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"Discussion of local and national politics and current events from across the ideological spectrum, minus the bombast. With Michael Dow, George Claxton, and Sue Timberlake."

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Jun 29, 2026

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Civil Politics Supplemental (4/1/22): Everything Wrong With Capitol Punishment 01.04.2022

The panel agrees that capitol punishment is worthless, useless, and should be abolished. The interesting part is how each of them has come to that conclusion. Remember to Register to vote! Mass Residents should go to:  https://www.sec.state.ma.us/ele/ For more Civil Politics visit our website,  civilpoliticsradio.com  and follow us on the socials!  Facebook.com/civilpoliticsrad...

Civil Politics (3/18/22): Time is an Illusion, But DST is Still Dumb 21.03.2022

Further Reading: Koch Industries stays in Russia, backs groups opposing U.S. sanctions - https://cbsn.ws/3woFIH8 Servant of the People (Sitcom starring Zelensky) - https://www.netflix.com/title/80119382 Putin's warning to anti-war Russians evokes Stalinist purges - https://n.pr/3qfpHzB U.S. Senate approves bill to make daylight saving time permanent - https://reut.rs/3qC5i8f China locks down more...

Civil Politics (3/11/22): Finding Ways to Opt Out 14.03.2022

Further Reading: Ukraine war: Sky News journalist Stuart Ramsay and team shot at in ambush - https://bbc.in/35T1jg2 20 Years Ago, Russia Had Its Biggest Political Crisis Since the Bolshevik Revolution - https://bit.ly/3hUvVQZ WATCH: U.S. Census Bureau releases undercount of minority groups in 2020 Census - https://to.pbs.org/3CyqD76 Destroyer can’t deploy because CO won’t get COVID vaccine, Navy s...

Civil Politics (3/4/22): Stuck in the Muck in More Ways Than One 08.03.2022

Further Reading: 'Open the door or we die': Africans report racism and hostility trying to flee Ukraine - https://nbcnews.to/3Kgc2Qw Boebert heckled Biden about deaths in Afghanistan while he mentioned his son's cancer - https://n.pr/3CabXL6 Get your free tests at https://www.covidtests.gov Beginning Music: Glenn Gould - Goldberg Variation #5 Ending Music: Electronic - Getting Away With it (Instru...

Civil Politics (2/25/22): Don't Take Me Back to the USSR 28.02.2022

Further Reading: Russia invades Ukraine on many fronts in ‘brutal act of war’ - https://bit.ly/3pfUBHv America Could Have Done So Much More to Protect Ukraine - https://bit.ly/3vfVfZB Why Ukraine gave up its nukes - https://n.pr/3vvNAqf Biden announces new measures in response to Russian invasion of Ukraine - https://nbcnews.to/3JPdUzi SWIFT banking system could be used as sanction against Russia....

Civil Politics (2/11/22): Inflation Complications 14.02.2022

Masked intruder threatens Massachusetts Republican Party staffers at headquarters - https://bit.ly/34wy6qI Romney says he texted with niece McDaniel after RNC censure - https://bit.ly/3LoOfPE Ford, Toyota halt some output as U.S., Canada warn on trucker protests - https://reut.rs/3JiVsyW The anti-vaxx Canadian truckers want to talk to you about Bitcoin - https://bit.ly/3gAewMN Freedom Convoy 2022...

Civil Politics Supplemental (2/10/22): Half is Better Than None 11.02.2022

Beginning Music: Glenn Gould - Goldberg Variation #5 Ending Music: Electronic - Getting Away With it (Instrumental) Remember to Register to vote! Mass Residents should go to:  https://www.sec.state.ma.us/ele/ For more Civil Politics visit our website,  civilpoliticsradio.com  and follow us on the socials! Facebook.com/civilpoliticsradio @CivilPoliticsFM Don't miss another episode - subscribe to ou...

Civil Politics (1/28/22): SCOTUS Among Us 31.01.2022

Further Reading: Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer to retire, giving Biden a chance to nominate a replacement - https://cnb.cx/3rVTbma Read Justice Stephen Breyer's retirement letter - https://abcn.ws/3KQzXqx At least 3 judges eyed as Biden mulls Supreme Court pick - https://bit.ly/3AFQgBO Beginning Music: Glenn Gould - Goldberg Variation #5 Ending Music: Electronic - Getting Away With it (Inst...

