MOMocrats

The first MOMocrats podcast of 2024 coincided with President Biden's barn buster of a speech commemorating January 6 and kicking off his election campaign. MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills discussed the President's fiery words and the fight ahead. They also talked about the Supreme Court's decision to hear the appeal of the Colorado 14th Amendment decisi...

Christmas came early in the form of a Colorado state Supreme Court decision keeping Donald Trump off the state's 2024 ballot for violating the 14th Amendment. This decision has been stayed until January 4 pending an expected appeal to the US Supreme Court. In the meantime, SCOTUS dealt Trump a win by denying Jack Smith's request hopscotch over the DC Court of Appeals on his claim of pres...

Justice was delivered today to Miss Ruby Freeman and her daughter, Shane Moss, in the form of a $148 million judgement in their defamation case against Rudy Giuliani. And MOMocrats Karoli and Donna Schwartz Mills point out that it couldn't happen to a more deserving guy: In this week's wide-ranging discussion about US politics, it was noted that all roads lead to Rudy - from the "bu...

Last week, we bid good-bye to George Santos (but not before he launched a second career as a shill on Cameo). This week, we learned that we would also be saying farewell to former Speaker Kevin McCarthy, who is leaving the House at the end of the month. MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills talk about the Republicans' shrinking congressional margins and increasing outr...

We lost several historic figures over the last week: Rosalynn Carter, Sandra Day O'Connor, Henry Kissinger and member of Congress George Santos. The MOMocrats also talk about Trump's court setbacks, the DeSantis-Newsom "debate"... and the anguish of following Israel's war with Hamas. Part of the Demcast family of podcasts. Follow us on BlueSky @socalmom.bsky.social @karoli...

In a world that’s fraught with turmoil, with a fractious Congressional Republican Party, MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills are thankful: That Donald Trump is not in the White House right now and that Biden and Harris are. That the government will not be shut down for the holidays. That George Santos likely will. They discuss this and more in this week’s program, part of...

The week began with a spate of dark news for Democrats, beginning with rabid headlines touting yet another poll indicating the Donald Trump has a real chance of getting back into the White House in 2025. Then came Tuesday's elections, when (once again!) Democratic issues and candidates performed better than pundits predicted. MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills talk...

We finally have a new Speaker of the House and he's kind of a nightmarish combination of insurrectionist and religious zealot. MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills talk about what just happened in the House and what it portends for the next year. They also talk about the escalation of Israel's response to Hamas and why the booming US economy gets no respect from...

The leadership crisis in Congress continues, as Jim Jordan's ill-fated Speaker candidacy mercifully comes to an end - just as MOMocrat Karoli predicted last week. She and Donna Schwartz Mills discuss the ongoing drama in the House of Representatives. They also talk about this week's developments in the Israel-Hamas war and President Biden's leadership, as well as "The Former Gu...

The House of Representatives is still without a Speaker, after last week's historic ouster of Kevin McCarthy. And it's unclear if the Republican caucus will ever find enough votes to elect a replacement. As of the podcast recording, the new GOP candidate is Rep. Jim Jordan of OH. MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills predict he will NEVER be elected Speaker. Aside...

American democracy is hanging by a thread, and one branch of government is paralyzed right now - until they figure out who the next Republican speaker will be. MOMocrats Karoli and Donna Schwartz Mills discuss the shutdown that was averted at the last minute and the continuing leadership crisis in the House of Representatives. Part of the Demcast family of podcasts. Follow us on BlueSky @socalmom....

Some in Congress are calling the current funding crisis the “Seinfeld Shutdown” because the House Republicans are forcing it to happen over nothing. Kind of like this week’s bogus impeachment hearing. MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills talk about Kevin McCarthy’s crazy kids in the House, as well as the former president’s very bad week in court - and the passing of Califo...

