath this Friday in a committee hearing. The affordability crisis from the skyrocketing insurance & utility rates is also continuing to wear on Floridians. part two: Mark Joseph Stern slate.com ‘Nothing Short of Fiscal Sabotage’: GOP Spending Bill Would Blow $1 Billion Hole in DC Budget One D.C.-based observer accused the GOP of “attempting to casually cut the budget of a major city simply because they hate us and they can. A Key Official Is Trying to Weasel Out of Testifying About Trump’s Mass Firings. Good Luck! A Huge Triumph of the LGBTQ+ Movement Is Suddenly in Peril at the Supreme Court. 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 Ekedhahl,Anders Croy,Florida,citizen referendum, insurance, affordability crisis, Mark Stern, slate dot com, Washington DC, LGBQT, the Courts, federal employees, firing *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
- Analilia Mejía|Laura Belin[image: image.png] Opening thoughts Reuters, DOGE job cuts bring pain to Trump heartland <www.reuters.com/world/us/doge-job-cuts-shake-trump-voting-west-virginia-town-2025-03-07/> : Jennifer Piggott proudly hung a red-and-blue Trump campaign flag outside her one-story home during the November election race… Piggott is among more than 125 people dismissed in February from the Treasury Department’s Bureau of Fiscal Service in Parkersburg, West Virginia, unsettling a community that voted overwhelmingly for Republican President Donald Trump. “Nobody that I’ve talked to understood the devastation that having this administration in office would do to our lives,” Piggott, 47, told Reuters in an interview, saying she would not have supported Trump if she knew then what she knows now…. *part one: march to focus on cuts to Medicaid and Medicare we chat with:* *Analilia Mejía* Analilia is the Co-Executive Director at the Center for Popular Democracy. She is a seasoned political strategist and Afro-Latina grassroots organizer focused on helping Black and Latinx working families who previously served as the Deputy Director of the Women’s Bureau at the Department of Labor under the Biden Administration. The Women’s Bureau is focused on policies and programs supporting women in the labor force. A daughter of immigrants, Analilia has dedicated her career to working toward a multiracial democracy and giving power to communities that have been historically excluded. *part two: Laura Belin* 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/> Revoking transgender Iowans’ civil rights is the big one. A story of the decade, sadly. 2026 is shaping up to be an interesting year for GOP primaries: very likely that Governor Kim Reynolds and Senator Joni Ernst will have primary challengers. At least two of the four Republicans representing Iowa in the U.S. House will have primary challengers. State Auditor Rob Sand (the only remaining Iowa Democratic statewide official) is almost certain to run for governor. He raised more than $8 million last year including $7 million donated by his wife and in-laws. (Iowa has no campaign contribution limits.) You don’t raise that kind of money to run for a third term as state auditor. — 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,WV. DOGE cuts,Medicare, Medicaid, Analilia Mejia,Popular Democracy,Laura Belin,Iowa, transgender rights, State Auditor Rob Sand, Governor Reynolds *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
- (no title)[image: image.png] ‘The beginning of the seizure of democracy’: French politician takes aim at President Trump French politician Claude Malhuret criticized the United States’ changing policy toward Ukraine and took aim at President Donald Trump during a general session of the French Senate on Tuesday. www.cnn.com/2025/03/06/politics/video/french-politician-criticizes-trumps-response-ukraine-digvid Brace yourself: “President, Mr. Prime Minister, Ladies and Gentlemen Ministers, My dear colleagues, Europe is at a critical turning point in its history. The American shield is crumbling, Ukraine risks being abandoned, Russia strengthened. Washington has become the court of Nero, a fiery emperor, submissive courtiers and a ketamine-fueled jester in charge of purging the civil service. This is a tragedy for the free world, but it is first and foremost a tragedy for the United States. Trump’s message is that there is no point in being his ally since he will not defend you, he will impose more customs duties on you than on his enemies and will threaten to seize your territories while supporting the dictatorships that invade you. The king of the deal is showing what the art of the deal is all about. He thinks he will intimidate China by lying down before Putin, but Xi Jinping, faced with such a shipwreck, is probably accelerating preparations for the invasion of Taiwan. Never in history has a President of the United States capitulated to the enemy. Never has anyone supported an aggressor against an ally. Never has anyone trampled on the American Constitution, issued so many illegal decrees, dismissed judges who could have prevented him from doing so, dismissed the military general staff in one fell swoop, weakened all checks and balances, and taken control of social media. This is not an illiberal drift, it is the beginning of the confiscation of democracy. Let us remember that it took only one month, three weeks and two days to bring down the Weimar Republic and its Constitution. I have faith in the strength of American democracy, and the country is already protesting. But in one month, Trump has done more harm to America than in four years of his last presidency. We were at war with a dictator, now we are fighting a dictator backed by a traitor. Eight days ago, at the very moment that Trump was rubbing Macron’s back in the White House, the United States voted at the UN with Russia and North Korea against the Europeans demanding the withdrawal of Russian troops. Two days later, in the Oval Office, the military service shirker was giving war hero Zelensky lessons in morality and strategy before dismissing him like a groom, ordering him to submit or resign. Tonight, he took another step into infamy by stopping the delivery of weapons that had been promised. What to do in the face of this betrayal? The answer is simple: face it. And first of all, let’s not be mistaken. The defeat of Ukraine would be the defeat of Europe. The Baltic States, Georgia, Moldova are already on the list. Putin’s goal is to return to Yalta, where half the continent was ceded to Stalin. The countries of the South are waiting for the outcome of the conflict to decide whether they should continue to respect Europe or whether they are now free to trample on it. What Putin wants is the end of the order put in place by the United States and its allies 80 years ago, with its first principle being the prohibition of acquiring territory by force. This idea is at the very source of the UN, where today Americans vote in favor of the aggressor and against the attacked, because the Trumpian vision coincides with that of Putin: a return to spheres of influence, the great powers dictating the fate of small countries. Mine is Greenland, Panama and Canada, you are Ukraine, the Baltics and Eastern Europe, he is Taiwan and the China Sea. At the parties of the oligarchs of the Gulf of Mar-a-Lago, this is called “diplomatic realism.” So we are alone. But the talk that Putin cannot be resisted is false. Contrary to the Kremlin’s propaganda, Russia is in bad shape. In three years, the so-called second largest army in the world has managed to grab only crumbs from a country three times less populated. Interest rates at 25%, the collapse of foreign exchange and gold reserves, the demographic collapse show that it is on the brink of the abyss. The American helping hand to Putin is the biggest strategic mistake ever made in a war. The shock is violent, but it has a virtue. Europeans are coming out of denial. They understood in one day in Munich that the survival of Ukraine and the future of Europe are in their hands and that they have three imperatives. Accelerate military aid to Ukraine to compensate for the American abandonment, so that it holds, and of course to impose its presence and that of Europe in any negotiation. This will be expensive. It will be necessary to end the taboo of the use of frozen Russian assets. It will be necessary to circumvent Moscow’s accomplices within Europe itself by a coalition of only the willing countries, with of course the United Kingdom. Second, demand that any agreement be accompanied by the return of kidnapped children, prisoners and absolute security guarantees. After Budapest, Georgia and Minsk, we know what agreements with Putin are worth. These guarantees require sufficient military force to prevent a new invasion. Finally, and this is the most urgent, because it is what will take the most time, we must build the neglected European defence, to the benefit of the American umbrella since 1945 and scuttled since the fall of the Berlin Wall. It is a Herculean task, but it is on its success or failure that the leaders of today’s democratic Europe will be judged in the history books. Friedrich Merz has just declared that Europe needs its own military alliance. This is to recognize that France has been right for decades in arguing for strategic autonomy. It remains to be built. It will be necessary to invest massively, to strengthen the European Defence Fund outside the Maastricht debt criteria, to harmonize weapons and munitions systems, to accelerate the entry into the Union of Ukraine, which is today the leading European army, to rethink the place and conditions of nuclear deterrence based on French and British capabilities, to relaunch the anti-missile shield and satellite programs. The plan announced yesterday by Ursula von der Leyen is a very good starting point. And much more will be needed. Europe will only become a military power again by becoming an industrial power again. In a word, the Draghi report will have to be implemented. For good. But the real rearmament of Europe is its moral rearmament. We must convince public opinion in the face of war weariness and fear, and especially in the face of Putin’s cronies, the extreme right and the extreme left. They argued again yesterday in the National Assembly, Mr Prime Minister, before you, against European unity, against European defence. They say they want peace. What neither they nor Trump say is that their peace is capitulation, the peace of defeat, the replacement of de Gaulle Zelensky by a Ukrainian Pétain at the beck and call of Putin. Peace for the collaborators who have refused any aid to the Ukrainians for three years. Is this the end of the Atlantic Alliance? The risk is great. But in the last few days, the public humiliation of Zelensky and all the crazy decisions taken in the last month have finally made the Americans react. Polls are falling. Republican lawmakers are being greeted by hostile crowds in their constituencies. Even Fox News is becoming critical. The Trumpists are no longer in their majesty. They control the executive, the Parliament, the Supreme Court and social networks. But in American history, the freedom fighters have always prevailed. They are beginning to raise their heads. The fate of Ukraine is being played out in the trenches, but it also depends on those in the United States who want to defend democracy, and here on our ability to unite Europeans, to find the means for their common defense, and to make Europe the power that it once was in history and that it hesitates to become again. Our parents defeated fascism and communism at great cost. The task of our generation is to defeat the totalitarianisms of the 21st century. Long live free Ukraine, long live democratic Europe.” -Claude Malhuret speaking to the French Senate Tuesday March 4 2025. You have just read the transcript of a speech that will live forever in the history books. *part one: Justin Elliot * What Is the Center of a Pastor’s Secretive Influence Campaign. Secretive D.C. Influence Project Appears to Be Running a Group House for Right-Wing Lawmakers <www.propublica.org/article/roommates-steve-berger-mike-johnson-andy-ogles-right-wing-influence-townhouse> . Justin Elliot: a reporter with ProPublica for more than a decade. *part two: Sasha Abramsky * A Profoundly Un-American Moment Trump and his enablers have launched an unprecedented assault on American society and values. Trump Abandons Ukraine, and Wages a War Against the Free Press <www.thenation.com/article/politics/trump-pivots-war-against-media/> The White House’s attacks on the media are starting to look remarkably similar to those waged in other countries that have embraced autocratic leaders in recent years. Sasha Abramsky is a British-born freelance journalist and author who now lives in the United States <en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_United_States> . 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/> the Attitude with Arnie Arnesen,France, Senator Claude Malhuret,Propublica, Justin Elliot, Speaker Johnson, boarding house for right wing lawmakers, Washington DC, secret influence, Sasha Abramsky, The Nation, Trump, Ukraine, the media, Un-American
