Politics Done Right

Daniel Cohen returned to Politics Done Right to discuss the 2022 Midterm Election. He also had a political pet peeve he got off his chest.

I changed the program today after having an interesting exchange over email. I think it warranted this coverage given the racialized times we are in currently. I received an email from an acquaintance of a friend. He started an email conversation showing his displeasure with the Voting Rights bill. The email thread then evolved into disdain for the 1619 project and much more. His thought process w...

Bill Kristol has good advice for what Democrats should not do if they want to win Katie Porter explained Biden’s economic success better than any other Democrat Bill Kristol has good advice for what Democrats should not do if they want to win Progressive groups ditch Sinema, leaving her political future in tatters: Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona tried her damndest to sell the idea that a random Se...

WFP National Director explains the Party and its relationship to the Democratic Party: Working Families Party (WFP) National Director Maurice Mitchell visited with Politics Done Right (PDR) on Radio Row at Netroots Nation 2019 in Philadelphia recently. He explained what the party was all about and its relationship to the Democratic Party. My response to a projecting listener who said Democrats are...

Claire McCaskill has a message for Democrats. They better start touting their successses. Otherwise they would have deserved to have Mitch McConnell as Senate Majority leader again. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) slammed Republicans. She made it clear she changed her stance on the filibuster because Republicans have become anathema to Democracy. Kyrsten Sinema has no shame. After betraying Democracy...

Sinema says no! Chris Murphy’s warns on filibuster! Two Democrats facilitating Trump’s 2024 coup: Murphy: Kyrsten Sinema’s refusal to break the filibuster for voting rights will be instrumental along with Joe Manchin to facilitate Trump’s 2024 coup. Jim Clyburn defends Biden for calling out politicians who are effectively supporting Jim Crow 2.0:   Jim Clyburn has had it. It defended Presiden...

FIERY SPEECH: MLK III excoriated Sinema & Manchin for their voting rights filibuster hypocrisy: Martin Luther King III gave a fiery speech where he did not let up on either Joe Manchin or Kyrsten Sinema. Martin Luther King III had a message he wanted to be told unambiguously. He did not play nice because the senators who are stalling are putting our Democracy in danger on false pretenses. This...

FIERY SPEECH: MLK III excoriated Sinema & Manchin for their voting rights filibuster hypocrisy: Martin Luther King III gave a fiery speech where he did not let up on either Joe Manchin or Kyrsten Sinema.. He had a message he wanted to be told unambiguously. He did not play nice because the senators who are stalling are putting our Democracy in danger on false pretenses. Freedom To Vote Act ( H...

They said no to Build Back Better but billions to these private businesses, Corporate Socialism?: It is shameful that we can get bipartisan participation for billions in private sector giveaways & not for Build Back Better. Every American should be upset at the deference of these Democratic and Republican congressmen. They went on CNN and had a love fest in their support for providing billions...

Return on Statehood: How Much Value Every State Gets From the Federal Government: To put states’ financial health — and the potential impact on residents of those states — into context, MoneyGeek analyzed and ranked states according to their dependence on the federal government. Rankings account for political affiliation, net benefits individuals and organizations in the state receive, state gover...

Jeff Reese & Randall Kallinen, activist & civil rights Atty. respectively on Criminal Justice Bias: Ex-Law Enforcement Officer Jeff Reese continues producing the series that covers criminal justice system bias. Here an impaired young man is killed. Civil Rights attorney Randall L Kallinen discusses the case. In an explosive exchange, Dr. Fauci destroys a Rand Paul pointing out he is a prof...

Ex-Law Enforcement Officer Jeff Reese continues producing the series that covers criminal justice system bias. Here an impaired young man is killed. Civil Rights attorney Randall L Kallinen discusses the case.

Morning Joe on Republican politicians & GOP ‘Grifters’ like Trump. It’s a ‘PTL Club Scheme.’: Joe Scarborough did not mince his words as to what Republican politicians ripping off their base and what the GOP has become. Kyrsten Sinema spoke on the Senate floor. Unfortunately she is either living on another planet or is very well paid to throw the American people under the bus. Sinema says no!...