Fulton County DA Fani Willis doesn’t suffer fools gladly, as she demonstrated in a scathing letter this week to Jim Jordan, who is trying to get intel on her 2020 election RICO case. “Willis is a badass,” agree MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills in this week’s podcast. Others on the badass female list include Vice President Kamala Harris, who made a show at ASEAN this we...

This Labor Day weekend caps the end of a remarkable summer for the nation's labor movement: In an economy that's favorable to workers, there have been over 230 strikes this year - and UPS and airline pilots scored big gains for their members. New economic figures today show that while the economy has slowed to pre-pandemic levels (187,000 new jobs added last month), salaries are exceedin...

In Fulton County, the nineteen defendants in Fani Willis' RICO case found out this week that there are indeed consequences for trying to steal an election. And that includes the twice-impeached, four-times indicted former president who showed up for his close-up Thursday night. MOMocrats Aliza Worthington and Donna Schwartz Mills talked about the long-awaited mug shot and the strategies of th...

Inflation is down, GDP is up, and apparently it pays to staff an Administration with competent, experienced people. That's the consensus of MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills, who were happy to talk about something good for change. They also talked about Donald Trump's new superseding charge in his summer of indictments, the possibility of another government sh...

Climate change and a deadly heat dome are not the only reason the streets of Hollywood are hot this weekend: For the first time in over 60 years, the Screen Actors Guild and Writers Guild of America are on strike together. "And this IS politics," MOMocrat Karoli says. Aliza Worthington and Donna Schwartz Mills join her to talk labor unrest, the shameless bigotry of certain Congress critt...

t seems like the Supreme Court saves all its most outrageous decisions for the final day of their session - and the two that dropped today were doozies. MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills discuss SCOTUS and Dark Brandon's response. Part of the Demcast family of podcasts. Follow us on BlueSky @socalmom.bsky.social @karoli.bsky.social @AlizaWrites.bsky.social

While elected Democrats are busy getting things done,  the GOP-led House is trying to erase recent history. And as MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills started this podcast, historic events were occurring in Russia. Part of the Demcast family of podcasts. Follow us on BlueSky @socalmom.bsky.social @karoli.bsky.social @AlizaWrites.bsky.social

MOMocrats Aliza Worthington and Donna Schwartz Mills run through a wild week that began with the arraignment of a former president and his unsuccessful attempt to take hold of the narrative. They also talked about some of this week's Supreme Court rulings, the House's fake January 6 hearing, the competency of President Biden's team (especially Vice President Kamala Harris)... and a...

Special Counsel Jack Smith unsealed the Trump indictment issued yesterday. "We have one set of laws in this country, and they apply to everyone," he said. That includes the twice-impeached, now twice indicted former president, who will be tried on 37 counts of felony violations of our national security laws.  MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills are joined by Red...

MOMocrats Aliza and Karoli cover the week's news, starting with Republicans' refusal to raise the debt ceiling without inflicting deep pain on the poor and sick in our country. We move on to cheerier subjects, like Rudy Giuliani's latest legal woes, Ron DeSantis' dead-in-the-water 2024 bid, and more.   Also, play the New York Times "cut the debt" game to see how utter...

Doing our best without Donna, MOMocrats Aliza and Karoli break down the good and the bad of the last two weeks, concluding that consequences are good, and they're definitely on the way for Republicans from Trump to McCarthy. Follow us on BlueSky @socalmom.bsky.social @karoli.bsky.social @AlizaWrites.bsky.social

Former Vice President Mike Pence spent several hours at the Federal Courthouse on Thursday appearing before the Grand Jury investigating January 6. MOMocrats Karoli, Donna Schwartz Mills and guest Red Painter 12 speculate what that means for Donald Trump and his many, many legal problems. The MOMocrats also talked about Fox News severing its relationship with Tucker Carlson, President Biden's...

You know that big ole rocket ship that underwent a "rapid unscheduled disassembly" on Thursday? That's how the MOMocrats felt this week when it was announced that Dominion had settled its defamation case against Fox News. Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills talk about the comeuppance that didn't happen, and the possible satisfaction the country may get from the...