The Social Contract with Joe Walsh

Trump was in Michigan yesterday, at one of his rallies, telling one lie after another. But this isn’t about Trump. This is about two “normal” Republican members of Congress who were at the rally too, and the anti-democratic crap they said. The whole party has been infected. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

If Trump and his fellow Republicans couldn’t still blame Joe Biden for everything that’s wrong in this country, they’d have nothing to say. But they do it still because they think their voters will believe anything. Also, the legacy media sucks, and what Democratic Socialists believe is utterly whacky. And un-American. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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My weekly sit down with Cliff Schecter, long time Democratic strategist. We discussed the divides between the Democratic Socialists, progressives, and moderate Democrats. The fighting is beginning to get ugly. The fight is real and should happen, but not right now. Right now, the focus should be solely on Trump. Have the fight AFTER the midterms. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I sat down with writer, director, & podcaster Andy Ostroy, and we covered everything including is MAGA breaking up, are Republicans finally breaking from Trump, and what do Democrats need to do to win beyond 2026. Cool conversation. Have a listen. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

18 American service members have been killed so far in Trump’s war against Iran. And Trump uses that number 18, and compares it to all the Americans lost in previous wars like the Vietnam war, as some sort of “success story.” He’s despicable. And he doesn’t know what he’s doing and he doesn’t care. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

3 questions for today’s show: What’s worse, being wicked or being wrong? Is it an irrational act for a brown or black person to run away from ICE if they’re pulled over? And, why would any journalist go to a White House Correspondent’s Dinner with a president who’s at war against the First Amendment? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today’s Republican Party is authoritarian, it’s fascist, it’s an utterly un-American political party led by the very thing our Founders feared. But you know what’s crazy? Today’s Republican Party will keep winning nationally and in battleground states if Democrats keep doing them a big favor - going crazy left and talking about shit the American people don’t agree with or don’t care about. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Last night was a nothing burger. He presented no evidence of anything. Even Fox News said they’re not in a position to verify anything he claimed. Why are we still here? To soothe his hugely fragile ego and because he is trying to fuck with the midterms. That’s why. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

He’s going to address the nation tonight. He’s not gonna speak about you & your economics struggles. He’s gonna talk about himself. He’s gonna talk about an election he lost six yrs ago. Don’t ignore him. Our job is to defeat him in November. So pay attention to what he says tonight, then tell everyone you know what he said. So they know…come November. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A socialist and a libertarian met in a bar again, and this time they got right into it. Are we just too damn different, too damn big, too damn divided in what we believe in that we ought to just break up right now into several different sovereign nations? All of that and a discussion of federalism. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The time for beating around the bush is long past. The time for being afraid to speak the truth is long past. In America right now, on our streets, we have government-sanctioned, lawless thugs murdering innocent people. Government-sanctioned murderers. Here. So, you decide America? Is this what you want your country to be? Is this the America you want? Decide. Now. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We wake up this morning to another person killed in an ICE involved shooting. This time in Maine. One week after ICE killed a father/grandfather in Houston. ICE isn’t law enforcement. ICE is the antithesis of law enforcement. And the vast majority of the American people get that. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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My weekly tequila talk conversation with Democratic strategist Cliff Schecter. Also joining us is Richard Chew of WCPT radio in Chicago. We talked about the Dem party and what they must do to win. Great conversation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

My weekly sit down with my younger socialist friend, Xander Schultz. And we get into the whole “label” thing - when people throw out terms like communist or socialist, how best to take that stuff on. Xander had a great rebuttal- focus on corruption. Also, how do we get people who disagree with each other to actually listen to each other. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

