Podcast appearances and mentions of Barbara Boxer

Show Notes: Patrick Jackson talks about growing up in his great-grandparents' home in an unincorporated area of Shelby County, where he had no indoor plumbing until age 10. That home, where he lived with his mother and three brothers, was his formative space before going to Harvard. Patrick was initially considering medical school. However, he decided to pursue politics, inspired by an experience he had as a junior in high school working as a U.S. House Page on Capitol Hill. Becoming a Page in the U.S. House of Representatives Patrick believes that God opened a door for him to become a Page through his freshman football and track coach, Mac Hawkins, a government  and civics teacher and Bartlett High School, who became like a surrogate father to him. In 1985 Coach Hawkins found out about an opportunity to become a page through then-Congressman Don Sunquist, who was looking to appoint a promising high school student. Patrick's experience with the Page Program highlights the importance of faith, connections, and the support of family and friends. In this conversation, Patrick discusses his experience as a page in the House of Representatives and the impact it had on his life. He recalls the experience as transformative and fueled him to pursue a career in government. Patrick ended up concentrating in Government at Harvard. Working in Politics After graduation from Harvard, Patrick landed an internship with the Small Business Administration, an opportunity that helped him gain experience and broaden his horizons. Patrick also mentions that he had a temporary spot with Congresswoman Barbara Boxer, who was running for the US Senate at the time. He was invited to work as a legislative correspondent in the Senate office, answering constituent letters and handling constituent calls. However, he wanted to move up quickly and take on more responsibility, so he left Senator Boxer's office and worked for Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez from New York. One significant experience he had there was witnessing Congresswoman Velazquez testify during the healthcare debate about privacy. He had to help write her testimony, which was a tough day but a good day because it helped many people. Patrick acknowledges that this incident did not directly lead to the enactment of the HIPAA law, but it helped with the debate about privacy and HIPAA, adding to the chorus of voices calling for the law to be made and enacted. In 1995, Patrick left Congresswoman Velazquez' office and worked for the late Julian Dixon, a California member of Congress who served as a senior Democrat on Appropriations Committee. He learned a lot from his time there, including the importance of strong relationships across the aisle. Dixon was part of a tight California delegation that worked together to get things done for the state, including medical research funding for top universities and public hospital systems. Patrick also owes a lot to Tracy Holmes, his Chief of Staff, who was skilled in working with people and helping them succeed. Law School and Study Abroad Patrick discusses his experiences in law school and his study abroad experience.  Though he initially planned to work for just two years before law school, he did not enter law school until 1998, when he began at the University of Wisconsin law school in Madison.  While in law school Patricj participated in a law school exchange program at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. There Patrick lived in a student house with other international students and enjoyed the hustle and bustle of the square area. He learned about European legal systems through the international comparative comparative law program at the University of Wisconsin.  After law school, he was offered a job after graduation in Columbus, Ohio. He worked as a firm there for a few years but realized that it wasn't what he wanted to spend the rest of his life doing and left the firm at the end of 2005. From Law to the Seminary Patrick left Columbus, Ohio, in 2007, returning to his home in Tennessee to work briefly as a substitute teacher in the Shelby County school system. In 2008 he left Tennessee to return to D.C. to work for United Way of America as a federal lobbyist, covering national issues like the 211 information system and the Emergency Food and Shelter National Board Program. He met his wife in 2006 while still in Columbus, Ohio, and they became friends and stayed in touch even long distance. In 2010, they decided to move their relationship forward and got married. He worked with Senator Sherrod Brown from 2009 to 2011, but they decided to return to Columbus in 2011.  During that time of transition, Patrick sensed a call to fulltime ministry, which was influenced in part by his involvement in the music ministry at a church in Dumfries, Virginia.  He also attended US Senate Chaplain Barry Black's weekly Bible studies and enrolled in his spiritual mentoring classes. During one of these Bible studies, Chaplain Black encouraged him to consider attending seminary. However, Patrick would not attend seminary until 2013, after spending some time working as a contract lawyer in Columbus.  Patrick attended Andover Newton Theological School in Newton, Massachusetts, graduating with honors in 2017. Life As a Pastor Patrick shares his experience of applying to American Baptist churches for senior pastor positions after graduation from Andover Newton. In 2018 Patrick accepted a Pastoral Residency at Richmond's First Baptist Church in Richmond, Virginia.  It was a tremendously rewarding experience and helped prepare him for his first pastorate at First Baptist Church-Church of the Brethren and Cedar Rapids, a dually-aligned American Baptist and Church of the Brethren congregation. The process of becoming a pastor at the church involved submitting materials, having phone conversations, and attending a candidate weekend. The church then voted on whether to call the applicant. This experience led to his current position. As an African American pastor at a predominantly white congregation.  Patrick shares his experiences of working as a pastor and delivering sermons during Covid. Influential Harvard Courses and Professors Patrick shares his experiences with the late Professor Martin Kilson, a government professor who taught him about African American political development in the south. He took a graduate course from Prof. Kilson on African political systems: Power, and Legitimacy, which provided insights into the history and politics of Nigeria, the Congo, and Kenya. Timestamps: 05:02: The Impact of the Page Program and Early Career  18:18: Transition to Capitol Hill and Early Career Challenges 33:20: Law School and International Experience 40:09: Return to Capitol Hill and Transition to Ministry  53:58: Seminary and Pastoral Career  1:08:19: Transition to Cedar Rapids and Current Role  1:20:25: Reflections on Harvard and Influential Courses  Links: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrick-jackson-0489a6/   Patrick's church: https://www.thechurchonnorthland.com/ Featured Non-profit: The featured non-profit of this episode of The 92 Report is recommended by Julie Mallozzi who reports: “Hi, I'm Julie Mallozzi, class of 1992 the featured organization of this episode of The 92 report is New Day Films. New Day Films is a filmmaker-run distributor of educational documentaries, many of them exploring urgent social issues. I have been a member of this amazing co-op for six years, and am proud to be serving my third year on its steering committee. You can learn more about our work@newday.com and now here's Will Bachmann with this week's episode. To learn more about their work visit: https://www.newday.com/

In this episode of 'Copeland's Corner,' Tom Sawyer fills in for Brian Copeland and hosts a political discussion with guests Nicole Boxer, Jim Vallely, and Cathy Ladman. They cover various topics, including the controversial appointment of Matt Gaetz as Attorney General by Donald Trump, the challenges and ramifications of Trump's leadership, the Democratic Party's need for a new strategy, and the importance of clear communication in politics. The gang also discusses the societal and cultural impacts of recent elections, reiterating the need for empathy and understanding among people. Full Social Media Post from today's show CLICK HERE. --Connect with our Guests...Jim Vallely - Wiki BioNicole Boxer - Bio and @NicBoxer on InstagramCathy Ladman- Website  and @CathyLadman1 on Instagram   --For more from Brian...Visit his website: www.BrianCopeland.comFollow on Social Media: Instagram - @CopelandsCorner & @BrianCopieEmail: BrianCopelandShow@Gmail.com --Copeland's Corner is Created, Hosted, & Executive Produced by Brian Copeland. This Show is Recorded & Mixed by Charlene Goto with Go-To Productions. Visit Go-To Productions for all your Podcast & Media needs.Our Booking Producer is Tom Sawyer. For any show inquiries, please email CopelandsCornerPodcast@gmail.com

A welter of emotions—disappointment, anger, shellshock, bewilderment—jockey for attention in the wake of Donald Trump's decisive victory. How did the American people select a constitutional villain they know so well, who has promised an even more lawless and destructive second term? A great group of thoughtful and trenchant commentators—Senator Barbara Boxer, Norm Ornstein, and Jacob Weisberg—join Harry to probe the deeper explanations for Trump's victory and begin to consider what is to be done.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this special “Plot Twist” episode of The Light Watkins Show, Light Watkins shares an inspiring conversation with Dr. Emily Morse, one of the world's top sex therapists, authors, and media personalities. The episode features a pivotal moment in Dr. Morse's life when she faced a major setback—losing all of her money, couch surfing, and driving friends to the airport for extra cash. But instead of giving up, Dr. Morse found this plot twist led her toward her true calling.Listeners will hear how Dr. Morse transitioned from working in politics alongside well-known figures like Barbara Boxer and Willie Brown to becoming a leading voice in the world of sex and relationships. She opens up about the ups and downs of her journey, sharing valuable lessons about perseverance, pivoting, and following her passion.This episode dives into Dr. Morse's personal challenges, including financial struggles, burnout, and how she used these obstacles to fuel her purpose. Along the way, she also talks about the early days of her podcast Sex with Emily, the importance of open communication, and why it's essential to embrace life's detours.Tune in for an inspiring and motivating story that reminds us all to lean into our own plot twists, as they often lead us to the path we were meant to take. If you're looking for a story of resilience and transformation, this episode is for you!And if you're curious to hear how Emily became Dr. Emily, click here.Send us a text message. We'd love to hear from you!

Barbara Boxer retired from the U.S. Senate in 2016, but she's still actively engaged in politics. Part of that includes supporting the Democrat Will Rollins against incumbent Republican Rep. Ken Calvert in one of the hotly contested congressional races in California that could determine control of the House. Scott talks with Boxer from her home in Rancho Mirage about that race, the historic 2024 election, thoughts about her friend Joe Biden dropping out and what's at stake in November. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's State of California, Doug Sovern spoke with an assortment of guests from the Democratic National Convention; Barbara Boxer, David Chiu, Barbara Lee, Nancy Pelosi, Sandra Davis, Liz Plank, and Fatima Goss Graves.

Former California Senator Barbara Boxer joins Tavis to share her thoughts about Biden's legacy, why 2024 may be the year of the woman all over again, and revisits the call to abolish the electoral college eight years after she introduced that landmark legislation.

The California State Fair kicks off this week in Sacramento. This year's State Fair will have something new that no state fair in the U.S. has ever had. For the first time, marijuana sales and on-site consumption will be allowed. Guest: James Leitz, Executive Producer of the State Fair's cannabis competition and exhibit As calls continue from some elected officials for President Biden to drop out of the presidential race after his poor debate performance, Governor Gavin Newsom said Wednesday that he remains steadfast in his support of the president as the Democratic Party's nominee. Former U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer is also dismissing calls for Biden to step aside. Reporter: Scott Shafer, KQED A new law will mandate California high schools teach students about the dangers of fentanyl. Reporter: Heidi de Marco, KPBS Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Mark and Allen break down the Episode where we actually meet one of Ron's brothers in person! Leslie and April are headed to Washington D.C. to convince a bunch of senators to support the National Parks. They've prepped, and Leslie is excited, convinced that April will show how thorough and hardworking she truly is. However, April is quietly freaking out about having to break it to Leslie that bureaucracy is not her calling ... as a friend, Leslie is loyal, thoughtful, and caring to a fault, but she's also stubborn and thoroughly convinced she knows what's best, not only for herself, but for literally everyone around her. As Leslie, April, and teammate Randy have meeting after meeting with senators, it seems like things are going well ... They're getting decent responses from senators, and during a one-on-one walk with Randy, Leslie is even offered a promotion to the position of Deputy Director of Operations and Interior. Despite all this, we see April just getting more and more anxious about telling Leslie the truth. Finally, while sitting with Leslie and listening to her news about the offered promotion, April finally gives in to her anxieties and blurts out that she wants to quit the National Parks Service. Meanwhile, knowing April is unhappy with her current job situation, Andy waits until she is gone on her trip to D.C. (see the A-Story above), then reaches out to Ben to brainstorm some new jobs April could pursue. Their first stop is meeting with Ron at the Very Good Building and Development company, Ron tries his best to help, but unfortunately, the routine work available there doesn't quite fit April's need to think creatively. Nevertheless, Ron joins Andy and Ben in trying to find the perfect job for April. Their second stop is a meeting with Barney Varmn at Tilton and Radomski Accounting, who (along with everyone else at the accounting firm) absolutely LOVES Ben. Anyway, Barney tells them Tilton and Radomski is opening a consulting arm, which would involve a lot of creative thinking. The good news? This sounds like it *could* be a good fit for April. The bad news? It's too late, and they aren't taking any more applicants. However, after discussing it, the guys decide they will make one last final attempt to pitch April to Barney. As always, we tackle the tough questions, such as ... How does Leslie take April's news? Who else do the guys get to help with their final pitch to Barney? Does Leslie end up taking the promotion? What secret plan does Andy have to help convince Barney? Will Leslie have to lean on her good friend Madeleine Albright for advice? Do the guys make a successful pitch, and if so, does April end up working for Barney? Can April ever figure out what job she actually wants? Loyal podcast viewers, April's job arc seems to be drawing to a close ... or is it? Stay tuned to find out! Many thanks to our incredible sponsor ... the Very Good Building and Development Company.

It was the week in which both Joe Biden and Donald Trump passed the threshold for delegates to secure their party's nominations for President, and the general election season began. Barbara Boxer, David French, & Jason Kander join Harry to compare and contrast 2024 w/ 2020; consider the American people's apparent indifference to Trump's insurrectionary conduct; analyze Biden's reduced support among important constituencies; & assess the impact of the developments in the various criminal trials.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

For most of the last three decades, California had two female senators – Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer. But after the November election, there's a chance we'll have two men. Scott, Marisa and Guy are joined by Los Angeles Times reporter Benjamin Oreskes, who recently wrote about how women appear to be the reason why California's streak of female senators may be ending. 

Jim Margolis, partner at GMMB media, is a pioneering Democratic media consultant who is featured in the new documentary, The Bigger Hammer, by filmmaker Keith Gaby that focuses on the message war behind the Obama vs. McCain 2008 race (now available on Amazon). In this conversation, Jim talks his path to politics through student activism in Kalamazoo, managing House campaigns, and working on the Hill before partnering with Frank Greer to start GMMB. He also goes in depth on his work for the Obama Presidential campaigns and shares some of his favorite stories and spots from a career atop the world of political media.IN THIS EPISODEJim's early entry into politics as a high schooler in Kalamazoo, MI...Why a narrow loss in one of the first races he worked was "the best thing that ever happened" to him...Jim talks the important role Congressman Howard Wolpe played in his development...Lessons learned from his early days as a campaign manager and Hill Chief...A one-of-a-kind story from Kent Conrad's upset 1986 Senate win in North Dakota...How his partnership with Frank Greer started and Jim's early days as an ad-maker...A deep dive into Jim's role spearheading media on the Obama '08 presidential campaign...Why Jim had the '08 Democratic Convention stage dramatically changed at the last minute...Jim's 101 on producing political conventions...Jim on working for two of his most prominent Senate clients, Barbara Boxer and Harry Reid...What got Jim in Harry Reid's doghouse for a couple of weeks...Jim talks the evolution of his firm GMMB over the years...Jim breaks down the art of political ad-buying...Jim's advice to the next generation of political media consultants...AND 3/10/83, Brock Adams, Africanists, Mark Andrews, David Axelrod, blue suits, Quentin Burdick, the Chicago Tribune, Cinderella years, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, crazy hats, Fred Davis, disease implications, Byron Dorgan, ending apartheid, extra chips, fancy Florida hotels, Dianne Feinstein, Fort Defiance, Wyche Fowler, game show sets, good ears, Larry Grisolano, herculean tasks, Anita Hill, Paris Hilton, Invesco Stadium, John Kerry, Jim Messina, Michigan State University, Walter Mondale, Robby Mook, mosquito nets, Navajo reservations, David Plouffe, punch cards, Bernie Sanders, tax commissioners, Western Michigan University...& more!