Civil Politics (1/21/22): The Biden Years 24.01.2022

Get your free COVD19 test kits here: https://special.usps.com/testkits ! Do it now!! Further Reading: Why are airlines squaring off against wireless companies over 5G? - https://nbcnews.to/3qLLcbM Mitch McConnell says Black people vote just as much as 'Americans' - https://bit.ly/3GVgkeU PolitiFact Biden Promise Tracker - https://bit.ly/3rFd4gW also a correction: Janra said that all the broadband...

Civil Politics (1/14/22): Flipping off the Mailman 17.01.2022

Further reading: How the health care worker vaccine mandate will work, with SCOTUS' go-ahead - https://n.pr/3qqyizP Beginning Music: Glenn Gould - Goldberg Variation #5 Ending Music: Electronic - Getting Away With it (Instrumental) Remember to Register to vote! Mass Residents should go to:  https://www.sec.state.ma.us/ele/ For more Civil Politics visit our website,  civilpoliticsradio.co...

Civil Politics (1/7/21): New Year, Old Issues 10.01.2022

Further Reading: President Biden blasts Trump for 'spreading a web of lies' in a Jan. 6 speech - https://n.pr/3qVpdOD Seven in ten Americans say the country is in crisis, at risk of failing - https://bit.ly/31yCsfz CPS Reports Record Number Of New COVID Cases, Amid Fight With CTU Over Return To In-Person Classes - https://cbsloc.al/3t5IpMq Beginning Music: Glenn Gould - Goldberg Variation #5 Endin...

Civil Politics (12/31/21): The Lame Duck Year 03.01.2022

Further Reading: Covid Act Now (Massachusetts) - https://bit.ly/3EFCkII Sarah Weddington, Who Successfully Argued Roe v. Wade, Dies at 76 - https://nyti.ms/31g66WO Beginning Music: Glenn Gould - Goldberg Variation #5 Ending Music: Electronic - Getting Away With it (Instrumental) Remember to Register to vote! Mass Residents should go to:  https://www.sec.state.ma.us/ele/ For more Civil Politic...

Civil Politics (12/24/21): Possessed by the Ghost of William Shatner 27.12.2021

Further Reading: America's largest coal miners union asks Manchin to reconsider opposition to Build Back Better - https://cbsn.ws/30XNniA Federal student loan payment pause extended to May 1 as Mass. lawmakers keep pressing for up to $50K in debt cancellation - https://bit.ly/3yTMPH5 Beginning Music: Glenn Gould - Goldberg Variation #5 Ending Music: Electronic - Getting Away With it (Instrumental)...

Civil Politics Supplemental (12/22/21): The Maine Issue 22.12.2021

Janra and Sue discuss the SCOTUS case involving Maine and school choice Supreme Court scrutinizes Maine tuition program in religious liberty case - https://cbsn.ws/3FgK455 Beginning Music: Glenn Gould - Goldberg Variation #5 Ending Music: Electronic - Getting Away With it (Instrumental) Remember to Register to vote! Mass Residents should go to:  https://www.sec.state.ma.us/ele/ For more Civil...

Civil Politics (12/17/21): Proportional Representation 21.12.2021

Further Reading: Joe Manchin cancels Build Back Better’s Christmas party - https://bit.ly/3oYNlA5 Rep. Liz Cheney read text messages she said Mark Meadows got during the Jan. 6 siege - https://n.pr/3E5N4zH Beginning Music: Glenn Gould - Goldberg Variation #5 Ending Music: Electronic - Getting Away With it (Instrumental) Remember to Register to vote! Mass Residents should go to:  https://www.s...

Civil Politics (12/10/21): Union Defense 21.12.2021

Further Reading: ‘This is urgent’: Bipartisan proposal for UFO office pushes new boundaries - https://politi.co/30cGQQJ House approves $768 billion defense funding bill - https://cbsn.ws/3EMsdT9 In a first, Starbucks workers agree to union in Buffalo, NY - https://bit.ly/3rSLC19 What the first Starbucks union means for workers everywhere - https://bit.ly/3GyNm3U Beginning Music: Glenn Gould - Gold...

