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Omar Moore on the 1991 film GRAND CANYON: what the film said about people and what the film meant then—and what it means now, 29 years later, in 2020. November 26, 2020. NOTE: You can now listen to THE POLITICRAT daily podcast free on Audible: https://adbl.co/35MvRNL IMPORTANT— Please phonebank *now* for: Jon Ossoff for Georgia US Senate: https://electjon.com AND Rev. Raphael Warnock for Georgia U...

Omar Moore in conversation with Detroit, Michigander activist Laura Cronyn, who testified this week before the Michigan Board of State Canvassers during the certification of the 2020 Michigan general election results. Cronyn, a white voter, talks politics, Michigan, racism, race, power and the importance of sustained activism and voting. November 25, 2020. Laura Cronyn on Twitter: https://twitter....

Michigan certified its 2020 general election results yesterday but not before at least one Republican on the Michigan Board of State Canvassers tried to slow the certifcation down. Omar Moore on this and the dangerous and racist “voter fraud” game the Republican Party is playing with Black voters as Joe Biden finally gets the official “all clear” from the GSA executive Emily Murphy to start the tr...

Omar Moore talks to the U.K.’s FDA Trade Union General Secretary Dave Penman about the civil service, civil service workers and the non-action by Prime Minister Boris Johnson after Home Secretary Priti Patel was found to have bullied subordinates at the Home Office and violated the Ministerial Code. November 23, 2020. FDA Trade Union (U.K.): https://fda.org.uk Dave Penman, FDA General Secretary on...

With the news last week that Joe Biden wants to move on and not investigate Donald Trump and his administration, Omar Moore asks, is Joe Biden the getaway driver...for Donald Trump? Plus: What we can do to hold politicians accountable beyond voting. And: Remembering JFK on a terrible commemoration, 57 years to the fateful day. November 22, 2020. Featured in this episode: Joe Biden is looking to pu...

Two weeks after Joe Biden was projected the winner of the 2020 presidential election Omar Moore looks back at how Joe Biden won and ran his successful campaign. November 21, 2020. Featured in this episode: Joe Biden’s April 3, 2019 video: bit.ly/3nJ3QwM Joe Biden’s “I’m running” campaign video, April 25, 2019: https://bit.ly/2UQgzkY NOTE: You can now listen to THE POLITICRAT daily podcast free on...

“Form a square around the Prittster.” This was U.K. prime minister Boris Johnson’s order to fellow Tory members of Parliament on What’s App after Home Secretary Priti Patel was found to have violated the Ministerial Code of Conduct for bullying Civil Servants. Omar Moore on the rules-don’t-apply-to-us zero accountability of Priti Patel, Boris Johnson and the U.K. Conservative Party, with its track...

COVID. Chaos. Corbyn. Listen on. No prisoners are taken. Omar Moore will leave it at that. November 19, 2020. Featured in this episode: National Domestic Violence Hotline: (U.S.) 800-799-7233 https://thehotline.org National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: (U.S.) 800-273-8255 https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org First Minister Of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon (and SNP Leader) on Twitter: https://www.twitt...

Omar Moore and racial justice attorney Judith Browne Dianis, executive director of The Advancement Project, converse about Republican attacks on Black people voting. The most recent example of Republican Party attacks on democracy and the democratic process were evident on Tuesday with the racist shenanigans of two white GOP officials in predominantly Black cities (Detroit) of Wayne County, Michig...

The U.S. cable television news media has gone a long way to undermine or equivocate on facts and the truth when reporting (and that doesn’t include the standard shenanigans and propaganda of Fox News.) This didn’t begin with Donald Trump. This started many years before him. Omar Moore explains. There is lots of audio here, including from Kellyanne Conway, Carl Bernstein, Chris Cuomo, John Kasich a...

Where is leadership in governance in 2020? Which countries will you find it in? Omar Moore on what we must do to ensure better leaders represent us—and in a better way. Also: A look at the successes and failures of leaders real and imagined, especially during this deadly coronavirus pandemic. November 16, 2020. Featured in this episode: California governor Gavin Newsom attended a party at the lavi...

Where will the USA be in 12 months? Omar Moore talks about this and about mental health and mindset of people in America in 2020. November 15, 2020. Featured in this episode: If you or someone you know needs help, please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255. https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org IMPORTANT— Please phonebank now for: Jon Ossoff for Georgia US Senate: https:/...

Omar Moore warns that the Democratic Party in the United States risks losing control of the House of Representatives in 2022 if it doesn’t get behind a clear, coherent and more progressive message and stop blaming Progressives in the Democratic Party for corporate Democratic politician and Democratic leadership failures. You won’t want to miss this episode. November 14, 2020. Featured in this epis...