​Don't miss out on the latest episode of our podcast, as hosts Patrick Evans and Randy Florence sit down with retired United States Senator Barbara Boxer. Recorded on the outdoor patio of Skip Paige's Little Bar in Palm Desert, CA, they dive deep into Boxer's impressive journey from newspaper reporter to Congressional aide and Member of Congress, and her eventual rise to becoming one of California's two U.S. Senators. Even after her retirement in 2017, Boxer's passion for civic activity remains unwavering. She shares how she used her relationships with colleagues from both sides of the aisle to achieve bipartisan cooperation on crucial political tasks. Tune in to this captivating conversation, bringing you a fascinating glimpse into the life of Senator Boxer from The Center of the Coachella Valley Universe.

The Mary Trump Show's Mary Trump examines how we got the disorder that made Trump who he is. Former Senator Barbara Boxer tells us about her big idea on how we can fix immigration in America. Nixonland Author Rick Perlstein examines the pitfalls of covering the 2024 election.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode of California Politics Now with Julia Ann Dudley Najieb, part one of: "Who are California's US Senate Candidates?" reviews the California U.S. senate seat in general: voters in California will elect one member to the U.S. Senate in the general election on November 5, 2024. The primary is March 5, 2024. The filing deadline was December 8, 2023. The election will fill the Class I Senate seat held by Sen. Laphonza Butler (D). Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) appointed Butler after former Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D) died on September 29, 2023. The 2024 election is only the second California Senate race without an incumbent since 1992, the other being the 2016 election following Barbara Boxer's retirement. no clear frontrunner, and thus considers the 2024 election the first truly open California Senate race in 32 years. She is openly lesbian, making her California's first openly LGBTQ Senator and the first openly LGBTQ black woman to serve in Congress.

Mark Barabak, the veteran political reporter and columnist for the L.A. Times, has just helmed a six-part series analyzing the political evolutions across the New West - Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Oregon.  In this conversation, Mark talks his recent series, touches on the politics in all six of these states, and breaks down what it says about the trajectory of the region and the impact on the national landscape. He also mines his reporter's notebook to talk some of his favorite stories and personalities from 35+ years covering politics.IN THIS EPISODEMark talks how he was drawn to working in political journalism...The one state Mark hasn't covered yet...What led Mark to helm his recent series on the New West...The biggest surprise in the recent political evolution of the West...How much remains of the historical, libertarian political character of the West...How Cindy McCain has recently played an important symbolic role in Arizona politics...Mark on Governor Jared Polis and political trajectory of Colorado...Why emigration from California is not helping Republicans in the rest of the region...Mark talks the importance of Latino voters in the West...Mark's take on what it would take for Republicans to finally break through in Oregon...What Bend, OR reveals about politics in the state...How resilient is Democratic strength in the West if the party moves more to the left...How Bill Clinton muscled California into becoming a safe Democratic state...The anecdote Mark has waited 30 years to use...Mark recalls the importance of the Berman/Waxman So Cal "machine" and Northern CA's Burton "machine"...Mark's memories covering Nancy Pelosi's political career from her very first race in the 80s...Mark weighs in on the '24 California open Senate seat...The most charismatic politicians Mark has seen over the years...AND 801 Chophouse, accelerants, Joe Biden, Barbara Boxer, Harry Britt, broad libertarian streaks, Pat Brown, Ron Brown, Willie Brown, bundling, Sala Burton, George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush, California tattoos, criminal malpractice, Gray Davis, Michael Dukakis, election deniers, John Emerson, extractive industries, fingertip sensitivity, Diane Feinstein, Greek Lit, Kamala Harris, Peter Hart, John Hickenlooper, the hoi polloi, Mark Kelly, Ted Kennedy, John Kerry, Kari Lake, Adam Laxalt, Barbara Lee, Mel Levine, Bill Lunch, Maricopa County, Blake Masters, Leo McCarthy, Narragansett, Grover Norquist, Tip O'Neill, Mike Ovitz, Leon Panetta, Pablo Picasso, Katie Porter, RINOs, Ronald Reagan, Dick Riordan, Brian Sanderoff, Adam Schiff, John Seymour, Derek Shearer, Bob Shrum, sourdough bread, unhelpful quotes, Pete Wilson...& more!

Bill Carrick was the longtime chief media strategist for Senator Dianne Feinstein, as well as helping elect President Bill Clinton, multiple LA mayors, Congressman Jim Clyburn, and many more. In this conversation, Bill discusses his early political roots in South Carolina, his time working for Senator Ted Kennedy, his pivot to political media, and a deep dive on his time as chief strategist for Dianne Feinstein. We talk her early activist days in the 60s, the assassination that led to her becoming mayor of San Francisco, their first lunch meeting in 1989, how she leveraged a loss in the '90 Governor's race into 6 terms in the Senate, and her impact and legacy on priorities as varied as water policy, gun safety, choice, anti-torture policies, and more. IN THIS EPISODEBill's roots in South Carolina Democratic politics...One of Bill's favorite Fritz Hollings story...Bill's time working for Senator Ted Kennedy...The 1974 race that convinced Bill he should become a media consultant...Bill talks the early career of Dianne Feinstein on the San Francisco Board...Bill relates the story Dianne Feinstein would tell about the tragic assassination that propelled her to the Mayor's office...The first meeting of Bill with then-Mayor Feinstein before her 1990 Governor's race against Pete Wilson...The focus groups that helped ignite her statewide political career...Her '94 re-election amidst the GOP wave and against one of the first deep-pocketed self-funders...Bill relates Feinstein's views toward being on the short list of the '84 Vice Presidential process...Bill on Senator Feinstein's top passions and priorities...Feinstein's evolving views of the death penalty...Memories of her final re-election in 2018...Bill weighs in on the political legacy of Diane Feinstein...AND Aiken, the assault weapons ban, Tony Bennett, Annette Bening, The Boston Herald, Barbara Boxer, Willie Brown, George H.W. Bush, cable cars, Bill Clinton, the Commerce Committee, DACA, Gray Davis, Kevin de León, The Desert Protection Act, George Deukmejian, Jim Eastland, Dwight Eisenhower, Geraldine Ferraro, Don Fowler, Dick Gephardt, Barry Goldwater, Aaron Henry, Michael Huffington, the Inland Empire, Olin Johnston, Joshua Tree, JFK, Bob Lagomarsino, lovefests, John McCain, Leo McCarthy, Harvey Milk, Walter Mondale, George Moscone, Earl Morris, Rupert Murdoch, the NRA, Richard Nixon, Ole Miss, Prop 187, Pug Ravenel, Ronald Reagan, Dick Riley, Ed Riley, Donald Russell, Arnold Schwarzenegger, John Seymour, Strom Thurmond, Mark Twain, VAWA, John Van de Kamp, Dan White, Curtis Wilkie...& more!

This Special Episode of the Capitol Weekly Podcast was recorded live at Capitol Weekly's Conference on Women's Health which was held on Thursday, September 28, 2023This is The Keynote– SEN. BARBARA BOXER in conversation with JODI HICKS of Planned ParenthoodIntroduced by Rich Ehisen of Capitol Weekly38:06 Worst Week in California PoliticsA full transcript of this discussion may be found at: https://capitolweekly.net/womens-health-sen-barbara-boxer-in-conversation-with-jodi-hicks-of-planned-parenthood/Want to support the Capitol Weekly Podcast? Make your tax deductible donation here: capitolweekly.net/donations/Capitol Weekly Podcast theme is "Pickin' My Way" by Eddie Lang"#WorstWeekCA" Beat provided by freebeats.io

The country, the Senate, & CA lost one of its longest-serving and most distinguished public servants last week. Senator Dianne Feinstein—the first woman mayor of SF who became the longest serving female senator in history—had far too many important accomplishments to chronicle in an hour. But with the aid of 3 of the people who knew her best—Senator Barbara Boxer, Jim Lazarus, and DeeDee Meyers—this special episode of Talking Feds paints a detailed portrait of DiFi the person & political leader.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Ali Velshi – in for Nicolle Wallace – discusses the breaking news that a judge in the New York civil case found the ex-president committed fraud, increasing calls for Senator Bob Menendez to resign, President Joe Biden's trip to the UAW picket line in Michigan as the autoworkers' strike becomes political – including reaction from the union's president, former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson's bombshell first live TV interview, and more. Joined by: Tim Heaphy, Charlie Sykes, Catherine Ross, Barbara Boxer, Charlie Sykes, Seth Harris, Rick Stengel, Susanne Craig, Glenn Kirschner, Mimi Rocah, David Jolly, Shawn Fain, and Molly Jong-Fast.

How did an internship for Senator Barbara Boxer lead to attending George Washington University? What transformative event happened while attending George Washington University resulting in a move back to the West Coast to attend the University of Southern California? How did a family event as a teenager in Ukraine spark an initial interest in real estate? Why leave a promising career in real estate investment banking to move to Hong Kong? How did an investment banking background prove to be a great building block for commodity supply chain underwriting? What factor about supply chain underwriting led to travel to more than 30 countries around the world? Why is Manganese an important commodity component of construction? How wasteful is the process of construction? What percent of carbon emissions globally is construction currently responsible for? What does it mean to be a net zero global community by 2050? How many years of landfill capacity does the US have remaining? What new technology is Palari developing to further accelerate offsite construction? How is Palari creating microgrids for one of its new home communities? Basil Starr - founder & CEO of Palari Group, joins Proptech Espresso to answer these questions and discuss how an interest in skydiving led to a board position at the Jump For The Planet foundation which raises awareness and funds for climate refugees.

Bob Shrum is a platonic ideal of a guest for this podcast…someone who, as a teenager, met JFK at the 1960 Democratic Convention and decades later worked as a strategist for several presidential candidates, big city mayors, Governors, and Senators. In this conversation, we talk his early passion for politics, the fortuitous chance to get his foot in the door as a speechwriter for a NYC mayor, how he connected with Senator Ted Kennedy and helped write his famous '80 Convention Speech, and Bob's 3 decades as a leading Democratic admaker and strategist – plus his current role as Director of the USC Center for the Political Future. IN THIS EPISODEBob's early interest and passion for politics…Memories of meeting JFK as a teenage volunteer at the 1960 Democratic Convention…Bob gets a foot in the door as a speechwriter for NYC Mayor John Lindsay…Bob's take on what makes for a good speechwriter…How taking the wrong job diverted Bob from politics from several years…How Bob entered the political orbit of Senator Ted Kennedy…Bob talks his role helping write Senator Kennedy's most famous political speech from the 1980 Democratic convention…Bob on what a Reagan vs Kennedy race might have looked like…Bob talks some of his early consulting clients including Senators John Glenn and Barbara Mikulski…Bob's longtime relationship with British Prime Ministers Gordon Brown and Tony Blair…Memories of presidential campaigns from Gephardt '88 to Gore '00 and Kerry '04…Bob talks hanging up his political spurs after the '04 campaign and his current role at the Center for the Political Future at the University of Southern California…Bob games out how he'd approach the 2024 election were he a Biden strategist… AND Bertie Ahern, Dick Aurelio, banging pots and pans, Ehud Barak, Don Beyer, Barbara Boxer, Brandeis University, Pat Buchanan, George W. Bush, butterfly ballots, Pat Caddell, Camden Yards, carousing and hijinx, Jimmy Carter,  Bob Casey Sr, Bill Clinton, Alan Cranston, Culver City, Ron DeSantis, Tad Devine, David Doak, Mike Donilon, East Los Angeles Junior College, Esquire Magazine, feedback loops, Diane Feinstein, Tom Foley, Orville Freeman, Jim Gilmore, giving up the ghost, Richard Goodwin, Jeff Greenfield, Averill Harriman, Kamala Harris, Hubert Humphrey, the Lexington Market, Joe Lieberman, Abraham Lincoln, John Lindsay, Douglas MacArthur, Mac Mathias, Kevin McCarthy, George McGovern, mind's ear, Amber Miller, Walter Mondale, Tom Morgan, Adam Nagourney, New Times, Tip O'Neil, Carey Parker, Reince Priebus, robot rules, Chuck Robb, Pierre Salinger, John Sexton, Jeff Shesol, Sargent Shriver, Shrumalot, John Smith, Steve Smith, Adlai Stevenson, Bob Squier, Suite 9300, Laurence Tribe, Harry Truman, Tommy Tuberville, Mark Warner, Cornel West…& more!

