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Jim talks with Nancy Jacobson, the founder and CEO of the No Labels political organization, in the last of four conversations featuring non-partisan thinkers on the upcoming US presidential election. They discuss No Labels's mission, the Problem Solvers Caucus, the common sense platform, the quality of No Labels volunteers, the power of party leaders, issues with the current parties, Nancy's vote for the 2024 election, what's next for No Labels, and more. Episode Transcript No Labels - Books and Reform Proposals JRS EP 219 - Katherine Gehl on Breaking Partisan Gridlock The Politics Industry: How Political Innovation Can Break Partisan Gridlock and Save Our Democracy, by Katherine Gehl and Michael Porter JRS EP 262 - Cliff Maloney on a Libertarian's Case for Trump Nancy Jacobson is the Founder and CEO of No Labels, a non-profit political organization in Washington D.C. that uses bi-partisan approaches to bring people together to solve today's toughest political problems. She previously held senior roles on political campaigns for President Bill Clinton, Senator Al Gore, and Senator Evan Bayh.

Last month saw yet another record in terms of the fortunes held by the nation's superrich. In July 2024, the roughly 800 billionaires in the U.S. were collectively worth about $6 trillion, the highest amount ever. In light of this, it seemed like a good time to replay a prior episode of Policy for the People examining the need to tax extreme wealth. In August of last year, Bob Lord of Patriotic Millionaires joined us to discuss why taxing the rich is essential in order to shrink inequality and save our democracy

In a poignant speech that marked the beginning of the closing chapter of his presidency and half-century in public service, Biden acknowledged that uniting the party required sacrificing personal ambition for what he sees as a greater good. While Biden did not mention Donald Trump by name, he tried to draw a clear contrast with the former president, whose ambition led him to claim victory in an election he did not win four years ago. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

American politics is trapped in a duopoly, with two all-powerful parties colluding to stifle competition. We revisit a 2018 episode to explain how the political industry works, and talk to a reformer (and former presidential candidate) who is pushing for change. SOURCES:Katherine Gehl, former president and C.E.O. of Gehl Foods.Michael Porter, professor at Harvard Business School.Andrew Yang, co-chair of the Forward Party and former U.S. presidential candidate. RESOURCES:"Why U.S. Politics Is Broken — and How to Fix It," by Andrew Yang (TED, 2024).The Politics Industry: How Political Innovation Can Break Partisan Gridlock and Save Our Democracy, by Michael Porter and Katherine Gehl (2020).“Why Competition in the Politics Industry is Failing America,” Katherine Gehl and Michael Porter (Harvard Business School, 2017).“Stronger Parties, Stronger Democracy: Rethinking Reform,” by Ian Vandewalker and  Daniel I. Weiner (Brennan Center for Justice, 2015).On Competition, by Michael Porter (2008).Competitive Strategy: Techniques for Analyzing Industries and Competitors, by Michael Porter (1980). EXTRAS:"Andrew Yang Is Not Giving Up on Politics — or the U.S. — Yet," by People I (Mostly) Admire (2021)."The Future of New York City Is in Question. Could Andrew Yang Be the Answer?" by Freakonomics Radio (2021)."Why Is This Man Running for President? (Update)," by Freakonomics Radio (2019).“Ten Ideas to Make Politics Less Rotten,” Freakonomics Radio (2016).