- Stephen Pimpare|Lincoln Mitchell[image: image.png] The Attitude with Arnie Arnesen opening thoughts:’Nobody cares about your pronouns’: What Texas Democrats should do to win | Q&A with Lisa GrayI asked what Texas Democrats should do to regain power. A major theme: Appeal to working-class people. 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:’Nobody cares about your pronouns’…what dems should do? 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. topics: *”I have been thinking about how Trump’s rhetoric on Canada It is kind of treated as a joke here in the US, but if you look closely it is not dissimilar to what Putin was saying about Ukraine in the last half of 2021-delegitimizing it as a state, threats, belittling its leader” Prof. Lincoln Mitchell* Progressive activists have an agenda for resisting Trump. Will Democrats follow it? — 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, Democrats, Lincoln Mitchell, Stephen Pimpare, Ukraine, Canada
- Joe Jaworski| Matt Cooper| Bill Curry[image: image.png] opening thoughts: poem 1 by Nikita Gill “The rage you are feeling comes from the same place inside your heart as the love. This is why you refuse to accept a world where cruelty reigns and the fire consumes all. You have known hope and joy and kindness like you have known water. And justice is a river that demands you do not give up on it.” ~ Nikita Gill Poem 2 by lyn Ekedahl *How Low Will They Go?* How low would they go—the mob Don and his crew? There were many among us who thought that we knew. We knew he was crooked, a fraud, and a cheat, A gold-plated phony who hates the elite! We knew he lacked scruples—about every kind, That narcissist ego controls his weak mind; That after his critics he brutally goes; That he craves center stage, the ringmaster of shows. We knew he liked dictators—Putin and Kim— And we knew that he wanted those guys to love him! Perhaps, most importantly, this we all know, Our electoral system he tried to o’erthrow! That for our democracy Don doesn’t care Gave us good reason for fear and despair! But he added a factor that hadn’t been clear. He added crude Elon and his Musketeers. We knew that, with government, Trump was disgusted. We didn’t know that he’d go for its total destruction. But that sure is the goal of Elon and his band— To get rid of all regs, they think, sure would be grand. So, if certain bureaucracies they can just kill, They’ll be free to raid and to scavenge at will. So they’ll go just as low as they have to for prey, And the hell with the people who stand in their way! 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, Rep Al Green disrupts Trump speech Rep Sylvester Turner dies after Trump Speech Vouchers are on their way – is a family making $156,000 poor? 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. Matthew Cooper is Executive Editor Digital at the Washington Monthly. He is also a contributing editor of the magazine topics: I Learned So Much From President Trump’s Address to Congress And from the Democrats’ very effective protests Trump delays tariffs on North American cars “If you don’t like President Donald Trump’s tariff policy, wait a minute.” 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, Nikita Gill, Texas, Joe Jaworski, Congressman Al Green, Trump, congress, Congressman Sylvester Turner, Vouchers, Matt Cooper, Bill Curry, speech, democrats response
- Gregory Smith, Pew Research|Arthur Allen, KFF Health News[image: image.png] opening thoughts: Ontario will cut off U.S. electricity exports ‘with a smile on my face,’ Ford says “They rely on our energy, they need to feel the pain,” Premier Doug Ford said Monday on cutting Ontario electricity exports to U.S. torontosun.com/news/provincial/ontario-will-cut-off-u-s-electricity-exports-with-a-smile-on-my-face-ford-says Speaking Monday at a mining convention in downtown Toronto, Ontario Premier Doug Ford doubled down on threats to cut electricity exports to U.S. border states if the tariffs go through.“If they want to try to annihilate Ontario, I will do everything — including cut off their energy with a smile on my face,” Ford told reporters.“They rely on our energy, they need to feel the pain. They want to come at us hard, we’re going to come back twice as hard.”The United States is a major customer for Canadian electricity, with all American power grids — with the exception of Texas — interconnected with Canadian provinces.New York, Michigan and Minnesota are Ontario’s three biggest customers of domestically-produced power. Ford is confident retaliation will make the difference. “I (didn’t) start this tariff war, but we’re going to win this tariff war,” he said. — part one: NY Times:Christianity’s Decline in U.S. Appears to Have Halted, Major Study Shows Young people contributed to the shift. “If you’re a young white male these days and you think of yourself as conservative, then being religious is a part of that.” religious landscape study www.pewresearch.org/ <www.pewresearch.org/religious-landscape-study/> Decline of Christianity in the U.S. Has Slowed, May Have Leveled OffFindings from the 2023-24 Religious Landscape Study bio: Gregory A. Smith is a Senior Associate Director of Research at Pew Research Center, where he studies religion’s role in American public life, including religious change in the U.S., the intersection of religion and politics, American Catholicism, religiously unaffiliated Americans part two: With RFK Jr. in Charge, Supplement Makers See Chance To Cash In. kffhealthnews.org/news/article/maha-mandate-rfk-jr-supplement-industry-profits/ bio: Arthur Allen, senior correspondent, writes about the FDA and the pharmaceutical industry <kffhealthnews.org/news/author/arthur-allen/>as well as topics related to covid-19. He joined KFF Health News in 2020 after six years at Politico, where he created, edited, and wrote for its first news team to focus on health information technology. 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/> the Attitude with Arnie Arnesen, tariffs, Ontario, Canada, electricity, Premier Ford, Pew Research, Religion, survey, Gregory Smith, RFK Jr., Supplements, KFF Health News, Arthur Allen *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
- Corey Johnson|Justin Peters[image: image.png] opening thoughts: one of the nation’s underrated pieces of infrastructure: The national spare-bedroom supply. According to a Census analysis from last year by Apartment List, there are an astonishing 137 million spare bedrooms <www.apartmentlist.com/research/the-us-has-more-spare-bedrooms-than-ever-before?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email> in the United States. What explains it? Consider: In 1970, the share of U.S. households with three or more people and the share of U.S. households with three or more bedrooms was about the same. Now, nearly two-thirds of houses have three or more bedrooms, but just 38 percent of households have three or more people.In part, this is the result of two long-standing trends: Houses keep getting bigger, while households keep getting smaller. …But The bigger homes don’t belong to the bigger families. Nearly 20 percent of all owner-occupied homes consist of a senior person or senior couple with two or more spare bedrooms (this might be where your Thanksgiving or Christmas holiday will take place, in the style of Jonathan Franzen’s *The Corrections*). Younger married couples without kids also have loads of spare bedrooms—a trend bolstered by the remote-work effect. planner Bill Fulton, who highlighted this data in his newsletter this week <futureofwhere.substack.com/p/a-shortage-of-housing-and-a-glut>, introduced an even more amazing statistic: According to research by the Minneapolis Fed, the majority of bedrooms in this country are owned by people between 50 and 70 years old <www.minneapolisfed.org/research/institute-working-papers/property-taxes-and-housing-allocation-under-financial-constraints?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email> . Unlike the nation’s millions of vacant houses <www.census.gov/library/stories/2023/05/vacant-seasonal-housing.html>, which tend to be in places people do not want to live, these spare bedrooms are often in places people would very much like to live. Once, they might have been rented out to boarders, but that model has unfortunately fallen out of fashion in spite of platforms like AirbnbHow do you get boomers to give up those extra bedrooms for good, and achieve a bedroom redistribution that lines up with people’s needs? The obstacles abound. As if locked-in mortgage rates and property tax abatements weren’t enough to keep aging households in place, the prevalence of single-family zoning ensures that neighborhoods have no building stock besides large stand-alone houses. Give the owners of those homes a place to downsize, and you might put some of those 137 million spare bedrooms into everyday use. slate.com/business/2024/11/housing-market-affordability-real-estate-shortage-solution-vacant-bedrooms.html?fbclid=IwY2xjawIxkPlleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHahmLokhsnn1cIo24_VUDU5BqUqPsErTwH0rctftjRE2_G7L1ePw_… part one: “How Cambridge Analytica Used Intimate Data to Exploit Gun Owners’ Private Lives <projects.propublica.org/gun-owners-cambridge-analytica-data-psychological-profiles-privacy/> ”. projects.propublica.org/gun-owners-cambridge-analytica-data-psychological-profiles-privacy/ b\opening thoughts: one of the nation’s underrated pieces of infrastructure: The national spare-bedroom supply. According to a Census analysis from last year by Apartment List, there are an astonishing 137 million spare bedrooms <www.apartmentlist.com/research/the-us-has-more-spare-bedrooms-than-ever-before?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email> in the United States. What explains it? Consider: In 1970, the share of U.S. households with three or more people and the share of U.S. households with three or more bedrooms was about the same. Now, nearly two-thirds of houses have three or more bedrooms, but just 38 percent of households have three or more people.In part, this is the result of two long-standing trends: Houses keep getting bigger, while households keep getting smaller. …But The bigger homes don’t belong to the bigger families. Nearly 20 percent of all owner-occupied homes consist of a senior person or senior couple with two or more spare bedrooms (this might be where your Thanksgiving or Christmas holiday will take place, in the style of Jonathan Franzen’s *The Corrections*). Younger married couples without kids also have loads of spare bedrooms—a trend bolstered by the remote-work effect. planner Bill Fulton, who highlighted this data in his newsletter this week <futureofwhere.substack.com/p/a-shortage-of-housing-and-a-glut>, introduced an even more amazing statistic: According to research by the Minneapolis Fed, the majority of bedrooms in this country are owned by people between 50 and 70 years old <www.minneapolisfed.org/research/institute-working-papers/property-taxes-and-housing-allocation-under-financial-constraints?