Fred Davis only ended up in politics due to a family tragedy and then a family connection, and yet has become one of the most creative and controversial ad makers in America. His clients include a who's who of Republican elected officials...from Bush to Dole to McCain to Schwarzenegger among dozens of others. And despite electing Presidents and numerous Republicans up and down the ballot, he's most famous for his unique perspective on advertising that has led to some of the most memorable and controversials spots of the last few decades...the McCain '08 ad comparing Senator Barack Obama to Paris Hilton, introducing soon-to-be Michigan Governor Rick Synder as "one tough nerd", "Demon Sheep" in California, and introducing the phrase "I'm Not a Witch" into popular culture. Fred is a natural story teller with a great story of an accidental path and unconventional approach to politics.(To donate to support The Pro Politics Podcast, you may use this venmo link or inquire by email at mccrary.zachary@gmail.com)IN THIS EPISODEHow family tragedy propels Fred into the PR at 19 years old & ultimately the ad business…The Senate race that put Fred on the national political map…Fred's connection the rise of Napa Valley wines…The stories behind some of Fred's most famous ads…- The “celebrity” ad against Barack Obama in 2008…- A colorful device for Governor Schwarznegger's 2006 re-election…- Branding Michigan Governor Rick Synder as “One Tough Nerd”…- The story behind the infamous Demon Sheep spot for Carly Fiorina's 2010 Senate race…- Fred's concept behind the Christine O'Donnell “I'm Not a Witch” ad from the 2010 Delaware Senate race…- The Jon Huntsman “motorcycle” announcement video…- Fred talks one of his favorite current clients, Louisiana Senator John Kennedy…- The story behind Fred's first viral video for Sonny Perdue against Georgia Governor Roy Barnes…How a high-profile conservative ad-maker is received living in liberal Hollywood…AND Jason Alexander, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, bell bottoms, the Beverly Hills Hotel, Bon Van Inc, David Boren, Bottle Rocket, Barbara Boxer, Tom Campbell, Chateau Montelena, cheese boards, Bill Clinton, Robert Davi, Gray Davis, Dan Duckhorn, family disagreements, the Freitas Brothers, Gateway computers, good luck charms, gotcha ads, Kelsey Grammer, half-way houses, Mark Halperin, Jim Inhofe, large-format cameras, Rush Limbaugh, Lippincott, Mitch McConnell, Dave McCurdy, Dan McLagan, mirrored pedestals, Robert Mondavi, Sam Nunn, the NRSC, Ogilvy & Mather, Sarah Palin, pink tutus, Steve Schmidt, selling fishing bait, K. Wortham Smith, Steven Spielberg, J. Walter Thompson, Chuck Todd, Trinity University, True Lies, weathermen, the West End Grill, Meg Whitman, Wine Spectator & more!Links to ads cited in this episode: Prison dancing (Inhofe '94)Big Spender (Inhofe '94)Bug Zapper (Inhofe '98)Celebrity (McCain '08)Schwarzenegger Re-election ('06)One Tough Nerd (Rick Synder '10)Demon Sheep (Fiorina '10)I'm Not a Witch (Christine O'Donnell '10)Huntsman Motorcycle Presidential Announcement ('12)King Roy (Sonny Perdue '02)

Bloomberg Washington Correspondent Joe Mathieu delivers insight and analysis on the latest headlines from the White House and Capitol Hill, including conversations with influential lawmakers and key figures in politics and policy.  On this edition, Joe speaks with:  Barbara Boxer, former Democratic Senator from California, former chair of the Senate Ethics Committee, and former ranking member of the Senate Environmental Committee on how debt ceiling negotiations could end  Bloomberg Politics Contributors Jeanne Sheehan Zaino and Rick Davis on South Carolina Senator Tim Scott announcing his run for President, Ron DeSantis and more on the 2024 election  Bloomberg Government Congress reporter Zach Cohen on where we stand on debt limit talks  And Joe, along with co-host Kailey Leinz speak with:  Mick Mulvaney, Former-OMB Director/Former-US Special Envoy for Northern Ireland/Former-Acting White House Chief of Staff/Co-Founder of the House Freedom Caucus/Former-Rep. For South Carolina's 5th Congressional District on the debt limit talks  Neil Bradley, Executive Vice President, Chief Policy Officer, Head of Strategic Advocacy for the US Chamber of Commerce on how the business community is responding to debt limit negotiations  Bloomberg politics reporter Christian Hall on South Carolina Senator Tim Scott's presidential bid See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's only 2023, but the race for governor of California in 2026 alreadybegan today, with the first contender tossing her hat in the ring. That would be Lt. Governor Eleni Kounalakis, who will attempt to become the first woman to be elected governor of the nation's largest state For more on this early start to the 2026 governor's race, KCBS Radio's Doug Sovern, Bret Burkhart, and Patti Reising spoke with someone who knows a lot about running,and winning, statewide, former U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer, whorepresented California in the Senate for 24 years.

Marisa and Scott talk with CalMatters reporter Ben Christopher about his reporting on families ties in the state capitol and the special session on oil prices in the legislature. Then, state Assemblyman Rick Zbur joins to talk about his childhood on a New Mexico farm, his breakout fundraiser for Barbara Boxer, the state of LGBTQ candidates in California and what inspired him to run for the Assembly.

The 2024 open-seat US Senate race in California is the most wide open Senate race in the state since 1992. To dive deep into next year's monumental race, I'm joined by veteran CA strategist Rose Kapolczynski - manager of the winning campaign from that very 1992 Senate race for Barbara Boxer. In a previous episode, Rose talked through her career managing all four successful Boxer Senate races...plus her time as a Hill staffer, working in presidential campaigns, and leading the effort on important statewide races (in California and beyond) over 3+ decades as an influential strategist. Now in her triumphant return, she's setting the table and breaking down the candidates, campaigns, and coalitions behind what promises to be the most interesting California Senate race in decades.(To donate to support The Pro Politics Podcast, you may use this venmo link or inquire by email at mccrary.zachary@gmail.com) IN THIS EPISODERose talks the political & policy legacies of retiring Senator Diane Feinstein...Rose weighs in on parallels between the 2024 race and the first winning Boxer race she managed in 1992...Rose's take on at least a couple of the reasons why Northern California candidates are historically so dominant in statewide elections...Rose sets the table on preliminary 2024 turnout projections and electoral math...Rose diagnoses both strengths and weaknesses of leading Democratic candidates Barbara Lee, Katie Porter, & Adam Schiff...Rose on the impact Republican voters could have in this race...Rose's expectations on the entry of additional strong candidates...Rose's expertise on the role of endorsements in CA politics...Rose on the right mix of television vs. other media in a CA statewide campaign...Will the Democratic candidates go negative?Rose highlights the importance of both women and Latino voters...... & much more!

 Well, she finally made it official today, U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein will not run for another term For more KCBS Radio's Patti Reising, Bret Burkhart & Doug Sovern are joined by Senator Feinstein's longtime colleague, former Senator Barbara Boxer, who served alongside Feinstein for 24 of the 30 years that Feinstein has been in the Senate.  

Despite all the campaign announcements for Diane Feinstein's seat, the Senator has remained silent on her intentions for the 2024 election. With three possible candidates, so far, the possible outcomes could shift the makeup of the Senate. Today we talk with former, four-term Senator Barbara Boxer on the possibilities and implications of this senate race. 

MSNBC'S Ari Melber hosts “The Beat” on Thursday, January 12 and reports on Attorney General Garland appointing a special counsel to oversee the investigation of classified documents found in President Biden's old office and home. Plus, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy defends George Santos's epic lies. Emily Bazelon, Karen Loeffler, Howard Dean, and Barbara Boxer join.

Senator Barbara Boxer joins Marissa in a special midterm elections episode. Having served both in the House of Representatives and the Senate, she offers her unique perspective on how to resolve the divisions facing Congress and America. It's a standout episode full of perspective, as well as a strong vision for how we can secure our future. Meanwhile, Marissa makes some nearly inedible sweet-and-salty pepitas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

MSNBC's Ari Melber hosts "The Beat" on Friday, November 4 and reports on the final days of the midterms as turnout breaks 2018 records, Oprah endorses John Fetterman and Ron Johnson won't commit to accept election results. Plus, Trump blows past the Jan. 6 subpoena deadline to submit evidence. Comedian Neal Brennan joins, along with Sen. Barbara Boxer, David Plouffe.

