The Social Contract with Joe Walsh

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I sat down with long time political strategist Cliff Schecter for our weekly Tequila Talk and we covered the Texas senate race, the Maine race, and all of my former Republican colleagues who sold their souls to Trump. As usual, it was not a dull conversation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

My weekly chat with my socialist pal Xander Schultz, in this week’s talk we discussed a potential “Marshall Plan” for Mexico that could be a win-win for everyone. Btw, check out our website - thesearchforsolutions.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Trump supporters have made clear for years that personal character does not matter. Every Texan who votes for Paxton is saying personal character doesn’t matter. And everyone in Maine who votes for Platner is saying personal character doesn’t matter. What they’re all saying is that the only thing that matters is winning. I don’t think this is a good thing, but if this is your thing, just be honest...

He’s turned an entire political party into a party of sore losers, election deniers, and democracy haters. This is a huge problem for all of us. Because our democracy can’t continue if we ALL don’t accept the will of the people. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I sat down with Democratic strategist Mike Nellis to discuss Graham Platner, Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate in Maine. No way could I support Platner, Mike would support Platner if he’s the Dem nominee. The primary is tomorrow. We had a respectful conversation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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I sat down with long time reporter, now independent journalist, Scott MacFarlane to discuss the slush fund, the war, and congressional Republicans’ reactions to it all. Also…is the MAGA base moving some? We discussed. Great conversation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Trump and his people have been saying for awhile now that ICE will be out on the streets in certain areas on Election Day. It’s part of Trump’s strategy to try and fuck with our midterm elections. They were out at certain polling places this past Tuesday in California. That’s just a preview. It’s illegal btw, but when had Trump ever cared about the law? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for m...

My weekly sit down with Xander Schultz, my Socialist friend. This week we put forward our thoughts on the biggest issues facing America these next ten years. Took a hard look at AI and social media algorithms. A lot of differences, but I learned a few things. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Yes, we need to stay vigilant to make sure his slush fund is truly doomed. But, all indications are that he’s being forced to drop the idea. Why? Because the American people raised such a stink that even the spineless Republicans in DC told him they couldn’t support it. So keep fighting. Keep resisting. No let up. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

He’s the very thing our Founders declared their independence from 250yrs ago. Yes, we should celebrate our 250th anniversary. But we celebrate it by working, by resisting, by fixing, and by doing all we can to defeat that tyrant in the White House and his cultish political party. This is what we’re called to do. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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I’ve been in a bad mood most of the week, reflected in my weekly Substack meltdown yesterday bemoaning our lack of focus on policy - real problems & real issues. Perfect time for my regular Friday talk with entrepreneur Ted Dintersmith who is focusing on the 14 causes unraveling our democracy. Maybe he can pick me up. Or help make some sense for why we don’t talk about policy anymore. Hosted o...

I believe that my former political party is now the Trumpy/MAGA party for good. Or certainly, for the rest of my lifetime. Quin Hillyer, long time conservative writer/thinker disagrees. He believes the GOP can change from its Trumpy dominance now and get back to a semblance of what it was before Trump sooner than people think. So he and I sat down to talk about it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/p...

Trump is everything we know him to be - a cruel demagogue, a pathological liar and all the rest, but millions of Americans turned to him for bcuz our political system has forgotten a lot of people. Who are they and what do they need? We discussed. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

An ICE facility in NJ won’t let the Governor of NJ inside. A U.S. citizen, mother of four, shows her ID’s to ICE agents and they still shackle her and detain her. And the Trump administration is trying to change a 70yr old green card statute with the stroke of the pen. Yes, a lot of other horrible stuff in the news. But don’t forget about what Trump is doing to immigrants. Hosted on Acast. See aca...

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I sat down with Chicago based political thinker and writer Edwin Eisendrath and we talked about everything going on with Trump. Just this week alone. And it’s easy to feel overwhelmed with all of his corruption and lawlessness. But we must stay focused to effectively resist and defeat him and the GOP. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sat down again with my socialist friend again (we use these labels even though we’re both more nuanced than the labels) and we got into money in politics & campaign finance laws. We had very different views but agreed big time on the need for transparency. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

An unprecedented, illegal, utterly corrupt $1.8 billion taxpayer funded slush fund. The IRS agrees never to audit him and his family. He throws his corruption in our faces every day at a scale Americans have never seen. The only question is: What comes after Trump? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Donald Trump is doing something unprecedented, completely wrong, and utterly corrupt. He’s stealing $1.8 billion from American taxpayers to give to his political friends and use against his political enemies. Who’s to blame for this? Republicans. Every single Republican. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Yes, Donald Trump originated the 2020 “stolen” election lie, and yes, Trump is the biggest sore loser in all of human history. But my entire former political party echoes Trump’s lie, and they’ve all willingly become sore losers. Such a damn shame. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.