Attitude with Arnie Arnesen

Part 1: We talk with Matt Angle, Democratic consultant in Texas. We discuss the latest SCOTUS ruling on gerrymanders, and how this will affect local elections in Texas and other states. We also discuss how construction and other activities are declining in Texas because of the climate of fear due to ICE activities. Part 2: We talk with Bill Curry and Jamie Rowen. We discuss the latest SCOTUS rulin...

Part 1: We talk with Dean Baker, co-founder of the Center for Economic and Policy Research. We discuss how the 'green' transition is being escalated by Trump, though his attacks on Iran, and the subsequent crisis in oil shipments from the Middle East. The world is now more focused on renewable sources of energy, because they can provide safety, security, and stability. China is very much ahead of...

Part 1: We talk with Cydney Hayes, business and tech reporter for Gazetteer, SF. We discuss Palantir, and how its operations and leaders are affecting life in the US. Specifically, we talk about the Manifesto, as published by Alex Karp, et. al. in "The Technological Republic", and how this is forming the techno-fascist movement. We also discuss how Palantir's stock value is affected. Part 2: We ta...

Part 1: We talk with Bob Lord, retired tax lawyer and former Congressional candidate, currently serves as senior advisor for tax policy at the Patriotic Millionaires. We discuss how the very rich avoid paying taxes that fall on working people. The US tax system favors the oligarchs, who have manipulated the tax code to favor themselves, and now control most media outlets. We discuss the mechanisms...

This is a panel discussion that includes: Lincoln Mitchell, Stephen Pimpare, Aaron Rosenthal, Jamie Rowen Topics: - The DOJ prosecution of the Southern Poverty Law Center - White supremacy as a central theme for Trump's appeal - AI threats: replacement of workers, effect of huge data centers on energy costs and water availability, dehumanization - What can an average person do?  WNHNFM.ORG product...

Part 1: We talk with Harvey Kronberg, Publisher of the Quorum Report in Texas. We discuss Gov. Abbott's attack on Houston, defunding the police to force them to work with ICE, just as the World Cup is coming to Houston. We discuss the race for US Senate in Texas, and the positions of Cornyn and Paxton, both Republicans, and Talarico (D) in that race. Part 2: We talk with Bill Curry and Harold Meye...

Part 1: We talk with Dr. Stephen Bezruchka, Assoc. Teaching Professor Emeritus at the U. of Washington. We discuss the health of people in the US, and how it can be improved. Currently, the US residents spend more money on 'health care' than anyone in the developed world, and we have the worst outcomes: we have shorter and sicker lives. We look at the real causes of this, and how it can be correct...

Part 1: We talk with Greer Donley, Professor, U of Pittsburgh School of Law, and Yvonne Lindgren, Prof. of Las at the U of Missouri, Kansas City School of Law. We discuss the effects of anti-abortion laws that have been passed in various states. The actual numbers of abortions has risen since, and most abortions that are being prevented are life-saving abortions, ending in the pregnant woman's dea...

Part 1: We talk with Melvin Goodman, Senior Fellow at Johns Hopkins Univ. and national security and intelligence expert. We discuss the amount of defense spending that is being used now, and likely, in the near future, due to the Trump urge to war in the Middle East and other locations. There is no real national security process, and no real personnel to manage it. Domestic issues are being ignore...

Guests: Laura Jedeed, Lincoln Mitchell, Stephen Pimpare, Jamie Rowen This is a panel discussion with many topics: - The increase in data centers, and the moratorium in Maind - The Straits of Hormuz, or as Trump calls them now, "The Straits of Iran" - The role of China in the war, and after - The world does not like Trump - Christian Right is increasingly moving from Trump - The affordability crisi...

Part 1: We talk with Egberto Willies. We discuss the Texas campaigns for Senate, and voter sentiment there. We also discuss the changes in Latino voters' expectations. Part 2: We talk with Bill Curry and Robert Hockett. While Wall Street hits an all time high the US is hitting an all-time low. Public sentiment and confidence is decreasing. Wars for 'no real reason' are becoming a drag on the econo...

Part 1: We talk with Michael Tomasky, Editor of The New Republic. We discuss the Eric Swalwell scandal, and his retreat from the governor's race in CA. What is likely to be the net outcome in CA? Part 2: We talk with John Nichols, Executive Editor of The Nation Magazine. We discuss the likelihood of a big victory for Democrats in the upcoming elections. There is potential for change in direction f...