Christopher M. Tuttle, senior fellow and director of the Renewing America initiative at CFR, leads the conversation on the U.S. midterm elections and beyond. FASKIANOS: Thank you, and welcome, all, to today's session of the Fall 2022 CFR Academic Webinar Series. I'm Irina Faskianos, vice president of the National Program and Outreach here at CFR. Today's discussion is on the record. The video and transcript will be available on our website at CFR.org/academic, and as always, CFR takes no institutional positions on matters of policy. We're delighted to have Christopher Tuttle with us today to talk about the U.S. midterm elections and beyond. Mr. Tuttle is senior fellow and director of the Renewing America initiative at CFR. He's also a managing director of CFR's Corporate Affairs Program and a senior adviser for the Council's external affairs efforts in Washington. From 2015 to 2019, Mr. Tuttle served as policy director of the majority staff of the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations under Chairman Bob Corker, and prior to that, he was director of CFR's Washington Program and Independent Task Force Program. So, Chris, thank you very much for being with us today. It would be great if you could talk a little bit about the Renewing America initiative, and also, talk a little bit about the midterm elections. We are about forty days and a few hours out from the elections on November 8, and we would love to hear from you your analysis of the lay of the land and what it portends for governance in the U.S., as well as how we will be viewed in the world. TUTTLE: Absolutely. Thanks, Irina. It's great to be here. Great to be speaking with you all today. As Irina mentioned, I'm Chris Tuttle, and before digging in on today's specific topic, I would like, as Irina mentioned, to begin with a plug for the program I run at CFR, the Renewing America initiative. But you all know the Council on Foreign Relations is obviously a foreign policy organization, but we have a keen understanding of the reality that U.S. power, our place in the world, and our upward trajectory over the past century have been powered by our domestic strengths. And right now, some of our most important national security threats come not from without, but from within. So we're looking at nine specific domestic issues that underpin our strength and our power in the world—and really the future of the United States in the twenty-first century—and the future of how the world's going to look in the twenty-first century with a strong U.S., hopefully, still leading the way. So the nine issues are democracy and governance, education, energy and climate, the future of work, immigration, infrastructure, social justice and equity, and trade and finance. And I'd commend to you our website, please check it out. We've got a Twitter feed as well that just went up yesterday, actually, so please follow us on Twitter. And we're going to post the website to the chat, or you can just google, CFR Renewing America. So thanks, Irina, for indulging that pitch and now onto today's topic, the midterm congressional elections and beyond. I thought I'd start with the House of Representatives. Right now, the partisan balance in the House is 221 to 212—that's 221 Democrats to 212 Republicans. That's a very tight—very tight—very tight margin, and that's not much of a majority, historically speaking, in terms of party breakdown. What that means, though, for midterms is that Republicans need to gain only six seats to take control of the House, and Democrats are facing some pretty heavy headwinds, which I'm sure you've been reading about, as people have been covering, sort of, the horse race. The first headwind is structural. On average over the past seventy years or so, a sitting president's party has lost an average of more than two dozen house seats during the midterms. On top of that, inflation has been at forty-year highs. The economy has had two consecutive quarters of negative economic growth, and certainly related to this, President Biden's job approval rating right now is at a pretty dismal 43 percent. Also, many Democrats are retiring leaving open seats that are always more difficult to defend than if an incumbent were still running. But interestingly, it's not just national issues as a factor coming into play this year. Many voters are also concerned about local issues. Crime, the way COVID and other issues have been handled in the school districts are a couple of examples, and those are also likely to weigh on the Democrats in a way similar to the dynamic that put Glenn Youngkin into office as governor of Virginia last year. But for the Democrats, it's not all bad news. Biden's approval rating, though still pretty problematic, is actually up about six points from where it stood in July, and there are indications that abortion, in the wake of the Dobbs decision, may be a more significant factor than many prognosticators first guessed. For the House, this all adds up to basically kind of the following: the red wave that everybody was talking about during the summer—saying that the Republicans were going to be swept into control of the House with a twenty-five- to thirty-five-seat pickup—may not, in fact, materialize. Regardless, however, the numbers are still not great for Nancy Pelosi's hopes for her House team. Right now, The Cook Political Report, which I commend to you—if you follow elections closely you may already be aware of it—but The Cook Political Report right now rates 192 seats as solidly, likely, or leaning Democratic. Conversely, it rates 212 seats as solidly, likely, or leaning Republican. That leaves 31 seats as toss-ups. Assuming those numbers hold, Republicans only need to get six of those seats to gain control, which is a pretty likely scenario. Moving onto the Senate, it's a little bit different story. As you all know, the Senate is split right now fifty-fifty. Senate races tend to be more candidate-based than House races, which are often more party or national dynamics-based. In the—if you want to do the math on this, Democrats are defending fourteen seats this year and two are rated as toss-ups—that's Rafael Warnock in Georgia—and he's currently leading well within the margin of error about 0.3 percent over Herschel Walker—and Catherine Cortez Masto in Nevada, where the Republican is leading just by 1.7 points. Republicans are defending twenty-one seats in the Senate. One of those is rated as a toss-up—that's Ron Johnson in Wisconsin, and he's ahead just slightly 1.5 percent—that's based on the RealClearPolitics polling average. And one of the Republican seats is rated to lean Democratic. So that's the seat in Pennsylvania where Senator Pat Toomey retired. And right now, you're probably seeing Dr. Oz and Fetterman going at it regularly. Right now, Fetterman is up by about 4.7 percent. So you can game out all the possibilities alike based on that, but it's going to be a dog fight for the Senate, and we could very well end up exactly where we are today at fifty-fifty when all is said and done. So one note about the rest of this Congress, you know, it's—time is growing short, and the Congress is about to go home to spend time with their constituents as the election approaches. But there is an order of business that may actually end up getting done that's pretty important before the end of this year. It may—it, likely, will not be before the election. It will likely be in a lame duck session after the elections. But I think that it's worth mentioning— probably the most important couple of pieces of legislation, I think, that could move in this Congress are a couple that reform presidential elections and transitions. As I mentioned, they're just about done for this two years, but they've got a couple of bills pending to change current statutes to prevent what happened in late 2020 and early 2021, where we came close to the invalidation of a presidential election, which would have created a full on constitutional crisis. The House passed its version of this legislation last week, and the Senate has similar legislation that was—it was negotiated on a much more bipartisan basis in the House, but it's very similar. The cosponsors in the Senate are wide ideological range. Chris Murphy of Connecticut sort of on the left to Lindsay Graham of South Carolina on the right, and this just—Mitch McConnell just signaled his support for this legislation, as did Chuck Schumer, yesterday. And it passed the Senate Rules and Administration Committee yesterday by a wide bipartisan margin. So this will likely—the Senate version—also known as the Electoral Count Reform Act—will likely pass during the lame duck session that'll be held probably sometime in November, early December, and then, it will mean—because the House has passed its version; the Senate will pass its version—they'll have to get together in a conference committee to come up with a compromise version, but it's actually something that can move. And I'd be happy to go into further detail about that, but it's a very important piece of legislation. You may have read—I wrote a piece on this. I think it was in the read ahead, but I encourage you to follow this because it really is an important piece of reform legislation that's got bipartisan support, and it can actually move the ball forward. And it is potentially an existential issue for the country. So moving onto the Congress yet, we're just getting ready to conclude the 117th Congress. We're going to be going into the 118th Congress in January. What's in store? I thought I'd start—because we're the Council on Foreign Relations—with foreign and international policy. If you are a fan of bipartisanship, there is a lot to like about the incoming Congress and about this current Congress. When you look at issues—when it comes to China, when it comes to Russia/Ukraine—there is wide bipartisan agreement on how to handle those issues. On trade, there's wide bipartisan agreement. Now those of you who might be supportive of freer trade may not like what that bipartisan agreement is, but right now we've got both parties who are pretty—they have pretty skeptical views of trade, and that's anomalous. In the past you've had Democrats, who have been in Congress anyway, broadly pretty skeptical of trade. You've had Republicans who have been more supportive of free trade agreements. That all changed with the onset of sort of the new Republicans, Donald Trump, that kind of thing. So there's widespread skepticism on trade, and I'd be happy to talk about that during the Q&A. Bipartisanship, for better or for worse, is alive and well in foreign policy, and there are some notable exceptions. You can—we can roll through those if you would like. But really, on the great big issues that are confronting the United States, there's widespread agreement. So assuming we have a Republican House, legislatively there's not much in the realm of what might get done. Republicans are likely going to pass Republican bills like those proposed in their newly released Commitment to America, which Kevin McCarthy introduced last week. It's sort of their agenda for Republican control—their legislative agenda. But they're likely to pass Republican bills, bipartisan majorities, and they'll die in the Senate. Even if Republicans do win the Senate, they won't have sixty votes to overcome a legislative filibuster that would be by the Democrats. One can also expect with the Republican House takeover a multitude of congressional investigations into the COVID pandemic, the withdrawal from Afghanistan, the FBI's handling of recent matters, among many others. Senate Democrats, should they keep their majority, will continue to face an uphill climb to get much of anything through. Not only will they not have the votes to overcome a Republican filibuster—or even if they are able to go nuclear and eliminate the legislative filibuster entirely, which is unlikely, most legislation they pass will not move in the House. Even using the budget reconciliation process, which requires only fifty votes in the Senate, Democratic moderates like Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona may not be supportive. As far as the political dynamics are concerned—so what is this sort of portend for our politics? I'm afraid they're unlikely to improve any time soon. I've written about this. If you'd like, you can go to, again, Renewing America. I think they're likely to get worse. I think that Republicans may take from these midterm elections the message that Trumpism remains their path to victory. And some Democrats, in the wake of losses, may push for the party to live its values and go further left. Similar to the way that we saw on the Republican side, when Republicans who were losing elections—say after 2012 when Mitt Romney lost—a lot of Republicans said, well, we just didn't run far enough to the right. We need to go further to the right in the future in order to win. So you may see a similar dynamic emerging more and more. The nascent sort of harder left edge within the Democratic Party could actually take on more power, and that will probably be a pretty tough dynamic because you've got Trumpy Republicans and a further left Democratic Party. So the clashes will continue and are likely to get worse. So if you combine this with what likely will be actions by the president to try and do by executive fiat what he probably won't be able to do legislatively, and the reality that the presidential campaign will begin de-facto the day after the midterms conclude—and we have a recipe for a pretty tough time ahead, I'm afraid. So with that, I'd be happy to talk about any of these issues and beyond, and would also be pleased to provide advice on Washington careers, political work, anything else you'd like to discuss. So thank you. FASKIANOS: Great. And I do think we should take you up on that at the end of this, but we will first go to questions. Thank you, Chris, for that overview—I think, a little depressing—just the conflict will continue, but good news that there's bipartisanship on foreign policy issues, for sure. So, to all of you now, if you can click the raised hand icon on your screen to ask a question on your iPad, or you click the more button to access the raised hand feature. So when you're called upon, accept the unmute prompt, and please state your name and affiliation followed by your question. You can also write your question in the Q&A box. If you do that, please include your affiliations so it gives us context as to where you are in the world. OK, so I'm going to go first to a written question from David Caputo, who is the president emeritus of Pace University. Please comment on the apparent under polling of uneducated white males and what it means for the races you've cited. TUTTLE: Yeah, it's a good question. I think that there is a dynamic within certain parts of the polling public, where they just don't want to talk to pollsters, you know. They watch cable news. They think, boy, these people do not understand me, and I don't want—there's a certain social stigma attached to some of what they may think about certain issues. So I think that that is a potentially real issue out there. Polling has become enormously more complicated than it used to be. It's tough to reach people. The proliferation of cell phones and getting rid of landlines, it has become harder and harder to poll, and I do think that that is potentially a real issue—where you could see some surprises based on that under polling of those populations, where, actually, the numbers that I read off earlier in some of the close races and some of the others could actually turn out being some surprises—probably more likely for the Democrats. The Democrats would probably be more likely to be surprised. Republicans are talking about this as a potential factor—that there is under polling of certain populations that tend to vote more Republican. So that would be my comment on that. FASKIANOS: Thank you. Let's go to Babak Salimitari, who has a raised hand. Q: Hello, can you hear me? TUTTLE: Hi, Babak. FASKIANOS: We can, Babak. Please state your affiliation. Q: Hi. My name is Babak. I'm from UCI. I'm a master's student there now. My question is pertaining to immigration and the situation at the border right now, and what affect that would have on congressional races in the border states like Arizona and Texas? Right now, there's, like, 8,000 illegals crossing the border every day, and the Democratic Party has been pretty mum about this situation until, say, like, Ron DeSantis buses them over to Martha's Vineyard, and then that's when the headlines come out on MSNBC and whatnot over the situation at the border. Why isn't the party taking a stronger stance on confronting this situation and preventing people from crossing the border illegally? TUTTLE: Let's see. As far as why the party isn't taking a stronger stand, they're in a tough spot. They've got, I think, broad swaths of Democratic base voters who think that the Republicans are overdoing the illegal immigration thing and are generally supportive of immigrant communities that make up a sizeable chunk of not necessarily their voters, but a sizeable constituency for their—for Democratic base voters. So in other words, Democratic base voters, the people who are going to turn out during midterm elections, tend to be more concentrated, and they tend to be more to the left. And they have pretty much been reluctant to take actions that they view as unfair to various people who are coming to the United States to seek asylum, that kind of thing. It's a big motivator for Republican voters, particularly in voter states—or in border states. They see—they see illegal immigration as a real problem. You could see that during the Trump era. That was a big issue for Republican voters. But I think that the Democrats are in a tough spot when they've got a lot of their base voters and a lot of their members of Congress who think that U.S. immigration controls have been too stringent, I think, in the past, and sympathize with a lot of the folks who are crossing the border illegally. That's sort of my take on it. FASKIANOS: Thank you. I'm going to go next to Amalia Frommelt, who is a graduate student at NYU—New York University. In the context of the most recent attempt to overturn the presidential election and also recognizing America's historical disenfranchisement of voters that are not white men, what is the greatest threat to the future of free and fair American elections? And have these historical and contemporary events influenced these threats? TUTTLE: Yeah, I think they have influenced these threats. My concern—my biggest concern is that we've got not just sizeable, but a majority of Republicans who still think that the election was invalid. But we also have, on the flip side—and you saw this in 2016—significant parts of the Democratic Party in 2016 said that Donald Trump was not a legitimate reelected president. And I do have concerns that this fall may see the same with—the Democrats have been very, very concerned and very public about some of the different laws that have been passed in different states when it comes to voting, and ballot access, and that type of thing. I am not convinced that that will have a major—that those will play a major role in the midterm elections, but that won't, I don't think, stop some within the Democratic Party claiming that the elections this fall are not legitimate. So the biggest threat I see is that you have potentially both major political parties claiming illegitimate elections, and once you start claiming illegitimate elections, people—it's less surprising when people use undemocratic means to accomplish their ends. And that's enormously problematic for the United States. There has been a lot of talk about potential civil war and that kind of thing. I don't think we're there, but I do think that these elections stand to continue not just sort of the political discord, but also for people to sort of step out of the margins of political discourse in a way that is potentially quite dangerous for the United States. FASKIANOS: Thank you. I'm going to take the next question from Michael Leong, a graduate student at the University of Arizona who has his hand up. Q: Hi, there. TUTTLE: (Inaudible)—your profile picture. Q: Oh, sorry about that. TUTTLE: No, it's OK. Q: All right, so hi there. So I just have a question because, as you discussed, with the Republican Party taking that message that Trump is and remains their path to victory, and because of that, potentially Democrats moving further to the left, that means the polarization is going to become more severe. But is there going to be a path for both parties where basically American political—the political sphere to move back towards the center where it's not so polarized? TUTTLE: Yeah, so I'm hopeful on that front. I wouldn't call myself optimistic, but I am hopeful. There are signs within the Republican Party that maybe the Trump era is just beginning to sunset. There are some indications of that. For example, if you look in New Hampshire, there was a sort of more moderate—I wouldn't even say more moderate because I don't think the Trump phenomenon is necessarily political so much as it is rhetorical and personality based. But you had a Republican who was not a Trump Republican; in fact, you had several in the primary, and what occurred was Trump—one of the candidates was very pro-Trump, and if you took the candidates who were not, you know, Trumpy candidates and you added up all their numbers, they actually—if it had been a single sort of non-Trump Republican, that person would have won. The leading non-Trump Republican also received a lot of funds from various Democratic senatorial—or Democratic committees to—or excuse me—the leading non-Trump candidate was sort of torn down by an ad campaign by some of the Democratic committees, and that put the Trump person in the best place to win. So, in other words, those two bits of sort of—those two problems where you had several non-Trump candidates plus the Democratic Party acting to try and get—to knock down the leading non-Trump candidate in order to get—to be able to run against the Trump candidate. So I think there are signs. That's kind of a long way of getting to I think there are signs within the Republican Party. And you saw this in some other areas as well. You saw it in Maryland where the Democratic Party, the various Democratic entities were supportive of the—in one way or another, supportive of a Trump candidate getting the nomination because, you know, politics—you knew that person is easier to run against. I don't think we're there yet, though, on the Republican side. On the Democratic side, I think it's a little bit tougher. It is, I think, hard to see a Democratic Party that doesn't continue moving leftward, and you—I think that Joe Biden, although he ran very much as sort of a moderate, uniting figure, that governance has not really been that way. And I think that he is having to cater to his left flank pretty often. So he has sort of become an outsider, I think, within the base of the Democratic Party, and I see that as continuing to be a rising force within the Democratic Party. Younger voters, if you look at polling, tend to be more supportive of the issue set of sort of the hard left, and the sort of Democratic Party of prior administrations. If you look at sort of some of the economic policy, you look at some of the former Treasury secretaries, for example, in the Democratic Party; their style of sort of governance, their style of managing the economy, that kind of thing, are going away in favor of a more left-trending line. So I think there are signs of hope on the Republican side—small signs—of getting sort of out of the Trump era. But I think the Democratic Party is probably, for the next several years, going to continue to trend leftward. FASKIANOS: Thank you. A question from Todd Barry, who is an adjunct professor at Hudson County Community College in New Jersey. What is the likelihood that Republicans, in control of Congress, would cut off funding for Ukraine, and that this would lead to a peace agreement? TUTTLE: Great question. I actually think—and this speaks to my bipartisanship question in terms of Russia-Ukraine. You are seeing signs among some of the sort of harder right members of Congress to pull funding from Ukraine and not support—not continue to support Ukraine. They are not within sort of the mainstream foreign policy leaders within the—with the Republican Party. I don't think they are going to get much in the way of traction. If you look at those who are really sort of foreign policy leaders within the party and have influence on sort of the party—the party leadership in the House and in the Senate, I don't see that happening any time soon. Mitch McConnell, I think, is committed to continuing funding for Ukraine. Jim Risch—there was just a hearing this morning where he's the ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee—is all in favor of continuing to support Ukraine. And like I said, foreign policy leaders in the House—folks like Mike Gallagher—very much are supportive of continued funding for Ukraine. So I think there are signs of that, but I think it's premature to think that there is going to be any massive erosion of Republican support for Ukraine and continuing to stick it to Russia. That's an excellent question. FASKIANOS: Great. Next question, I'm going to go Isaac Alston-Voyticky, who is a graduate student at CUNY School of Law. Q: Hello. So I already—I already had my introduction. My question is how do you feel the delegitimization of election results immediately prior to and during the election process will have an effect on election turnout for the two major political parties in the upcoming midterms as well as the current tertiary parties? TUTTLE: So give me a little bit more on that. Q: So a good example was the—in California, probably the most prominent one. He called it like twenty-four hours that he was—that he—because he knew he was going to lose, so he said, oh, the election result, it was fake, right? Obviously, this is, you know, like a fraudulent election, and the—the tempo out there is that when that happens on a consistent basis, it effects the electoral—kind of election results because like in turnout it says, well, if it's already fraud, why am I going? TUTTLE: Yeah, yeah. So I think it remains to be seen, Isaac. I don't know that there's a—and we'll need some empirical data, I think, to really be able to judge that. I will say that there is a lot more absentee, and a lot more early voting than there has been in the past. That certainly weighs in favor of it having a lesser effect. But without empirical data, it's hard to know. Those are individual decisions that people are going to—to be making, and I would hesitate to sort of weigh in on that without a closer look at—a closer specific look at that dynamic. FASKIANOS: Great. So we have a written question from Mike Nelson who is an affiliate adjunct professor at Georgetown University who is noting that digital technologies have transformed our elections over the past fifteen years. Obama beat Hillary by using MeetUp to organize at the grassroots. Trump weaponized Twitter. Biden used Zoom from his basement. (Laughs.) I like that characterization. And what's new this year, do you think? What will it be? Will it be disinformation? TV—will TV be a critical factor? Are you hearing anything on that front? TUTTLE: I'm not—not specifically. I mean, TV is always a critical factor in elections. I think that you can look at—I remember looking at polling numbers for various members of Congress I've worked for, and you can actually see, if we do a line, of when they went up on TV and the numbers go way up. So I think TV continues to be powerful. And I think social media—that's probably, I'm guessing—the trend of the line is downward for TV; more for various social media—type stuff that you mentioned. I don't know that there is anything particularly new for the midterms, but social media is always evolving. It's always seemingly gaining more and more influence, but it's also becoming more diffuse. So the platform of yesterday is no longer the platform of today because it has been—you know, there are two or three more platforms. So I'm not aware of anything particularly new. You may be, and I'd be happy to talk about that. But I don't have any sense of what sort of the new thing is, the thing that we're going to refer to as sort of the big thing in 2022—what was able to move a particular election. And I think 2024, it remains to be seen. It's possible that there is a social media platform out there that I haven't heard of that may actually be the next big thing. And right now, it's not much, but two years from now it might be the next big thing. FASKIANOS: Right. Is there concern about interference from Russia, China in the midterms? TUTTLE: There's always concern about that. We have, I think, done a reasonably good job with our intelligence agencies, with different efforts that have been undertaken to protect our elections. It's still tough, though, because you have elections that are administered not just at the state level, but at the local level. Now that makes it tough for us to sort of harden our targets because they are so diffuse. But it also makes it harder for the other side because the targets are so diffuse. But I think that's always a concern. It will continue to be a concern, and it's not just Russia and China; it's the Iranians, the North Koreans. There are any number of state threats out there, and if you put a state threat up against a county clerk in Wausau County, Wisconsin, that is—or Marathon County, Wisconsin—excuse me—that's pretty asymmetric. The question is whether or not they can do that wholesale, and the question also is how much are we digitalized, and how much do we rely on internet for our elections. And that is why paper ballots are still important because they are really hard to—they are really hard to mess with if you are a state actor. So I think those are critical questions and one that our intelligence agencies and FBI, and others, and state officials in particular are—and state and county officials are looking at very carefully and working hard to harden themselves against potential attacks. FASKIANOS: Thanks. I'm going to go next to Fordham University. I don't know who has the raised hand, so please announce yourself. Q: Yes, good afternoon. My name is Javier Mendez. I'm from Fordham University. I'm a first-year undergraduate studying business administration. And my question would be regarding the impact that the natural disasters had on the Caribbean Basin, for example Hurricane Fiona's devastation in Puerto Rico—and the subsequent congressional debates regarding an amendment to the Jones Act, and the near future of—twelve hours—Hurricane Ian's impact on the west coast of Florida, and the subsequent government reaction to that devastation. How would that affect the results of the upcoming midterms, specifically in these states and regions where the Hispanic population is so great and they tend to—(inaudible)? TUTTLE: Right. So the question is how will the—the more specific question or the more current question is what effect might the natural disaster that's heading toward Florida right now have on the midterms? Q: Yes, and—between that and the debate regarding an amendment to the Jones Act stemming from Hurricane Fiona in Puerto Rico. TUTTLE: OK. So on the hurricane that's heading toward Florida right now, I think that, obviously, the response is going to be critical. We saw the reaction during the hurricane that hit New Orleans back in 2005 that that provoked a lot of sort of—that provoked people to take action politically—basically saying the Bush administration had mishandled it. The story was a lot more complicated than that; I mean, any federal disaster is going to be the responsibility of the federal government, but primarily the state and local governments. But I think that if it is perceived as being mishandled, and there is sort of a blame game on what happens there, it could potentially have some marginal impact on the midterm elections. I'm not as familiar with the Puerto Rico case, so I'm a little reluctant to weigh in on that and the Jones Act. But I'd be happy to look into it if you wanted to send me a note. My email is on the CFR website. I'd be happy to look into it further. But I'm sorry that I don't have a great answer for you at the moment. FASKIANOS: But I would note that we are seeing cooperation between—at the federal and obviously the state and local level with President Biden and Governor DeSantis. I think that they are working together on this issue. TUTTLE: Yeah, it appears—it appears that way, so, that will—but if things really go south, sometimes the blame game commences, and you could see some potential political conflict come from that. FASKIANOS: Yes. So the next written question from Hannah-Grace Henson, who is an undergrad student at Drexel. If the Supreme Court rules that election results can be overturned by state electors, what do you see happening during the next presidential election in 2024? TUTTLE: Good question. (Pause.) I think it is—it's an—it's an open question. The answer is I don't know. I think that over the past—even during the Trump period when it came down to it, there weren't state officials who were willing to bite the bullet and send forward electors who were not reflective of the popular vote. I think that is likely to hold with maybe an anomaly or two, but I don't—from my vantage point, I don't see state officials who will be willing to do that. Trump—the Trump in 2020 worked mightily on state officials to do so, and they did not. And when they didn't, Trump and his supporters tried to put forth slates of alternate electors. That's one of the things that is addressed in the Electoral Count Reform Act and the legislation that's moving through the House. But I actually am not as worried about that as some. FASKIANOS: Thank you. I'm going to go next to Arjun Chawla. Please pronounce your name for us since I did not do so correctly. Q: So are you able to hear me? FASKIANOS: Yes. TUTTLE: Yes. Q: Thank you both for the time. My name is Arjun Chawla. I'm a graduate student at Georgetown University. My question is I'd love to get your thoughts on—and if you look back at 2016, there was potential for an interference in the United States presidential election, and then ahead to the 2020 presidential election, there was potential news coming out about Hunter Biden, and that was not announced until after the election if—whatever those investigation findings were. Now coming up to the midterms—still this is not a presidential election—there is the lawsuit against—well, New York against Trump as well as the January 6 hearing going on. I'm curious. I know this is not a presidential election but in regards to the midterm, what effects do you think both of these events would have on the midterms? TUTTLE: Yeah, so on the Hunter Biden stuff and—wait, what was the second you mentioned? Q: The Trump lawsuit from New York— TUTTLE: You're talking about the lawsuits as well as the January 6. Q: And the—sorry, and the— FASKIANOS: Right, the New York State— Q: Correct, in relation— TUTTLE: The Letitia James, right, yeah. Q: Exactly. Ahead of the midterms. TUTTLE: So, yeah. So I think that it may have some marginal impact, but I don't think—I think a lot of the people who are voting in midterm elections have already sort of—are already part of a camp, OK? So if you are part of the Republican camp, you are seeing this Hunter Biden stuff, and it may intensify your feelings about how this wasn't reported, and you are concerned about what's on the laptop. If you are part of the Democratic camp, you see the January 6 stuff, and you see the January 6 committee hearings as well as the Letitia James actions up in New York, and you are already in that Democratic camp, and it may harden—it may intensify your feelings. How much effect that actually has on the independent voters that vote in midterms, and they're typically—it's typically a smaller number than would vote in a presidential election, I think it's hard to say. I think that of those three, I think the January 6 committee, for those who are paying attention to it and to news surrounding it, is probably the most persuasive in terms of changing your opinion, one way or another. But it may have just changed your opinion on Trump. And part of the effectiveness of those hearings was you had a lot of people testifying who were long-term Republicans who had been staff for Donald Trump. And so it wasn't necessarily—it was harder to make the case that this was entirely cooked up by the Democratic Party because you did have all these Republicans testify. So the question is, how much January 6—the January 6 committee and their actions might actually be able to steer independent voters? I think it remains to be seen. I think the numbers are probably fairly small. Q: Thank you. FASKIANOS: Thank you. Mark Diamond, who's a senior lecturer at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. Do you see any shifts in voting patterns of faith-based communities such as Evangelical Christians, Orthodox Jews, Muslim-Americans, and others? TUTTLE: What were the groups? FASKIANOS: I think— Evangelical Christians, Orthodox Jews, Muslim-Americans, and others, so really just faith-based communities. I think those were examples. TUTTLE: Yeah. I have not seen numbers on this. My guess is of those groups the one most likely in a midterm to shift a bit I think may be the Evangelicals. I think that there are some probably—like I said, I don't have polling numbers on this, but anecdotally speaking, I think that Evangelicals in some cases have been increasingly skeptical of Trump and I think everybody on my side of the aisle—I was a longtime Republican staffer—were quite surprised when the Evangelical community turned out pretty strongly for Trump. So the question is, is that population moving? My guess is there are signs of that. And the other question is, does it affect their vote in midterm elections? I think probably in a lot of cases—Trump is not on the ballot and Evangelicals tend to vote pretty widely for Republicans, so they're going to probably continue to vote for Republicans. So I don't think it's going to necessarily change their voting patterns during a midterm election, but I could see potentially some shifts when it comes to a general election and a primary in two years, for the Republican presidential primary. FASKIANOS: Great. I'm going to go to Derek Kubacki. TUTTLE: Hey, Derek. Q: Good afternoon, sir. How are you doing? TUTTLE: I'm OK. How are you? Q: All righty. Derek Kubacki, academic adviser at UTSA, coming back for another master's as well, in global affairs this time around. Question is—it goes back to—it's not necessarily with the midterms themselves but it goes back to what you talked about with the Electoral Count Act that they're looking at doing. The House side include provisions for up to one-third of both chambers. The Senate bill is one-fifth, or essentially twenty senators. When we look at the likelihood of any potential challenge to a future election, which could conceivably come from either side of the spectrum, are those numbers really worthwhile? Do they really mean a thing when you're going to have some sort of majority that's going to be able to hit that threshold—I believe it's eighty-seven in the House and twenty in the Senate—or is this simply just a speed bump or—to potentially looking for an amendment to the Constitution to outright abolish the Electoral College? TUTTLE: Yeah. So I think that changing the Electoral College, for a wide variety of reasons, is not in the cards, so I would set that aside. I will say that the House version does have that higher threshold of one-third; the Senate has a one-fifth threshold. I don't have any inside information on this but they knew that they were going to have to go to a conference committee and it's awfully convenient—(laughs)—that there's one-fifth and there's one-third; meeting in the middle might mean a quarter, OK? So I think that it's going to be enormously challenging. I don't think it's a speed bump, but I think it's going to be very challenging to get those kinds of numbers to object to the certification of a state's results. There was only—basically there were two objections I think that were raised—I think it was Arizona and Georgia in 2021—and the pressure was huge. You saw it—you've seen different efforts both in the House and in the Senate to object, but they haven't been able to find a partner, and that's just with one to one. The last time I think was Barbara Boxer who objected to Ohio's results and she had a variety of Democrats in the House who were willing to go along with that. But I think that's a—it's a pretty heavy threshold. I think it's much more—even at a quarter, it's a pretty high threshold, and I don't think you get there. I think it makes it significantly more difficult to object. FASKIANOS: Thank you. I want to take another question from Todd Barry on—again, from Hudson County Community College. Will the Republicans craft a stimulus bill for the economy? TUTTLE: Unlikely. It remains to be seen what's going to happen with the economy generally, if we are going to tip further into a recession. Now I know there's a question about whether or not we're actually in a recession. Traditionally, the definition has been two consecutive quarters—the traditional shorthand definition has been two consecutive quarters with negative economic growth, but I think it remains to be seen how much the economy is going to slow down based on the Fed's necessary actions to curb inflation. With inflation numbers being what they are, and with Republicans having stated over and over and over again that the COVID stimulus was—and not just Republicans; some Democrats too saying that COVID stimulus was actually enormously problematic in terms of the current inflation picture. I think it's going to be pretty challenging for Republicans to say we need economic stimulus. Inflation is still, I believe, above 8 percent. It's hard to see how Republicans who are big believers that additional government spending can be inflationary, it's hard to see them being supportive of some sort of stimulus package. FASKIANOS: So we are almost out of time, Chris, and I just wanted to draw upon your time working in the Senate. You mentioned that it's unlikely for much to get done with the filibuster in place. Can you talk a little bit, from your perspective having been there, how important it is to have that sixty-vote threshold, and just having worked there back in the teens and now we're in the 2020s, just the comparison of where we are now—(laughs)—and life in Congress from a staffer perspective, and any advice you want to give to students about public service, given this partisan environment that we're in. (Laughs.) TUTTLE: Sure. Well, we have two minutes so I think on the filibuster, the filibuster is a long story, but if you want to take a short snippet of that long story: In 2005, it was Republicans who wanted to get rid of the filibuster in order to get federal judges through, and then in—and that was stopped; there was a bipartisan gang that stopped that effort. In 2013, Harry Reid, because Democratic judges weren't getting through, actually did away with the filibuster for those judges, and then in 2017, Mitch McConnell, previously a strong supporter of the filibuster—Harry Reid had previously been a strong supporter of the filibuster—changed it for Supreme Court nominees. Mitch McConnell and the Republicans changed it for Supreme Court nominees. And now we've got—and during the Trump administration he was constantly calling up Mitch McConnell saying, why can't you get rid of the legislative filibuster? I want to get things done. So the rogues' gallery of people who had been supportive or opposed the filibuster over time has changed based largely on who happens to be in power. I would say that I think the filibuster is an enormously important and positive thing for the country; a lot of people disagree with me. But I think that it is important to consider that we right now have a country that's roughly split fifty-fifty and if you start passing legislation wholesale that 50 percent of the country disagrees with firmly and then it switches to a new Senate and that legislation is then repealed and different legislation is put in, we're going to be whipsawed not just in terms of what laws are on the books but also you'll have the other half of the country dissatisfied with something that's being passed. So I think it's an important moderating influence. I think that a lot of my Democratic friends would have preferred that the filibuster still be in place when Brett Kavanaugh was nominated. So I think that the filibuster—it's a really important part of moderating the actions of government to have more consistency and more incremental change, which ultimately turns out to be more durable and easier to live under for the American people. And I think we're out of time but I'd be happy to talk a little bit about Washington careers. FASKIANOS: Just give us a couple minutes on Washington careers. TUTTLE: Sure. So I would say, in terms of Washington careers, they can be enormously helpful, enormously beneficial not just for you but for the United States. And I think one of the best places to start—and I'm, of course, biased—is in Congress because Congress forces you to work together with folks from the other side. And I don't think there's enough of that in our culture these days. There's not enough—there are not enough Democrats with Republican friends, there are not enough Republicans with Democratic friends. You're forced in Congress to know people and work with people from the other side. The other thing is you're also forced in Congress to deal with people from all over and—I mean your constituents. So if you work for a member of Congress in a good office, the single most important stakeholder, the single most important person is your customer, the constituent. And being in a congressional office and talking to people who are living their lives is really important for connecting our government to the American people. It doesn't sound glamorous to be sitting on the phone listening to somebody tell you about how their Social Security check was $24 short last month and can you help them, but it gives you a really good perspective on why democratic governance is so important. So I would encourage those of you—you have a small window to work on Capitol Hill. Nobody wants to be a thirty-year-old, thirty-five-year-old staff assistant answering phones and writing constituent mail. So you have a narrow window between sort of college graduation, maybe twenty-six, twenty-seven, to get your start on the Hill. So I'd encourage you to take a look at that as a career path. FASKIANOS: Wonderful. Well, I'm sorry we went over a few minutes, but I wanted to close with that, give some people some career advice. So, Chris Tuttle, thank you very much for this hour, and to all of you for your questions and comments. We put in the chat there the link to the landing page for Renewing America; it's CFR.org/programs/renewing-america, and the Twitter is at @RenewingAmerica. So you should follow the work that Chris is doing there on the very important nine pillars of what we need to focus on here at home. And again, I hope you will join us for our next academic webinar on Wednesday, October 12, at 1:00 p.m. (EDT) with Mary Elise Sarotte, who is the Marie-Josée and Henry Kravis Distinguished Professor of Historical Studies at Johns Hopkins, on Russia's global influence. You can also follow us @CFR_Academic. Visit CFR.org, ForeignAffairs.com, and ThinkGlobalHealth.org for research and analysis on global issues. Again, Chris Tuttle, thank you very much for this conversation; we really appreciate it. TUTTLE: Thanks, Irina. Always a pleasure. Good luck to everyone. FASKIANOS: Thank you. (END)

