MOMocrats

With Good Friday, Passover, and Ramadan occurring all at once - it is no wonder it feels like Biblical times. MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills talk about why everything right now feels so dangerous... and messaging for the midterm elections. Follow us on BlueSky @socalmom.bsky.social @karoli.bsky.social @AlizaWrites.bsky.social

MOMocrats Karoli and Donna Schwartz Mills commiserate over a very bad, horrible week for democracy in the United States - with the exception of the historic confirmation of new Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. Follow us on BlueSky @socalmom.bsky.social @karoli.bsky.social @AlizaWrites.bsky.social

The Supreme Court was in the news this week - both for Ketanji Brown Jackson's confirmation hearings, and new January 6 revelations about SCOTUS spouse Ginni Thomas. Justice Clarence Thomas should recuse himself from cases where his wife was a lobbyist or organizer - but he does not. That begs the question: should Congress impeach? Follow us on BlueSky @socalmom.bsky.social @karoli.bsky.socia...

It may feel petty to frame the horrors of the war in Ukraine to midterm elections in the United States - but Republicans are trying to use it as a cudgel against the Biden administration. And as MOMocrat Karoli points out: Ukraine, January 6, trucker convoys, and whispers against Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson are "all connected." Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwart...

The MOMocrats are in awe of the Ukrainians' courage defending their nation from Russia's invasion - and terrified of what comes next. They also discuss this week's State of the Union address, the February job numbers, and the ongoing investigations into January 6. MOMocrats MOMochat is part of the DemCast family of podcasts. Follow us on BlueSky @socalmom.bsky.social @karoli.bsky.so...

It's Hillary Hysteria over at Fox News - which means that former President Donald Trump is in legal hot water. Again. MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills talk about the former guy's very bad week, beginning with being disavowed by his longtime accountants, and ending with his loss in the New York courts -- as well as new revelations about top secret classified d...

This week, we learned exactly why Donald Trump was so obsessed with low-flush toilets. But let's keep on talking about Hillary Clinton's emails. MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills talk about new revelations on how Trump handled presidential records (and the boxes and boxes retrieved from Mar-a-Lago), the RNC's idea of "legitimate political discourse,&...

The economy grew 5.7% last year, which is the fastest growth since 1983 - but you wouldn't know it if you looked at the latest polls. MOMocrats Aliza Worthington and Donna Schwartz Mills talk about the Biden Boom and the disconnect of popular opinion. They also talk about Justice Stephen Breyer's big announcement, the latest moves of the January 6 subcommittee, and more of the week'...

MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills talk about President Biden's new energy as we approach the 2022 midterms. Also: that New Yorker piece on Supreme Court wife Ginni Thomas, and Donald Trump's awful, very bad week. MOMocrats MOMochat is part of the Demcast family of podcasts. Follow us on BlueSky @socalmom.bsky.social @karoli.bsky.social @AlizaWrites.bsky.social

MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills aren't going to lie: It's been a bad week. The quest to re-enact Voting Rights continues to be stalled in the Senate (thanks to 50 GOP Senators who don't want you to vote and two intransigent Democrats who -- we don't know what their deal is).Inflation continues to rise and Americans are in a sour mood. Few media out...

MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills talk about this week's extraordinary observances of the first anniversary of January 6 - and what lays ahead in this pivotal election year. MOMocrats MOMochat is a member of the DemCast family of podcasts. Follow us on BlueSky @socalmom.bsky.social @karoli.bsky.social @AlizaWrites.bsky.social

The year comes to a disappointing end as the usual suspects (Senators Manchin and Sinema) stall the agenda 81 million  Americans voted for. The MOMocrats talk about the disappointment of BBB and voting rights... and the administration's many successes. Part of the DemCast family of podcasts. Follow us on BlueSky @socalmom.bsky.social @karoli.bsky.social @AlizaWrites.bsky.social

Trump lost the 2020 election. One year later, the economy is exceeding expectations. But no one seems to know it. In the meantime, there are dire signs that the increasingly radicalized Republican party are going to complete the authoritarian takeover some of them have been planning for years. The MOMocrats discuss the situation and what small-d democrats can do about it. Part of the DemCast famil...

The Supreme Court heard Dobbs v Jackson Women's Health, the case against the Mississippi law that could spell the end of legal abortions in that state - and the prognosis is not good, thanks to the six right-wing justices who no longer feel the need to hide their desire to overturn Roe v Wade. MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills wonder where we go from here? They als...

President Biden was elected to fix the economy and is succeeding: More jobs have been created in the last 10 months than during the entire administration of his predecessor. Workers have had more leverage than at any time in the last 40 years. Child poverty has been halved under Biden's watch. The Dow hit 36,000 last week. And the good economic news will continue once the President signs the...

A little over a year ago, the former guy was defeated at the polls and spontaneous celebrations erupted all over the nation. It's not easy to remember that feeling while the GOP continues the insurrection that took place on January 6. However, news that one of the architects of the insurrection was indicted for contempt of Congress does help. MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Sch...

Between the drama of a final bill to Build Back Better and the off-year state election in Virginia, Democrats have been in nail-biting mode. And it seems that's just the way the news media likes it. MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills discuss the current state of our politics from a Democratic point of view. MOMocrats MOMochat is a member of the #DemCast family of po...

It used to be common knowledge that all US trends start in California. But what if that's over - and the new standard bearer is Texas? MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills talk about the crossroads the country appears to be at - and what it means for our future. MOMocrats MOMochat is part of the DemCast family of podcasts. Follow us on BlueSky @socalmom.bsky.social @k...

It was always dubious for the former president to invoke "executive privilege" to prevent a Congressional inquiry into an insurrection that may very well have been planned in the White House. That doesn't mean he wasn't going to try. In other news, the United States isn't going to default on its debts - yet - because Mitch McConnell broke his own filibuster this week. MOMo...

California MOMocrats Karoli and Donna Schwartz Mills join Aliza Worthington to talk about the waste of time and money that was the state election launched by Republicans to recall Governor Gavin Newsom, and the blow-out result. They will also touch upon revelations from the latest Bob Woordward book covering the final few months of the Trump presidency. MOMocrats MOMochat is part of the Demcast fa...

August is never a good month in politics, - and the last few weeks were no exception. In the last few days, President Biden addressed some of the nonsense coming from the right: The DOJ is suing Texas for their unconstitutional abortion law and the administration is laying down the law on measures to fight COVID. MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills expect to see more acti...

Three months ago, vaccinated Americans were excited about the prospect of resuming a "normal" summer after seemingly keeping Covid at bay. What a difference a few weeks - and the Delta variant - made. MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills look back at dashed summer hopes and the prospect for Fall, as school reopens across the country and Americans find themselves...

The withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan and quick collapse of the Afghan government has forced ordinary Americans to come to grips with our longest war. "The buck stops with me," says President Biden. MOMocrats Aliza Worthington and Donna Schwartz Mills discuss the horrifying images and media narrative - as well as the President's assertion that chaos would have ensued no matte...

The GOP war on voting rights is a five-alarm fire. Why aren't Democrats (other than the Texas legislators) fighting harder? MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills talk about the struggle to preserve the basic right to vote just as new census figures trigger another round of partisan gerrymandered redistricting. They also discuss the alarming COVID trends around the coun...

The last five years have been exhausting. And while the MOMocrats breathed a sigh of relief upon the inauguration of the calm, competent Biden-Harris administration, the Trump-led Republican party is still fomenting an insurrection - and too many Democrats don't seem to notice that the threat to our very democracy is a three-alarm fire. MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz...