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It's been an extraordinary week in what is turning out to be an extraordinary year. Hundreds of thousands of people of all races and nationality took to the streets around the world - to protest the systemic racism that allowed fthe murder of George Floyd - and so many other black Americans - at the hand of police..Yes, the peaceful demonstrations for Black Lives Matter were hijacked by peopl...

This week, the MOMocrats welcome Shireen Mitchell, digital activist and founder of Stop Online Violence Against Women to talk about the week's news and discuss how women of color are targeted in online disinformation campaigns - and how to combat it. COVID-19 is not the only pandemic killing Americans. Racism is the other one. They converged this week with news that the coronavirus is killing...

The Memorial Day holiday has a new meaning this year, as the official US death toll from COVID-19 reaches 100,000 - and all 50 states join outliers in the South on re-opening their economies after weeks of coronavirus economic shutdown. New cases are already spiking back up in some communities that re-opened; the first wave never waned in others. MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schw...

As of this morning, more than 86,000 Americans have died from COVID-19, and the death toll continues to rise by an average of 1500-2000 daily. This death toll would be much higher if states had not implemented widespread lockdowns, and the economic consequences of those have been devastating. Different parts of the country are attempting to re-open their economies - with little guidance and no dir...

Today's count of COVID-19 dead is 75,000 Americans and rising - far worse than any other nation in the world. Unemployment figures just released show a nationwide rate of 14%. Donald Trump cares more about the second figure than the first, and his push to "open up the economy" will not help either figure. He refuses to model the kind of behavior that would help stop the spread of th...

The first of May is traditionally a celebration of spring and the coming of summer - but for those of us in COVID-19 hot spots, it's just a continuation of monotonous days hunkered down at home to slow down the spread of the virus. That does not mean there aren't signs of life. As of this writing, 21 states have eased or lifted their most stringent stay-at-home orders (some without regar...

As the economy tumbles into a deeper recession, the right wing takes a page out of the Tea Party playbook - while the president tweets about "liberating" blue states from the measures their governors have imposed to protect their citizens' health. MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills talk about the Trump administration's mismanagement of the COVID-19 pa...

According to the Washington Post, Donald Trump is obsessed with the stock market and unemployment numbers and thinks that they are wrecking his chances for re-election. He's not wrong - but ignoring the advice of Dr. Fauci ("the virus decides when we open the country back up") can make the misery worse. In the meantime: Trump continues to dismantle any oversight by dismissing Inspec...

Jared Kushner has no expertise in epidemiology. He hasn't any expertise in diplomacy, trade negotiations, or criminal justice, but that hasn't stopped Trump from putting his son-in-law in charge of administration policy on those topics. And we learned this week that Jared decided that the state of New York did not need the 30,000 ventilators requested by Governor Cuomo because Jared had...

Every day, the statistics on the nation's growing COVID-19 deaths and infections become grimmer, as the novel coronavirus continues its spread. The Trump administration's bungling of this crisis has resulted in an unprecedented economic crash: A record 3.2 million Americans filed for unemployment last week, and there will surely be more to come. The Senate's passage of a $2.2 trilli...

This week, the president finally appeared to grasp the seriousness of the situation his administration put us all in by dithering away the time we needed to prepare for the coronavirus pandemic. His focus on the stock market, his poll numbers, and re-election has put the entire country in danger - and (ironically) has hastened an economic crash unlike anything we've ever experienced. And the...

MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills emerge from their social isolation to talk about the latest pandemic news......before turning attention back to our election, which is still happening even as presidential campaigns are cancelling in-person rallies and appearances. Their guest this week is Liuba Grechen Shirley, of VoteMama.org, a PAC that supports Democratic mothers ru...

Election 2020 took a stunning turn in the last week, beginning with Jim Clyburn's pivotal endorsement of Joe Biden just before the South Carolina primary. Following Biden's huge win on Saturday, the other candidates dropped out of the race, beginning with Tom Steyer... then Pete Buttigieg and Amy Klobuchar, who united in a "Stop Bernie" effort by supporting the Vice President -...

CNN reports that 38% of Americans surveyed will not buy Corona beer out of fear of getting the coronavirus. However - the actual survey doesn't mention COVID19 at all. But this is the level of misinformation the public is dealing with, even from trusted media - and it does not help that the people at the very top level of our federal government are known to be anti-science liars. No wonder th...

It may not be an actual Chinese curse, but "interesting times" is definitely what we are going through right now, and it's pretty awful. Since impeachment, Trump's worst impulses have been unleashed and there's NO BOTTOM. On the heels of the crisis in the Department of Justice, the president has upended the country's national security and intelligence apparatus - BECA...

It's Valentine's Day, and the MOMocrats hope you all have someone who looks at you the way Mike Pence looks at Trump - even if, as Elizabeth Warren said this week, you "already have a dog." It's been a little over a week since the end of the impeachment trial and an emboldened Donald Trump is already committing more impeachable offenses in public. The Department of Justice...

Donald Trump's impeachment ended just the way he and Mitch McConnell wanted: without damaging witnesses or documents, and an acquittal in the Senate. But just as in Mueller: HE WAS NOT EXONERATED. And - he not only could not peel off any vulnerable Democrats to support him, he lost one Republican Senator when Mitt Romney announced he could not proclaim him innocent. The president got away wit...

The MOMocrats have been watching the impeachment trial almost as intently as some of the Senators, and Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills will have a lot to say about it - whether, as everyone suspects, it ends without calling John Bolton or other witnesses... or all hell breaks loose and Mitch McConnell's plans for a quick acquittal are dashed. And in their Election 2020 cov...

Donald Trump's impeachment trial opened with a marathon 13-hour session on Tuesday, as Senate Democrats put forth about a dozen amendments to Mitch McConnell's draconian trial rules regarding witnesses and evidence. Senate Republicans voted all of them down. MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills find it amusing that GOP Senators are now whining that they “haven’t...

In 2016, the election of Donald Trump triggered the women of the United States. On the eve of the fourth annual Women's March, and in the wake of the opening of an impeachment trial of Donald Trump, MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills talk about where we've come from there - and where we are going. They also chat about the wave of women who were inspired to run...

The MOMocrats' weekly podcast looking at the day's political news from the progressive point of view. This week, their guest is Dr. Cindy Banyai, candidate for Congress in Florida's CD19, currently represented by Republican Francis Rooney. Rooney is retiring after his term, and it has NOTHING to do with his suggestion that impeaching Trump might be warranted. Karoli, Aliza Worthingt...

All the MOMocrats wanted for Christmas was to see Donald Trump impeached... and the Democrats in Congress delivered on Wednesday. What happens next is anyone's guess: With Mitch McConnell and Lindsey Graham signalling loudly that the Senate trial would be fixed in favor of the president, Nancy Pelosi has shrewdly decided to hold off on delivering the articles of impeachment until the rules fo...

The Judiciary Committee continued the impeachment process this week, which concluded with a marathon and contentious debate that ran into the night, followed by this morning's vote to approve the articles of impeachment. The full House votes on the articles next week. Mitch McConnell has already made it clear that the Senate will have the president's back - but whatever happens, it looks...

If all you want for Christmas are articles of impeachment, Santa's listening. Only in this case, Santa is Nancy Pelosi, who announced yesterday that she is instructing the Judiciary Committee to go ahead and put a ribbon on it. MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills talk about the latest turns in the House inquiry... and what to expect on Monday, when the next Judiciary...

The pundits who complained that last week's hearings had no "pizzazz" got their wildest dreams answered this week, as witness after witness carpetbombed the hearings with explosive revelations. MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills discuss what we learned from marathon questioning of:Jennifer WilliamsLt. Col. Alexander VindmanKurt VolkerTim MorrisonGordon Son...