Go Fact Yourself host, fellow improviser, J. Keith Van Stratten calls in to plug his Live Las Vegas Game show event/charity fundraiser. Paul is still upset about his hometown stadium, or is he? Matt's second week of training maintains embarrassment. Jacob offers solutions for school pick up. Matt has a rollerskating adventure. Scoop mail and Jock Vs. Nerd trivia. More From J. Keith: J. Keith van Straaten will be in Las Vegas on Sunday, August 21 with two back-to-back live tapings of his game show podcast, "Go Fact Yourself" that he hosts with comedian Helen Hong of NPR's "Wait Wait Don't Tell Me."    "Go Fact Yourself" is a trivia game show where celebrities compete to answer questions in topics they choose for themselves and then are surprised with the appearance of an expert in that topic. Past guests include everyone from Drew Carey to Senator Barbara Boxer to DJ Jazzy Jeff. The shows in Vegas are part of a Game Show Boot Camp and will feature Jeopardy champions James Holzhauer and Amy Schneider, plus stars of "The Chase" game show, Victoria Gross and Brandon Blackwell. It's all a charity fundraiser for Project 150, which provides FREE basic necessities to homeless, displaced, and disadvantaged high school students in Nevada and 100% of the ticket price is tax-deductible. That's "Go Fact Yourself" on Sunday, August 21st at 3 & 5pm. It'll be live on stage at the Hampton Inn Tropicana. You can go to gofactyourpod.com/vegas for information and tickets.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

There are few more historic political figures than former Senator & Ambassador Carol Moseley Braun - the first Black womzn elected to the US Senate and the first ever Black Democratic Senator. In this conversation, she talks growing up on Chicago's South Side, marching with Martin Luther King at age 16, memories of figures like Richard J. Daley and Harold Washington, the start of her own political career, her history-making underdog Senate win in 1992, memorable moments and lessons learned during her time in the Senate, her tenure as Ambassador to New Zealand, & much more from a truly iconic political life.IN THIS EPISODE…Memories of growing up on Chicago's South Side…Early memories of Chicago politics and the local labor movement…Growing up in the Chicago of Richard J. Daley…A 16-year-old Carol Moseley Braun marches next to Martin Luther King Jr…Memories of her long relationship with the iconic Harold Washington…How Harold Washington “saved” her political career…The college classmate (and now DC uber lobbyist) who jumpstarted her first political race…Recollections of the Illinois legislature of the 1970s and 80s…How being the target of the Chicago Machine actually helped her career…The amazing story of her history-making underdog US Senate race in 1992…Surprises and difficulties in the early days after being elected to the US Senate…The Senators who served as her mentors…The story of facing down Jesse Helms over the Confederate Flag…Her relationship with then-Senator Joe Biden…Her proudest accomplishment in the Senate…Memories of her tenure as Ambassador to New Zealand…The definitive Carol Moseley Braun advice for visitors to Chicago…AND 98-2, the Action Party, Al the Pal, apolitical medical technicians, Bob Bennett, the Black Belt, Barbara Boxer, brickbats, Brown vs Board, George HW Bush, Robert Byrd, Jane Byrne, carveouts, the civil rights imperative, Bill Clinton, Michael Corleone, cumulative voting, the Cutback Amendment, the Daley Machine, demigods, dirty tricks, Alan Dixon, the Dream Team, the DuSable Museum of African American History, Diane Feinstein, Gage Park, Hansberry vs Lee, Howell Heflin, Anita Hill, Independent Democrats, Nancy Kassebaum, Ted Kennedy, Kiwis, Celinda Lake, Landslide Washington, Pat Leahy, Thurgood Marshall, John McCain, Pat Moynihan, Dick Neuhaus, nuclear submarines, Barack Obama, old bulls, Claiborne Pell, Tony Podesta, Michael Shakman, semi-humans, Paul Simon, Clarence Thomas, Transcendentalists, welfare reform, the WWI Memorial, the Willard Hotel, the Year of the Woman… & more!

