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LA Times columnist and acclaimed author of Hatemonger: Stephen Miller, Donald Trump and the White Nationalist Agenda and Crux: A Cross-Border Memoir, Jean Guerrero, joins Danielle and Wajahat to discuss how white supremacy is effecting LatinX communities and why Democrats shouldn't throw in the towel on outreach. This episode of democracyish threads the needle between culture, identity and the imp...

Our nation's middle class was built by workers' ability to unionize and gain better pay and treatment for themselves through collective bargaining. Yet, throughout the decades we have allowed Republicans to demonize our unions and take up instead for CEOs and shareholders. What they didn't bargain on however is that workers--thanks to compounded crises have had enough and see their value outside o...

America wanted to believe that once the Capitol Building was pieced back together following Trump's insurrection that the coup to overthrow our democracy was over. What we didn't anticipate as a nation is that what we saw on January 6th was just the dress rehearsal for the right-wing extremist SCOTUS. They have picked up where Trump's foot soldiers left off. From state courts to the SCOTUS, Badass...

 Before Donald Trump became president writer Julia Ioffe wrote a piece about Melania Trump that Melania didn't like and for that crime she received unprecedented amounts of anti- Semitic hate, death threats and more. She tried to warn America and the media about what was to come but no one listened. Danielle and Wajahat go behind the curtain of media and politics to ask: Has anyone in media learne...

Republicans are organizing their fascist takeover in plain sight. The writing is on the wall: defund public education, turn vulnerable communities into villains, continue to feed the monster of capitalism while denying citizens the ability to meet their basic needs. History is our greatest teacher and yet no one is paying attention to lessons. Jared Yates Sexton, host of Muckrake, and author of th...

On today's #democracyish, Waj and Danielle are joined by Corey Nathan, host of the podcast: Talkin' Politics and Religion without Killing Each Other, to discuss whether or not religion, which has been used as a wedge issue to divide us, can actually help bring us together. Hosts: Danielle Moodie & Wajahat Ali Executive Producer: Adell Coleman Senior Producer: Quinton Hill Distributor: DCP Ente...

State Senator Mallory McMorrow went viral for doing what Democrats at every level should do--taking on the bully--instead of running from them. Senator McMorrow breaks down the reason why she got involved in politics and offered a window into what white women need to do to help save the republic. Danielle and Wash dig into this and more with State Senator Mallory McMorrow Hosts: Danielle Moodie &a...

The Earth is literally on fire. More than half of the planet is experiencing temperatures that have exceeded 100 degrees. Droughts are widespread, food shortages amass, and hundreds of climate deaths are occurring and yet there is one man that stands in the way of America's action on climate--Senator Joe Manchin aka King Coal. How much money is enough for him to take from Big Oil and Gas?!? How ma...

Mary Trump, host and best selling author, discusses her thoughts on the latest bombshells dropped by the January 6th committee and whether or not her infamous uncle, Donald Trump, will be held responsible for his crimes against the United States. Mary also makes the case as to why the Republican Party hasn't been "infiltrated" by white supremacy--because it's just who they are. This and more on th...

Rick Wilson, co-founder of Lincoln Project joins democracyish this week to lay down every single way Democrats can and should fight Republican Christo-Facism with fire. Why? Because our lives, all of our lives depend on them waking the hell up. Danielle and Waj bring this and much more to this week's democracyish! Hosts: Danielle Moodie & Wajahat Ali Executive Producer: Adell Coleman Senior Pr...

Roe vs. Wade is dead. Donald Trump is a criminal--even worse than we all thought--and Democrats have their heads buried in the sand thinking that they will have another bite at the apple when they lose midterms. What is it going to take for them to wake the hell up?!? Is the fighting left to the people?!? Danielle and Waj discuss on this episode of #democracyish. Hosts: Danielle Moodie & Wajah...

 Neal Katyal, Former solicitor general under President Obama and Georgetown Law professor, has made the case for a criminal investigation into Donald Trump. In his NYT Op-Ed: The Future Criminal Case Against Donald Trump, Katyal walks the reader through what he believes to be the inevitable charges that will be brought by Merrick Garland's DOJ. On this episode of #democracyish Danielle and Wajahat...

