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The BradCast 07-11-2023 by Progressive Voices

Is It Just Me? Plus Ukraine and NATO and Charity At Home Karel Cast #226 Is it just me, or has the world gone mad? People going berserk on airplanes throwing things at pop stars…have people really just lost their minds? And why isn't Ukraine in NATO? Every NATO nation is helping them. Is their help genuine? Or are they just mad at Russia so much that it's not about Ukraine and all about Putin. And charity at home goes bad when I find out people are not helping themselves. Watch on YouTube and listen wherever you get your podcast. Subscribe at YouTube.com/reallykarel @ReallyKarel is all social media and website reallykarel.com The Karel Cast is heard three times a week on all your favorite streaming services and the video can be seen on Youtube. Karel is a history-making #LGBTQ talk show host currently living in Las Vegas with his pup Ember. The Karel Cast App is free and is the best way to watch and listen. Get it at reallykarel.com or any App Store

Surge of global heat, fire and floods shatter records from North America to Antarctica; Extreme heat in Europe killed at least 61,000 people last year; Biden's Inflation Reduction Act already reducing U.S. emissions; PLUS: Torrential rains trigger catastrophic floods in U.S. Northeast and Europe... All that and more in today's Green News Report!

The guest host for today's show is Brad Bannon. Brad runs Bannon Communications Research, a polling, message development and media firm which helps labor unions, progressive issue groups and Democratic candidates win public affairs and political campaigns. His show, 'Deadline D.C. with Brad Bannon,' airs every Monday from 3-4pm ET. Brad will first be joined by Michael Surrusco, Taxpayers for Common Sense’s Director of Development & Special Projects. The two will discuss his a new report that his organization co-authored, along with E2 (Environmental Entrepreneurs). The report is titled, "Paying the Price: Taxpayers Footing the Bill for Increasing Costs of Climate Change," and can be found here: https://www.taxpayer.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Taxpayer-Costs-for-Climate_Report.pdf Taxpayers for Common Sense is a nonpartisan budget watchdog that has served as an independent voice for the American taxpayer since 1995. They work to ensure that taxpayer dollars are spent responsibly and that government opera

It’s been a long, often divisive 247 years since the United States declared its independence from Great Britain. Much of the life of our nation has been lived in harmony, but an equal amount, or at least so it seems, have been lived in division. We have been divided by race, religion, geography, vocation, education, and political philosophy, yet we persist. Today’s essay addresses our differences and looks hopefully toward our united future.

Mark Riley The Intersection. Cluster Bombs.Biden.Climate Change. Threads.S8 Ep14 by Progressive Voices

MAGA is not the Majority; Tennessee Codifies Hatred; Threads debuts Karel Cast #225 By the numbers, MAGA is about 20% of America. So why are they the only noise being heard? Why are their voices the loudest right now? We need to stop elevating the vocal, treasonous minority and start letting more sane heads prevail. Tennessee bans gender affirming care and codifies their hatred and tyranny while the Biden administration stays silent. And Threads debuts, but is the era of social media reached a saturation point and now is declining? Watch on YouTube and listen wherever you get your podcast. Subscribe at YouTube.com/reallykarel @ReallyKarel is all social media and website reallykarel.com The Karel Cast is heard three times a week on all your favorite streaming services and the video can be seen on Youtube. Karel is a history-making #LGBTQ talk show host currently living in Las Vegas with his pup Ember. The Karel Cast App is free and is the best way to watch and listen. Get it at reallykarel.com or any App Stor

Leslie is joined by Scott Paul, President of the Alliance for American Manufacturing (AAM), a partnership established by some of America’s leading manufacturers and the United Steelworkers union. The two discuss how Americans feel about 'Made In America' products, whether 'Bidenomics' is working, and why it’s time to end 'permanent normal trade relations' with China. The AAM website is AmericanManufacturing.com and their Twitter handle is @KeepItMadeInUSA. Scott's handle is @ScottPaulAAM.