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All right. I'm Gary Duncan, your host and I want to welcome Jim Domen. He is the founder of church united. He also has a book coming out soon that will talk about just a little bit. It's called anonymous steak, about living in a gay lifestyle and how that is transformed into him. But coming now from went from that to a pastor. And just the story behind that is amazing. And he'll talk a little bit about that. But we're gonna start with talking and I've got this up on the screen. You can see his family there. We've got what church united does, and so want a welcome. Welcome, Jim. And I'm still working on this zoom stuff. We'll get you tied. And there we are. Oh, well, hey, Jim, thank you for having me on your show. It's great to be here with you today. It's great to have you you know, you've got like we said earlier, you got three things going on in your life and none of them are non-controversial. I didn't I don't think God sent me in this world to create controversy or conflict. My wife is a peacemaker. She's not into conflict. But you know, Gary, in today's day and age, I don't mind standing up for what's right, what's godly and what's good. And I want to continue to do that. And as I told my legal team, the reason why I'm doing this it's not to win it's to do what's right to do what's righteous and pro namely in proclaiming the name of Jesus, that's really my heart. And you know, what if I always say if no one's gonna stand I'll be the last one standing. Well, that's we need more people like you and that's that's why I started the podcast are looking for guys like you that are willing to stand we all need to stand in some of us are more at the tip of the spear and summer are part of the stem of the arrow. But we all have to play a part. And so let's get into that. I get in that lawsuit first. And All right, see how that ties into what we're talking about today with the church and, and standing up? Sure, well, three years ago, Vimeo, shut down the church, United's website, hosting page. Then I got an email Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving. I mean, think about this, a legal team, their legal team sent me an email the day after Thanksgiving on Black Friday, if you're not in retail, everybody's out shopping, or at least at home, recovering from Thanksgiving, the Thanksgiving meal, but not Vimeo. They targeted me because I was a pastor and a Christian and a former homosexual. And they said because I had my story on the church, United site. Now church united, we do videos of pastors in California, we're growing nationally, and we tell their stories of how they're engaging in government, whether it be at the city level, the county, state, or federal, or all of them. And so we had about 89 different stories of pastors' minds being one of sharing how I left the LGBTQ lifestyle. And they said that video and a handful of others had that type of a message. And they said we're going to discriminate against you. We're going to delete your account in 24 hours. I mean, think about that, Gary, after three years of work videos and pastors up and down the state of California, we're going to you have 24 hours to remove your content. We're going to delete your account. I mean, I was in a panic, I started calling people and guess what everyone's on vacation. People are, you know, no one's at their homes, home offices able to, you know, download stuff or whatever and I spent about good About two, three days frantically trying to find someone to offload everything. Thank God we were able to do that. But then within a week, Vimeo completely deleted church. United's account. Wow, I thought YouTube was the only one that did that. No, unfortunately, this is Gary,, this kind of stuff has been happening to me for at least 10 years, at a minimum 10 years. And I just think because of the nature of what they did, because they targeted me because I was a pastor. I was a Christian, and the month of December, you know, in the Christian world, and then even in the nonprofit world, December's the greatest giving month, of any month in the United States for all nonprofits. And wouldn't you know, they targeted me they targeted church, United deleted everything. We had huge financial losses huge. And it's we're still recovering from that. And you know, a little guy like me, a David and Goliath type of thing. All I'm doing is telling my story of transformation, what Jesus did in my life, and giant tech is able to come through and eliminate pastors, Christians, conservatives, anybody they don't approve of. And so I commend you, Gary, for your show, and hopefully trying to create a revival remnant here in our culture. Yeah, I think, appreciate that. Yeah, it's it's got to be in my thoughts is it's got to be a revolution, or me a revival is kind of an awakening. But a revolution turns over titles like Jesus did, and we need to be turning over some big tables, and they're the power of the Holy Spirit. And, and God's backing. We're bigger than they are. But they have the loudest voice. And, and there's the problem, they've got the loudest voice. The church has the numbers, but we don't have a voice. We need to reclaim that voice and stand up. And Gary, I can't be the only one standing up against big tech. I can't be the only one sharing my story of transformation. That's honestly what you're talking about, you know, your, your remnant revolution. I think that's, you know when we see a revival in the church, and then awakening in their culture, I'm praying for both that the church stands up, gets her voice back and speaks truth into their culture like Jesus did in grace and love. But also My prayer is that we'll have an awakening where new people are coming into God's kingdom. Yeah, yeah. And I think it's, it's happening as people are waking up, but it's going to have to be a major event, I think, to really kind of get the pendulum to swing a little bit. Now, how much can you talk about the lawsuit? Where is it at this point, though? We've lost every, every step of the way we've lost. I mean, honestly, it's it's, it's I am like, I feel like a loser. But in reality, it's like I told my legal team, I'm doing this because it's right. It's righteous. And we have to stand up against evil and against giant internet companies that are shutting down conservatives, Christians, people who might believe differently than they do. Now. What's the base? How's it? How's it? How does it read that they purposely really Oh, yeah, so we have proved that they did it. They totally wiped out the account. But we are suing for sexual orientation discrimination and religious discrimination. And these are based on the laws and constitutions in New York, the state of New York and the state of California. They're the reason why we're in federal court is that they do. It's over multi-state. It's not just in California, they're based in New York, and church united is based in Orange County, California. So the suit, although we filed in at the Ronald Reagan federal building in Santa Ana, California, in January 2019, they kicked it to New York, because Vimeo is based in New York, and of course, we've got liberal judges that have ruled it's so interesting, you know, it's there for freedom when it supports liberal ideology. But when freedom starts incorrectly when they're shutting down conservative speech, oh, you know, you don't have a choice. You don't know all those freedoms are eliminated. In essence, that's really what I believe the judges had done in New York at the Was it the second Federal Court of Appeals, the second bullet court, they've ruled against us. And now what are they saying? What is their? What's their reasoning for ruling against it? It is based on section 230, which if you're familiar with that, or people who aren't familiar with that, it's from the communications decency act of 1996. Congress passed into law. Really, it was a law to protect children from being sexually exploited or trafficked online. And through again, liberal court rulings and interpretations primarily to the Ninth Circuit, which is we're based out of in California, they have ruled in essence has made internet companies immune from the constitution from law, they can their free will can do whatever they want when they want it. They're doing it. What's that? And they're doing it right. And they're doing it. Absolutely. And we're seeing that from, you know, nobody liked me to a high profile person like President Donald Trump. I mean, and everything in between. They're doing that I mean, Shadowbanning, they'll take people's followings and they're deleting people. They're removing people. It's really unjust and so unfair. So back to the case that we're filing on sexual orientation discrimination, religious discrimination, and we're hoping we'll be well, soon we'll be filing to the United States Supreme Court. And we're hoping and praying that they will take our case and obviously rule in our favor. Well, right. Yeah. All these needs definitely needs to go the Supreme Court. And what we're seeing right now and some of that, it just, it's got to be a God thing, because we can't trust the Supreme Court even to do what they're supposed to do. Because we're dealing you know, as you know, we're dealing with an evil that is far beyond what we've seen in a long time. Oh, absolutely. It will reach to the Supreme Court just as easy as it reaches to our current, you know, White House administration. Sure. And again, Gary, I'm just telling my story, you know, it was me telling my story, and they wiped out an entire organization's videos. I mean, think about that. I mean, I guess they could have said, We don't like the story, we're gonna, you know, we're gonna delete, you have to remove the video. But that still would have been sexual orientation discrimination, but instead, they targeted me. And it was like, because you're a Christian, you're a pastor, you're conservative, you're a former homosexual, we're just gonna wipe out everything. And they did. And again, like I said, I'm grateful for my legal team advocates for faith and freedom Tywin Burch, who are standing with me and providing the legal services so we can move forward. And I would encourage other Christians or Americans, for that matter of this kind of stuff that's happened, you file a lawsuit seeking Look, you know, reach out to advocates or another law firm that might be willing to represent you because we have to I remember senator Josh Hawley out of Missouri. It's like Americans need to start filing lawsuits. So we can try to stop and raise the awareness of really what these giant behemoth internet companies are doing to Americans. Yeah, I was listening to somebody and they were saying we've got to remember, but it was a lawyer that was kind of bashing himself about being an ambulance chaser, he said, but we need more ambulance chasers right now that can take up court cases because it there is so much lawlessness, that it needs to go through the court systems and the way, that's how it's going to get changed. You know, we're just kind of quoting one of one of our attorneys had shared, she said, Jim, your case three years ago, was kind of a nothing case. It wasn't that big of a deal. But like I said earlier, Gary, I've been since I've been experiencing online censorship from Facebook, Google, YouTube. I think we all know, Google's YouTube's Google. And, you know, this has been going on for years. And now finally, that we actually have a case we can file. But because of all the censorship we've seen that's happened in the last reason, I would say do three years. My case is the closest case to the United States Supreme Court. And they've indicated they've wanted, they want cases like this. So we're again, we're hopeful and praying that they'll hear well, one that they'll take our case, and they'll hear it. Wow, great. Great now, and that's based on the church. United's website, correct? About correct all that? Is that okay? Go into a bit more about because we're heard about Yes. Like, you know, because I've been harping on, you know, churches where they, you know, what are they doing in this time in this culture. And I've heard so many times where we don't get into politics, politics is not our realm. Sure. And we are in that we are in the place we're in because church didn't get into politics or get into the government area. Sure. And sin people, we haven't educated the people we haven't educated the layman into learning to fight will carry limits. So here's a little bit why I started church united, I realized pastors don't know most of them don't know about government, they really know the names of their elected officials. And I have really had that kind of awakening moment when even when I went to seminary got my master's divinity. We never talked about engagement in government. We didn't talk about how what's the role of God's people in government and when I tell pastors that are awakening doers, either at our nation's capital or at a state capitol, I'll ask him or I'll share with them find me a book in the Bible. Okay, we all we're all preaching from the same book, where God's people are interacting with the most powerful, the strongest well-known world leader at that time in history. I mean, if you look at Joseph with the pharaohs, if you look at, you know, Abraham with, you know, let my people go. I mean, he finally a book in the Bible where God's people aren't interacting and praying with or john the baptist calling out. King Herod on a sin of adultery. I mean, that was a sin. He called them out and literally cost them his head. Why do we think in 2021? Or, you know, modern history today, that we don't have that voice anymore? God hasn't changed. Scripture hasn't changed. And so what I tried to point pastors to is, look, the Bible has God's men and women, Deborah, for example, in the Old Testament, in our area, or our interacting or in leadership positions, or Esther, in the Old Testament, that was I said, Deborah, I met Esther but both of them great godly women having a huge influence on government. Why is it do we think now? Oh, I only talked about Jesus. Well, wait a minute. Jesus was involved in every, every part of life. And we see I'm in the book of Luke. All right, the Luke was addressed to most excellent the most awful that was believed to be a high ranking Roman official one book in the New Testament explicitly to a government leader. And so I tried to help pastors go, look, if you don't know this, let church united help teach you so you can better engage. And Paul talks about when Timothy, pray for those in authority. Well, how do you pray for someone if you don't know their name? How do you lead them to Jesus, I lead my assembly member in California to Christ. How do you do that with someone? Oh, Gary, by the way, I like to try to practice what I preach is how do you lead someone to Christ? If you don't know them? And my assembly member, you know what he said? He goes, would you be willing to meet with my chief of staff and the rest of my staff so they can get to know you? So we know how to serve you? And you did? I told him, Gary, hell no. That why would I want you to meet with you and tell you about Jesus? And how do you serve the church or serve Christian people in your community? Why would other courts I said, Yes. So when these pastors go, Oh, we only talk about Jesus. Well, how would these people know if they don't hear. And frankly, I've learned the best way to do that is through relationships. And so it's really been an incredible journey. This, I'll tell you how this started off, my wife and I were I went to Washington DC, with watchmen on the wall family research council does a great pastors event. And I was so excited. I brought my year, my wife back the next year, I said, Honey, look what we're learning our spiritual history. Look at the history in the walls in the Capitol, and all these godly men and women in government, and so I couldn't get one California pastor to come with me. And so a year or two went by and said, Honey, let's take $6,000 out of savings will sponsor five pastors. I was number six, will take these six pastors to DC, make a video. And let's see what God does with that. Well, we went from seven, I'm sorry, from six, to 27, to 70, to 157, California pastors scholarship and sponsored to Washington DC, church, United doesn't charge pastors and churches, we raise the money, so we can send them like on a short term missions trip. And I tell you, the impact has been incredible to see pastors ignite, get on fire for their cities, their county, their state and their nation, and to be Jesus to their elected officials, to their school boards, to their city council members, and right in their community. So I the impact has been incredible. It's been so great. The New York Times wrote about us in 2018. And you know, I had a friend say, Jim, there's a mole in church united, they know too much of what you're doing. And I told my buddy, I said a mole. There's, it's me. That's it. And all these. What they're sensing is the Holy Spirit moving across our nation, because they're seeing pastors Ignite. They're seeing communities like the Latino community in California, switching to, to representing politically where their hearts and minds lined up, and it's been awesome to see that switch. The LA Times just interviewed me this past week, and they're freaking out because they're seeing this shift. There's a recall going on right now in California, and 54% of Latinos are in favor of the recall of recalling Democrat, Governor Gavin Newsom, which is huge. And I think when the liberals are seeing this and again, that's why I think Vimeo shut me down and all these other organizations are coming after us like this, because they don't want our voices to be heard. They kind of saw the writing on the wall and didn't hear them, they had a little bit more discernment then. I didn't the rest of us did to see what's coming. Hey, yeah. your feed says your battery pack needs charging. Oh, it does. Okay. That's why I went that's why I shared the screen. Oh, I can't see it. Oh, gotcha. Let me You can probably edit this out, right? Yeah, no, well, I'll keep your Keep your voice and I'll put in a way to share the screen let me I can't see that. So let me go pop in a new battery you're not walking, I can edit. I can edit. I can edit all this stuff right here. plug up, started back up. Oh, yeah, that works. Alright. So how can now this is? So this is really more of a California initiative? Correct with Turchi? Nine? Will California recall is the California issue. I'm just stating statistics that we're seeing a shift in culture. But yes, that is specific to California church united is not involved in the recall. We're a 501 c three. So we don't get involved in that. What I was just trying to share is that's what's happening right now. And the media is seeing a shift in the Latino community their quote-unquote sane. The Democrats have taken the Latino vote for granted and i i don't know if they're gonna quote me, but I said no, the democrats have used and abused a people group. And that infuriates me. That's wrong. That's which that's what they're seeing. And she asked me, Well, why do you think this is happening? I said, because you're being made aware of the truth. And church united does, we'll do some all Spanish speaking regional tours and awakening tours, to better inform the Latino, the Spanish speaking, citizens of California, again, how to engage in government, what government's doing to them and their people. And their, their awakening. And like I told her, I said, I think it's the truth that's awakening them. And that's helping them to see the shift what they're seeing on the polls now, like, you've got a picture on your page hereof everybody praying over one of the Assemblyman, I guess, in his office or whatever. Yeah. Is that something you do on a regular basis? Yes, we do. We will pray for members of the California Legislature legislatures in the California Capitol will do it for members of the United States Senate and members of the House of Representatives, either in their offices in the Capitol, we do that quite often. And we don't discriminate. It's Democrat, Republican, independent. We'll pray. We, you know, we've only been kicked out a one our former Senator Barbara Boxer literally kicked 12 pastors off out of her office, when at the end of the meeting, we said can we pray for you or over you? And they literally stood up and said leave now. And we respected them. We went and we prayed in the I don't remember the name of the federal building we were in but we prayed in the hallway out, you know, and like in a common area for them and their staff, but we wanted to honor them. But yeah, that was the first time we've been kicked out for asking, you know, to pray and like we're pastors, that's what we do. We want to help people in but you know, will show yourselves to the door. I think that's I think we're getting to the point now where it's an honor to be persecuted like that because now we're really starting to see what it truly means to be persecuted. not as scary it's hard to believe that's happening in America you know, as we're seeing it's just hard to imagine that this is happening in my lifetime that Yeah, they're coming after conservatives are coming after Christians are coming after anyone who has a you know, a biblical worldview. Right and and I had a you know, right now during this time if when people listen to this podcast or watch it, it's the Taliban in Afghanistan is is doing some really horrible things right now. Yeah. So you've got Christians being killed here. And if we're not careful as Christians today, and we allow this, I would call this minor persecution. Sure if we really think about what's going on in the world, this is, this is like a gnat, you know, you're flying around our head. What are we going to do? If it really gets bad? You know, where we have the Gestapo police like Nancy Pelosi group coming in and busting down our doors? Yeah, at gunpoint telling us, you're holding a church, you can't have church in here. You know, that kind of things? What are we going to do? You know, are we ready for that? Are we being trained for that? And sure, that's one of the things that, excuse me, I saw about what you're doing is you're going into the governmental areas in trying to prevent that from happening by praying for those leaders. Yep. And at least if if they believe differently, let's let's build a relationship. Let's build you know, that we're able to pray with the neat with then, you know, some of the experiences that pastors have shared, some of the elected officials will be like, what do you want from me? What do you want all? All? Does everybody want something from me? And they go, we don't want anything. How can I pray for you? And we, you know, we're in your community, we represent your we work with your constituents, you know, and, you know, I remember one, one member of Congress, when the pastor came in, she was kind of meeting like this with their arms crossed, and through the whole meeting, and the Holy Spirit just kept prompting on him to ask her, what, you know, how can I pray with you? And she was just like, you know, never really gave it a response. And finally, she put her arms down, and she said, my husband just got diagnosed with cancer. And so he prayed with her, you know, they're on different sides of the aisles. But that's not what this is about. This is about building at least a relationship, a friendship. And in growing from there. Yeah, you talk about things that are going on, I would, I probably wouldn't use the word persecuted. I think I will reserve that for Christians who are being beaten and martyred for as persecution. But I will say we're definitely being attacked and silenced in America not attacked physically, but digitally, and any, anyway that they can to remove or to really remove our freedoms. And again, like I said, this has been happening for at least 10 years, with my story of transformation leaving homosexuality, but it really hit the homefront when they wiped out church, United's nonprofit, you know, 501 c three accounts back in 2018. And that, that would be my question to you. Not that. But my question to you being, you know, not, you know, you're I was gonna say, you said earlier, you are? You're not a pastor now. But you were, and you're involved 100% into the church united? What's the answer? What is the church? I mean, my question is like, Where's the church? What are we going to do? Sure. What are we going to do because we are not standing up. And we're not being taught. I don't think our leaders are teaching that this is a war. This is a war that we need to stand on this hill and fight. Sure. We've heard, I forgot who said it, but he gave a sermon. And it was called chocolate soldiers. And it was something that was written 70 years ago was a sermon that was written 70 years, and he was talking about and it was like, so true. It's we've raised in the last 40 years, a generation of chocolate soldiers, that when the tough gets going, we melt, and we're not standing up. And that's why really one of the big reasons why I started the podcast, he's defined those that are iron soldiers that are David's that are out front, the Joshua's and those kind of, you know, where are heroes? Where are people? Sure, that are larger than life that are standing up? You know, I guess I call those heroes patriots statesman, you know, and where are they? My heart is that you know, we would stand you know, it's, you know, I, how do you how would you answer for people like me, I'm just a normal, regular church, go, church person, will and they're seeing this happen, and they're like, somebody encouraged me to get in the fight. Yeah, you know, because that we're hearing sermons on. We're hearing sermons. And I'm just generalizing. You're gonna go to every single church, I can't really say, but from what I'm learning and listening. We're still learning how to be a Christian and that day is over with Sure it's time now to be a Christian and, and to mean to fight to get up and fight that means, like you're saying, go into the store, I mean to the public house and do those things and pray will and so kind of it's again, this is why I started church united was to help pastors engage in government, and hopes that they would preach and teach differently than what may be what you're hearing. And what I have. Part of all say some of our success stories have been these pastors we take to DC or Sacramento, they get engaged, they start preaching differently. They're empowering their people. I've got one. So I shared all the pastors that we've taken in, taken Oh, well over 500 pastors to capitols from California, when and I'll just tell you one story of one pastor. He was one of the first that went that first group of six. He is now has a podcast, he's got a nonprofit called, his name is Pastor Tim Johnson. He's got our watch, and he is so engaged with meeting with his city leaders in the government. The school board in Riverside was implementing the sexual indoctrination of our children, K through 12, with sinful insidious, homosexual, lesbian, transgender behavior in the public school, starting with kindergarten, who can believe this, he started standing up to this and now his church has exploded from one service to four, and they've got to find a bigger place because there are people Christians are also wising up and leaving the churches or the pastors aren't addressing the cultural issues, and what's really happening in our time. I mean, Paul, if you look at the Apostle Paul, he went to the different cities and the known world at the time, wrote letters to the churches, chastising them, encouraging them, correcting them, rebuking them, why do we think we don't do that today dealing with our modern issues? I mean, we for some reason, we've, we've lost that. But the pastors who are doing this, I believe, are not only attracting people, but it's helping to awaken that remnant awakened or helped bring a revival to the church, and hopefully awakening to the culture. So we can change some of these evil things. Yeah, I think they that there's a there's a lot of people out there that are hungry, sure. to, to hear the message and get the teaching and in those things, yes, stand up for this. They love the country, but they love God first, and they love this country. And we just need more than that. Is there a plan at all to is this something that you're doing with church united, something that could be done in other states? Very similar? Or Yeah, just Phil we and we're growing nationally, we're having such an impact in California. I'm looking for pastors to lead in other states, if you know of any or any are listening to your podcast, they can reach out to me on our church, United website, church nada.com. Send me an email, I'd love to talk with them during the closure of churches across Northern California, but across the nation. I had pastors reaching out to me Help me I feel all alone. And I'm like, Don't worry, if you're in Northern California, we have a slew of the church, United pastors who were open and or help you open and you're not alone, you'll stand with you. But I started getting calls from other states. One specifically was in Colorado, this great pastor reached out to me and said, all the pastors have turned their backs on me and I'm all alone. No one else is open, no one else and I'm like, people are in crisis. The church has to be open. God doesn't say I'm going on vacation. I you know, to hell with all my people. He's engaged. He's engaged with us. And here you get all these churches closing doors and not reopening. And really, I would I have seen the churches that remain open, God is blessed. God has grown numerically financially. And but yet it's lonely if you're standing there by yourself. So I there are some pastors that have reached out to me, that I think will be our next key leaders in the states in the upcoming months and years. And, you know, the church united as is, how do I say this? I'm not I'm actively pursuing those leaders in those states. But it's the states in which God are uniquely is connecting me and them and we're walking together as he does that. Yeah. And I think, as you were talking, the we have got to as a congregation, stand behind the pastors that do speak out. Sure, you know, because they're going to get the brunt of a lot of things and but if your pastors not speaking out, the people are just going to sit there like they always do. Sure and do nothing. And I think pastors will be surprised when they start to, to preach and to speak the word that is of this day, that but you know, yes, when they do, they're going to get pushback. I know that that's what I hear people start complaining I remember I shared my story at a church are coming out of the gay lifestyle up in the state of Washington and a lady went to the pastor is what this church is going to be all about. And I'm like, you know, you're going to get some of that pushback, you're going to get some of these liberals or these walls that are in your congregations, don't let them pressure you to do what God is calling you to do to keep you from doing that. And I mean that that's going to happen. But at the same time, I think what I'm seeing is the blessing of the pastors who have said, No, we're gonna stay open, we're gonna meet the needs of the people, we're gonna preach the Word of God, as well, as you know, talking about how do we engage in what does that look like? Yeah, and I think it's important to, like, what you're doing is that I've thought many times we send our representative to Washington or to to our state government. And we just, you know, we're done. We don't stand up, we don't ever doubt. Yeah, exactly. You're there do your job. Well, I think a lot of times, if, if, and I'm just speaking for the church, okay. Sure. If we showed up in force to say like you say, we're praying for you, we stand behind you, and we believe what's going on. And they feel that whether, you know, they'll fill it in the spirit, but they also fear they see it in the physical, is that yeah, these people are really, they really stand up for this. So when the tough really get the times get really hard. They know if they make that decision, that they probably don't have to make because nobody's listening, they'll go ahead and vote on something that that if they had the feel like they had the backing of the church, they would probably make that vote and be able to stand because there's somebody behind them. If there's nobody behind them, they're gonna be like all the other politicians. Yeah, it's not only is standing behind the pastor but I, you know, there's also you have to realize there are some pastors in this country who aren't going to do that. They're not going to engage, and they don't know what Bible or theology they have. But there it's between them and God, and we're, I won't even waste my time with those. But the ones who are open to about Okay, what is God doing? What is he calling us to do? How can we better impact our community for Christ, those are the pastors that church united is looking for, and those who aren't afraid to take a stand when needed. And I got another pastor in Northern California right now that, you know, the state, the county, and the city is all coming after him, because he's got a school and a church. And you know, it's just again, they're bullying the church. And the church is, is standing up and say, No, we were protected constitutionally. And again, so that's a little bit what we see. And I want to encourage faster doesn't, that's what church, United's here to stand with you and let them know you're not alone. And as I see it, if we give the pastor's get this vision, they pass it on to the people, and that will help the people that are engaged to get people out to vote. It's and if we, if we haven't seen it now, through this pandemic, it's important who you elect to office and the decisions they make. And you can see that from the red states and blue states, just how dramatic that's been across the country, from the different leadership styles and how they've handled the pandemic. And, you know, we have to be involved in the politics of it. Which is, you know, like you say, I'm actually being a part of the smallest level of our republican party in our county. It's not a big, you know, it's not a big responsibility, but it needed to be filled. There's other positions that need filled by people. And if you have a Christian in that place, versus somebody that's not a Christian, then that's going to make a more Christ and truth filling impact than the other another side would. So you're sure and it's just at the local smallest level. We've got to do that and encourage others to do that as well. Well, great, I we definitely appreciate that all the show notes and stuff with churchy night will be in there. But let's, let's go and let's talk a little bit about your book. Yeah, that's a connected book that's connected to this as well, because I think I read a little bit about your story, but tell us get us up to date on how your whole lifestyle kind of helped. Didn't it help kind of launch church united as a how right? Yeah, I would say a little bit my, my testimony is unique coming out of the gay lifestyle and you know, I, I've always asked the god why the Lord Why Why me? Why do I have to deal with this? Why was this my thorn in my flesh and what? You know that what the Lord put in my heart one day is is you you will have an ability or he showed this to me one Saturday driving back from pastors meeting in downtown LA, he said You're able to connect with the in a room of pastors very quickly at the heart level. And it was really neat to be able to do that and or have him reveal that change for me to see that. But yeah, so my story I've been wanting to write my story is a book. Ironically, I tried to share it online, it's been deleted. So I was kind of forced to write a book, but I'm titled The book, not a mistake, the parents hope for their day, son. And it's my journey of growing up in a Christian home Christian parents kind of understanding that background even going to Christian Schools, and then dealing with same-sex attraction, and kind of what that looks like the book is broken up into three sections, mistaken identity, the stake in love, and unmistakable hope. And I think kind of under each of those and under each of those headlines and talking about identity, and how important that is that your sexual orientation isn't your identity. That's huge. mistake and love. And you know, I talked a little bit about the book, I was so desperate to love and be loved. I didn't care my partner was HIV positive and hepatitis C positive. Thankfully, God has kept me from those terminally ill diseases. But again, that was part of that. That unmistakable love and then the unmistakable hope, how we're talking about the hope that change is possible. It's really it's a book geared towards parents, but anyone who has a loved one in the LGBTQ lifestyle, it'll probably bring you encouragement and truth. Or if you're struggling with same-sex attraction, whether in the lifestyle or you know, struggling with, should you do that or not, I think this book will give you hope, as well. And in the full world, Sean McDowell is right in my Ford. But in the intro, I kind of write a note to parents letting them know, this book isn't going to change your child from gay to straight. That's not what this book is to do. Or the intention of the book, the book is to share my story, how my parents responded, how my family responded, how you could respond to your loved one, and the hope that change is possible. And even and Gary, I've met so many men that have come back to the Lord, even after their parents have passed, that they won't know until you know, until the end to heaven, that their loved one will be there. But it was just really beautiful to see that in so many people's lives. I again, I really think this book will bring practical hope for parents, and just sharing my story and journey that God's taking me this past, what 4047 years. How did that happened when for you to, I guess, awaken to the fact that that was not a proper lifestyle. It was against what God called? How were your parents alive at the time, when that happened? Give us a little background on that as to if parents listening that they have their son or daughter, yeah, like, um, I grew up in a Christian home. So I knew the truth, I knew the difference between right and wrong. And I always knew homosexuality was wrong. in Scripture Scripture, scripture is very clear about that. And so I always had that truth down deep in me, I really believe when Isaiah, when Isaiah talks about raise a child in the way of the Lord with all the, will not depart from it. So I had really great strong biblical roots. I went to counseling as a minor, which now it's real, it's almost forbidden in California, but at the time, ages 16 to 18, I went to a counselor, he helped lay an understanding of the roots of same-sex attraction that also aligned with biblically scripturally what's right, what's wrong, but like I said, I wanted to love and be loved. And I kind of said, you know, to heck with God, His kingdom, the church, you know, I want to meet a man and get married him. We marriage was illegal at the time, but we acted to pretend to like it was and we lived accordingly. I thankfully was only in the lifestyle for about five years. And what brought me back was, I'd say almost utter brokenness, losing everything. bank accounts, house business, almost literally overnight. not as dramatic as Joe but that kind of a story where all I had were the clothes on my back, not even a place to sleep. I had two gay friends who owned an apartment complex, it's a gym, you can come to stay there for a couple of weeks, but at you know, you're gonna have to pay a deposit and rent and I didn't have anything at the time and my parents said, Come back home and live with us. We'll help you. We'll get you back on your feet. I'm like, No, no, no, I've traveled the world. I've been to 40 countries. I have my own home and business. I'm not as I'm not 28 years old. I'm not going to move back home with mommy and daddy. But as God would have it, I did and now began to heal my brokenness. The relationship between my dad and I, my mom and really to have that grown-up time maturity time with them, just the three of us for a season was wonderful. It was great. And I joke with them now it's evident we were all walking with the Lord because we didn't kill each other as grown adults, you know, they talked about guests and fish, you know, your guests are like fish after three days, they begin to stink, but I live with them, I think for what, maybe two years, something like that. And it's just really as I re-establish myself, got back on my feet, started going to seminary and really gave my life back to Christ. Well, now, let me ask you this question. It's just this just the question I have. Sure. Because there's a parent could probably fear, you know, that, okay, we've raised our son, right. He's been to church, he grew up in the church and all that, how, how does that happen? How does it help somebody raise raised in the church, all of a sudden become get into that lifestyle? And, you know, sure, what I've seen in experience through so in 47, I've been to counseling I've counseled many men and women, young and old on this particular topic. It is a developmental issue between the Father and the Son, and the family dynamic. It is the environment, it is not genetic. There is no gene there is no there is zero scientific proof that it's genetic, that you're born this way, it's innate. Those are all lies from the pit of hell, there is none is what I have seen. And here's the interesting thing, Gary, in my book, I think 18 stories from around the globe, not just in the United States, white evangelicals, but these are black, brown, white individuals, male and female, in America and across the globe. 18 different stories, and they all have the same theme. They've either been sexually abused, you know, an absent father or didn't have a dad or never connected with the dad or were had different giftings than what maybe people might consider masculine. Maybe they're more artistic in the arts and drama and music as opposed to you know, football, baseball, soccer, football, yeah, construction. And so when you start reading and seeing these stories, you see this similar theme, that it was an environment thing, it was developmental, it was the connection with that same-sex parent.Okay, so good. Okay, this, this might show my stupidity. But just thinking about it, is it more prevalent? Would it be more prevalent because you live in California because it's more freer and more people accepted versus maybe a real conservative Bible Belt area where it has to be hidden? You know, I said, when you say the environment is that could thatwell, when I mean by the environment, it's the family dynamic, how a child is raised. And those sexual things develop, or those identities developed, probably between the ages of 18 months, and 36 months. So kind of a in a year, year and a half to three years of age, little girls, little boys start developing their identity as male and female. And when that gets skewed, it doesn't really matter. If you're living in St. California, and the Bible Belt, I grew up in a very conservative Christian evangelical home. And I still dealt with same-sex attraction. But again, it was the disconnect between my dad and me. And looking back as a kid, I saw my mannerisms, how I acted, how he behaved. And, you know, my dad connected well with my brother as he excelled in baseball and soccer. You know, I tried doing t ball, I sucked, you know, and it wasn't fun to play t ball being the last kid picked all the time, even soccer I did one year. And that just wasn't my gift set. And so were my dad knew how to connect with my brother, even my sister that was missing with me. And so really, it comes down to that relationship with the same-sex dad, or the same gender, dad, and then my mom, again, connecting better with my mom seeing the world through the eyes of the feminine instead of the masculine. And a lot of times when boys don't connect with their dads or with the healthy, masculine men, they shift and will focus or connect with their mothers. And so the feminine qualities and attributes are brought up and then their identity is or their wires get crossed, your identity gets connected with the feminine. And so I would say that's probably in my case more on the lines of what had happened. I'd never been sexually abused or anything like that. A lot of times that can skew people to go one way or another. So it really doesn't so much have to do with your environment as the location of where you live, but that family dynamic and your upbringing.So with the not onslaught, but there's so much everything is about The rainbow, the gay agenda and all that.It really is like an epidemic. He's crazy and it's offensive lines. I mean this whole what they do in June is just terrible and I have nothing against LGBTQ people. But it is not only being pushed down my throat in the public sector and government but here's the scary thing in California they are indoctrinated. They are sexualizing babies kindergarteners first grade, second grade, third grade, a fourth grade with homosexual sex, lesbian sex, and that your you can switch your sex. It is absolute insanity. And this is where people need to stand up. You talked about this earlier, Christians on boards, there are Christians all over the place. We're not saying any Oh, I don't want to upset the applecart. I don't want to offend anyone. I don't. We've been silenced out of fear and out of ignorance, and we just allow this evil to advance. It is. It is apprehensible. That in California in the public schools, they are sexualizing and indoctrinating our children. It's it's just sickening. And I wish more people would stand frank, I wish parents would take their kids out of public school spirit. Dennis Prager talked about that. I totally support that. We homeschool our kids. They're not getting indoctrinated by sex and LGBTQ sex. I mean, that should have nothing to do with academia.I mean, we shouldn't even send them to the library. Because even though I agree my city of north of here, they had drag queen storytime. Yeah.I mean, for children, what happened to bring in engineers, policemen, firemen, doctors, nurses, pilots, you name it. What about careers where people actually benefit the culture, instead of bringing adult entertainers to entertain children. It's it's deplorable. Honestly, it's terrible. It's demonic. And that's, to me, that's part of where we're at is because, and this is a lot of what God's been showing me. We are the gatekeepers, the church is the gatekeeper. We are guarding the wall, okay. Just like if you want to think about wall in Mexico, we're standing in the wall, we're standing in the gap between good and evil. And the more church and church leaders and people have the faith, open the door, the more that evil is gonna come in. And we've just allowed it to walk right in the door and come in the back door and go into our schools and or public places. And I think we are in a time that this is healed us to down is where we're at right now. We've been all that they say born for this well. What's that saying? We were born for this time or something for such a time as this? Yeah, for such a time as this. And I look, you know, I look at Ecclesiastes, he's in it says, you know, there's a time for wartime for peace. Yeah, I'm gonna hate time to love. You do not feel like we've been in a time for love for, you know, most of my Christian life is about love. And we need to spread the word of God, the love of Jesus, and we need to make disciples and always go back to Nehemiah and building the wall. You know, we're great at it helped to build the wall, but we're not defending it while we're building it.They had to fight again, build that right, john, it was 20 around the clock,right? We're talking about building for eons, and we've not done it with a weapon in our hand and it's time we need the sword of the Spirit. So Absolutely. Right. Yes, you can get a book at Jim Delmon calm or not a mistake calm you can order a copy pre-order actually, the book will be released around the same time we're filing our lawsuit or federal lawsuit to the United States Supreme Court. So you can get go to www.notamistake.com to preorder a copy now. Okay, so when you click on click on there you go. Make sure let me let's let me share the screen again. Okay. So when you go to his website, Jim domain.com, there's a little box in the right preorder book. There, it'll take you to the link. So you can go and preorder the book for $20. And I'm sure you appreciate it, because that helps. When you preorder that helps kind of get it free pre loaded for Amazon, hopefully, yes, put it on Amazon, maybe it'll be onAmazon and every, every digital place we that will allow it if I don't get banned, at least I talked to my tech people, and at least we've got the domain names, and hopefully they don't shut down our website. So you should be able to but would prefer if you bite from our website, otherwise, Amazon takes like 50% of everything. That's why Jeff Bezos is so rich. That is for sure everything. Well, I will put this in the show notes. We'll have links to that in the show rates. And once you once you get that link, that goes direct again, we'll put it in there as well. Sure, Jim, appreciate it. Any last words? It's been a pleasure. Great. Yeah. Gary, thank you for what you're doing. God bless you. And if you're hearing or watching this, let me just encourage you to take a stand, stand up for righteousness. Don't allow evil, to keep you quiet, stand up and do something vote and get godly men and women to run for office and to vote. Yes. Great. Thank you, Jim. All right. God bless you, Gary. Thank you so much. God bless you.  

