MOMocrats

The day before the holiday, MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills talk turkey (yes, we're looking at you, Kevin McCarthy and the House Republicans) and what they're thankful for (Nancy Pelosi's badass leadership, Marc Elias, new special prosecutor Jack Smith and more). Part of the DemCast family of podcasts. Follow us on BlueSky @socalmom.bsky.social @karoli....

Since the beginning of the year, the pundits have been telling us that the 2022 midterm election would result in a Democratic loss of Congress. By October, there was a drumbeat of a "red tsunami" that would equal or surpass the famous "shellacking" President Obama suffered in 2010. That didn't happen. MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills welcome po...

The negative framing is designed to depress enthusiasm, and sometimes you need to take a break. MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills talk about coping mechanisms and the need to keep the eyes on the prize: The only poll that counts is the one that counts the actual ballots. The MOMocrats also talked about the horrendous attack on Paul Pelosi and the assailant's intent...

It's a couple of weeks before Election Day, do you know where your emotions are?  MOMocrat Donna Schwartz Mills is in a state of existential dread after a week of pundits proclaiming doom and gloom for the Democrats. And once again, it's up to Aliza Worthington and Karoli to talk her down. After all, any week when TFG gets subpoenaed, the Oath Keepers get skewered in court, and Steve Ban...

With the November 8 election is less than one month away and the polls narrowing, MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills are feeling their usual biannual pre-election jitters. At least, this week there was some distraction: the J6 Hearings "series finale," the Alex Jones verdict, and a leaked tape that has rocked politics in Los Angeles. Part of the Demcast family...

As we get closer to Election Day, we can usually count on an October Surprise. It's only 10/7, and so far, this year is a doozy. MOMocrats Karoli and Donna Schwartz Mills talk about the revelations rocking campaigns in Pennsylvania, Georgia, and nationally, too.  MOMocrats MOMochat is part of the DemCast family of podcasts. Follow us on BlueSky @socalmom.bsky.social @karoli.bsky.social @Aliza...

The November 8 midterm elections may determine the very survival of our democracy. So might the new session of the Supreme Court, dominated by the likes of Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas (whose wife told the January 6 Committee that she still believes the 2020 election was stolen). Climate change is still showing us a bleak future as Hurricane Ian touches down again to wreak destruction on South...

This week, the governor of Florida flew 50 Venezuelan refugee seekers from Texas to liberal Martha's Vineyard in a performative stunt to "own the libs." Not to be outdone, the governor of Texas (who has been transporting migrants to blue cities all over the country) had a bus full of migrants dumped in front of the home of Vice President Kamala Harris.  Once again, MOMocrats Aliza W...

Yes, the passing of Queen Elizabeth II and ascension of King Charles III is of world interest - but there is much happening here in the United States. MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills talk about the ongoing "special master" drama between the Department of Justice and Trump judge Aileen Cannon, midterm election prospects around the country, and the satisfactio...

President Biden's pro-democracy, anti-fascist speech last night was a Big Effing Deal. MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills talk about the latest appearance of Dark Brandon, the drip-drip of damaging information from the search of Mar-a-Lago, the latest Democratic special election win, and more. MOMocrats MOMochat is part of the DemCast family of podcasts. Follow us o...

Most years, August is a slow month for political news. But this year, it turned out to be a very bad time to take a vacation! MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills return to talk about the "raid" on The Former Guy's Florida resort home, the Democrats' renewed midterm momentum, and the genius of Dark Brandon's college loan policy.  Part of the DemCas...

The narrative for the 2022 midterms took a big twist on Tuesday night in Kansas, when a record number of voters turned out to reject a state constitutional amendment that would have allowed the legislature to outlaw abortions in the state. Added to the execution of Al Qaeda's leader, the progress of the Senate reconciliation bill, new DOJ subpoenas to members of Trump's inner circle, and...

Last week, few were predicting that the Democrats would be heading into August with  momentum. But new polls this week give them a real shot at expanding their majorities in both the House and Senate. MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills talk about some of those  the momentous political stories that broke this week: Merrick Garland's admission that Donald Trump is a s...

MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills welcome congressional candidate Jamie Cheney of New York's New 19th District to the podcast for a wide-ranging discussion of topics including abortion, healthcare, and responsible gun ownership. The MOMocrats also talk about the "season finale" of the first set of January 6 hearings. MOMocrats MOMochat is part of the DemC...

This was the week the story of a pregnant 10-year-old rape victim illustrated the horrors that the radical members of the Supreme Court has wrought, as right-wing media and GOP officials first attempted to erase the child and then tried to attack the compassionate doctor who treated her. MOMocrats Aliza Worthington and Donna Schwartz Mills discuss our terrible new reality. They also talk about the...

MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills are feeling weary after Highland Park, the Supreme Court decisions that gut long-standing rights, and the media spin that makes progressive successes seem like failures. It doesn't help that Omicron BA.5 is fueling another Covid surge or that Democrats seem to be sleepwalking to November.  Follow us on BlueSky @socalmom.bsky.social...

A Disastrous Year at the Supreme Court The Supreme Court session that just ended has been a disaster for the country - and with the decision in West Virginia v EPA, a possible disaster for the world. MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills discuss some of the most egregious rulings made by the emboldened, radical six justices on the Court this year. And dangers coming up. The...

When Jamie Raskin hinted that the January 6 hearings would “blow the roof off the House,” the conventional wisdom was that he was exaggerating. After all, how much more was there to learn about the violent insurrection that blemished our long history of peaceful transfers of power? But it turns out that - as usual - Rep. Raskin was right. And the two televised hearings the Select Committee held th...

The long-awaited televised January 6th hearings have arrived and all the critics who complained that they wouldn’t amount to much were wrong. MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills were among the 20 million viewers of the prime time hearing on June 9 who learned something new about the insurrection. Part of the DemCast family of podcasts. Follow us on BlueSky @socalmom.bsky....

There have been more than 200 mass shootings in America so far this year. That averages more than one per day. As we begin the annual Wear Orange weekend, MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills discuss the living hell of seeing these events multiply while government seems helpless to make it stop.  They also discuss the Department of Justice indictment of former Trump adviso...

If democracy were a frog in a pot of water, we're at the boiling point. CPAC is being held right now in Budapest and Victor Orban loves Tucker Carlson. MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills are no longer able to separate the end of Roe v Wade from mass shootings, the quest to overturn the 2020 election, voter suppression, the baby formula shortage, and bonkers decision...

The MOMocrats gear up for Saturday's Bans Off Our Bodies protests of the radical conservatives on the Supreme Court who aim to erase 100 years of civil rights (it's not just about abortion and contraception - and definitely not about saving babies). Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills also play a game of Topic Roulette, touching upon the baby formula shortage, January 6 s...

This Mother's Day, the Supreme Court of the United States gifted the women of America with the loss of autonomy over their own bodies. MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills talk about the SCOTUS leak, abortion politics, and what Democrats must do next. Part of the DemCast family of podcasts. Follow us on BlueSky @socalmom.bsky.social @karoli.bsky.social @AlizaWrites.bs...

This week's MOMocrats MOMochat kicks off with a discussion more akin to "Car Talk" than politics - but that's mainly because Elon Musk made them do it. And it did not take MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills to return to the politics of Musk's bid to take Twitter private - as well as media bias, this weekend's White House Correspondence Dinne...

f you ever feel as if it's tough to focus on what's going on in the world right now, you're not alone. The short attention span of our media is by design. This week, MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills spend some time reviewing some of the lessons they learned last week, when Democrats were cheered by a Michigan state Senator who pushed back against GOP lie...