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Headlines for March 05, 2025; “A Declaration of War Against the American People”: Ralph Nader on Trump’s Address to Congress; Fact-Check: Juan González on Trump’s “Outrageous” Lies About Panama Canal; “Deporting Immigrants Like Me Won’t Make Eggs Cheaper or Your Family Safer”: Erika Andiola on Trump; “Betrayal”: Canadian Researcher Responds to Trump’s Tariffs & Trade War Amid Fears of Recession; “War on Trans People”: Transgender Journalist Imara Jones Responds to Trump’s Speech; Why NJ Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman Brought a Doctor Who Worked in Gaza as Her Guest to Trump’s Speech
Headlines for March 05, 2025; “A Declaration of War Against the American People”: Ralph Nader on Trump’s Address to Congress; Fact-Check: Juan González on Trump’s “Outrageous” Lies About Panama Canal; “Deporting Immigrants Like Me Won’t Make Eggs Cheaper or Your Family Safer”: Erika Andiola on Trump; “Betrayal”: Canadian Researcher Responds to Trump’s Tariffs & Trade War Amid Fears of Recession; “War on Trans People”: Transgender Journalist Imara Jones Responds to Trump’s Speech; Why NJ Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman Brought a Doctor Who Worked in Gaza as Her Guest to Trump’s Speech
We're just two days into Donald Trump's second term, and the 47th President has already signed dozens of sweeping executive orders, targeting everything from climate regulations to TikTok, diversity equality and inclusion programs, to refugee admission. Trump has also issues pardons for more than a thousand people charged or convicted in the 2021 riots, including those who assaulted police and destroyed property. Correspondent Kevin Liptak is following all of this from Washington DC and joins the show from the White House. Also on today's show: Immigration advocates Erika Andiola & Andrea Martinez; Palestinian English language teacher Asma Mustafa; US Senate Democrat Ron Wyden Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
How mixed-status families are planning for Donald Trump's promised immigration crackdown, how Trump's pick for CIA is being received in the Senate, and the tech that could make wildfires detectable in minutes
Repaso a los temas más destacados del 2023, desde política con los Congresistas Lou Correa del distrito 46 de California, Henry Cuellar del distrito 28 de Texas y Nydia Velázquez del distrito 7 de Nueva York. Además, conversamos de política y la comunidad latina con la reportera del Washington Post, Sabrina Rodríguez, y el analista político Hernán Molina, y el director de las investigaciones hispanas del Pew Research Center, Mark Hugo López. También hablamos de inmigración con la activista Erika Andiola y la abogada por los derechos de los inmigrantes, Karla Marisol Vargas.
How much has Biden distanced himself from Trump's disgraceful immigration record? Not enough. Asylum is still being denied to tens of thousands of migrants who are now being held at bay with the help of an app. Cool. Organizer Erika Andiola of The Young Center for Immigrant Children's Rights joins to discuss. Then comedian Aida Rodriguez discusses Ron DeSantis giving up the fight against Disney, all while his hateful rhetoric helps get people killed like Lauri Carlton of California, killed for displaying a pride flag. Finally, it's the GOP primary debate drinking game! How wasted the word "woke" get us?Featuring: Aida Rodriguez, comedianhttps://www.funnyaida.com/ (Pre-order her book, Legitimate Kid: https://www.funnyaida.com/) Erika Andiola, The Young Center for Immigrant Children's Rightshttps://twitter.com/ErikaAndiola*Catch Francesca and Matt Lieb LIVE at the Punchline in San Francisco on Tuesday October 17th! Tickets: bit.ly/3OCzLiBThe Bitchuation Room Streams LIVE every TUESDAY and FRIDAY at 1/4pmEST on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/franifio and Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/franifioSupport The Bitchuation Room by becoming a Patron: www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom to get special perks and listen/watchback privileges of the Friday *BONUS BISH*Tip the show via Venmo:@TBR-LIVE Cash-App:@TBRLIVEMusic by Nick StarguFollow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPodGet your TBR merch: www.bitchuationroom.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