The BradCast 07-06-2023 by Progressive Voices

Background Briefing 07-06-2023 by Progressive Voices

Olympic Record Setter Jackie Joyner-Kersee on Inspiring Children Karel Cast #224 She has six olympic medals, including three gold. She has been voted the best female athlete in the world and is a shero to so many. Jackie Joyner-Kersee has a new mission now, to help children succeed. She has written a new book with tools and keys to help young people, but all adults can prosper from her message. She is a true champion and inspiration. Watch on YouTube and listen wherever you get your podcast. Subscribe at YouTube.com/reallykarel @ReallyKarel is all social media and website reallykarel.com The Karel Cast is heard three times a week on all your favorite streaming services and the video can be seen on Youtube. Karel is a history-making #LGBTQ talk show host currently living in Las Vegas with his pup Ember. The Karel Cast App is free and is the best way to watch and listen. Get it at reallykarel.com or any App Store

Background Briefing 07-05-2023 by Progressive Voices

The BradCast 07-05-2023 by Progressive Voices

This time on Code WACK! This Independence Day we’re thinking about freedom to pursue our dreams. The high cost of health care makes it difficult or impossible for Americans to afford higher education, or retirement, and the impact on business is severe too, as employers struggle to afford health care for their workers. Thirteen years after the Affordable Care Act passed, health care in America is still marked by inequity and spiraling costs. Could single payer free us to pursue our dreams of financial security and independence? To find out, join Ian Lewis, political & research director at the National Union of Healthcare Workers, and a board member of California’s Office of Health Care Affordability.

July 4th A Sham; Congress is the problem, not Court; Birthrates Plummet Karel Cast #223 Yesterday we celebrated July 4th, but we totally miss the point now. Our founders would declare freedom from a new group today, a group that is just as tyrannical as a king, MAGA…because they want a new King. The Supreme Court has ruled again against LGBTQ people, and they are despicable for doing it; but they are just doing what they do. It's Congress that is really to Blame, so why does the LGBTQ community just love them so? I mean, what do they REALLY do for the community other than pay it lip service? And international birthrates are plummeting..why? Is it economics? Selfishness Both? Or something else, like pessimism of the future? Watch on YouTube and listen wherever you get your podcast. Subscribe at YouTube.com/reallykarel @ReallyKarel is all social media and website reallykarel.com The Karel Cast is heard three times a week on all your favorite streaming services and the video can be seen on Youtube. Karel is a hi

On the radio show this week we cover why the US Supreme Court Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) decision was a big deal and the ongoing need to protect native sovereignty; we touch base with the Women’s March about how people are rising across the country – and how you can get involved; we hear the latest about the attack on our communities and schools by the Moms (Against) Liberty; and we get some good news about the passage of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act and the Pump for Nursing Mothers Act. *Special guests include: Manilan Houle, Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa member, @ManilanH; Rachel O’Leary Carmona, Women’s March, @womensmarch; Randi Weingarten, American Federation of Teachers, @AFTunion; Tina Sherman, MomsRising, @MomsRising, @MamasConPoder, and @TinaShermanNC

"It’s being called the Minnesota miracle, but Minnesota’s historic legislative session was no act of god." The F-Word is released bi-weekly featuring timely commentaries by Laura Flanders and guests.

There seems to be no practical way to unite our world, let alone our country. In the past, a common foreign enemy has brought us together (“The enemy of my enemy is my friend”), but even with Russia decimating Ukraine, the world is divided over what looks to me like an obvious case of good v. evil. I guess things aren’t so obvious to all. We address that in today’s short audio essay. I hope you’ll listen.

With this episode, I’m reminded of when I did my first show on the sub-prime crisis. BRENDAN BALLOU, a federal prosecutor, explains how private equity has reshaped American business - from nursing homes to prisons, emergency rooms to apartment buildings - by raising prices, reducing quality, cutting jobs, and shifting resources from productive to unproductive parts of the economy. What’s worse, as of now PEs are legally shielded from liability for the consequences of their actions.

Next time on The State of Belief, historian Kevin M. Kruse of Princeton. An expert on how religion has been redefined as a political tactic in postwar America, he has valuable insights on ways that history is repeating itself today. Also, manipulating concerned parents – including Muslim parents – to fear and fight LGBTQ-inclusive materials in Montgomery County, Maryland public schools. We’ll get a firsthand look at this misuse of religion with Ambereen Khan, a parent in the district and host of Interfaith Voices on NPR.