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email> . Unlike the nation’s millions of vacant houses <www.census.gov/library/stories/2023/05/vacant-seasonal-housing.html>, which tend to be in places people do not want to live, these spare bedrooms are often in places people would very much like to live. Once, they might have been rented out to boarders, but that model has unfortunately fallen out of fashion in spite of platforms like AirbnbHow do you get boomers to give up those extra bedrooms for good, and achieve a bedroom redistribution that lines up with people’s needs? The obstacles abound. As if locked-in mortgage rates and property tax abatements weren’t enough to keep aging households in place, the prevalence of single-family zoning ensures that neighborhoods have no building stock besides large stand-alone houses. Give the owners of those homes a place to downsize, and you might put some of those 137 million spare bedrooms into everyday use. slate.com/business/2024/11/housing-market-affordability-real-estate-shortage-solution-vacant-bedrooms.html?fbclid=IwY2xjawIxkPlleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHahmLokhsnn1cIo24_VUDU5BqUqPsErTwH0rctftjRE2_G7L1ePw_… part one: propublica investigative reporter Corey Johnson “How Cambridge Analytica Used Intimate Data to Exploit Gun Owners’ Private Lives <projects.propublica.org/gun-owners-cambridge-analytica-data-psychological-profiles-privacy/> ”. projects.propublica.org/gun-owners-cambridge-analytica-data-psychological-profiles-privacy/ part two: It’s Clearer Than Ever What Jeff Bezos Wants With the Washington Post. slate.com/business/2025/03/donald-trump-news-elon-musk-jeff-bezos-washington-post.html *Justin Peters* is a Slate correspondent and the author of *The Idealist: Aaron Swartz and the Rise of Free Culture on the Internet* . — 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/> the Attitude with Arnie Arnesen, spare bedrooms, housing, Corey Johnson, Propublica, guns, Cambridge Analytica,elections, Justin Peters, Slate, Jeff Bezos, Washington Post *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|Aaron Rosenthal[image: image.png] opening thoughts: aside: the budget <www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/02/21/upshot/house-gop-budget-blueprint.html>, which kicks off the process of passing an extension of tax cuts enacted in 2017 and up to $2 trillion in spending cuts meant to partly offset them, could become law virtually impossible to accomplish without cuts to Medicaid. Democratic whip Rep Katherine Clark (D-MA): “Do you know what it cost to keep a kid on Medicaid? $10 per day. How about keeping that child fed with SNAP benefits? $6 per day. What do Republicans want to give away to the already rich? $6M— per billionaire. Think about that.” “For a billionaire that $6M is not even a rounding error. For a hungry child, It’s enough to eat every single day for 34 lifetimes. Inflicting hunger on children to give billionaires money they don’t need and won’t even notice. There is no moral code under which that is acceptable. There is no public demand for it. There is no logical reason for it other than total fealty to billionaire donors.” The American people won’t forget the GOP’s betrayal. rethink the week talkers: *Aaron Rosenthal* is the research director for North Star Policy Action *Stephen Pimpare *is Professor of Public Policy at Vermont Law and Graduate School. *Lincoln Mitchell* teaches political science and public policy at Columbia University. topics: Who are we How do we fight back will the American people realize what they are about to lose? The US is now the enemy of the west <www.ft.com/content/b46e2e24-ca71-4269-a7ca-3344e6215ae3> Martin Wolf, FT 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,Lincoln Mitchell, Stephen Pimpare, Aaron Rosenthal *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
- Harvey Kronberg|Bill Curry|Conor Williams[image: image.png] opening thoughts: time to support independent journalism like the Quorum Report in Texas and the American Prospect and places like Pacifica and local community radio If you haven’t heard, The Washington Post just made a stunning announcement about their opinion section <americanprospect.bluelena.io/lt.php?x=3DZy~GE3JnGb5KGry_E7WRJu2n3WvdHvk-kwjXLMJFmf6K_._Ey.0ONr2nBzit~0k_YwbHjJJXOd>. Guided by their billionaire owner Jeff Bezos, they are now committed to writing “every day in support and defense of two pillars: personal liberties and free markets.” This represents a significant rightward shift, clearly designed to appease Trump, Musk, and the new regime in Washington. I find this deeply troubling. But I’m not surprised. Trump himself said it best: “The first term, everybody was fighting me. In this term, everybody wants to be my friend.” All around us, we’re watching media institutions capitulate in real time. And now, The Washington Post reframing their entire opinion section around conservative talking points. When the Post talks about “personal liberties,” we know that really means supporting Trump’s attacks on diversity rather than preserving minority rights. When they champion “free markets,” we understand the goal: tax cuts for the wealthy and dismantling the social safety net. ahhh but look who loves this and it says it all. by David Dayen prospect.org At least one person is a fan of the changes. “Bravo, @JeffBezos!” Elon Musk wrote on X. part one: we talk Texas with the Quorum Report publisher Harvey Kronberg topics: *vouchers* football coaches from the Quorum Report *the border* With Trump in office, Gov. Greg Abbott has no plan to ramp down Texas border operation www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas/article/greg-abbott-border-spending-trump-20187542.php *DEI* *Higher ed* Texas Legislature proposes $400 million cut to higher ed as Dan Patrick threatens university budgets over DEI *measles, death and the uninsured* RFK Jr., vaccine critic, calls Texas measles outbreak ‘not unusual’ after unvaccinated child dies Dr. Peter Hotez: Texas child’s death from measles a sign of ‘very large, very dangerous’ outbreak bio: Harvey Kronberg is an American journalist who owns and edits the Quorum Report, an online publication covering Texas politics. In 2005, Texas Monthly named Kronberg as one of the 25 most powerful people in Texas politics. 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. Conor P. Williams is a senior fellow at The Century Foundation, and an expert on urban education reform, English learner students, children of immigrants, early education programs, and school choice systems. topics: *Bezos and the Post* Dying in Darkness: Jeff Bezos Turns Out the Lights in the Washington Post’s Opinion Section The tech mogul’s decision to revamp the editorial pages around his own views threatens not only independent journalism, but the Post’s business future. From MAGA to monarchy: How tech billionaires are engineering American autocracy Common sense for the Trump age *The GOP budget* Spooked by public outrage, GOP aides urge lawmakers to reconsider future town halls Angry constituents and protesters have been giving their congressmembers an earful over Trump-Musk spending cuts The Republican Party’s Constituency Has Changed. They Aren’t Acting Like It. The congressional majority has a priority. It would be really bad for their constituents. slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/02/trump-medicaid-cuts-republicans-reconciliation-mike-johnson.html *Higher ed* Pain for Everyone How Trump’s “indirect costs” cap at the NIH would hurt undergrads too. Legal Scholars Affirm Legality of DEI Programs Amidst Executive Order Confusion *Boston, MA – A coalition of law professors, including preeminent anti-discrimination and constitutional law scholars, sent a memorandum to over 500 U.S. colleges and universities that* *affirms the legality of diversity, equity, and inclusion (“DEI”) initiatives under federal civil rights laws and Supreme Court precedent. The memo responds to President Trump’s January 21, 2025, Executive Order titled Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity (“J21 EO”) and related communications such as the February 14, 2025, Dear Colleague Letter from the Department of Education.* *The memorandum emphasizes that DEI programs are not only legally defensible but also remain crucial for achieving institutional mandates… * Listen online at www.wnhnfm.org/live. 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- Betsy Leondar-Wright, Jonathan Feingold[image: image.png] opening thoughts: Afd Alternativ für Deutschland is a rightwing extremist party that got 20% of the vote on Sunday. Vance, Musk and Bannon have meddled in German elections for this party. The Afd’s «candy crush» game gives an indication of their extreme views. You get points for kicking dark-skinned immigrants out of the country and replacing them with Arians, replacing the Pride flag with the German flag, and replacing cargo bikes with motorcycles (they can’t stand the many who are concerned about climate change, either). Afd endorses mass deportation of immigrants, calling it remigration. (Ironically, they have the most support in the former East German territory, which has by far the fewest immigrants.) But my main point here is Trump/Vance/Musk/Bannon-intervention to support right-wing groups in a European election. Italy is next in line. Bannon has been here for years working on this. posted by Joy from Norway: Works at Awarded the Norwegian National Work Environment Prize 2018 Former Work and Organizational Psychologist at Oslo University Hospital opening thought two: Caution:Indiana: Bird flu claims over 100 sandhill cranes in LaPorte County, 1500 statewide art one: a conversation with Betsy Leondar-Wright, co-author of *Is it Racist? Is it Sexist?* *Why Red and Blue White People Disagree, and How to Decide in the Gray Areas* bio:Betsy Leondar-Wright is a sociologist long-focused on class, and on racial and economic inequality. She was an associate professor at Lasell University for nine years, and also taught at Harvard, Tufts and Boston College. part two: Race Class Legislation restricting the teaching of race and racism <www.nytimes.com/2021/06/01/us/politics/critical-race-theory.html> in public schools and government entities has spread across the country. In an effort to respond, Boston University Law Professor Jonathan Feingold and The Attitude with Arnie Arnesen (a radio show that airs on the Pacifica Network and on wnhnfm.org) are offering “Race Class” – a once a month course/conversation where listeners can hear what it is like to approach race and racism from a place of curiosity and history rather than fear and anxiety. topic:We talk about some of the anti-DEI Executive Orders. And the administration’s blatant racism. And Professor Feingold’s annoyance that key smart people are calling the Trump admin “affirmative action” for oligarchs, and how that concedes rightwing narrative that affirmative action is preferential treatment for the unqualified. Trump’s anti-DEI campaign hits universities: even sharing experiences of racism in college essays may be banned 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, AFD, Cranes in S. Indiana, Betsy Leondar Wright,*Is it Racist? Is it Sexist?**Why Red and Blue White People Disagree, and How to Decide in the Gray Areas, *Race Class, Professor Jonathan Feingold, DEI, Trump executive orders, affirmative action *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
- (no title)[image: image.png] opening thoughts: The #1 cause of maternal death in the US: suicide/homicide It’s another health crisis flying right in front of our faces. part one: Attorney Joe Jaworski joins us today to talk Texas politics, Texas weather, vouchers and more- Joe Jaworski, is the son of Leon Jaworski, Joe was the former Mayor of Galvaston, he ran for AG in 2022 lost in the democratic runoff topics: Texas bill that lets families use tax dollars for private schools swiftly sails through Senate Senate Bill 2 now heads to the House, where top officials say they have the support to create education savings accounts New Bill Would Give Paxton Authority To Go After People Who Get Abortions Paxton, Texas Right To Life Recruit Men To Inform On Pregnant Partners For Seeking Abortion After teasing border security rollback, Texas plunges in deeper. 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. *Laura Jedeed i*s a freelance journalist who primarily focuses on the American conservative movement. Her bylines include The New Republic, Rolling Stone, and Politico, and you can find her newsletter at BannedInYourState.com topics: Gaza…the reason the democrats lost Trump Wants US to Take Over & Ethnically Cleanse Gaza <consortiumnews.com/2025/02/04/trump-wants-us-to-take-over-ethnically-cleanse-gaza/> If you think Trump is not serious about creating the Riviera of the Middle East Trump’s Middle East envoy is Steve Witkoff a billionaire real estate developer DOGE a deep dive by Laura Jedeed The fascist leaders of Russia, China, India, Argentina, Hungary and Bulgaria welcome the USA — 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, maternal death, suicide, homicide, Texas, Joe Jaworski, vouchers, Abbott, Paxton, abortion,the border, Bill Curry, Laura Jedeed, DOGE, Gaza, Trump, Bibi, democrats, ethnic cleansing