The world has now witnessed two public hearings on the insurrection and what we have seen so far is jaw dropping. The question remains is this just the most public "show and tell" or will the DOJ actually pick up what the House Insurrection committee is putting down?!? This and more on the next #democracyish with Wajahat and Danielle Hosts: Danielle Moodie & Wajahat Ali Executive Producer: Ade...

This week America will be tuning into a 6-week deep dive into the cause of the insurrection with new footage and never before seen testimony from witnesses to the white MAGA mob. Will the country be as captivated as they were with Heard and Depp trial? Will the DOJ take the findings and actually do something to the architects? Will anything ever change? Wajahat and Danielle discuss this and more o...

It's time the rose colored glasses are removed. Our democracy isn't just in trouble--it's in shambles and yet the Party that is supposedly in control doesn't seem to see the writing on the wall--quite the contrary--they are still referring to the violent, white supremacist opposition as their "friends" and or "rational republicans" they are neither. Will democracy survive the GOP threat and the De...

The GOP loves to tout their family values and their pro-life stance but we know the truth. If you cared about babies you wouldn't vote against providing them formula. If you cared about kids you wouldn't make them learn active shooter drills, If you cared about kids you would actually protect them when they are able to breathe air! It's been a hard week. Danielle and Waj try to make sense of the n...

The recent terrorist massacre that took 10 Black lives--once again brings into focus two things: 1. America's love affair with assault rifles and 2. America's love affair with white supremacy. We as a nation are in danger and have shifted to a place where your skin color and wealth or geography aren't keeping you safe any longer. What will it take for Democrats to take real action and America to w...

It’s 2022 and yet most newsrooms do not look like America and yet they are reporting on us. The lens that our information is distilled through matters. So, on today’s #democracyish we chat with our fav media cousins the folks at: In the Thick, Maria Hinojosa and Julio Ricardo Varela. Follow In The Thick Podcast on IG @inthethickshow, @maria_la_hinojosa, @julito77 Hosts: Danielle Moodie & Wajah...

In an unsurprising move, the 6-3 radicalized conservative Supreme Court, has decided to screw precedent and overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 law that legalized abortion in the United States. While the decision hasn't officially been made, a leaked document from the SCOTUS reveals in a lengthy 98-pages all the reasons nothing is off the table for Republicans moving forward. So, what will Democrats re...

White Evangelicals have embraced Trump, remade Jesus into a warrior and fractured the nation in the process. What lines aren't they willing to cross in order to fulfill their dream of a white Christian nation? American Historian, Kristin Du Mez, author of Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation, joins #democracyish to discuss this and more! Hosts: Dani...

The extremist GOP cult has a series of new fetishes that shouldn't be laughed off--why? Because they all stem from a place of white male fragility that often leads to expressions of masculinity through acts of violence. From Tucker Carlson's new "documentary" to the attacks by DeSantis on abortion--nothing that the GOP is doing is a laughing matter, so why aren't Democrats punching back? All this...

For the last several weeks Republicans have ratcheted up their attacks against Democrats and their latest assault--referring to Democrats as pedophiles. Funny thing is the Republican Party protests a little much. From Roy Moore to Matt Gaetz and Donald Trump their party is filled with pedophiles and sexual abusers. So, why aren't Democrats fighting back?!? We discuss this and more on this week's #...

In 1963 in a Letter from a Birmingham Jail Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. warned America about the biggest stumbling block to justice--not the KKK, but the white moderate who is more interested in "order" than in justice. 60 years later his warning couldn't ring more true as we watch the current administration's agenda be torpedoed not by Republicans but the supposed white moderates in the Senate. Wha...

Check out this special preview of the new podcast, Well-Read Black Girl from Pushkin Industries. Well-Read Black Girl is the literary kickback you never knew you needed. Glory Edim, author and founder of the Well-Read Black Girl community, sits in deep, honest and close conversation with authors like Tarana Burke, Anita Hill, Gabrielle Union, Nikole Hannah-Jones, and more. You’ll also meet book cl...

If you're not dizzy from this week in America you ain't paying attention. From the slap seen 'round the world at the Oscars to the way Merrick Garland is slapping Americans in the face with his resistance to holding Trump accountable to the famous couple that should be in the headlines--The Thomas's to say our democracy and society is hanging on by a thread would be the understatement of the centu...