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Journalist and author Sasha Issenberg recently released his new book, The Engagement: America's Quarter-Century Struggle Over Same-Sex Marriage. Sasha chronicles the path to progress on this issue from the early 90s when even most LGBT advocates didn't see marriage equality as an achievable goal..to the present with marriage equality cemented by the Supreme Court and over 70% of Americans (and rising) lining up behind these rights. In this conversation, Sasha talks the core thesis of his book, the strategic decisions that made a difference in the debate, the key political actors on both sides of the debate, and insight into the inner workings of the Obama White House as the positions of the President and VP evolved. A lot of smart stuff from Sasha to chew on as a primer for his authoritative book, The Engagement, on the seminal civil rights issue of the last thirty years(Please consider leaving a rating and review in your podcast app)IN THIS EPISODE…The conversations that led to Sasha sinking his teeth into this topic…Sasha explains why “civil unions” was a double-edged sword for the marriage equality movement…The problems gay marriage advocates had to solve to move from losing to winning at the ballot box…The “huge” breakthrough for the gay community in the '92 presidential campaign…The Republican who played a key role in moving Senate Democrats toward marriage equality…Which marriage equality opponent was the most effective?What explains the “backlash” in public opinion against marriage equality in the mid 90s and mid 2000s?Inside the Obama White House when VP Biden comes out for marriage equality before the President…Sasha talks the 5-4 Supreme Court Obergefell decision…One elected official Sasha believes showed a Profile in Courage on this issue…Sasha talks the importance of pop culture in driving progress…Two book recommendations Sasha used as models for The Engagement…AND…George Allen, PT Barnum, Elizabeth Birch, Barbara Boxer, Bill Clinton, Brides Magazine, James Comey, contact theory, Betsy DeVos, Mike Dukakis, the ERA ratification fight, Andrew Flores, Barney Frank, Freedom to Marry, going to war with Bolivia, Whoopi Goldberg, Lisa Grove, Hawaii's Future Today, Valerie Jarrett, Anthony Kennedy, Mark Kirk, the LDS Church, longitudinal connections, Claire McCaskill, Ken Mehlman, the movable middle, notebook factories, the NRCC, NYT wedding announcements, the Orlando Magic, the Portland Arch Diocese, the Reliance Doctrine, Rob Portman, Robin Roberts, Chuck Robb, Mitt Romney, Arnold Schwarzenegger, sending astronauts to Pluto, Amy Simon, the soil of South Carolina, Jon Tester, Third Way, The View, virtuous cycles, Dick Wirthlin, & MORE!