- (no title)[image: image.png] opening thoughts: Alicia Keys used a speech at the Grammys to defend diversity saying: “DEI is not a threat, it’s a gift.” *poet marilyn nelson **is an American poet, translator, biographer, and children’s book author. She is a professor emeritus at the University of Connecticut <en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Connecticut>, and the former Poet Laureate of Connecticut <en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poet_Laureate_of_Connecticut>.[1] <en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marilyn_Nelson#cite_note-pf-1> She is a winner of the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize <en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Lilly_Poetry_Prize>, the NSK Neustadt Prize for Children’s Literature <en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NSK_Neustadt_Prize_for_Children%27s_Literature>, and the Frost Medal <en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frost_Medal>. * *Nelson was born on April 26, 1946, in Cleveland <en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleveland>, Ohio <en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio>, to Melvin M. Nelson, a Tuskegee Airman <en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuskegee_Airman> and a U.S. serviceman in the Air Force <en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army_Air_Forces>, and Johnnie Mitchell Nelson, a teacher and pianist. She grew up on military bases and moved all across the United States throughout her childhood. She began writing while in elementary school, yet discovered her love for poetry while attending a segregated middle school in Texas <en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas>. Here, she was introduced to the work of African-American poets.[6] <en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marilyn_Nelson#cite_note-ProQuest_bio-6>Tuskegee AirfieldFor the Tuskegee Airmen* These men, these proud black men: our first to touch their fingers to the sky. The Germans learned to call them Die Schwarzen Vogelmenschen. They called themselves The Spookwaffe. Laughing. And marching to class under officers whose thin–lipped ambition was to wash the niggers out. Sitting at attention for lectures about ailerons, airspeed, altimeters from boring lieutenants who believed you monkeys ain’t meant to fly. Oh, there were parties, cadet-dances, guest appearances by the Count and the lovely Lena. There was the embarrassing adulation of Negro civilians. A woman approached my father in a bar where he was drinking with his buddies. Hello, Airman. She held out her palm. Will you tell me my future? There was that, like a breath of pure oxygen. But first they had to earn wings. There was this one instructor who was pretty nice. I mean, we just sat around and talked when a flight had gone well. But he was from Minnesota, and he made us sing the Minnesota Fight Song before we took off. If you didn’t sing it, your days were numbered. “Minnesota, hats off to thee…” That bastard! One time I had a check-flight with an instructor from Louisiana. As we were about to head for base, he chopped the power. Force-landing, nigger. There were trees everywhere I looked. Except on that little island… I began my approach. The instructor said, Pull Up. That was an excellent approach. Real surprised. But where would you have taken off, wise guy? I said, Sir, I was ordered to land the plane. Not take off. The instructor grinned. Boy, if your ass is as hard as your head, you’ll go far in this world. part one: .minocquabrewingcompany <www.minocquabrewingcompany.com> we chat with Kirk Bangstad We’re basically a company that sells beer and increasingly other types of beverages to fund our progressive activism in Wisconsin. Kirk Bangstad and his late wife, Elizabeth Smith, purchased the business in early 2016 from the Dan and Laurie White family who ran the business for just over 10 years. The historic 1929 Free Mason’s building was renovated from to a school, library and then a church before transforming to a restaurant and Brewery in the early 2000’s. After the coronavirus shut down all restaurants in March, 2020, and the Trump administration failed to have a national plan to slow down contagion and the restaurant industry suffered unnecessarily by having to limiting capacity longer than necessary, Bangstad aired his frustrations by hanging a huge “Joe Biden for President” sign on his wall after having to lay off his entire restaurant staff. That stance alienated many conservatives in his area but endeared him to progressives around the country, leading him to decide to sell #ProgressiveBeer. His first two efforts, Biden Beer (Inoffensive and not Bitter) and Inauguration Day Beer (A Peaceful Transition of Flavor), sold out before they were even made. Bangstad sold his building to hedge against Covid and is currently focused on selling #ProgressiveBeer nationwide. Bangstad also created the Minocqua Brewing Company SuperPAC, which he calls “Dark Money Meant for Good.” This super PAC aims to remove Republican federal and state elected officials who perpetuated the election lies that caused the Insurrection of January 6, 2021, and whose downplaying of the seriousness of Covid 19 caused so many unnecessary deaths in our country. A percentage of the profits of our progressive beer and Choice products are donated progressive causes and reproductive rights groups, respectively. part two: opening thoughts part two:Musk’s Junta Establishes Him as Head of Government Imagining how we’d cover overseas what’s happening to the U.S. right now Garrett Graff (Garrett Graff is an American journalist and author. He is a former editor of *Politico <en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politico> Magazine*,[1] <en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garrett_Graff#cite_note-1> editor-in-chief of *Washingtonian <en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washingtonian_(magazine)>* magazine in Washington, D.C., and instructor at Georgetown University <en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgetown_University> in the Master’s in Professional Studies Journalism and Public Relations program.) Feb 1 <www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.doomsdayscenario.co%2Fp%2Fmusk-s-junta-establishes-him-as-head-of-government> <twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Imagining+how+we%27d+cover+overseas+what%27s+happening+to+the+U.S.+right+now&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.doomsdayscenario.co%2Fp%2Fmusk-s-junta-establishes-him-as-head-of-go…> <www.threads.net/intent/post?text=Imagining+how+we%27d+cover+overseas+what%27s+happening+to+the+U.S.+right+now+https%3A%2F%2Fwww.doomsdayscenario.co%2Fp%2Fmusk-s-junta-establishes-him-as-head-of-gov…>I’ve long believed that the American media would be more clear-eyed about the rise and return of Donald Trump if it was happening overseas in a foreign country, where we’re used to foreign correspondents writing with more incisive authority. Having watched with growing alarm the developments of the last 24 and 36 hours in Washington, I thought I’d take a stab at just such a dispatch. Here’s a story that should be written this weekend: <www.linkedin.com/sharing/share-offsite?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.doomsdayscenario.co%2Fp%2Fmusk-s-junta-establishes-him-as-head-of-government> *Musk Junta Seizes Key Governmental Offices. February 1, 2025. By William Boot * *WASHINGTON, D.C. — What started Thursday as a political purge of the internal security services accelerated Friday into a full-blown coup, as elite technical units aligned with media oligarch Elon Musk moved to seize key systems at the national treasury <wapo.st/40Ve0k9?utm_source=www.doomsdayscenario.co&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=musk-s-junta-establishes-him-as-head-of-government>, block outside access to federal personnel records <www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-lackeys-general-services-administration/?utm_source=www.doomsdayscenario.co&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=musk-s-junta-establishes-him-as-head-of-government>, and take offline governmental communication networks <www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/federal-websites-temporarily-go-dark-order-comply-trump-dei-directive-rcna190244?utm_source=www.doomsdayscenario.co&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=musk-s-ju…>. **With rapidity that has stunned even longtime political observers, forces loyal to Musk’s junta have established him as the all-but undisputed unelected head of government in just a matter of days, unwinding the longtime democracy’s constitutional system and its proud nearly 250-year-old tradition of the rule of law. Having secured themselves in key ministries and in a building adjacent to the presidential office complex, Musk’s forces have begun issuing directives to civil service workers and forcing the resignation of officials deemed insufficiently loyal, like the head of the country’s aviation authority <www.theverge.com/news/603113/faa-chief-musk-dc-plane-crash-crisis?utm_source=www.doomsdayscenario.co&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=musk-s-junta-establishes-him-as-head-of-government>.* The interview: To Pay for Trump Tax Cuts, House GOP Floats Plan to Slash Benefits for the Poor and Working Class A menu of options being circulated by congressional Republicans also includes new tax cuts for corporations and the ultrawealthy. Robert Faturechi I am a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter at ProPublica.Currently I am reporting on President Donald Trump’s business interests, including Trump Media. I’m also examining the Trump administration’s trade policies. 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,Alicia Keys, DEI, Grammys, Marilyn Nelson, Tuskegee Airmen, Minocqua Brewing Company, Kirk Bangstad, Wisconsin beer, progressive politics,Garrett Graff, Musk, Junta, Trump, tax cuts, Propublica, Robert Faturechi,Congress, GOP
- Charlie Pierce|Paul Glastris|Nicholas Liu[image: image.png] opening thoughts: “In my life, I have watched John Kennedy talk on television about missiles in Cuba. I saw Lyndon Johnson look Richard Russell squarely in the eye and and say, “And we shall overcome.” I saw Richard Nixon resign and Gerald Ford tell the Congress that our long national nightmare was over. I saw Jimmy Carter talk about malaise and Ronald Reagan talk about a shining city on a hill. I saw George H.W. Bush deliver the eulogy for the Soviet bloc, and Bill Clinton comfort the survivors of Timothy McVeigh’s madness in Oklahoma City. I saw George W. Bush struggle to make sense of it all on September 11, 2001, and I saw Barack Obama sing ‘Amazing Grace’ in the wounded sanctuary of Mother Emanuel Church in Charleston, South Carolina. “These were the presidents of my lifetime. These were not perfect men. They were not perfect presidents, god knows. Not one of them was that. But they approached the job, and they took to the podium, with all the gravitas they could muster as appropriate to the job. They tried, at least, to reach for something in the presidency that was beyond their grasp as ordinary human beings. They were not all ennobled by the attempt, but they tried nonetheless. “And comes now this hopeless, vicious buffoon, and the audience of equally hopeless and vicious buffoons who laughed and cheered when he made sport of a woman whose lasting memory of the trauma she suffered is the laughter of the perpetrators. Now he comes, a man swathed in scandal, with no interest beyond what he can put in his pocket and what he can put over on a universe of suckers, and he does something like this while occupying an office that we gave him, and while endowed with a public trust that he dishonors every day he wakes up in the White House. “The scion of a multigenerational criminal enterprise, the parameters of which we are only now beginning to comprehend. A vessel for all the worst elements of the American condition. And a cheap, soulless bully besides. We never have had such a cheap counterfeit of a president* as currently occupies the office. We never have had a president* so completely deserving of scorn and yet so small in the office that it almost seems a waste of time and energy to summon up the requisite contempt. “Watch how a republic dies in the empty eyes of an empty man who feels nothing but his own imaginary greatness, and who cannot find in himself the decency simply to shut up even when it is in his best interest to do so. Presidents don’t have to be heroes to be good presidents. They just have to realize that their humanity is our common humanity, and that their political commonwealth is our political commonwealth, too. Watch him behind the seal of the President of the United States. Isn’t he a funny man? Isn’t what happened to that lady hilarious? Watch the assembled morons cheer. This is the only story now.” – Charles Pierce PART ONE: Tutorize, Don’t Privatize, Public Schools The coming GOP effort to privatize public education could be a golden political opportunity for Democrats if they fight it hard and propose a better plan to improve the nation’s schools—a plan that, as of now, they don’t have.