How much has Biden distanced himself from Trump's disgraceful immigration record? Not enough. Asylum is still being denied to tens of thousands of migrants who are now being held at bay with the help of an app. Cool. Organizer Erika Andiola of The Young Center for Immigrant Children's Rights joins to discuss. Then comedian Aida Rodriguez discusses Ron DeSantis giving up the fight against Disney, all while his hateful rhetoric helps get people killed like Lauri Carlton of California, killed for displaying a pride flag. Finally, it's the GOP primary debate drinking game! How wasted the word "woke" get us?Featuring:Aida Rodriguez, comedianhttps://www.funnyaida.com/(Pre-order her book, Legitimate Kid: https://www.funnyaida.com/)Erika Andiola, The Young Center for Immigrant Children's Rightshttps://twitter.com/ErikaAndiola*Catch Francesca and Matt Lieb LIVE at the Punchline in San Francisco on Tuesday October 17th! Tickets: bit.ly/3OCzLiBThe Bitchuation Room Streams LIVE every TUESDAY and FRIDAY at 1/4pmEST on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/franifio and Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/franifioSupport The Bitchuation Room by becoming a Patron: www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom to get special perks and listen/watchback privileges of the Friday *BONUS BISH*Tip the show via Venmo:@TBR-LIVE Cash-App:@TBRLIVEMusic by Nick StarguFollow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPodGet your TBR merch: www.bitchuationroom.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
If only the memes were true. Instead, the president isn't a vengeance-seeking diehard, he signs the Inflation Reduction Act and gives Joe Manchin the pen. And on immigration, Biden has put up little fight against some of the worst Trump policies. Organizer Erika Andiola joins Francesca to break down the fate of DACA, Trump's border wall, Title 42 and the recently rescinded "Remain in Mexico" policy. And more details about the FBI raid on Mar a Lago. Was he trying to hawk the nuclear codes? Comedian Mateen Stewart joins to discuss that plus the massive nationwide teacher shortage and what some red states are doing about it. Finally a BONUS BISH about the newest right-wing dating app "The Right Stuff". The icebreaker questions they're asking are...incredible. Listen or watch back by becoming a patron: www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom.Featuring:Mateen Stewart, Comedian https://twitter.com/mateenstewartErika Andiola, Immigrant rights activist https://twitter.com/ErikaAndiolaThe Bitchuation Room Streams LIVE every TUESDAY (now!) at 1/4pmEST on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/franifio and Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/franifioFollow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPodGet your TBR merch: www.bitchuationroom.comSupport The Bitchuation Room by becoming a Patron: www.patreon.com/bitchationroom or via Venmo: @TBR-LIVE Cash-App: @TBRLIVE Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.
If only the memes were true. Instead, the president isn't a vengeance-seeking diehard, he signs the Inflation Reduction Act and gives Joe Manchin the pen. And on immigration, Biden has put up little fight against some of the worst Trump policies. Organizer Erika Andiola joins Francesca to break down the fate of DACA, Trump's border wall, Title 42 and the recently rescinded "Remain in Mexico" policy. And more details about the FBI raid on Mar a Lago. Was he trying to hawk the nuclear codes? Comedian Mateen Stewart joins to discuss that plus the massive nationwide teacher shortage and what some red states are doing about it. Finally a BONUS BISH about the newest right-wing dating app "The Right Stuff". The icebreaker questions they're asking are...incredible. Listen or watch back by becoming a patron: www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom.Featuring:Mateen Stewart, Comedian https://twitter.com/mateenstewartErika Andiola, Immigrant rights activist https://twitter.com/ErikaAndiolaThe Bitchuation Room Streams LIVE every TUESDAY (now!) at 1/4pmEST on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/franifio and Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/franifioFollow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPodGet your TBR merch: www.bitchuationroom.comSupport The Bitchuation Room by becoming a Patron: www.patreon.com/bitchationroom or via Venmo: @TBR-LIVE Cash-App: @TBRLIVE Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.