Tani Cantil-Sakauye, former Chief Justice of California Supreme Court for 11 years, and current President of the Public Policy Institute of California, was interviewed by Joanne Z. Tan, host and producer of "Interviews of Notables and Influencers" of 10 Plus Podcast on June 24, 2024. Around 22 questions and answers are presented in three parts: Part One: Tani's journey, lessons learned, and insights from being the Chief Justice on the highest court in California;  Part 2: California's economy and future; Part 3: Election reform, federalism, and democracy.   –  Please SHARE it! Thank you. To read as a blog (coming soon) To watch as a video (Introduction of the Host of this Podcast:) Before I have the GREAT honor to introduce Tani Cantil-Sakauye, let me briefly introduce myself. I am Joanne Tan, host and producer of the 10 Plus Podcast, “Interviews of Notables and Influencers”.  I am the CEO of 10 Plus Brand, Inc. — a brand-building and brand-marketing agency for companies and leaders. Growing brands - business or personal - is my passion. I also have a law degree and I career-coach attorneys and executives, and manage brands of board members, leadership coaches, and consultants. I have lived and worked in the San Francisco Bay Area for 36 years. It was in San Francisco that I became a US citizen almost 30 years ago. I care deeply about my home state and our country whose ideals and values inspired me to leave everything behind in China 42 years ago. I'd like to give back to my beloved California and America.  (Introducing Tani Cantil-Sakauye:) Tani Cantil-Sakauye was the former Chief Justice of California Supreme Court for 11 years. Currently, she is the president and CEO of the Public Policy Institute of California (“PPIC”) where she holds the Walter and Esther Hewlett Chair in Understanding California's Future. One of the founders of PPIC was Walter Hewlett, also one of the founders of Hewlett Packard.  PPIC provides data-based research to the state legislature to help make better policies for all Californians. California legislators and executive officials do listen to Tani and PPIC. From 2011 to 2022, Tani served as the 28th Chief Justice of California, and led the judiciary as the chair of the Judicial Council—the constitutional policy and rule making body of the judicial branch—the first person of color and the second woman to do so. Before she was elected statewide as the Chief Justice of California, she served more than 20 years on California appellate and trial courts and was appointed or elevated to higher office by three governors. Earlier in her career she served as a deputy District Attorney for the Sacramento DA Office, and on the senior staff of Governor Deukmejian as legal affairs and legislative deputy secretary. https://www.ppic.org/person/tani-cantil-sakauye/ Disclaimer: I take a completely non-partisan approach to economic policy, election reform, and judicial issues. All my questions here are issue-based, not through the lens of politics or political partisanship, even though I regard myself as a centrist Democrat. Part 1 Questions: Tani's personal journey, lessons learned and insights as former Chief Justice of CA Supreme Court (1) Q: How did you choose your path? What were your challenges and satisfactions as a California Supreme Court Chief Justice? What lessons would you like to share with us from serving on the state Supreme Court? (2) Q: As a role model, raised in a non-privileged background, what qualities and mindset are the most important for your achievements and continued growth? What wisdom can you share with people of all backgrounds? (3) Facts or Opinions? - Critical Thinking and Human Intelligence Are Needed to Process Information and Decipher Facts from Media, Social Media, AI (4) Q: As a personal branding expert and a business brand builder, I ask all my honored guests this question: What does your brand stand for?   (5) Q: Are you considering running for any office in the future?    Part 2 Questions: California's Economy and Future (6) Q: About AI and regulations. AI is being widely adopted across many industries globally, and is playing a significant role in reducing costs and increasing productivity. (https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/quantumblack/our-insights/the-state-of-ai)  But at the same time, AI is making fake information, disinformation, as well as its distribution a lot easier, faster, and with more impact (based on the Economist Magazine in May 2024 featured two articles: “Fighting disinformation gets harder, just when it matters most”, while “Producing fake information is getting easier” (https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2024/05/01/fighting-disinformation-gets-harder-just-when-it-matters-most?utm_campaign=r.science-newsletter&utm_medium=email.internal-newsletter.np&utm_source=salesforce-marketing-cloud&utm_term=5/1/2024&utm_id=1877854 (https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2024/05/01/producing-fake-information-is-getting-easier?utm_campaign=r.science-newsletter&utm_medium=email.internal-newsletter.np&utm_source=salesforce-marketing-cloud&utm_term=5/1/2024&utm_id=1877854) What is the legislative balance between controlling the harm from AI generated or facilitated false information, and not killing the golden goose of AI technology? (7) Q: California's aging population: What are the anticipated consequences, and how are we going to tackle the issue? Can AI offset the shrinking productive population, since AI increases productivity and decreases labor cost? (8) Q: Related or unrelated to the aging population issue, do border-crossing, undocumented immigrants actually help with the labor shortage? Is it also related to political advantage, i.e. the number of congressional seats are based on the census?  What will California do with the border crossing issue?  (9) Q: Insurance:  Many insurance companies for residential homes have left California. The lack of competition has resulted in much higher premiums for all Californians. What can be done about it? (10) Q: High housing cost for Californians and exodus to other states: Californian families are leaving for other states where housing and living expenses are lower. What are the ramifications for the mid and long term California economy? Does it lead to brain drain?  (11) Q: Homelessness and the implementation of Prop. 1: What improvement have we seen? How can the implementation be improved? Who is accountable?  (12) Q: Increase of minimum wage for California fast food workers and the ripple effects: A Bloomberg article on April 16, 2024 pointed out the impact of California minimum wage hike for fast food workers on prolonging inflation and delaying the Fed's rate cut.  