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Michael and Sarah Walker — 194 episodes

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Article 3 of 3 The Long Game — Power Beyond the Ballot – Video

2

Article 2 of 3 Transparency Illusions — Money in Plain Sight – Video

3

Article 1 of 3 Midterms Under Siege — The Scale of Influence – Video

4

The Art of The Victim – Video

5

Two and a Half Years to Go: We Look at Impeachment, and the Consequences, Part 1 — Trump’s Greatest Unintended Successes – Video

6

They’re eating the dogs and cats – Or how to Feed the one that loves you the most – Video

7

It’s Now or Never – Video

8

What Do We Need? (A Question Asked Mid-Toke) – Video

9

Go Back to School, Donny — And Take Mike Johnson With You – Video

10

Did I Lose You? Let Me Try Again. – Video

11

The Public Investment Brick What Good Government Requires – Brick Eleven Public Investment – Video

12

It’s Not Which Side, It’s Looking In The Mirror – Video

13

Impeach Him, Impeach Him, Well Maybe we Hold Off On That – Piece 2: Why Not Impeaching Might Be the Smarter Move – Video

14

The Immigration and Social Services Brick What Good Government Actually Requires – Brick Ten – Immigration and Social Services – Video

15

Impeach Him, Impeach Him, Well Maybe we Hold Off On That – Piece 1: The Vance Problem – Video

16

The Environment Brick What Good Government Actually Requires — Brick Nine – Environment – Video

17

The Long View From 1964 – 23 and Me – Video

18

Behind the Scenes — The Secrets of Mediocrity and Old Age – Video

19

The Healthcare Brick What Good Government Actually Requires — Brick Eight – Healthcare – Video

20

Bye Bye Trump – Video

21

250 Years, and you don’t know why we are celebrating? – Video

22

Not On My Watch – Video

23

America, 250 years, and what do we have to celebrate? – Video

24

The Education Brick What Good Government Actually Requires — Brick Seven – Education – Video

25

The Purple Rose of Texas – Video

26

MAGA 2.0 — A Rose By Any Other Name Still Stinks – Video

27

The Capitalism Brick What Good Government Actually Requires — Brick Six – Capitalism – Video

28

The Four Horsemen Are Already Here – A message for Texas Bible Thumpers and Christian Nationalists everywhere – Video

29

Just Asking the Obvious – Video

30

The FCC and The News Brick What Good Government Actually Requires — Brick Five – The FCC and The News – Video

31

The Electoral College: A Solution Looking for the Right Problem? – Video

32

The Judicial Branch Brick What Good Government Actually Requires — Brick Four – The Judicial Branch – Video

33

It Takes Two to Tango, But The More The Merrier – Video

34

The Long View From 1964 – The Newsboy Cap – Video

35

Protecting Your Voting Rights – Video

36

Before We Go Any Further A Reality Check – Video

37

The Cabinet, Party Favors Brick What Good Government Actually Requires — Brick Three – The Cabinet, Party Favors – Video

38

Vote For The Devil Blues

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The Term Limits Brick What Good Government Actually Requires — Brick Two – Term Limits – Video

40

The Show Must Go On — But Who’s Running It Now? Part 2 – Video

41

The Accountability Brick What Good Government Actually Requires — Brick One – Accountability – Video

42

Guest Post – Outrage Turned Us vs. Them Into Us vs. Us – Video

43

One last thing, the Treasury is ours as well, get your fingers out of it. – Video

44

The Wake Up Call We Needed — Now What? – Video

45

This One Is For You The Moderates. The Independents. The People With No Checkbox. – Video

46

The President Who Won’t Leave – That’s right Donny, you never needed 4 inches to begin with – Video