"We've been promised and we've been let down for decades in the immigrant rights movement. This is the year for Biden to do something [to reform immigration laws]," says Erika Andiola of RAICES.Want to support 1A? Give to your local public radio station and subscribe to this podcast. Have questions? Find us on Twitter @1A.
This week we're talking about what immigration policy could look like under the incoming Biden-Harris administration. Maria and Julio are joined by immigrant rights activist Erika Andiola, chief advocacy officer for RAICES (Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services) and host of their podcast Homeland Insecurity, and Nana Gyamfi, attorney and executive director of the Black Alliance for Just Immigration. They break down the misconception that representational politics brings change, the impact of COVID-19 on the immigrant community, the pervasiveness of anti-Blackness in immigration policy, and how the movements for racial and immigrant justice are interconnected. This episode was mixed by Rosana Cabán.ITT Staff Picks: "Joe Biden’s immigration policy ideas sound great on paper. And a lot of them are great. But they stop short of the much-needed system-wide reforms. If it feels like we’re back to the Bush years after 9/11, when DHS and the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency were born, you’re not alone," writes Arturo Domínguez for Latino Rebels, "Bush’s policies were built on the emotions of the general public after the attacks. That era led Americans down a path to profound nationalism. That same nationalism produced new unfounded fears about immigrants at the southern border.""Since Cameroon descended into civil war in 2016, more than 400,000 people have fled ethnic and political persecution, with thousands seeking asylum in the United States. Many have instead been detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, suffering conditions that advocates say flout international norms for the treatment of refugees—and reflect glaring inequities for Black migrants in the immigration system. Despite civil demonstrations led by Cameroonians in ICE facilities across the country this year, the poor conditions have only intensified." by Eli Cahan in Foreign Policy.Hamed Aleaziz writes in Buzzfeed News about how ICE became the face of Trump's immigration crackdown and where it goes from here: "Biden’s victory will almost certainly lead to a change in messaging. It is likely, many predicted, the agency will stop paying for billboards depicting “wanted” immigrants, for example. The agency’s deportation efforts will return to the background, and officers will almost assuredly be once again limited on who they should and should not arrest.Photo credit: AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
This week we're talking about what immigration policy could look like under the incoming Biden-Harris administration. Maria and Julio are joined by immigrant rights activist Erika Andiola, chief advocacy officer for RAICES (Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services) and host of their podcast Homeland Insecurity, and Nana Gyamfi, attorney and executive director of the Black Alliance for Just Immigration. They break down the misconception that representational politics brings change, the impact of COVID-19 on the immigrant community, the pervasiveness of anti-Blackness in immigration policy, and how the movements for racial and immigrant justice are interconnected. This episode was mixed by Rosana Cabán.ITT Staff Picks: "Joe Biden’s immigration policy ideas sound great on paper. And a lot of them are great. But they stop short of the much-needed system-wide reforms. If it feels like we’re back to the Bush years after 9/11, when DHS and the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency were born, you’re not alone," writes Arturo Domínguez for Latino Rebels, "Bush’s policies were built on the emotions of the general public after the attacks. That era led Americans down a path to profound nationalism. That same nationalism produced new unfounded fears about immigrants at the southern border.""Since Cameroon descended into civil war in 2016, more than 400,000 people have fled ethnic and political persecution, with thousands seeking asylum in the United States. Many have instead been detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, suffering conditions that advocates say flout international norms for the treatment of refugees—and