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Fascism On The Fourth | The Coffee Klatch for July 5, 2025
Friends,
Happy Fourth of July weekend.
Today Heather and I examine Trump’s newly enacted Big Ugly Bill — its record-breaking redistribution of income …
6 months ago
Mamdani! | The Saturday Coffee Klatch for June 28, 2025
Friends,
Today, Heather and I come to you from Central Park in New York City, where we assess the remarkable upset victory of 33-year-old Zohran Mamda…
6 months, 1 week ago
Trump’s Ultimate Power Trip? | The Coffee Klatch
Friends,
Today Heather and I look at the war in Iran through the lens of Donald Trump’s insatiable need to expand and display his power. How can he ev…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Fighting Trump | The Coffee Klatch for June 14, 2025
Friends,
Today, Michael and I take a deep dive into Trump’s most authoritarian week yet. (Heather will be back next week.) We ask: Why did he choose t…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
Ultimate Fighting Championship | The Coffee Klatch for Saturday, June 7, 2025
Friends,
That any of us have to care about the messy breakup of these two malignant narcissists — and that they both individually wield such massive p…
7 months ago
Is Musk Gone for Good? | The Coffee Klatch for Saturday, May 31, 2025
Friends,
Today Heather and I examine whether the three big political events of this week — Musk’s leaving the White House, the U.S. Court of Internati…
7 months, 1 week ago
The Gerontocracy Problem
Friends,
V Spehar invited me to join them today to talk about how we should deal with America’s aging politicians — our “gerontocracy.”
I’m something …
7 months, 1 week ago
What Should We Do Now? Live with Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II
Friends,
One of my favorite people in the world is the Reverend Dr. William Barber, whose moral and strategic insights at this horrific moment in our …
7 months, 1 week ago
The New Fascism | Coffee Klatch for May 24, 2025
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Today Heather and I look at the Trump regime’s decision to bar international students from Harvard and ask, what’s the difference between a …
7 months, 2 weeks ago
The Era of the Great Bamboozle | The Coffee Klatch for May 17, 2025
Friends,
Today, Heather and I look into the schemes that Trump and the people around him are using to make themselves rich at the expense of the Ameri…
7 months, 3 weeks ago