This week my guest is Rose Kapolczynski, a legend in California politics and beyond. Rose managed all four of Barbara Boxer's successful US Senate races, including the iconic Boxer upset win in the '92 Year of the Woman. Beyond Boxerworld, Rose started her own consulting firm and has been deeply involved in numerous successful campaigns - and she is currently the President of the American Association of Political Consultants.Podcast WebsiteTwitter: @ProPoliticsPodTwitter: @ZacMcCraryFacebook: The Pro Politics Podcast IN THIS EPISODEHow the politics of the late 60s set Rose on her path…Rose organizes her high school for George McGovern…Rose talks about the formative period in the 70s of the environmental movement getting involved in campaigns…What was Rose's memorable first reaction when she was offered a job working for Gary Hart's '84 presidential campaign…Rose draws parallels between the 1984 presidential primary and the 2020 primary…Why Rose advises people to work for an underdog campaign…Rose's memories of working in the US Senate in the 80s…Rose's momentous first meeting with then Congresswoman Barbara Boxer…How Rose helped engineer Barbara Boxer's upset '92 Senate race…Rose's memories of the 1992 Year of the Woman…What early decision did Senator Boxer make to reach out to Republican areas of the state…The “number one thing” Rose looks for when making hiring decisions…The “three jobs” Rose sees as key to being a successful political consultant…Rose's practical tips on how to pitch potential clients…Rose's “most important thing” in running your own business…Rose talks about one of her toughest ballot-measure victories as a consultant…Rose tells us what political consultants and strip clubs have in common…ALSO…The AAPC, Mark Armour, Jerry Brown, Frank Church, Bill Clinton, Alan Cranston, Dianne Feinstein, Al Gore, John Glenn, Dorie Greenspan, Bob Hattoy, Pudge Henkel, Bruce Herschensohn, Anita Hill, Jesse Jackson, Ed Lazarus, Jim Margolis, Walter Mondale, Steve Murphy, Karen Olick, Ross Perot, Mark Putnam, Steve Rabinowitz, Ronald Reagan,  the Sierra Club, Amy Simon, Pete Wilson, Tim Wirth and more!Podcast WebsiteTwitter: @ProPoliticsPodTwitter: @ZacMcCraryFacebook: The Pro Politics Podcast  

Barbara Boxer, former U.S. Senator (D-CA) and Fall 2020 Fellow at the USC Dornsife Center for the Political Future, joins co-directors Bob Shrum and Mike Murphy to reflect on her career and look ahead to the November election. Boxer was elected to the United States Senate in 1992 during the “Year of the Woman." She served four terms and retired in 2017, having also served five terms as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives and six years on the Marin County Board of Supervisors. Known as a “liberal firebrand,” Boxer has advocated for families and the environment for decades. She has consistently addressed the threat of climate change and attacks on women's health and the right to privacy. She also authored landmark legislation for federally funded after-school programs. Boxer is chairwoman for a global strategy firm, runs a political action committee, and in the Fall, she will be teaching a course called "Demystifying Governance and Politics" at the USC Dornsife Center for the Political Future.

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