reflect glaring inequities for Black migrants in the immigration system. Despite civil demonstrations led by Cameroonians in ICE facilities across the country this year, the poor conditions have only intensified." by Eli Cahan in Foreign Policy.Hamed Aleaziz writes in Buzzfeed News about how ICE became the face of Trump's immigration crackdown and where it goes from here: "Biden’s victory will almost certainly lead to a change in messaging. It is likely, many predicted, the agency will stop paying for billboards depicting “wanted” immigrants, for example. The agency’s deportation efforts will return to the background, and officers will almost assuredly be once again limited on who they should and should not arrest.Photo credit: AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Sam hosts Sara Nelson (@FlyingWithSara), International President of the Association of Flight Attendants, to discuss the need for Coronavirus relief and then Erika Andiola (@erikaandiola), Chief Advocacy Officer at RAICES, joins to discuss potential Biden immigration policy items. On today's show: NOV 17: Dianne Feinstein asks the same question twice in a row to Twitter CEO. Sara Nelson (@FlyingWithSara), International President of the Association of Flight Attendants, joins Sam to discuss the need for Coronavirus relief and how labor organizing can help the left achieve its goals. Where the union's priorities currently lie and the leverage airline workers have. A critique of business unionism. How to push the Biden administration to give concessions to labor. Erika Andiola (@erikaandiola), Chief Advocacy Officer at RAICES, joins the program to discuss potential Biden immigration policy items. What Biden will probably do via executive order (DACA, taskforce to reunite families) and what he will have to be pressured into (dismantling Obama's deportation machine). How the Democrats get immigration policy wrong and what leverage immigrants have. On the fun half: Half of Americans don't know that Facebook is not a news gathering agency. Biden says he won't act on police reform because of GOP portrayal of Democratic position, say it'll hurt Georgia races, pivots to explaining how Democrats should govern, says they shouldn't question motives. Biden uses assault rifle strawman argument to explain to civil rights leaders why he won't go all in with executive orders. Louie Gohmert's tooth falls out during press conference. Conservative Christian host says Barron will become President after Trump serves out terms. A call from a newly radicalized person who used to work for TP USA. Plus, your calls and IMs. Become a member at JoinTheMajorityReport.com Check out the Brand New Majority Report Merch Shop https://shop.majorityreportradio.com/ (Merch issues and concerns can be addressed here: majorityreportstore@mirrorimage.com) The AM Quickie is now on YouTube Subscribe to the AM Quickie at https://fans.fm/amquickie Make the AMQ part of your Alexa Flash Briefing too! You can now watch the livestream on Twitch Subscribe to Discourse Blog, a newsletter and website for progressive essays and related fun partly run by AM Quickie writer Jack Crosbie. https://discourseblog.com/ Subscribe to AM Quickie writer Corey Pein’s podcast News from Nowhere, at https://www.patreon.com/newsfromnowhere Check out The Nomiki Show live at 3 pm ET on YouTube at patreon.com/thenomikishow Check out Matt’s podcast, Literary Hangover, at Patreon.com/LiteraryHangover, or on iTunes. Check out Jamie’s podcast, The Antifada, at patreon.com/theantifada, on iTunes, or at twitch.tv/theantifada Follow the Majority Report crew on Twitter: @SamSeder @EmmaVigeland @Jamie_Elizabeth @MattLech @BF1nn
The turkey in the White House refuses to concede while Covid cases surge. Comedian John Fugelsang and activist Erika Andiola of RAICES join Francesca to discuss more GOP grift, Christian hypocrisy, and the future of immigration justice. Who will undo the Stephen Miller agenda of terror and could ICE ever be dismantled? Plus, what are the American myths — like pilgrims and native Americans on Thanksgiving — that should be retired and replaced? Featuring: Erika Andiola (@erikaandola, RAICES) John Fugelsang (@JohnFugelsang, Sirius XM Progress) Francesca Fiorentini (Newsbroke, The Damage Report) Give The Bitchuation Room Podcast 5 Stars on iTunesWatch LIVE every Sunday 6/9pmEST on YouTube and TwitchSpecial Thanks to Becca Rufer, Kelly Carey, and Dorsey Shaw Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.