Civil Politics (12/3/21): Guess Who's Running for Governor? 06.12.2021

Further Reading: House passes stopgap spending bill, and Schumer expresses optimism Senate could avert shutdown - https://wapo.st/3ltgl0A Here’s who is running for Massachusetts governor in 2022 - https://bit.ly/3xMR32G U.S. will resume 'Remain in Mexico' policy for asylum-seekers - https://n.pr/3ltiQju U.S. and Mexico reach deal to restart Trump-era ‘Remain in Mexico’ program along border - https...

Civil Politics Supplemental (11/30/21): The Jaded Urgency of Now 30.11.2021

After the show, the panel kept discussing why Biden's approval numbers have dropped and just the state of our political leadership in general. Beginning Music: Glenn Gould - Goldberg Variation #5 Ending Music: Electronic - Getting Away With it (Instrumental) Remember to Register to vote! Mass Residents should go to:  https://www.sec.state.ma.us/ele/ For more Civil Politics visit our website,  civi...

Civil Politics (11/26/21): Deliberations 29.11.2021

Further Reading: 3 white men are found guilty of murder in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery - https://n.pr/2ZtUyyk Jury hits organizers of 'Unite the Right' rally with $26 mln verdict - https://reut.rs/3nTZBl4 Beginning Music: Glenn Gould - Goldberg Variation #5 Ending Music: Electronic - Getting Away With it (Instrumental) Remember to Register to vote! Mass Residents should go to:  https://www.s...

Civil Politics (11/19/21): Attack on Gosar 22.11.2021

Further Reading: How ‘Let’s Go Brandon’ became code for insulting Joe Biden - https://bit.ly/32hDhJF House censures Rep. Gosar for violent video in rare rebuke - https://bit.ly/3HEkfNC Oklahoma governor grants clemency, spares Julius Jones’ life - https://bit.ly/3kLEPSD Beginning Music: Glenn Gould - Goldberg Variation #5 Ending Music: Electronic - Getting Away With it (Instrumental) Remember to R...

Civil Politics (11/12/21): News From the COPA Cabana 15.11.2021

Further Reading: COP26: Denmark and Costa Rica launch ambitious alliance to phase out oil and gas - https://bit.ly/3Dcl91j What Happened at COP26 on Wednesday: China and U.S. Say They’ll ‘Enhance’ Climate Ambition - https://nyti.ms/3Dbqrdl ‘We’ve made history’: Flint water crisis victims to receive $626m settlement - https://bit.ly/3C8lHE0 Owen Paterson: Conservative MP resigns amid UK lobbying sc...

Civil Politics (11/5/21): A Rollercoaster of Emotions 08.11.2021

Further Reading: Murphy ekes out win in NJ, GOP’s Youngkin upsets in Virginia - https://bit.ly/3q6Jzpi Did critical race theory really swing the Virginia election? - https://bit.ly/3nXTqLq Virginia election sees highest turnout in recent history, fueling Glenn Youngkin’s victory - https://cnb.cx/3o23rXU Michelle Wu is Boston's first woman and first person of color elected mayor - https://n.pr/3BJz...

Civil Politics (10/29/21): Fouling the Well 01.11.2021

Beginning Music: Glenn Gould - Goldberg Variation #5 Ending Music: Electronic - Getting Away With it (Instrumental) Remember to Register to vote! Mass Residents should go to:  https://www.sec.state.ma.us/ele/ For more Civil Politics visit our website,  civilpoliticsradio.com  and follow us on the socials! Facebook.com/civilpoliticsradio @CivilPoliticsFM Don't miss another episode - subscribe to ou...

Civil Politics (10/22/21): 2021 Northampton Mayoral Race Spotlight: Marc Warner 25.10.2021

Our second interview in our interview series of the candidates for Mayor of Northampton. Tonight we were happy to speak with Marc Warner, president of Warner Transportation Consulting, Inc. ( warnertransportation.com ) and board member and treasurer of Common Cause Massachusetts ( commoncause.org/massachusetts )! To learn more about his campaign, visit warnerformayor.com Further Reading: Northampt...

Civil Politics (10/15/21): Northampton Mayoral Candidate Interviews: Gina- Louise Sciarra 18.10.2021

Tonight we have an interview with Gina- Louise Sciarra! She is currently serving as Northampton City Council President, and a candidate for Mayor on the ballot in November. She is also communications manager for Whole Children: An organization that provides assistance for children with developmental and intellectual disabilities and autism. To learn me about her campaign visit glsciarra.com , and...

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