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The administration released new jobs numbers today, and analysts were disappointed - but only because they were expecting a whopping 1 million news jobs and were faced with a more normal 266,000. In a classic case of "glass half empty or half full," conservatives are spinning this as proof that enhanced unemployment benefits are making people too lazy to find work again, while progressiv...

President Biden gave his first joint address to Congress this week, marking a successful first 100 days in office - and viewers polled afterwards indicated that it was a stunning success. MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills reflect on the new Administration's successes in positioning the country away from the mess made by "the former guy." They will also ta...

The jury in the Derek Chauvin murder case found the former Minneapolis policeman guilty on all counts - but as relieved as most of the nation was, it was not a moment of joy. "I would not call today's verdict justice, however, because justice implies true restoration," Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison said. "But it is accountability, which is the first step towards just...

President Biden unveiled his new plan to shore up the country's deteriorating infrastructure - and we finally understand what he meant by "Build Back Better." The $2 Trillion bill allocates funds for fixing roads and bridges, expanding our rail network, replacing toxic water infrastructure, upgrading school structures, closing the broadband gap in underserved parts of the country, a...

MOMOcrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills discuss Georgia's outrageous new voting restrictions, the mainstream media's fail at President Biden's press first press conference, and our continuing gun nightmare. MOMocrats MOMochat is part of the DemCast family of podcasts. Follow us on BlueSky @socalmom.bsky.social @karoli.bsky.social @AlizaWrites.bsky.social

This week has been one of good news and bad news. The Biden Administration has overseen the administration of 100 million COVID vaccines - 40 days sooner than the President originally promised. However, the new, more dangerous variants of the virus appear to have stemmed the progress the nation has made in stemming the pandemic, and there are new hot spots around the country. The House has passed...

When Joe Biden was Vice President, he proclaimed the Affordable Care Act a "big effing deal."Now that he's President, Biden has a BFD of his own - and is on track to be the most transformative Democratic president since FDR. MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills look back on an exceptional week 50 days into the Biden presidency, when the American Rescue Plan...

The Senate has President Biden's $1.9T American Rescue Plan and the GOP are throwing all the delay tactics they can at it, but in the end this extremely popular bill will pass. In the meantime, the Fox News crowd is obsessed with the lie that the Democrats have cancelled the Muppets and Dr. Seuss... and a second insurrection on March 4 did not materialize. However, the threat is still there a...

The parliamentarian has spoken and she says a $15 per hour minimum wage can't be enacted through reconciliation. The rest of the $1.9 trillion COVID relief package can be passed in the Senate with a simple majority, which means that help to the American people and state and local governments will soon be on its way. And a raise in the minimum wage will occur too - but first, Joe Manchin and K...

Extreme winter weather has made life difficult in most of the United States this week - but no place worse than Texas, where the infrastructure failed, leaving millions of residents without power, heat, fresh water, and food. Unlike the "former guy" who won the state's electoral college votes, President Joe Biden quickly declared a state of emergency and invoked FEMA to provide assi...

This week's impeachment trial has been rough as the nation relived the terror of what occurred at the Capitol on January 6. In the meantime, President Biden's COVID team has secured 200 million additional vaccine doses and the House has been quietly putting together the legislation for the 1.9 trillion dollar American Rescue Plan the administration has proposed. It's a good night fo...

Two weeks into his term, and Joe Biden has been the picture of quiet efficiency. Meanwhile, the Republicans are showing themselves to be the party of Q.Pull up a seat and sip a cocktail as MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills discuss the progress of the Biden team, the House, and the newly enabled Democratic Senate majority in this week's Pursuit of Happiness Hour edi...

The first full week of the new Biden-Harris Administration has been remarkable for how normal it seems. Even if all we're dealing with is decidedly not. MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills discuss the flurry of executive actions, press conferences, and new Cabinet members that soberly made the news this week... while all the Washington drama has hinged over at the Ca...

Wednesday's Inauguration of Joe Biden was pure joy. But MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills are still experiencing PTSD from four years of living with an abusive President. They talk about the long road back amid multiple crises, what to do about a president and members of Congress who attempted a violent coup just two weeks ago, and the obstacles ahead in a 50-50 Se...

The MOMocrats rejoice that Donald Trump's residence in our White House ends in five more days - even as they note the damage he's done will be with us for years. Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills talk about the fallout from the Capitol insurrection, impeachment, the upcoming inauguration, Joe Biden's COVID plan, and more. MOMocrats MOMochat is part of the DemCast f...

It's a new year and we'll soon have a new beginning in Washington, with Joe Biden and Kamala Harris taking office and Democratic control of both Houses of Congress, thanks to the Georgia triumph of newly elected Senators Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff. But first, we need to deal with the orange countenance of Donald Trump, whose four-year crime spree only intensified over the holiday bre...

It would have been silly to expect this lame duck period to be uneventful. The Electoral College has spoken. Mitch McConnell has congratulated President-Elect Joe Biden and Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris. Some Republican Senators and Representatives have followed suit - but that hasn't stopped Trump minions from continuing their vain efforts to overturn the 2020 election. This week, Congr...

Two stories dominated the political news this week: the excitement over the rollout of Pfizer's COVID vaccine (with others to follow)... and Donald Trump and his followers abandoning all pretense of democratic principles in a seditious pursuit of ignoring the results of the fair and secure November election that will make Joe Biden the 46th President of the United States. MOMocrats Karoli, Al...

In 47 days, Joe Biden will take the oath of office and become President of the United States. He faces a country that has been battered by a raging pandemic, economic disaster, and the abuse of a Republican party led by a sociopath. How much the new administration will be able to accomplish rides on the results of the January 5 run-off election for two Senators' seats in Georgia, which will d...

Donald Trump's post-election temper tantrum is both embarassing and dangerous, as it is setting a precedent for the next time the GOP loses a presidential election. CNN reported yesterday that his motive isn't just trying to overturn a free and fair election, but to sow chaos, leave the Biden administration with intractable problems they cannot solve in one four-year term, and that most...

For one glorious day, the world celebrated the win of the new President-elect. Then it all came crashing down, because as long as Donald Trump is occupying the White House, we can't have nice things. This week's drama is centered on his refusal to concede or cooperate with the Biden-Harris transition team and his mysterious machinations to leave loyalists in charge of our national securi...

We were warned that the massive number of absentee ballots would make it impossible to get it all counted on Tuesday night... and that with Republicans voting in person and so many Democrats voting by mail, Donald Trump would be quick to note the red mirage and declare victory. Today's cries of "illegal votes" and "Democrats are trying to steal the election" were predictab...

Halloween has nothing on Election Day, 2020. MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills discuss the polling, the massive early vote, and the haunting memories of 2016. It doesn't help that Donald Trump and the Republicans are openly maneuvering to cheat Biden-Harris out of a win. The MOMocrats also talk about down-ballot races, dreams of balancing the courts, and the pandem...

November 3 is in 11 days, and early voting numbers are EQUAL to the number of early votes for the ENTIRE 2016 election. MOMocrats Aliza Worthington and Donna Schwartz Mills discuss the final Biden-Trump debate, Trump's continuing quest to manufacture an October surprise like the one James Comey gave him four years ago, the threat of foreign interference into the election...and the specter of...

The Senate Judiciary Committee will be voting on Amy Coney Barrett on October 22, with the full Senate vote occurring the following day... all DURING an election. Mitch McConnell has the votes to confirm her. So the question now is: what will the Democrats do if they take power in January? The polls are starting to indicate that the 2020 election will be a blue tsunami (which is why Senate Republi...