The turkey in the White House refuses to concede while Covid cases surge. Comedian John Fugelsang and activist Erika Andiola of RAICES join Francesca to discuss more GOP grift, Christian hypocrisy, and the future of immigration justice. Who will undo the Stephen Miller agenda of terror and could ICE ever be dismantled? Plus, what are the American myths — like pilgrims and native Americans on Thanksgiving — that should be retired and replaced? Featuring: Erika Andiola (@erikaandola, RAICES) John Fugelsang (@JohnFugelsang, Sirius XM Progress) Francesca Fiorentini (Newsbroke, The Damage Report) Give The Bitchuation Room Podcast 5 Stars on iTunes Watch LIVE every Sunday 6/9pmEST on YouTube and Twitch Special Thanks to Becca Rufer, Kelly Carey, and Dorsey Shaw
The 2020 presidential election results from Arizona tell a story of a state that is changing. Is this the turning point? On this episode of Latino Rebels Radio, host Julio Ricardo Varela welcomes Erika Andiola (https://twitter.com/ErikaAndiola) of RAICES and host of the Homeland Insecurity podcast (https://homelandinsecuritypodcast.com/) to talk about what's happening in Arizona. Featured Image: Supporters of President-elect Joe Biden hold up signs on Saturday, November 7, 2020, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
Erika Andiola is host of the podcast Homeland Insecurity and Chief Advocacy Officer for RAICES. On today's episode, Kate talks to Erika about, what else? Abolishing ICE. Julia and Kate can be found at @OhJuliaTweets and @KateWillett Hosts: Kate Willett and Julia Claire Producer: Genevieve Gearity Theme Song: Emily Frembgen and Kate Willett Artwork: Adrienne Lobl
In late May, RAICES released the new "Homeland Insecurity" podcast (https://homelandinsecuritypodcast.com/) , hosted by immigrant rights leader Erika Andiola (https://twitter.com/ErikaAndiola) . The podcast explores the unwritten history of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). In this latest episode of Latino Rebels Radio, host Julio Ricardo Varela welcomes Andiola to discuss the why this latest podcast is so relevant today. Featured image courtesy of RAICES. Community Service Announcement by Toyota Latino
Nearly 20 years ago, Presidents George W. Bush and Vicente Fox stand side by side on the White House lawn, poised to broker a deal that would give undocumented Mexican immigrants in the US a path to becoming documented. That deal never came to pass. Days later, 9/11 forever changed the course of immigration in this country and the future for immigrants like our host Erika Andiola. Overtaken by a climate of fear, Congress and the White House created the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), a department with a vague mandate and almost unlimited resources. Join us as we trace the unwinding of US immigration policy and the dangerous consequences of increasingly unchecked powers of government.
I'm Erika Andiola: immigrant, activist, and host of the podcast Homeland Insecurity, which asks, "How did immigrants like me become the enemy?" We answer that question by investigating the unwritten history of the Department of Homeland Security. The first 4 episodes are available now. New episodes available weekly beginning September 28.
Protesters for immigrant rights demonstrated outside the Democratic debate Thursday in Los Angeles, displaying a banner that read “Migrant Justice on Day One” and demanding a moratorium on deportations and immigrant worker protections. We look at how the candidates responded, with Erika Andiola, chief advocacy officer for RAICES, the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services. “I'm really happy that immigration came up this time around,” she notes. “In the past few debates, the issue didn't even come up.” The post Activists Demand a Migrant Justice Platform as Democratic Candidates Discuss Immigration in Debate appeared first on KPFA.
Jonathan Ryan and Erika Andiola, the CEO and chief advocacy officer at RAICES, talk with Vox.com's Ezra Klein at the 2019 Code Conference. In this episode: The current situation at the US-Mexico border; the increasing power of the executive branch of the US government as you approach the border; how tech companies like Palantir, Amazon, Microsoft, and Dell are working with ICE; the history of corporations enabling unconstitutional behavior; alternatives for the government; what would be a non-tyrannical way of handling immigration?; the “political football” of immigration reform; and the role of sanctuary cities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Bernie Sanders is running for President. Erika Andiola of RAICES sets the record straight on immigration. Amy Klobuchar is... not the most moderate candidate becasue that would be too extreme. Emma Vigeland predicts what will happen when AOC endorses Bernie. Roger Stone's Instagram foible. And John debunks the myth of the Bernie Bro. Guests: Erika Andiola & Emma Vigeland See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Music: Southside by Lee Rosevere - Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution License
'How do you like it so far?' producer Andrea Alarcon and Annenberg Doctoral Candidate Rogelio Alejandro Lopez take over this week's episode for a trip to the Define American Film Festival in Chicago to host Defining the American of 2060. The pair talk to poet Yosimar Reyes and organizer Erika Andiola about identity, representation and political obstacles in the undocumented community.