\ *Paul Glastris* is currently Editor in Chief at Washington Monthly and has been there for the past 18 years. Prior, he was a speechwriter for the White House, when Bill Clinton was president. Glastris was also a correspondent for U.S. News & World Report PART TWO:A pro-Israel group says it gave the Trump administration a list of students to deport Betar, a self-described Zionist group, wants to help Trump curtail pro-Palestine speech Nicholas Liu is a News Fellow at Salon. He grew up in Hong Kong, earned a B.A. in History at the University of Chicago, and began writing for local publications like the Santa Barbara Independent and Straus News 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, Charlie Pierce, Trump, criminal enterprise, Paul Glastris, Washington Monthly, Tutorize, Nicholas Liu, Palestinians, deport, campus protests, Betar, zionists, Israel, Gaza, Yale
- Poem by Lyn Ekedahl|Stephen Pimpare|Dave Levinthal|Lincoln Mitchell[image: image.png] opening thoughts: *On Electing a Brute by Lyn Ekedahl* Now we’ve gone and we’ve done it—elected a brute, Who has plenty of leeway to pillage and loot. But the Don will not stop just with actions illicit, His threat to use violence he’s now made explicit. Agent of chaos, his acts malicious and callous, His heart filled with grievance, resentment, and malice, The Don, with his minions, bears down on his prey, Destroys those who have or might get in his way! His thugs happily brutalize immigrants upright, They snatch and deport folks in day raids and night. They’ve made it quite clear that their immigrant searches Will go anywhere—into work, schools, and churches. He’s ending all government fundings and grants, Thus hurting millions; that’s The Donald Trump Dance. He’s attacking all trans folks; next will be gays. Hard to know who is next on his long list of preys. Like all other tyrants, Trump demands folks be loyal. Contrary ideas serve to make his blood boil. Apolitical servants—which our system requires— Are the first civil servants the Donald has fired. Now he’s told the whole government—no longer needed. Retire or be fired; don’t wait to be weeded. All he’s done lawless—not the Donald’s concern. His goal from the start—let the government burn! Trump’s a break from our history, our values and norms. His lust for power and greed guides how he performs. He clearly enjoys hurting those he deems weak. That’s the mark of a bully—just the smaller guys seek! When faced with a bully, the rule? Don’t Submit!” Though the way to fight back isn’t clear, I’ll admit, We have to resist his assault with our will, Conveyed through the courts and the press and the Hill! rethink the week talkers: *Stephen Pimpare *is Professor of Public Policy at Vermont Law and Graduate School. *David 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/>, Politico, OpenSecrets, the Dallas Morning News and the Eagle-Tribune. His articles <davelevinthal.com/articles/> have appeared in dozens of publications, including The Atlantic, TIME, Politico Magazine, Rolling Stone, Slate, Salon, Daily Beast and Columbia Journalism Review. Dave’s work as an editor and reporter has won numerous honors, including the Goldsmith Prize, Edward R. Murrow Award, National Headliner Award, National Press Club Arthur E. Rowse Award, the Society of Professional Journalists Sunshine Award, *Lincoln Mitchell* teaches political science and public policy at Columbia University. topics: confirmations, chaos, DEI, immigration, DOGE comes to the states Cost-cutting states copy Musk’s DOGE Trump’s Plane Crash Press Conference Was Unbelievably Vile, Even for Him Democrats have a grim opportunity here. Trump was challenged after blaming DEI for the DC plane crash. Here’s what he said <apnews.com/article/plane-crash-washington-dc-trump-dei-claims-3ac5486ec594d81e919e8ebbd9733869> Trump warns Canada, Mexico tariffs are coming on Saturday Democratic governors urge Schumer to fight back harder against Trump A half-dozen Democratic governors urged Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to step up the fight against Trump White House Press Secretary’s Campaign Took Illegal Donations From Businesses — And Hasn’t Returned the MoneyThis stuff is campaign finance 101. You don’t take freebies,” one campaign finance expert told NOTUS. 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,poem Brute,Lincoln Mitchell,Stephen Pimpare,Dave Levinthal, Trump, DOGE, Tariffs, hearings, Canada, Mexico
- bluesky|Anders Croy|Professor Joshua Shanes[image: image.png] opening thoughts: Bluesky Proves Stagnant Monopolies Are Strangling the Internet One tiny company has the bloated Facebook empire scrambling to respond. Ryan Cooper One bright spot in the bleak year of 2024 was the rise of Bluesky. As someone who relied greatly on Twitter for news and my career—OK, I may have been somewhat addicted—before Elon Musk bought it and turned it into a snake pit of neo-Nazi filth, it was nice to see a Twitter-like replacement rise to relative prominence. I joined in April 2023 <bsky.app/profile/ryanlcooper.com> as about the 47,000th user. Today, Bluesky has about 26 million users <bsky.jazco.dev/stats>, and seems to be growing healthily. It actually has some notable improvements on Twitter, like the “starter pack” function where users can put together a group of accounts that one can follow at once (here’s the starter pack for *Prospect* writers <bsky.app/starter-pack/did:plc:5ckgrxzxfa5wf3lxepnh45s2/3layqwooucf23>, incidentally), or the “nuclear block” where if one participant in a conversation blocks the other, the entire conversation is zapped. This greatly cuts down on Twitter’s culture of aggressive pile-ons and abuse.Unlike any other big platform, Bluesky does not censor posts with outgoing links. Indeed, it does not have any proprietary “for you” algorithm, instead defaulting to a traditional reverse-chronological feed, and allowing users to pick from algorithms that can be developed by others. This has major implications for publishers: Despite its modest size, *The Guardian* reports <pressgazette.co.uk/platforms/bluesky-x-traffic-guardian-boston-globe-news/> that Bluesky traffic has already outstripped that from Twitter, and here at the *Prospect* Bluesky traffic now regularly matches Twitter and is many times that of Facebook.This ability to share outside the platform is proving so popular that Facebook’s Twitter clone, Threads, has belatedly altered its algorithm <www.makeuseof.com/threads-fixes-algorithm-to-combat-bluesky/> to include more posts from accounts you follow in an attempt to compete. And this disruption is being done on a shoestring budget—Bluesky has just 20 employees <www.uniladtech.com/social-media/bluesky-employees-620588-20241122> and about $23 million <techcrunch.com/2024/10/24/bluesky-raises-15m-series-a-plans-to-launch-subscriptions/> in funding, as compared to Meta’s 70,000+ workers <finance.yahoo.com/news/meta-quest-efficiency-sparks-wave-182741841.html> and $156 billion <www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/META/meta-platforms/revenue> in annual revenue.It’s strong evidence that there is a large unmet demand for internet systems outside of the control of Big Tech monopolists. I don’t know if there can be a similar option for every walled garden on the internet—it’s hard to dislodge a giant—but there’s no question that there’s a lot of pent-up demand. — – 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,Ryan Cooper, The American Prospect, Bluesky,Anders Croy, Florida Watch, DeSantis,Special Session, feud, Legislature, immigration, Commissioner of Agriculture, lame duck, Professor Joshua Shanes, College of Charleston, antisemitism, zionism, Jews, Israel *KEEPING THE POT STIRRED SO SCUM DOESN’T RISE TO THE TOP* – Anonymous
- (no title)[image: image.png] opening thoughts: When you want to stack agencies with cronies and or steer contracts to friends, first think u do is get rid of inspectors generals. Yep! fits in perfectly with the Trump corruption agenda. So where are the democrats, no one has a clue to what the inspectors generals do unless you tell the Carl Sagan (1934-1996) in “The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark”, 1995: “I have a foreboding of an America in my children’s or grandchildren’s time — when the United States is a service and information economy; when nearly all the key manufacturing industries have slipped away to other countries; when awesome technological powers are in the hands of a very few, and no one representing the public interest can even grasp the issues; when the people have lost the ability to set their own agendas or knowledgeably question those in authority; when, clutching our crystals and nervously consulting our horoscopes, our critical faculties in decline, unable to distinguish between what feels good and whats true, we slide, almost without noticing, back into superstition and darkness. The dumbing down of America is most evident in the slow decay of substantive content in the enormously influential media, the 30-second sound bites (now down to 10 seconds or less), the lowest common denominator programming, credulous presentations on pseudoscience and superstition, but especially a kind of celebration of ignorance.” part one: How Trump’s Deportation Plans Could Blow Up the Food System and Increase Migrant Labor. Instead of cutting back on undocumented immigrants, the new administration will be forced to provide more visas to keep food flowing to stores. Teresa Cotsirilos is a staff writer and producer at the Food & Environment Reporting Network. part two: *The Starbase rocket testing facility is permanently changing the landscape of southern Texas.* Dr. Robert Kopack is a human/historical geographer who focuses on environmental histories linked to defense installations in the former Soviet Union, the United States, and Canada as well as the burgeoning commercial space industry. U. of S C 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, inspectors general,Carl Sagan,migrants, food workers, Politico, Teresa Cotsirilos, Musk, Starbase rocket, Texas, the conversation, U of South Carolian, Dr. Robert Kopack, human geographer *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