47

Bernie, Bernie, Bernie – Video

48

F you Judge – Video

49

The collar changes the problem. – Video

50

The Truth They Can’t Reach – Video

51

If It Isn’t Trump, Who Is Running The Show? – Video

52

They Opened the Door. They Can Close It. – Video

53

The Long View From 1964 – Where is Anywhere – Video

54

A Day Late — On Purpose – Video

55

The Long View From 1964 – The Road and The Ground Beneath It – Video

56

The Long View From 1964 – How I tried to Save America – Video

57

The Long View From 1964 – The Land Moved While You Slept – Video

58

The Fastest Gun Alive — A Case for the Second Amendment – Video

59

1776 — The Number That Tells You Everything – Video

60

The Long View From 1964 – Maybe Just Listen – Video

61

A War Being Run By the Second String – Video

62

The Ash Didn’t Disappear – Video

63

Sheep Don’t Storm Castles – Video

64

The Long View From 1964 – Superman – Video

65

Your Grandchildren Will Search Your Name – Video

66

Making America Sick — Part 4 of 4: The Fight Back

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Making America Sick — Part 3 of 4: Why He’s Doing It? The Broken Compass

68

Making America Sick — Part 2 of 4: The Damage

69

The Chaos Candidate Part 2 of 2

70

The Chaos Candidate Part 1 of 2

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Making America Sick — Part 1 of 4: The Man Who Knew Better

72

A Text Message and FDA Approval – A COMPANION PIECE TO THE SERIES: MAKING AMERICA SICK — ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR.

73

He’s At It Again. He Never Really Stopped.

74

Article 3 of 3 The Long Game — Power Beyond the Ballot

75

Article 2 of 3 Transparency Illusions — Money in Plain Sight

76

Article 1 of 3 Midterms Under Siege — The Scale of Influence

77

The Illusion of Control: From Vietnam to Iran

78

Why you need me!

79

Addressing Mental Health – “A Practical Approach:”

80

Healthcare in America vs Socialized Medicine Today- End of Series

81

In America, we have No Kings. March 28 https://www.nokings.org/

82

Thank You, Mr. Trump: How Media Consolidation Is Accidentally Saving Journalism

83

Process vs. Power: When the Courts Step Into Medicine

84

A Pivot Opportunity on America’s Mental Health Crisis – Redirecting Priorities from Endless War

85

Christian nationalism isn’t really about Christianity at al

86

The GOAT Strategy

87

To The United States Congress – Thirty eight words

88

I Get It

89

No One Best Fix, Part 3 Dark Money Continued – Montana as a Test Case, Not a Template

90

Dark Money for Dummies — Part 3

91

Dark Money for Dummies — Part 2

92

Ballrooms and Breadlines: When Power Loses Touch With People

93

You Know You’ve Made It When Trump Tweets

94

The Trump Donation Loop: How Taxpayer Money Could Indirectly Fund a White House Ballroom

95

Pay to Be Heard by Trump

96

Guilt by Association: Your Silence on MAGA’s Shadow, You’re So Screwed

97

An Open Letter to Governor Tina Kotek and Mayor Keith Wilson: Portland’s Welcome Wagon for the Uninvited Guests

98

Throwing Off the MAGA Yoke

99

“Throwing Off the MAGA Yoke” — A Call to Real Republicans

100

Why Do The Ultra Rich Make Asses Of Themselves

101

Why People Are So Angry

102

Loyalty to Country, Not to a Man

103

Get Back to the Issues

104

Betting Against The Economy, why would Trump do that?

105

10% government stake in Intel – Good or Bad

106

Gerrymandering: Why Do Rules Exist If No One Follows Them?

107

Gerrymandering, The Cowards Confession / Girly Boys

108

Gerrymandering, The Cowards Confession

109

A Morning Note to a Friend That Isn’t Like Me

110

A Morning Note to a Friend That Isn’t Like Me

111

The Most Important Political Move You Can Make

112

The Hidden Cost of Calling Out the National Guard

113

Trumps Line in The Sand

114

When Crime Is a Convenient Excuse: Trump’s Selective Martial Law Target List

115

Martial Law, if you Allow It. Kiss Freedom Goodbye

116

Martial Law, The Beginning of the End

117

Robert F. Kennedy Independent Thinker, I Think Not – Part 3

118

Veterans’ Healthcare: The Promise, the Politics, and the Price

119

RFK Jr. and the Weaponization of Doubt – Part 2

120

RFK Jr. and the Collapse of Credibility — When Fringe Becomes Dangerous – Part 4

121

Promises and Prescriptions: The Reality of Veterans’ Healthcare in Trump’s Second Term

122

Gerrymandering: The Fire Trump Lit—and Why Everyone’s Getting Burned

123

Politicization of Economic Data. When it sounds too good to be True, it Usually Is

124

Canceled Kennedy Center Shows, 1st 6 months of Trump Taking the Center Over.

