Wosny Lambre (@BigWos) joins the show in studio today. Sorting through the multiple interpretations of the Trump administrations ongoing scandal regarding campaign contact with Russia. How to keep a level head when there is clearly a troubling amount of deep state activity. And on the fun half – KellyAnne Conway’s getting savaged for booking herself […]

Journalist Marcy Wheeler, explains why the Intelligence community has become worried about Trump and national security. Mike Flynn’s Russia calls and why he lied. Was Flynn compromised by Russia and how that information became public. Did Trump direct Flynn. How Flynn’s call was intercepted. Obama and the National Security State. Does the scandal end with […]

Journalist and assistant professor of political science at Brown University, Alex Gourevitch, explains the reasoning by the calls for general strikes against the Trump Administration. The last general strike in America. America’s violent labor history. The Ludlow Massacre. America’s reactionary hostility to labor movements. The war on workers rights and lose of striking rights. Is […]

Eric Foner, DeWitt Clinton Professor of History at Columbia University, explains what is radicalism. Why radicalism is different from liberalism and incrementalism. Has America always had radicals. The 1990s and the “end of history”. Tom Paine, America’s original radical. Radicalism in times of crisis. The opportunities the Left has today. Why are people marching against […]

Why did Trump warn Israel on settlements? Nikki Haley condemns Russia at the UN and we breakdown why. Cliff Schecter, explains why things could be even worse with Trump supporters. Trump’s disaster in Yemen. Where do you start with Trump and his endless crimes and violations. The leaks coming out of the Trump Administration. Are […]

Donald Trump ignores a question from CNN and calls the reporter “fake news”. Will the media defend itself against Trump. Analyst, Dan Dicker explains why Rex Tillerson simply means an oil and gas based foreign policy. Exxon’s investments in Russia. How Exxon will win in the new foreign policy. Rex Tillerson’s foreign policy and the […]

Chris Cuomo and Kellyanne Conway battle on CNN and we hope they are both wrong. Cliff Schecter on why the Democrats should try to make Trump pay for the wall. Tom Cotton, says Republicans need a replacement for Obamacare before it is repealed. The Obama Administration’s failure to brand Obamacare. Why poor and conservative states […]

Luke Mayville (@LukeMayville) joins us today to discuss his new book, “John Adams and the Fear of Oligarchy.” John Adams’ skepticism of “meritocracy” and the glorification of the rich. John Adams’ understanding of “oligarchy,” as opposed to the “meritocratic” elite of the counter-majoritarian Federalist Papers. What is true and untrue about Thomas Jefferson’s “populism.” Adams’ heterodox […]