- (no title)[image: image.png] opening thoughts: Time to take up the mantle of teaching truth/history to power…My old friend is Marilyn Nelson…a world famous poet and the daughter of a Tuskegee Airman…I am going to read this poem on the air for my show that airs on Tues and this and other related stories of the Tuskegee Airmen will be shared every Tues thru Jan and February on the Attitude Lonely Eagles For Daniel “Chappie” James, General USAF and for the 332nd Fighter Group. Being black in America was the Original Catch, so no one was surprised by 22: The segregated airstrips, separate camps. They did the jobs they’d been trained to do. Black ground-crews kept them in the air; black flight-surgeons kept them alive; the whole Group removed their headgear when another pilot died. They were known by their names: “Ace” and “Lucky,” “Sky-hawk Johnny,” “Mr. Death.” And by their positions and planes. Red Leader to Yellow Wing-man, do you copy? If you could find a fresh egg you bought it and hid it in your dopp-kit or your boot until you could eat it alone. On the night before a mission you gave a buddy your hiding-places as solemnly as a man dictating his will. There’s a chocolate bar in my Bible; my whiskey bottle is inside my bed-roll. In beat-up Flying Tigers that had seen action in Burma, they shot down three German jets. They were the only outfit in the American Air Corps to sink a destroyer with fighter planes. Fighter planes with names like “By Request.” Sometimes the radios didn’t even work. They called themselves “Hell from Heaven.” This Spookwaffe. My father’s old friends. It was always maximum effort: A whole squadron of brother-men raced across the tarmac and mounted their planes. My tent-mate was a guy named Starks. The funny thing about me and Starks was that my air mattress leaked, and Starks didn’t. Every time we went up, I gave my mattress to Starks and put his on my cot. One day we were strafing a train. Strafing’s bad news: you have to fly so low and slow you’re a pretty clear target. My other wing-man and I exhausted our ammunition and got out. I recognized Starks by his red tail and his rudder’s trim-tabs. He couldn’t pull up his nose. He dived into the train and bought the farm. I found his chocolate, three eggs, and a full fifth of his hoarded-up whiskey. I used his mattress for the rest of my tour. It still bothers me, sometimes: I was sleeping on his breath Obeying Trump DEI order, Air Force will stop teaching recruits about Tuskegee Airmen A video on the pioneering Black pilots, famed for their World War II exploits, was stripped from the basic training curriculum at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland. A video about pathbreaking female aviators was also spiked. *part one:* *I’m an economist. Here’s why I’m worried the California **insurance crisis could trigger broader financial instability * *GARY W. YOHE is the Woodhouse/Sysco Professor of Economics at Wesleyan University; he has been on the faculty at Wesleyan for more than 30 years. He was educated at the University of Pennsylvania, and received his PhD in Economics from Yale University in 1975. Most of his work has focused attention on the mitigation and adaptation/impacts sides of the climate issue. He is a senior member of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change* *Part two:* *part two: How Segregated Are Your Local Private Schools?Jennifer Berry Hawes is a reporter with ProPublica’s South hub who focuses on criminal justice, religion, race and the welfare of women and children. Prior to ProPublica, Hawes worked at The Post and Courier in Charleston, South Carolina, most recently as a watchdog and public service reporter. She was part of the team that won the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for public service for the series “Till Death Do Us Part <postandcourier.com/app/till-death/index.html>,” which examined South Carolina’s failure to protect women from often-fatal domestic abuse. Hawes also was a 2019 Pulitzer finalist for feature writing, along with fellow reporter Deanna Pan, for their series “An Undying Mystery <www.postandcourier.com/news/special_reports/stinney/>” about the youngest person ever executed in South Carolina. Hawes has written on topics ranging from persistent failures in public education <data.postandcourier.com/saga/minimally-adequate/page/1> to prison violence <www.postandcourier.com/news/how-flaws-in-the-sc-prison-system-led-to-deaths/article_9e0692d6-104b-11ea-8bc4-cbef2dd3c981.html> to racial injustice <www.postandcourier.com/longform/one-sc-mans-journey-to-freedom-after-years-in-modern-day-slavery/article_f0fb3d58-7dfd-11ec-a7f4-2fc0f52d0b94.html>.* — 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,Tuskegee Airmen, Air Force, poem Lonely Eagles, Professor Gary Yohe, Wesleyan, banks, climate change, Propublica, Jennifer Berry Hawes, public schools, segregated academies, private schools *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 Mitcell|Bill Curry[image: image.png] opening thoughts:On Wednesday, Trump’s Office of Personnel Management ordered <chcoc.gov/sites/default/files/OPM%20Return%20to%20Office%20Guidance%20Memorandum%201-22-25.pdf> all federal departments and agencies to issue full-time Return to Office orders by tomorrow (Friday), stipulating that those orders had to be fully in effect for all employees within the next 30 days. The order requires those departments and agencies to unilaterally abrogate contractual agreements with unionized employees that allowed for periods of work from home, but hey, since when do contracts with workers have to be honored?The order notes that “President Trump was elected with the mandate to increase the efficiency and accountability of the federal workforce.” As I noted in my commentary on another Trump executive order, which requires federal employees to inform on any of their fellow workers who they think are surreptitiously refusing to dismantle DEI policies or are working in DEI positions, and which actually threatens federal employees if they don’t rat out those fellow workers, Trump believes that nothing will increase the efficiency of the federal workforce like having some workers spy on and seek to terminate their fellow workers. Or spy on and seek to terminate fellow workers not themselves involved in DEI but who haven’t informed on fellow workers who are.So getting everyone back into the office creates a critical mass of workers sufficient to split that office into Trump flunkies and everybody else, and thus creates a pathway to getting rid of everybody else. What better way to purge our government of the unduly conscientious or those besotted by empiricism? *–Harold Meyerson. * 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. *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. .topics: *Trump 2.0: Bans, Purges and Retribution* Trump Pardons Anti-Abortion Activists Who Blockaded Clinic The move came ahead of the March for Life, the annual anti-abortion rally in Washington where Vice President JD Vance is expected to address attendees *Theoharis and Hartung, Turning the Tide* Many of us are now asking ourselves, how did we end up here? Part of the answer is simple enough: the status quo, regardless of which party has been in power, simply hasn’t been working for all too many Americans. Research compiled by our colleague Shailly Gupta Barnes of the Kairos Center indicates that some 140 million of us <kairoscenter.org/kairos-center-policy-briefing-11-the-140-million-is-a-theory-of-change/> live either in poverty or one financial emergency away from joining the ranks of the poor. One out of six children in this country now lives below the official poverty line and the families of nearly half <www.publichealth.columbia.edu/news/nearly-half-american-children-living-near-poverty-line> of all kids are in a state of economic precarity or food insecurity. Meanwhile, the average life span of white American males is actually declining <www.verywellhealth.com/how-to-live-longer-for-men-2223908>, while more than 20 million <www.cnn.com/2024/04/12/politics/medicaid-coverage-health-insurance/index.html> people lost their access to health care in 2024 alone. All of this is, of course, a far cry from the conventional wisdom that America’s economy is doing well, based on statistics like the unemployment rate or the rate of economic growth as a whole, none of which capture the lived experience of so many of us. The Real Goal of Trump’s Emails Ordering Federal Employees to Narc on DEI Sympathizers. Why Trump’s Attempt to End Birthright Citizenship Will Backfire at the Supreme Court “Excluding Indians”: Trump admin questions Native Americans’ birthright citizenship in court The Trump admin is leaning on a pre-14th Amendment law in its fight to redefine birthright citizenship. The Money GameThe Democratic Party had more money than God this election. At what cost? DOJ is trying to “scare” local Democrats into carrying out Trump’s mass deportations Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner said he would not be intimidated into carrying out a “fascist” agenda The Unchecked Authority of Trump’s Immigration Orders The President is recasting migration as a form of “invasion,” broadening his already expansive powers and making anyone in the U.S. who’s undocumented a potential target Tennessee Republican proposes amendment to allow Trump to serve third term Rents for single-family homes 41% higher than prepandemic rents Trump’s Dark Idea for FEMA Will Make It Harder for States to Get Aid — 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, Harold Meyerson, Federal workforce, DEI, Stephen Pimpare, Lincoln Mitchell, Bill Curry, Trump, Biden, Democrats, pardons *KEEPING THE POT STIRRED SO SCUM DOESN’T RISE TO THE TOP* – Anonymous *Arnie on the Air* Boston, MA-WGBH Under the Radar/Sunday Nights Keene, NH-WKBK Friday Morning with Dan Mitchell
- Joe Jaworski|Laura Jedeed|Bill Curry[image: image.png] opening thoughts: — There’s reason to be worried about the plethora of pardons from Trump and Biden Monday’s pardons from two presidents stretched the constitutional power to new frontiers. ….Some legal experts emphasized that the entire debate around pardon abuse is really about Trump, who has repeatedly promised retribution <www.politico.com/news/2024/11/06/trump-retribution-enemy-list-00187725> against his political adversaries — notably including the Biden family. And Trump showed in his first term that he is willing to hand out pardons to protect his own allies (like Steve Bannon, Roger Stone, Paul Manafort and Michael Flynn) and family members (like Charles Kushner). Notably, Biden did not extend clemency to other ostensible political allies like former Sen. Robert Menendez or New York Mayor Eric Adams.Monday’s pardons from both Biden and Trump “are evidence of the pressure that Trump is placing on the kind of rules of the road that made democratic institutions at the national level work,” said Aziz Huq, a constitutional expert at the University of Chicago. “What’s going on here is that Trump is exerting a gravitational force on his opponents and through his own behavior.” Edward Foley, a constitutional scholar from Ohio State University, said the misuse of the pardon is just one symptom of a larger problem with America’s political framework: the failure of impeachment proceedings to deter improper conduct and a political primary process that encourages extreme, unpopular positions. “The recent precedents are disturbing,” Rozell said, “and will be seen by some future presidents as a license to pardon friends, family, cronies without any consequence other than history’s judgment.” Part one: Attorney Joe Jaworski joins us today to talk Texas politics, Texas weather, Texas speakers race- Joe Jaworski, is the son of Leon Jaworski, Joe was the former Mayor of Galvaston, he ran for AG in 2022 lost in the democratic runoff topics: Trump suggests states should handle emergency response instead of FEMA Texas Ethics Commission dismisses complaint against state GOP chair, lawmaker saysRep. Cody Harris had accused Abraham George of improperly threatening to send mailers and censure lawmakers who backed Rep. Dustin Burrows as House speaker. Anti-Immigration Hard-Liners in the Texas GOP Are Putting on a Show Trump’s followers in our state talk tough when it comes to border enforcement and mass deportations. A close read tells a different story. the death of Cecile Richards my friends post from yesterday…bans have consequences: This is one of my favorite kids in the world. His dad transported US troops in Afghanistan. In 2021 he was evacuated with three of his siblings and his parents, but four other siblings were left behind. The four children were to be reunited with their family on Thursday. But now they and thousands of others are stranded because Trump ended our refugee resettlement program. If you have friends in places that have Republican members of Congress, please ask them to encourage Trump to lift his ban at least for Afghan refugees whose served with the US military, a well as their families. 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 *Laura Jedeed* is a freelance journalist who primarily focuses on the American conservative movement. Her bylines include The New Republic, Rolling Stone, and Politico, and you can find her newsletter at BannedInYourState.com — topics: the inauguration…Laura was there Will the Courts Enforce the Constitution Against President Trump? Donald Trump’s war on DEI is not about “merit” Cracks emerge in House GOP after speaker’s threat to saddle California wildfire aid with conditions <apnews.com/article/california-wildfires-conditional-aid-washington-trump-johnson-12c779b96e04d564802d4d06348aa0fc> AP — 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,pardons, Trump, Biden, Joe Jawarski, FEMA, immigration, undocumented, Cecile Richards, Laura Jedeed, Bill Curry, Constitution, inauguration, DEI *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
