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McCarthy and Trump pointing
The Zero Sum Game Of Political Power
Time and again, we’ve witnessed McCarthy enable and appease Trump. McCarthy understands, even if Republicans want to pretend otherwise, that Trump remains the ultimate powerbroker in the GOP.
January 12, 2023
McCarthy with Speaker's gavel
Message From The GOP: We Don't Care
Not only is the GOP an anti-democratic movement and the party of chaos, but they also show every day that they care nothing about representing the will of the American people.
January 12, 2023
Ukrainian woman emergency services
The Power In The Words Of War
Blithely tossing out words like Nazi, genocide, or Fascist removes the meaning, impact, and truth of words that we desperately need to hold a universal understanding - especially with a genocidal war being waged by Russia.
January 12, 2023
Reproductive Rights Protest
A Civil Rights Battle In Red States: How To Win
The only factor Republicans did not account for in their decades-long diabolical plan to restrict women’s healthcare and endanger their lives was the modern backlash they would face from voters.
January 12, 2023
Rick Wilson's Enemies List
Divided or Dysfunctional Government
The effects of Kevin McCarthy being elected as Speaker of the House will have far-reaching ramifications. This is one of the many topics Rick covers with his guest, CNN Senior Political Analyst and anchor John Avlon. They also discuss the role of the media in covering politics today and touch on their former boss, Rudy Giuliani. And Rick has a double entry on this episode's Enemies List. Listen to find out who is the lucky pair.
January 11, 2023
Strategy Session
TONIGHT: Why '23 Will Decide '24
Bold GOP Presidential Primary predictions were made in this latest episode of the Strategy Session. Rick Wilson, Reed Galen, and Stuart Stevens, along with host Lisa Senecal, discuss why 2023 will likely decide 2024, and Rick predicts who the last two standing will be - and DeSantis isn't one of them.
January 10, 2023
TPUSA youth event
Right Wing Trolls' J6 Agenda: Target Kids
Parents be warned; the far-right social media trolls will be out in full force today and they’ll be gunning for your kids.
January 6, 2023
MTG and Trump tweets
Choosing Infighting Over Fighting For Americans
Republicans revealed again this week that their fight is for power and control, not to help the American people. And they wonder why they've lost Gen Z?
January 6, 2023
Insurrection on January 6
An Unhappy Anniversary
The chaos of the Trump presidency culminated in a long-planned violent attempt to end the transfer of presidential power. The efforts to create chaos and weaken our democratic institutions and democracy overall continue, as evidenced this week in the GOP-controlled, but clearly out of control, House.
January 6, 2023
That Trippi Show
The Crazy Is Who They Are
Joe and Alex are back - but the House GOP isn't. The House GOP leadership fight continues - and why, even if a Speaker is chosen, the fight ain't ending anytime soon. And why this is all Trump playbook 101 - he isn't going anywhere. His election-denying protegees are now in full control of the House GOP. Plus - what President Biden is doing to capitalize on the chaos (hit, it's what he's always done) and why all this crazy has Joe's crystal ball fogging up.
January 6, 2023
David Pepper White Board Wizard
Blind Spot: The Dangers In What We Miss
When we only focus on the politics of personality, we miss the attacks on our democratic institutions and their consequences.
January 5, 2023
Putin
Peace Is Not A Deal With The Devil
Not only would the wrong peace agreement between Kyiv and the Kremlin be detrimental to the values of freedom and liberty, but it would be the equivalent of making a deal with the devil.
January 5, 2023
McCarthy and Trump pointing
Vampires In The House
McCarthy has become the very thing that is keeping him from his dream job: A self-interested nihilist will to do and say anything for his own power.
January 5, 2023
Confederate and Trump flags
The New Lost Cause: Republicans
Like ignoring the monstrous fact that the Civil War was fought to defend slavery, Republicans who believe the party can simply return to pre-Trump business as usual must pretend party fealty to Trump and all the ensuing damage never happened.
January 5, 2023
David Pepper White Board Wizard
The Danger To Democracy In What We Miss
When we only focus on the politics of personality, we miss the attacks on our democratic institutions and their consequences.
January 3, 2023
Marjorie Taylor Greene swearing in
The Beautiful Agony Of Kevin McCarthy
What’s coming? Two years of tiresome 2024 battlespace preparation, MAGA agitprop mythmaking, and the return of the Jim Jordan Inquisition. Get ready for Republican revanchism very thinly disguised as legislative oversight.
January 3, 2023
Rick Wilson's Enemies List
The Humiliation Of Kevin McCarthy
Rick Wilson drops a mini pod and explains why, whether Kevin McCarthy wins or loses the House vote for Speaker Of The House, he loses.
January 3, 2023
Ukrainian anti-terrorism soldiers
Winning The War Without Losing A Nation's Humanity
Despite seeming counterintuitive to achieving combat-related successes, prioritizing life over death during this war is the correct moral and ethical choice. It is also what separates us from them.
January 3, 2023
Rhetorical Tricks compact
Ideas Are Weapons: the Overton Window And Fascism
Propagandists use “conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses.” Why? Because it works.
December 29, 2022
Fox News hosts Trump Townhall 2020
Fox News and The Big Lie: A Tipping Point
Fox News’s promotion of Trump’s “Big Lie” marked a tipping point in the history of conservative media.
December 29, 2022