CNBC’s Steve Liesman explains the jobs report and it is better than it appears: Thank you, Steve Liesman for not allowing the mainstream media to misinterpret the jobs report. It is better than the spin. ABOUT TIME: News Panel laments their coverage: Series of knuckleheads the president weaponizes: Chuck Todd and Andrea Mitchell appeared on a Katy Tur panel lamenting their coverage of Trump and pl...

Economists Pin More Blame on Tech for Rising Inequality: Recent research underlines the central role that automation has played in widening disparities. Daron Acemoglu, an influential economist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has been making the case against what he describes as “excessive automation.” The economywide payoff of investing in machines and software has been stubbornly e...

The T hree phases of Ted Cruz: From Trump attacker to endorser to embarrassing apologizer: Ari Melber has had it with Ted Cruz. Clips from the expose prove Trump and his sycophants are complicit. They should be punished. A Visibly EXASPERATED Chuck Todd grills Republican congressman who became a real Trump sycophant: Chuck Todd was visibly exasperated as a sycophantic member of Congress said he wo...

HOME RUN! Biden neuters Republican attack on his economy by turning the table on them: President Joe Biden did what he needed to do to promote his successful economy as he slapped down Republicans’ intransigence. Liz Cheney is proving to be a very tough woman more so than anyone of either party as she does not let up on Republican lies: In a recent interview on CNN, Liz Cheney did not hold back as...

Greg Palast discusses January 6th and the undemocratic nature of our Democracy. It’s SCARY!: Greg Palast lays it out. And it turns the constitution never guaranteed us a real Democracy where the vote really mattered. January 6th‘s genesis was the big lie. The lie said Donald Trump won the election and that Joe Biden stole it. Biden finally forcefully slammed Trump and his sycophants for their unpa...

AT LAST! Biden slams Trump/sycophants for Jan 6. ‘He is a defeated fmr president’ by 7 million votes: President Biden did not mince his words. He made it clear that the traitors, the insurrectionists that stormed the Capitol were not heroes. They were a violent undemocratic mob. The President also had some special words directed at Trump. He was not only a former president. Trump is a defeated for...

January 6th ‘s genesis was the big lie. The lie said Donald Trump won the election and that Joe Biden stole it. Biden finally forcefully slammed Trump and his sycophants for their unpatriotic attack on our nation. On this day, I wanted to talk to someone who had no fear of discussing our country’s flaws and successes. Greg Palast fitted the bill. Too often, we believe our rhetoric at our peril. No...

Marlon Weems discusses the deception Progressive once again endured with Build Back Better: The Squad knew it. Progressives knew it. They just hoped America saw it. Marlon Weems (@GeekTrader) talks about Build Back Better deception. We  explore the con the Conservative Democrats played on Progressives, specifically the American people. I am sure you will find it most enlightening. ALERT: Pate...

Tim Danahey and I go back a very long time. We were both on the Coffee Party USA Board of Directors. I always considered Tim a moderate. He refers to himself as a Progressive who knows how to get things done. The thing is, we respect each other’s point of view as ultimately we are trying to get to the same place. When I got a text from him, I contacted him and asked him to interview, especially to...

It is amazing what Trump has taught many. In effect, admit to treason on national TV with the expectation that it will disappear. Ari Melber destroys Trump’s main insurrectionist planner: Do you realize you were describing a COUP?: Peter Navarro (@RealPNavarro) underestimated @AriMelber. Very often, a calm demeanor is more effective. Melber skinned Navarro like a skillful fisherman. Peter Navarro...

Another GOP assisted death: 30 days after demanding her freedom from vaccination, COVID freed her: Kelly Ernby , former Orange County GOP state Assembly candidate and deputy D.A., dies of COVID-19 weeks after demanding freedom from mandates. Joe Manchin should be embarrassed to answer Claire McCaskill’s question on the filibuster & voting: Claire McCaskill’s question on changing the filibuster...

The Squad knew it. Progressives knew it. They just hoped America saw it. Marlon Weems (@GeekTrader) talks about Build Back BRecently Marlon Weems wrote a piece titled “They Don’t Care How Bad This Looks” Under the guise of conservatism, Manchin has worked against the Build Back Better Agenda, gutting everything from  paid family and medical leave  to robust  climate change legislati...