Now, California consumers have to pay more for fast food because the increased wage was passed down to the buyers, and most of the fast food consumers are not well off. Is it a case of robbing Peter to pay Paul? Does this well-intended law result in delayed inflation recovery for everyone? Is legislation interfering with the free market? https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-16/how-california-s-huge-raises-for-fast-food-workers-will-ripple-across-industries (13) Q: The high cost of doing business in California creates an exodus of businesses to other states. Many are leaving due to pro-labor legislation that burdens employers. What can the state legislature do to keep the cost down for businesses? (14) Q: What does the state government need to do to keep tech giants like Google, Apple, Nvidia and others in Silicon Valley? (15) Q: Budget deficits and tax increases: In the tech industry, there are fewer IPOs now, and less tax from capital gains for the government. (https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/technology/why-california-budget-problems-could-be-blamed-on-ipo-market/article_197ac9d8-0f24-11ef-9f28-5f7fe6820efc.html#:~:text=IPOs%20%E2%80%94%20the%20typical%20way%20startups,are%20taxed%20by%20the%20state.)  Budget deficits exist at both state and local levels.  The California Supreme Court will hear arguments on the legality of a ballot measure that would strip the Legislature and governor of the ability to increase taxes (The Los Angeles Times reports). Tax increases will further the exodus of companies and Californians out of California. Are there any other options for dealing with budget deficits? (16) Q: Bullet trains:  Are they ever going to be completed, after three decades? ( - The Economist's article, May 17, 2024: https://www.economist.com/united-states/2024/05/16/the-worlds-slowest-bullet-train-trundles-ahead-in-california (17) Q: Drought and water shortage due to global warming: Governor Newsom was talking about building reservoirs. What can we do to make it happen, hopefully not in three decades since global warming might turn California into a desert in 30 years without us taking actions NOW? Part 3 Questions: Federal election reform; Term Limits, SCOTUS Ethics Rules, Republic Democracy, Politics (18) Q: Rank Choice Voting:  It has been advocated by some very intelligent Harvard professors and political consultants. Rank Choice Voting is already used in some gubernatorial and mayoral elections, can it be used in primaries for presidential elections? (As advocated in the book The Politics Industry: How Political Innovation Can Break Partisan Gridlock and Save Our Democracy, by Katherine Gehl and Michael Porter, a Harvard Business School professor.) (19) Q: Term Limits for US Supreme Court Justices: Stanford Professors Larry Diamond and other highly respected voices recommend term limits for SCOTUS, which is gaining traction widely in the US.  Some suggested the term limit to be at age 75, or three terms of six years, and the fourth term is up to six years.  Stanford Professor Larry Diamond in his book “Ill Winds” suggests limiting every SCOTUS' term to 18 years. What do you think? (20) Ethic rules for SCOTUSES:  In light of the revelations about accepting lavish gifts for decades by the US Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, do you think Congress needs to make ENFORCEABLE ethics rules that will hold SCOTUSES liable, since no one is above the law? If any of the SCOTUSES violate them, who should enforce the rules, and what would be the punishment? (21) Q: Regarding the principles of federalism, state power, and our republic. This may be a loaded question, but I think we all want to hear from your perspective. The United States was founded on the principle of a republic consisting of independent states, where federal laws and state laws are independent and separate. This question is not meant to be political (I know that your political party affiliation is independent, and I respect that) . I'd like to use the current conviction of former President Donald Trump by New York State Court to learn about federal court limitations and potential over-reach.  Federalism, checks and balances: Assume this scenario: IF the US Supreme Court rules that a sitting president has Absolute Immunity, (which sounds like the power of a king), and further rules that the New York conviction must be retried, vacated, or even overruled, on the ground that the falsification of business records under New York Law is related to the FEDERAL election, even though the illegal act related to federal election deprived citizens their right to be informed, which is a FEDERAL crime, will the federal Absolute Immunity override New York state law, under the Supremacy Clause (since Trump wrote the check to reimburse the hush money after inauguration, presumably under Absolute Immunity protection)?  If the US Supreme Court indeed rules as such, what are the ramifications, in your opinion, for our foundational principles of independent state and federal judiciaries? Would that be an overreach by the federal judicial branch? What harm would Absolute Immunity do to the checks and balances of our government? Same scenario, same questions, but with Limited Immunity instead of Absolute Immunity. (22) Q: About civility, the prerequisite for democracy. The vitriol, the hatred, the partisanship, the mutual blaming... All of these are eating America up from inside. What do you think each citizen should do, to restore civility, respect for institutions, public office, healthy debates, and save our democracy?   –  Please SHARE it! Thank you. To read as a blog (coming soon) To watch as a video © Joanne Z. Tan   All rights reserved. ========================================================= - To stay in the loop, subscribe to our Newsletter - Download free Ebook (About 10 Plus Brand: In addition to the “whole 10 yards” of brand building, digital marketing, and content creation for business and personal brands. 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American voters have never been more dissatisfied. Unlike in business, where more competition promotes accountability and innovation, our political system only allows for two competitors. For most voters, America's two-party system makes elections more about defeating the other side than solving problems and delivering. Katherine Gehl proposes Final-Five Voting, where five candidates advance from a nonpartisan primary and then are ranked, to promote competition and ensure representatives are accountable to a majority of voters. Katherine Gehl is a leader in the national nonpartisan movement for political innovation and the founder of The Institute for Political Innovation. A philanthropist and former CEO, she examines America's political system through an industry-competition lens to better understand its biggest problems and to identify achievable solutions. Her book, The Politics Industry: How Political Innovation Can Break Partisan Gridlock and Save Our Democracy (2020), cowritten with Michael E. Porter, has changed the national reform community's approach to modern political change. https://political-innovation.org/ https://store.hbr.org/product/the-politics-industry-how-political-innovation-can-break-partisan-gridlock-and-save-our-democracy/10367