We need a DREAM Act to protect 800,000 Dreamers whose lives were thrown into turmoil by Donald Trump. Dreamer activist Erika Andiola put her body on the line for this movement and joins us to discuss next steps.
In our first ever live taping at the Bell House in Brooklyn, we speak with Amy, Aparna, and Erika about the first six months of Trump's presidency and what to do going forward.
After the failure of the health care bill, the Trump administration immediately shifted the focus back to immigration, with Attorney General Jeff Sessions outlining federal sanctions to sanctuary cities at a White House press briefing. Is this new focus about creating real reform, or is it just a distraction? Hosts Maria Hinojosa and Julio Ricardo Varela bust some of the most crucial myths on immigration with help from Alex Nowrasteh, Immigration Policy Analyst from the Cato Institute, and Erika Andiola, former Press Secretary for Bernie Sanders, and current Political Director for Our Revolution. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
This week on Latino Rebels Radio: Eduardo Arenas (É Arenas), bassist for Chicano Batman, joins us. É will tell us about his new solo effort, Nariz. We'll play a few songs from that album and also talk about Chicano Batman's upcoming Freedom Is Free album. Later in the show, Erika Andiola joins us to shared the latest from the #FreeOscarLopez campaign.
With about three weeks to go until Election Day 2016, we look back at the state of Latinos and presidential politics in this campaign season, as Erika Andiola joins us. Erika was part of the Bernie Sanders campaign, is now back in DC working at Our Revolution and is considered by many to be a strong voice in the community. Later in the show, Armando Carmona of the National Day Laborer Organizing Network talks about a special debate night event NDLON and Latino Rebels' Sharis Delgadillo will be moderating via Facebook Live.
Erika Andiola, dreamer, organizer and the national press secretary for Bernie Sanders who saved her mother from being deported talks to us about the campaign, the election, what got her into politics and the one thing that made her get behind Bernie Sanders.
On a Thursday night in January 2013, federal agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement raided the home of Erika Andiola in Phoenix, Arizona. Without a warrant, the agents arrested Erika’s mother and brother, put them on a bus, and began the process of deporting them back to Mexico. Hours later, in a panic, Erika posted a plea for help on YouTube.According to Erika, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) maintained dossiers on her whole family, partly because they were all undocumented, and partly because Erika was a high-profile immigration activist. As a founder of the Arizona DREAM Act Coalition, Erika was (and remains) a very public and passionate voice supporting legislation to allow the children of undocumented immigrants to become documented. The good news is Erika’s mother and brother were released the day after they had been arrested. But the whole experience clearly worried Erika. Erika Andiola is now the Latino Outreach Strategist for Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign. I talked to her the other day about immigration and the Latino vote… about Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz, who are both Latino. We also talked about Hillary’s so-called “firewall” — the idea that people of color, especially Latinos and African Americans, will prevent all that FeelingTheBern from spreading across key primary states. Show notesErika Andiola’s plea on YouTube, posted right after her mother and brother were arrested by immigration agents in January 2013 [VIDEO] Erika on TwitterArizona DREAM Act CoalitionBernie gets a tepid response at a church in South Carolina (Washington Post)Music bed: Tell Me (by Alialujah Choir) & Curtains (by The Losers) via Free Music Archive
The Ballad Of Bernie (The Back Woods), Export-Import Bank, Keep it in the Ground, Direct Action on the Ground, US Troops in Syria, Social Security, Political Involvement in 2016, South Carolina Women, Erika Andiola, Marijuana Bill, Exxon-Mobil, Climate Change, Getting it Done, Ballad of Super Bernie (Brian Estes)