UK Conservative Councillor Claire Pearsall of New Ash Green in Kent, England talks to Omar Moore about UK prime minister Boris Johnson, leadership, Dominic Cummings, Brexit, the state of politics in England and coronavirus. November 13, 2020. Featured in this episode: UK Conservative Councillor Claire Pearsall on Twitter: https://twitter.com/claire_pearsall NEW POST at Medium: VICTORY. https://bit...

Jeffrey Toobin tweeted yesterday that he got fired from The New Yorker after 27 years as a writer there. He had been fired for masturbating during a Zoom video work meeting. A number of people, mostly men and some women, tweeted sympathetic words to Toobin. Omar Moore looks at subconscious and overt salutes to toxic masculinity and patriarchy—and contrasts the sympathetic responses (in some quarte...

Omar Moore thanks all the voters, especially Black women voters, who did the right thing and voted for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris in the 2020 U.S. presidential election. There are 70 days left until both are sworn in to office. There are 55 days until the two Georgia U.S. senate runoff races. And: A Veterans’ Day salute, and more. November 11, 2020. Featured in this episode: Stacey Abrams, Fair F...

Omar Moore looks at the civil war that is likely to re-start in the Democratic Party between the corporate Democrats and Progressives. Plus: The folly of fear: Are Republicans really afraid of Donald Trump or is something else going on? And: The Biden-Harris transition rolls on. Also: A funny story you must listen to. Extra: Audio from Artist/Activist Bree Newsome Bass and Princeton University Cha...

How we can all make these upcoming and at least four years of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris the (at least) four great years we want them to be. Plus: The ultimate focus now are the two Georgia senate seats up for grabs. Jon Ossoff and Reverend Raphael Warnock are the Democrats running in the two January 5 runoff races. Time for all of us to get to work (donate, phonebank, volunteer) to make sure man...

It’s Over...And It’s Far From Over—The Need To Agenda Build Now In Preparation For Biden-Harris Donald Trump may be noisily exiting stage left amid likely pardons and indictments but Omar Moore says we cannot afford to be lax about holding a Democratic presidential administration accountable as we were lax with Obama. Omar says it is time to start building an agenda plan of issues to hold the new...

November 7, 2020 will long be remembered as a historic day. Joe Biden and Kamala Harris make history as they are elected to the highest offices in the USA. Omar Moore covers a proud, happy, momentous day. November 7, 2020. Featured in this episode: The complete victory speeches of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, in Wilmington, Delaware. November 7, 2020. https://cs.pn/38uoiNk NEW: MOORE THOUGHTS —The...

A conversation with Tia Mitchell, Washington correspondent for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and the Chair of the National Association of Black Journalists Political Task Force. She and Omar Moore talk about the political landscape of Georgia. Plus: the corporate news media and its reactions to Donald Trump, and heightened responsibility in these fractured and divided times. November 6, 2020. T...

As of this episode nearly 70 million people voted for Donald Trump, who is on the verge of losing this election. Omar Moore on the people who saved America from going back to the 1950s—and 1850s. How close were we to going back there? Very close. Fascism still remains. Plus: Jen O’Malley Dillon, Biden campaign manager on her boss’s status. November 5, 2020. NEW: MOORE THOUGHTS —The Day After Tomor...

The vote count continues. Omar Moore chronicles the day after the night before, as well as the day before re: Election Night in the U.S. November 4, 2020. Omar’s film review of “Da 5 Bloods” (bit.ly/37nliju). MOORE THOUGHTS: moore.substack.com. Moore On Medium: medium.com/@omooresf The Politicrat YouTube page: bit.ly/3bfWk6V The Politicrat Facebook page: bit.ly/3bU1O7c The Politicrat blog: politic...

John Lewis’s advice will be taken today as the rest of America votes on this FINAL DAY of voting (aka Election Day 2020). This consequential day in the U.S. of A is chronicled by Omar Moore, who gives his predictions for the race for the White House and the U.S. senate. Coming into today 100 million people in America had already voted. November 3, 2020. Michelle Obama’s closing argument for Joe Bi...

Omar Moore looks at the U.S. corporate cable news television media and its irresponsibility through its often neutral or equivocating and false equivalency coverage (and sometimes cheerleading) of Donald Trump and his violent cult followers. November 2, 2020. VOTE EARLY. Phonebank. Text. Persuade. Now. The Politicrat Online Shop is now live! Introducing The “VOTE EARLY!” Color Collection (now with...