Part 1: We talk with Timothy Noah, staff writer for The New Republic. We discuss taxes in the US. Trump almost invites people NOT to pay taxes through various tax avoidance schemes. We discuss the need for taxes, and the benefits that accrue to society that can pay for services. Part 2: We talk with Lynn Parramore and Alissa Quart about the effects of the use of AI on white-collar employees. AI sy...

art 1: We talk with Lincoln Mitchell, Prof. of Political Science, Columbia University. We discuss the Hungarian election, and how the 16-year control Viktor Orban was ended by a landslide vote. We discuss how voters should demonstrate even after an election, as the Hungarians did, to show those who would try to roll it back that voters INDEED wanted the new path. Efforts should not stop on electio...

This is a panel discussion. Our panelists are: Laura Jedeed, John Martin, Lincoln Mitchell, Stephen Pimpare. We note that there has now been ordered automatic draft registration for men in the US. Recruiting efforts seem to focus on men only, with emphasis on white men. We discuss Mamdani's successes as Mayor of NYC. We discuss the 'ceasefire' in Iran, even though Israel continues its attacks. Ira...

Part 1: We talk with Harvey Kronberg, publisher of the Quorum Report in Texas. We discuss the effects of the space program in Texas, and its ongoing contribution to the Texas economy. We also talk about the Texas legislature, and Republicans' discomfort with the slow change to Democrats' gains. Data centers in Texas are using many resources, and this is not popular, especially rural Texas, while t...

Part 1: We talk with Anders Croy, Communications Director for DeSantis Watch, and Florida Watch. We discuss the debt status of ordinary people, and the rising number who cannot pay their debts. We discuss how affordability is affecting Florida residents, who are #50 in the US in affordability measures. The legislature is contemplating redistricting, in hopes of finding more votes for Republicans....

Part 1: We talk with Dylan Gyauch-Lewis, Senior Researcher at The Revolving Door Project. We discuss the war on information that the Trump administration has been waging. Data is unavailable or poorly analyzed, thus leading to poor decisions and policies. Government bureaus that gather data have been decimated by the personnel and program cuts. This creates a lot of uncertainty. We discuss the gro...

Part 1: We talk with Emma Whitford, of Insider Education. We discuss the pressure from the administration to identify Jewish faculty members to the government, providing their group membership data, election behavior/choices, social security data, residencies, etc. This is being viewed as an invasion invasion of privacy, and discriminatory of the basis of religious freedom, though a judge doesn't...

This is a panel discussion with the following participants: Lincoln Mitchell, Stephen Pimpare, Aaron Rosenthal, Jamie Rowen Topics: - Iran War, Trump's magical thinking - No incentive for Iran to resolve, and this existential - Trump's goal seems to be to destroy the US part 2 - The number one issue in US is health care, especially as the administration is planning to shift money to the war - The...

Part 1: We talk with Harvey Kronberg, publisher of the Quorum Report in Texas. we discuss the Senate campaign in Texas, and how both Cornyn(R) and Paxton (R) are advertising in Florida. We discuss Talarico (D)' s campaign. We also discuss affordability, and the housing shortage is affecting Texas, because many workers are not available. School vouchers in Texas are also an issue. Part 2: We talk w...

Part 1: We talk with John Nichols, Executive editor, The Nation. We discuss the NO KINGS rally in Minneapolis, and Bernie Sanders' speech there. "No Kings, No ICE, No War". We also discuss how the campaign should proceed to rid the country of trumpism. Part 2: We talk with Ken Morales, reporter for ProPublica. We discuss the 23,000 criminal investigations that were abandoned by the DOJ to shift to...

Part 1: We talk with Jeff Bryant, writing fellow and chief correspondent for Our Schools. We discuss the us of vouchers, which is increasing in many states. We examine how vouchers are used, and how they are subsidizing well-off families through tax dollars, to the detriment of public schools. We also look at how the Chinese have entered the school 'marketplace' and benefiting from the vouchers in...

Part 1: We talk with NItish Pahwa, Staff writer for Business and Technology at Slate.com. We discuss the latest developments in the AI arena. Specifically, we talk about AI contracts between corporations that are being cancelled. Is it the beginning of the AI bubble bursting? Part 2: We talk with Arno Rosenfeld, enterprise reporter at theForwardand author of theAntisemitism Decodednewsletter. An a...

This is a panel discussion with guests Dave Levinthal, Lincoln Mitchell, Stephen Pimpare, Egberto Willies Topics: - The Iran war is being cast as a crusade for christian nationalism. - Trump seems to not understand reality - NATO sees an opportunity to separate from the US: they are not supporting the Iran war. - Trump and his family are profiteering from the war - Corruption is rife among Trump's...