MOMocrats

Kamala Harris, Tim Walz, and their surrogates have had their pedal to the metal this week, as they criss-cross the country making the case to vote them in as the next President and Vice President of the United States. In the meantime, Donald Trump has been cancelling appearances (due to "exhaustion"), cos-playing McDonald's fry cook, and attacking his former Chief of Staff and retir...

We're in the election's home stretch, and the early vote is breaking records. The Harris campaign is blitzing through the media, Democratic enthusiasm is through the roof, and Donald Trump appears to be sundowning before our eyes. MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills talk about where we are and why maybe it's time to stop paying attention to the polls and ju...

November 5 is less than four weeks away, and the Harris-Walz campaign has shifted into high gear, blitzing the media with appearances on 60 Minutes, Jimmy Kimmel, the View, Howard Stern, Univision and podcast Call Her Daddy. MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills discuss the campaign, its incredible energy, and weirdly close polling numbers. They also talk about this year&ap...

Today's episode was recorded prior to the news that Liz is not the only Cheney voting for Kamala Harris - or that the former Congresswoman will be campaigning in Texas for Colin Allred. But North Dakota Senate candidate Katrina Christensen (https://www.katrinaforussenate.com) returned to give an update on her surging campaign - and it was a welcome distraction from the Apalachee High School s...

This week in Chicago, the Democrats held a convention to remember. And We're Not Going Back - which is one of the best campaign slogans we've ever heard. MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills bask a little bit more in the DNC, the nomination of Kamala Harris, and the work that lies ahead.  MOMocrats MOMochat is part of the Demcast family of podcasts. Follow us on...

The Kamala Harris-Tim Walz campaign has been described as a "vibe." And the MOMocrats agree: "We are vibing HARD." Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills discuss the campaign, how the media is covering it, and Trump low-energy response. (Alas, this episode was recorded before we learned what JD Vance thinks of post-menopausal women.) The MOMocrats also looked at th...

The new Kamala Harris campaign continued its flawless launch through the swing states this week, beginning with the announcement of running mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz. MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills talk about Walz' "Big Dad Energy," GOP attempts to Swift Boat him, MAGA's sad attempts to take back the spotlight... and feeling joy again - de...

Kamala Harris is now the presumptive Democratic nominee. Joe Biden's successful prisoner swap deal proves he's our greatest living President. And Donald Trump and JD Vance are just weird. MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills recount the last week in politics. Part of the Demcast family of podcasts. Follow us on BlueSky @socalmom.bsky.social @karoli.bsky.social @A...

Democrats all over the country are experiencing something weird: OPTIMISM, fueled by their excitement over the presidential candidacy of Kamala Harris. "It feels like 2008 again," says MOMocrat Karoli, who is keeping her Dark Brandon sign in her background, because he's the reason why this is happening the way it is. Aliza Worthington and Donna Schwartz Mills join her to talk about...

MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills are all in on supporting Kamala Harris for President. But first: They have more than a few words to say about the events that led to President Biden's surprise announcement on Sunday. And some of them are profane. MOMocrats MOMochat is part of the Demcast family of podcasts. Follow us on BlueSky @socalmom.bsky.social @karoli.bsky.s...

This was the week our election craziness went into overdrive: A Trump rally became the site of an assassination attempt (that tragically killed a spectator). The Republicans held their National Convention in Milwaukee, with all the spectacle and weirdness that goes along with that. And the pundit class continued what appears to be a coordinated campaign to push President Joe Biden out of his nomin...

The MOMocrats welcome Katrina Christiansen, to talk about her campaign for US Senate in North Dakota.  This was a welcome distraction from the continuing chaos stemming from President Biden’s disastrous debate performance. The President’s NATO press conference showed the audience some of the depth of his foreign policy expertise. But it was not enough to appease the media, political insiders, and...

The Supreme Court's decision on presidential immunity - grouped with some of the other decisions rendered this session - are a christofascist's dreams. It's like the SCOTUS is the villain in an old silent movie, the woman tied to the railroad tracks is the Statue of Liberty, and there's a train barreling down the tracks, called Project 2025. MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington,...

Last week, the MOMocrats were taking bets on whether the convicted felon former President would even show up to the June debate. This week, Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills are wishing it had all been a bad dream. President Biden's performance at the debate in front of 40 million viewers was not good. But - as Karoli points out - if you read the transcript, the substance of...

Next week's presidential debate between President Biden and convicted felon Donald Trump will be interesting - if it happens. MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills are not holding their breath. The MOMocrats also talked about campaign fundraising numbers, Biden's moves on immigration, Louisiana's Ten Commandments stunt, and the pretzel logic Chief Justice Rob...

While the twice impeached, convicted former president doubled down on vows of retribution, the Wall Street Journal weighed in - ridiculously - on the current president's age. In the meantime, President Biden was in Normandy, reminding the world of the sacrifices the Allies made fighting Nazis on D-Day. The world is under threat again from authoritarians, including the United States. To win th...

Donald Trump's trial for falsifying business records in order to hide campaign finance regulations came to an end yesterday in the most spectacular fashion imaginable. The jury returned guilty verdicts on ALL 34 felony charges. MOMocrats Aliza Worthington and Donna Schwartz Mills talked about the trial, the reaction, and the 2024 election. They also discussed President Biden's announceme...

We knew that we had one Supreme Court justice was married to an activist who was in the thick of those who tried to overturn the 2020 election. Last week, we learned that a second conservative justice is at the very least, an insurrection sympathizer. Both justices refuse to recuse themselves from Trump-related cases, and no one - not the Chief Justice, or the Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Com...

This week kicked off with yet another screaming New York Times headline alleging that Joe Biden and the Democrats are headed for a 2024 election debacle... except that when you look at the poll's data and see the results for likely voters, the outlook isn't so bad at all. In fact, Democrats continue to outdo predictions in actual elections. So why all the negative framing? And why does e...

As usual, the Trump circus dominated this week's news - especially the two days of Stormy Daniels testimony in the NY election interference trial. MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills discuss that and some of the political news that went a little under the radar this week - including the revelation that third-party candidate RFK Jr once claimed to have suffered memory...

Scenes from college campuses this week had a lot of pundits talking about 1968 - and the coincidence of the Democratic National Convention occurring in Chicago this year has not been lost on anyone. However: students protesting a humanitarian crisis in Gaza is not the same as students protesting being conscripted to fight in Vietnam - and MOMocrat Karoli assures Donna Schwartz Mills that the 2024...

The pace of political news has been dizzying ever since Trump came down that escalator - and this week, it was downright overwhelming as the former president sat in a New York courthouse for his criminal election interference trial... while the Supreme Court simultaneously heard arguments on presidential immunity. In the meantime, the Biden administration quietly and competently continued accompli...

The 118th Congress has been incredibly useless, getting little done besides booting out their first Speaker and vying for attention on Fox News. On last week's podcast, MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills were incredulous that they were about to spend valuable time debating bills around household appliances (i.e.,"the Liberty in Laundry Act," "the Refr...

Last week, the Florida Supreme Court gave Democrats there a 2024 election boost by allowing a six-week abortion ban. This week, Arizona said “hold my beer.” MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills discuss Arizona’s journey back to 1864 and some of the week’s other notable political events. MOMocrats MOMochat is part of the Demcast family of podcasts. Follow us on BlueSky @soc...

Today, the Washington Post political team sent out a newsletter with a old "Dems in Disarray" headline - a description they haven't used much the last couple of years (because nothing on the Democratic side of the aisle can compare to the absolute dysfunction of the GOP-led House). In this newsletter, the WaPo was referring to the war in the Middle East, and they are not wrong. It&a...