By supporting Donald Trump, Republicans told the world they don’t give a damn about personal character. Democrats, don’t do the same, it’s wrong, personally Al character matters, and you can still win by electing “fighters” with good personal character. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On June 18, Trump’s Justice Department issued a memo claiming that federal disability laws don’t require state level integration, guidance in direct conflict with the 1999 Supreme Court Olmstead decision. This memo must not stand. Time for Congress to codify into law the Olmstead decision. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A lot of talk these days about certain people who “hate” America, and the right is going to town on certain elements of the left that clearly don’t like America. And there are folks on the left who despise what America is. But nobody hates America more than someone who loses an election and refuses to accept the results. No one hates America more than someone who opposes our founding principles. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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My younger socialist friend and I chatted again this week, focused especially on the problems of homelessness, addiction, and mental health, what to do, what not to do, what if anything government should do. We agreed that letting these folks hang in public spaces isn’t the answer, we looked for a better term than “institutionalize.” Neat conversation Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

From the moment he was sworn in, he’s been stuffing his pockets with money and his family has been stuffing their pockets with money…to the tune of billions. We’ve never seen anything like it. He singlehandedly fucked up the economy, he illegally took this country to war, and he’s desecrating the people’s house. And along the way, he’s personally enriching himself. He doesn’t care about you. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I sat down with Brian Karem, longtime political journalist & reporter to try to make sense of where we’re at - what’s Trump really up to? Is Trump really all there? Why has today’s media utterly normalized him? And…what the heck is the Democratic Party doing/and where are they heading? Interesting conversation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A conversation with Genia Simkin, who runs samizdatonline.org, an organization dedicated to getting independent reporting into the hands of people who live in countries where the government controls what information people are allowed to see. It’s difficult work, but it’s an important, necessary cause. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Trump threw a 250th anniversary State Fair in DC this weekend and nobody showed up. I mean nobody. It’s super easy to make fun of, but the whole thing is sad. Trump has ruined our 250th. He’s humanly incapable of unifying this country. And so the American people will celebrate our 250th not as one unified country. But as a divided, siloed, balkanized country. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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I sat down again with my Socialist friend Xander Schultz and we discussed how best to put forward a positive vision for voters to counter what Trump and MAGA put out there. One takeaway - The left needs to unabashedly display more pure love for this country. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Every day there are reminders. Every day. ICE going after citizens, going after people legally here on work permits, going after immigrants without any criminal record who’ve been here for years. These good, decent, hardworking folks have always been Trump’s targets. Because he doesn’t want brown & black immigrants here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Democrats are having their tea party moment, it’s a tea party coming from their Democratic Socialist wing. What will this lead to? Who knows? But I come from the tea party, and the tea party morphed into MAGA, and the GOP is now full on MAGA. So who knows? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Former U.S. Navy Pilot and author Ken Harbaugh has an amazing piece out right now in The Atlantic called “The Witches Of Ukraine’s Resistance” detailing the incredibly courageous work of everyday Ukrainians in Russian-occupied territories. Ken & I sat down to chat. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

He fucked it up. The reflecting pool that is. It’s gone bad. Algae everywhere, peeling paint, etc, etc. And, once again, after one of his fuck ups, he lies about what happened. Will a pool, will the Lincoln Memorial’s reflecting pool finally compel Americans to do a bit of reflecting on their own? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Barack Obama opened his presidential library yesterday. Donald Trump humiliated America in front of the entire world yesterday. Once again. How did we get from Obama to Trump? What led to Trump? The answer is much more comprehensive than you think. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Traveling the country this summer, speaking to regular Americans across the political spectrum has convinced me that the divide in this country is much more serious than the experts and the talking heads think. It’s not just social media. It’s more profound. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

No matter where you are on Trump’s stupid, illegal war, there’s no doubt that Trump and America lost. And Iran won. We come out of it much weaker. This is what happens when you have an idiotic sociopath in the White House. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A video from yesterday showing ICE thugs ramming a vehicle in front of a school with children in it. And then throwing the parents to the ground and handcuffing them in front of their children. This kind of cruel shit goes on every day, everywhere in this country. We must not forget. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I ignored Trump all weekend. Woke up this morning to headlines about a “deal” with Iran, a UFC bash at the White House, and Trump deciding to turn July 4th into a big Trump rally. He launched an illegal war, he fucked up our economy, and he’s trying to distract you with breads & circuses, all while purposely dividing this country. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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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 about it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 more information.

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.