- Audrey Stienon|Peter Shane|Jonathan Feingold[image: image.png] opening thoughts:Booker Statement on Laken Riley Act JANUARY 20, 2025 *WASHINGTON, D.C.* – Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement: “Make no mistake, Congress must take actions that make our communities safer. But this bill will make us less safe. “As written, the bill mandates the indefinite detention of any noncitizen of any age for even the most minor of infractions – even if charges are dropped and even if the subject is a child. This will command billions of taxpayer dollars to be used in ways that countless law enforcement officials agree is a waste. Our resources should be better spent, targeted toward threats to public safety, not directed away from them. “The bill’s provisions open the door to awful abuses. They serve as an invitation for domestic abusers, corrupt employers, and vigilante neighbors to threaten and falsely accuse undocumented people to exploit them or prompt their detention. And while the law is supposed to keep dangerous people from being in the country, it’ll be used against children and Dreamers who are here legally, too, and could start another family separation disaster all over again. I agree with state law enforcement officials who have said the legislation will undermine trust in law enforcement and hinder public safety. “Furthermore, the legislation’s provisions enabling states to sue the federal government if they disagree with federal immigration policy will cause a massive disruption to the federal government’s ability to regulate our legal immigration system, which has already suffered from Congress’ inability to pass common sense reforms to update our immigration laws. “I’d hoped Senate Republicans would have supported amendments to improve the bill, including a carve-out for Dreamers, removing the unconstitutional and disruptive provisions granting states the power to sue the federal government and disrupt our legal immigration system, and provisions that would have built in due process and ensured children are not detained. Unfortunately, they didn’t. “I remain committed to pursuing common sense, bipartisan legislation to modernize our immigration system so that it aligns with our fundamental values and mandate to make our communities safer, but this bill fails to meet those standards and could in fact lead to more crime. That’s why I voted no.” *Part One*: Ten New Ideas for the Democratic Party to Help the Working Class, and Itself. <washingtonmonthly.com/2025/01/05/the-democrats-next-agenda/> we talk about two: Corporate-Proof the Care Economy <washingtonmonthly.com/2025/01/05/corporate-proof-the-care-economy/> Before the next wave of federal investment in child and elder care, we need a plan to stop big corporations from capturing those nascent markets and turning their services into nightmares for working class families. *Audrey Stienon* manages the industrial policy program at the Open Markets Institute. Her work focuses on policy strategies to structure markets that contribute to public priorities. Reconstruct the Administrative State <washingtonmonthly.com/2025/01/05/reconstruct-the-administrative-state/> Trump’s plan to gut regulations and persecute his enemies will run into fierce resistance and roadblocks of his own making. But beyond fighting Trump, liberals need a much larger strategy to reenergize the movement for regulation in the public interest. *’**Peter M. Shane* is the Jacob E. Davis and Jacob E. Davis II Chair in Law Emeritus at Ohio State University and a Distinguished Scholar in Residence at the New York University School of Law. He is the author of Democracy’s Chief Executive: Interpreting the Constitution and Defining the Future of the Presidency(2022) and the host of “Democracy’s Chief Executive: The Podcast.” *Part two: *year 4 of race class with Jonathan Feingold Legislation restricting the teaching of race and racism <www.nytimes.com/2021/06/01/us/politics/critical-race-theory.html> in public schools and government entities has spread across the country. In an effort to respond, Boston University Law Professor Jonathan Feingold and The Attitude with Arnie Arnesen (a radio show that airs on the Pacifica Network and on wnhnfm.org) are offering “Race Class” – a once a month course/conversation where listeners can hear what it is like to approach race and racism from a place of curiosity and history rather than fear and anxiety. *In describing the foundational purpose of “Race Class,” Arnesen and Feingold note, “We know race matters. Part of this project is to make sense of what that means.”* #RaceClass Ep. 37: Trump is the Grift and Racism President In this episode, we discuss how Trump’s first days in office reflect what we already knew. Racism remains one of Trump’s favorite political tactics. He’ll use it to demean and delegitimize political opponents, and to distract from a separate pillar of his administration: massive self-dealing. As always, Florida provides a model for how opportunistic politicians can leverage racism, sexism and homophobia to grift the public and turn a profit, all while undermining every institution necessary for a meaningful democracy. We also note that Trump’s racist rhetoric is effective, in part, because supposedly liberal institutions – like elite universities – have long failed to offer a competing narrative. — 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, Senator Cory Booker, immigration bill, Laiken Riley Act, Washington Monthly,Audrey Stienon, Peter Shane, Race Class, Jonathan Feingold, CRT, DEI, Trump, Executive Orders *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
- Jonathan Alter|Dave Levinthal[image: image.png] my opening thought: After Donald J. Trump entered the White House in 2017, The Washington Post adopted a slogan that underscored the newspaper’s traditional role as a government watchdog: “Democracy Dies in Darkness.”This week, as Mr. Trump prepares to re-enter the White House, the newspaper debuted a mission statement that evokes a more expansive view of The Post’s journalism, without death or darkness: “Riveting Storytelling for All of America.” www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/business/media/the-washington-post-new-mission.html my letter to the editor: President Jimmy Carter asked that Truman’s sign: “The buck stops here”— be placed on his desk in the Oval Office. After watching the conga line of billionaires and tech bros surrounding President Trump at his inauguration, I imagine Trump will insist on a new sign be placed on his: “We make a buck here”. part one Jonathan Alter A Life Sentence of Disgrace The unCarter, the unTrump and the Creation of a Usable Past Jonathan Alter is an award-winning author, political analyst, documentary filmmaker, columnist, television producer and radio host. part two: Dave Levinthal was in DC covering the inauguration on the ground…we touch on that and so much more Why Trump Is Going to Have the Swampiest Inauguration Ever Dave Levinthal. Dave is one of the nation’s leading journalists investigating the nexus of politics, policy and 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,Bezos, Washington Post, Carter, Trump, Jonathan Alter, Washington Monthly,Dave Levinthal, billionaires, inauguration, Daily Beast *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
- Shelley Mann-Lev, ED Healthy Climate New Mexico|Tom Kemeny U of Toronto[image: image.png] part one: A Nation of First Responders. **How schools could prepare students to help during a disaster.* a conversation with LA native Shelley Mann-Lev, MPH Executive Director Healthy Climate New Mexico part two: Soaring wealth inequality has remade the map of American prosperity bio: Tom Kemeny Associate Professor, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, University of Toronto 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, MLK Jr. Rising from the Rails, Pullman Porters, Shelley Mann-Lev,, Healthy Climate NM, First Responders, LA Fires, Tom Kemeny, U of Toronto, wealth inequality *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|Aaron Rosenthal|Beth Gazley[image: image.png] thought for the day: Bill Curry on Biden’s Farewell address: Joe Biden gave what may have been the best speech of his life tonight. It was also the first I can recall in which he wasn’t looking back over his shoulder at his donors the whole time. Watching him, I couldn’t help imagining what might have been had he renounced a second term in the spring of 2023 and spent the last two years giving speeches like this. Biden’s a decent man, but I’d bet the farm this was the first time he ever used the word ‘oligarch’ in public. He still doesn’t get it. For four years he chastised the American people for not respecting our institutions instead of chastising the institutions for squandering their respect. Trump said the system was rigged, which is true, but then lied endlessly about how. Instead of telling people how it’s really rigged, Democrats became the party of ‘the system is not rigged’. It’s hard to imagine a bigger mistake. It meant we couldn’t tell voters it’s the economy that’s rigged by oligarchs who use government to rig it, and that democracy is the only way to stop them, but we’d better act fast because the oligarchs are bent on rigging it too and if they succeed no honest business person or worker will ever again stand a chance of a fair shake. It’s what the word ‘oligarchy’ means. We’re half way there and Trump isn’t even sworn in. It’s democracy versus oligarchy and fascism all across the world and we’d better be ready to fight like it’s the Battle of the Five Armies because, truth be told, we’re not ahead. rethink the week talkers: *Stephen Pimpare *is Professor of Public Policy at Vermont Law and Graduate School. Professor Beth Gazley specializes in U.S. nonprofit management and civil society policy and teaches at Indiana U. *Lincoln Mitchell* teaches political science and public policy at Columbia University. *Aaron Rosenthal* is the research director for North Star Policy Action topics: *hold on to this thought by Professor Stephen Pimpare:* *we have been witnessing a “class war disguised as culture war*” How Biden Destroyed His Legacy The president’s accomplishments are considerable, but on his signature issue of preserving democracy, he failed spectacularly. How Hitler Dismantled a Democracy in 53 DaysHe used the constitution to shatter the constitution. Tech billionaires expose MAGA’s “populism” con job MAGA “populism” was always an inch deep — Trump’s billionaire-palooza proves it. Meet The Billionaires Attending Trump’s Inauguration: Musk, Zuckerberg, Bezos And More TikTok users flock to China-based “RedNote” as ban looms Xiaohongshu, or RedNote in English, has picked up tens of thousands of TikTok users looking for an alternative Democratic senator on Biden’s farewell plea: ‘Now he tells us’ thehill.com/homenews/senate/5090419-sheldon-whitehouse-joe-biden-farewell-address/ Trump nominee for budget chief says president can withhold funding approved by Congress Johnson’s Intel Committee shake-up fuels worries about panel under Trump <thehill.com/homenews/house/5090584-mike-johnson-intelligence-committee-turner-trump/> An All-Too-Late Cease-Fire <prospect.org/blogs-and-newsletters/tap/2025-01-16-all-too-late-cease-fire-gaza-israel/> Where the Wildfire Ends The widespread conflagration in residential Los Angeles should redefine how we think about wildfires. 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, Bill Curry, Biden Farewell Address, Stephen Pimpare, Lincoln Mitchell, Aaron Rosenthal, Beth Gazley, Trump, billionaires, cabinet, Bibi, Gaza, cease fire, TikTok, oligarchs