125

Renaming The Kennedy Center

126

WOKE – Got Lost

127

WOKE – In the Begining

128

WOKE – What It Can Be

129

MAGA, What is MAGA? Before Trump Turned it into a Cult

130

The Real Threat Isn’t Trans — It’s Distraction

131

What’s With the Windmills?

132

The Trump Deflection Doctrine

133

Reporting Under Fire: How Trump’s Lawsuit Against Murdoch Is Reshaping Political Journalism

134

Seeking the Truth as opposed to Affirmation

135

When Truth Is a Liability and Laughter a Crime

136

I Grew Up with the Truth — Now I Watch Them Bury It

137

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama

138

President Dwight D. Eisenhower – General of the Army

139

President George H. W. Bush

140

Senator John McCain — A Legacy of Courage, Principle, and Service

141

President Jimmy Carter

142

Project 2025 and Donald Trump

143

If You Want to Fix It, You Have to Touch It

144

Part 5 of “The Cost of Doing Nothing” – Volunteer for a Cause, Not a Party

145

Part 4 of “The Cost of Doing Nothing” – Fund Local Journalism

146

Part 3 of “The Cost of Doing Nothing” – Vote in the Primaries

147

Part 2 of “The Cost of Doing Nothing” – Show Up Locally

148

Technically True, Totally Misleading — The Weaponization of Context

149

Part 1 of “The Cost of Doing Nothing” – Talk

150

“Boring? Try Being a Moderate.”

151

Daily Rant: Acceptance and Action

152

A Call for Violence—Is That Really What You Want?

153

Step Two – Acceptance

154

🥒 Well, This Is a Fine Pickle We’re In

155

Voter Dissonance and Willful Disbelief

156

J.D. Vance: From Hillbilly to Henchman

157

Okay, He’s Been Impeached, Now What?

158

Good thing I roast my own coffee beans.

159

Robert F. Kennedy Jr – Part 1

160

Trumps Cognitive Decline or Dementia

161

What Now? When Everyone Knows, But No One Moves

162

I do Dammit.

163

From FEMA to Alligators, What’s for Lunch

164

It’s not Paranoia, It’s Real

165

Why Billionaires go into Politics

166

The Morning After

167

Not Quite the Fourth – 2025

168

About Here – How it started, and where it is going.

169

USAID and Those That Will Die

170

ICE and the Gestapo: Structural Parallels in Authoritarian Policing

171

🌐 Welcome to Newsom – Buttigieg – 2028

172

It’s Not About Zelensky — It’s About Stopping Putin

173

Dream Teams, let the Party be Damned

174

🌐 Welcome to Stewart – Rice – 2028

175

🌐 Welcome to Cuban – Yang – 2028

176

🌐 Welcome to Manchin – Klobuchar – 2028

177

🌐 Welcome to Booker – Crenshaw – 2028

178

🌐 Welcome to Obama – Kinzinger – 2028

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🌐 Welcome to Tester – Murkowski – 2028

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🌐 Welcome to Raimondo – Hogan – 2028

181

They Stand Beside Them

182

I Told You So:

183

The Land Baron’s War: When Foreign Policy Becomes a Private Game

184

A Constitutional Case for Impeachment

185

Should we support Ukraine?

186

When Power Serves Itself: The Case for Impeaching Donald Trump

187

Two Weeks, the Greatest plan will be ready in Two Weeks

188

“Admitting I was fooled would mean admitting I was wrong — and I can’t do that.”

189

The High Cost of Harsh Immigration Enforcement

190

The Oracle of Alternate Intelligence

191

Trump’s “Big, Beautiful” Healthcare Plan Passed — What Happened

192

Trump’s Healthcare Record: What Really Changed?

193

The Strangelove Doctrine

194

Maybe the problem is us