- Mel Goodman|Bill Curry|Paul Glastris[image: image.png] opening thoughts:’*Our Very Own Oligarchy by Lyn Ekedahl* We’re off to a great start in 2-0-Twenty-Five. What a marvelous time to still be alive! We’ve a new form of government, aligned with the times, Our own Oligarchy, designed for new crimes! Most of Don’s creeps come with money bags full, Also full of themselves, full of self-righteous bull! Co-president Musk, the Don’s billionaire booster, Postures and twirls—struts and crows like a rooster! The Washington Post knows how “Democracy Dies….” And its owner’s ready to help—not a total surprise. He rushed to Mar-a-Lago to kiss the Don’s ring, To give the Don money, his praises to sing! To placate the Donald and not even embarrassed, He killed the Post’s planned endorsement of Harris! And to prove that with truth he would no longer trifle, His cartoonist’s cartoon he proceeded to stifle. Zuckerberg rushed in with appeals to the Don, As the “Freedom to Lie” became his new song. “We’ll no longer do fact checks,” quite proudly crowed he, Thus perfectly showing the role of toady! On the rest of the nation it soon will be dawning— What these billionaires get in return for their fawning— A little help with a contract, relief from some reg, and Tax cuts for which they’re not too proud to beg! So prepare for the worst and get ready to fight. On their crimes and misdeeds best to shine a bright light. For the oligarch’s goal isn’t justice and peace. The oligarch’s goal is the public to fleece! speaking of oligarchs read this: Here’s One More Sentence Joe Biden Should Commute Charles Littlejohn did America a service by exposing the tax avoidance of wealthy people like me. by Abigail Disney– Part one: we pivot from TX to talk about the end of the Biden years Mel Goodman * is a senior fellow at the Center for International Policy and a professor of government at Johns Hopkins University. A former CIA analyst, and Goodman is the national security columnist for counterpunch. <counterpunch.org> The Dangers of Biden’s Legacy and Trump’s Inheritance WASHINGTON POST SUPPORTS MANY OF TRUMP’S MISCREANTS FOR KEY POSTS 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. *Paul Glastris* is currently Editor in Chief at Washington Monthly and has been there for the past 18 years. Prior, he was a speechwriter for the White House, when Bill Clinton was president. topics: Ten New Ideas for the Democratic Party to Help the Working Class, and Itself. Bill Curry’s post about Biden’s farewell address Joe Biden gave what may have been the best speech of his life tonight. It was also the first I can recall in which he wasn’t looking back over his shoulder at his donors the whole time. Watching him, I couldn’t help imagining what might have been had he renounced a second term in the spring of 2023 and spent the last two years giving speeches like this. Biden’s a decent man, but I’d bet the farm this was the first time he ever used the word ‘oligarch’ in public. He still doesn’t get it. For four years he chastised the American people for not respecting our institutions instead of chastising the institutions for squandering their respect. Trump said the system was rigged, which is true, but then lied endlessly about how. Instead of telling people how it’s really rigged, Democrats became the party of ‘the system is not rigged’. It’s hard to imagine a bigger mistake. It meant we couldn’t tell voters it’s the economy that’s rigged by oligarchs who use government to rig it, and that democracy is the only way to stop them, but we’d better act fast because the oligarchs are bent on rigging it too and if they succeed no honest business person or worker will ever again stand a chance of a fair shake. It’s what the word ‘oligarchy’ means. We’re half way there and Trump isn’t even sworn in. It’s democracy versus oligarchy and fascism all across the world and we’d better be ready to fight like it’s the Battle of the Five Armies because, truth be told, we’re not ahead. — 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, oligarchs, Abigail Disney, Mel Goodman, Trump, Biden, foreign policy, Bill Curry, Paul Glastris, Democrats, working folks, policies, oligarchs, rigged economy *KEEPING THE POT STIRRED SO SCUM DOESN’T RISE TO THE TOP* – Anonymous
- political poem by Lyn Ekedahl|Alec MacGillis|Mark Miodownik[image: image.png] *Our Very Own Oligarchy by Lyn Ekedahl* We’re off to a great start in 2-0-Twenty-Five. What a marvelous time to still be alive! We’ve a new form of government, aligned with the times, Our own Oligarchy, designed for new crimes! Most of Don’s creeps come with money bags full, Also full of themselves, full of self-righteous bull! Co-president Musk, the Don’s billionaire booster, Postures and twirls—struts and crows like a rooster! The Washington Post knows how “Democracy Dies….” And its owner’s ready to help—not a total surprise. He rushed to Mar-a-Lago to kiss the Don’s ring, To give the Don money, his praises to sing! To placate the Donald and not even embarrassed, He killed the Post’s planned endorsement of Harris! And to prove that with truth he would no longer trifle, His cartoonist’s cartoon he proceeded to stifle. Zuckerberg rushed in with appeals to the Don, As the “Freedom to Lie” became his new song. “We’ll no longer do fact checks,” quite proudly crowed he, Thus perfectly showing the role of toady! On the rest of the nation it soon will be dawning— What these billionaires get in return for their fawning— A little help with a contract, relief from some reg, and Tax cuts for which they’re not too proud to beg! So prepare for the worst and get ready to fight. On their crimes and misdeeds best to shine a bright light. For the oligarch’s goal isn’t justice and peace. The oligarch’s goal is the public to fleece! *part one:On a Mission From God: Inside the Movement to Redirect Billions of Taxpayer Dollars to Private Religious Schools <www.propublica.org/article/school-vouchers-ohio-church-state-tax-dollars-private-religious>* bio: Alec MacGillis is a reporter for ProPublica, focusing on gun violence, economic inequality and the pandemic-era schools crisis. *part two: how the world fell in love with plastics without thinking through the consequences the definition of modernity molded material it molds us to how we define life …a million uses how we make plastics* bio: Professor Mark Miodownik is the UCL Professor of Materials & Society. For more than twenty years he has championed materials research that links the arts and humanities to medicine, engineering and materials science. This culminated in the establishment of the UCL Institute of Making where he is Director and runs the research programme (www.instituteofmaking.org.uk )*. *Mark also recently set up the Plastic Waste Innovation Hub to carry our research into solving the environmental catastrophe of plastic waste dealing with topics such as biodegradable plastics and product reuse and repairability. 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, Alec MacGillis, Ohio, vouchers, the Catholic Church, Mark Miodownik, plastics, cradle to grave, ocean pollution *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
- (no title)[image: image.png] opening thoughts: Thought one: Matt Stoller on the fires in LA The first is the raging firestorm in Los Angeles, which destroyed thousands of homes. It hit in areas that were understood as vulnerable to the elements, but also in areas that were not believed to be fire prone. Insured losses could be above $20 billion <www.ft.com/content/db2cfe84-74e7-4c94-bab4-f2ef51564b84>, making it one of the most expensive natural disasters ever, with actual losses far higher. (And yes there’s price gouging now, even though there’s a California law against it.) Incoming President-elect Donald Trump has been attacking and insulting local leaders for incompetence, who have not handled the situation particularly well. And there are questions about how California has managed its infrastructure. Republican Senator John Barrasso says there will be “strings attached <x.com/FaceTheNation/status/1878474881836220742>” to Federal money. That said, it hasn’t rained in 300 days in L.A., and the winds are exceptionally strong. When gusts at 100 mph are blowing sparks onto dry roofs and objects throughout a city, there’s just no way to stop a massive conflagration. The city will never be the same. But nationally, insurance companies are going to further pull back everywhere, since it’s pretty obvious climate change is fostering significant risk to property. The daisy chain of consequences here gets quite dystopian; insurance is required for most mortgages, mortgages are required to keep the housing market going, and the housing market represents the main store of savings of most Americans. Oh and the fire’s not out yet. So stay tuned. www.thebignewsletter.com/p/monopoly-round-up-la-fires-change thought two: China or Musk —China suddenly looks like a safer option (great comment on the Bloomberg article: Corina – The Chinese know that Musk can do to U.S. even more damage they can. China Weighs Sale of TikTok US to Musk as a Possible Option part one: Private Firefighters Are Not the ProblemThey won’t save California. But don’t blame people for using them. *Ethan Varian* is a reporter based in San Francisco. He has covered wildfires, housing, and homelessness part two: Schools and City Governments Rely on Property Taxes. What Happens When Homeowners Revolt? Property tax reforms may address local government inequities. David Schleicher is the Walter E. Meyer Professor of Property and Urban Law at Yale Law School and is an expert in local government law, land use, federalism, state and local finance, and urban development. — 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, Matt Stoller, LA Fires, China, Tik Tok, Musk, Ethan Varian, private firefighters, slate.com, David Schleicher, Yale Law School, property taxes *KEEPING THE POT STIRRED SO SCUM DOESN’T RISE TO THE TOP* – Anonymous
- Mark Joseph Stern|Peter Greene[image: image.png] 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, Abraham Lincoln, Facebook, Zuckerberg,Mark Joseph Stern, Slate.com,Trump, Supreme Court, NY, felon, immigration bill, congress, Laken Riley Act, Peter Greene, church and state, 10 commandments, Speaker Johnson, Moses,public education, charter schools, Indiana *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|Susan Milligan|Ryan Cooper|Lincoln Mitchell[image: image.png] thoughts of the day: They estimate that the cost of the fires in LA is at this point around $50B Elon Musk’s wealth has increased by 84% since Trump’s win in November. Elon could personally pay for all the losses from the LA fires with about 1/3rd of the wealth he has acquired since the election There is something sick about one man amassing that kind of wealth. aside: Since Donald J. Trump was elected the U.S. president on Nov. 5, Musk’s net worth skyrocketed 84% from $264 billion to a high of $486 billion rethink the week talkers: *Stephen Pimpare *is Professor of Public Policy at Vermont Law and Graduate School. *Susan Milligan* is a political writer and former White House and congressional correspondent for the Boston Globe, U.S. News and World Report, and the New York Daily News. *Lincoln Mitchell* teaches political science and public policy at Columbia University. *Ryan Cooper* is the *Prospect*’s managing editor, and author of *How Are You Going to Pay for That?: Smart Answers to the Dumbest Question in Politics* <read.macmillan.com/lp/how-are-you-going-to-pay-for-that/> . topics: Supreme Court refuses Trump’s request to block Friday’s criminal sentencing Trump’s Obsession With Greenland Is Funny. But It’s Sending a Dangerous Message to the Exact Wrong People. Putin and Xi are listening. Dem support of immigration bill latest sign of vanishing Trump resistance Big Banks Pick Inopportune Moment to Ditch Climate Commitments As Los Angeles burns, the biggest banks have disclaimed membership in the Net-Zero Banking Alliance. Mother Nature won’t take pity on them. Trump’s Attack on Government Capacity Will Fan the Flames of the Home Insurance Crisis. The U.S. Forest Service is already underfunded and understaffed. Slashing its resources further is likely to unleash more severe wildfires. Climate Models Can’t Explain What’s Happening to Earth Global warming is moving faster than the best models can keep a handle on. – 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, Musk, billions, LA Fires,Stephen Pimpare, Ryan Cooper, Susan Milligan, Lincoln Mitchell, Biden,Trump, Climate Crisis, Banks, Insurance, Immigration
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