Ep. 160 D'Seanté Parks is founder and CEO of 1000 MORE, an app that makes it easier for people from underrepresented communities, like the ones she's from, to engage in politics — a topic that is super important to everyone's well-being and growth but often difficult to participate in. Her app provides digestible nonpartisan summaries of legislation coming up for a vote, written in a way that doesn't require a law degree to understand. You can also find the popular arguments for and against bills. It also helps you connect with elected officials, and participate in crowdfunding campaigns for organizations you care about. On this episode, D'Seanté speaks with AfroTech's Will Lucas about how to leverage technology for political change, building community and wealth simultaneously, and the underutilized power of each engaged citizen. Follow Will Lucas on Instagram: @willlucas Follow Black Tech Green Money: @blacktechgreenmoney, @btgmpodcast Learn more at AfroTech.com Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We've seen the stories about leading political figures trying to tear up the Constitution and tear down our democracy. This is a very real and serious threat. So how do real patriots push back to make a difference and heal our democracy?Where is the blueprint for empowering citizens to organize and step up – before it's too late?

America's democracy is in crisis. A University of Maryland constitutional scholar has a plan to fix it -- maybe not the plan you'd expect. In "Parliamentary America," Professor Maxwell Stearns says the flaw is our two entrenched political parties. Stearns will be speaking on Sunday at 3 p.m. at Politics & Prose in Washington, DC and on Monday evening at 7 p.m. in the Pratt Library's Writers Live! Series.Do you have a question or comment about a show or a story idea to pitch? Contact On the Record at: Senior Supervising Producer, Maureen Harvie she/her/hers mharvie@wypr.org 410-235-1903 Senior Producer, Melissa Gerr she/her/hers mgerr@wypr.org 410-235-1157 Producer Sam Bermas-Dawes he/him/his sbdawes@wypr.org 410-235-1472

Hi Everyone and Welcome Back!This week on The Nick Halaris Show we are featuring civic entrepreneur, Nick Troiano.  Nick is the founder and Executive Director of Unite America, a philanthropic venture fund focused on nonpartisan election reform, and the author of a very important new book, The Primary Solution.  I had the opportunity to read an advance copy of the book to prepare for the interview and I was blown away.  For all those who are concerned about our democracy this is a must-read and a meaningful contribution to the cause.  As you'll hear in this not to be missed episode, not only is Nick an incredibly bold civic activist, he's also one of the most effective.  He and his colleagues at Unite America already have several big wins under their belts, including comprehensive primary reform in Alaska in 2019 that is already producing some rather encouraging results, and they have big plans in the works.  Animated by his noble mission, Nick is fast becoming one of the most important voices in the ongoing fight to save our democracy from extreme polarization, corruption, and autocracy.  I wanted to have Nick on the show to explore why he's so convinced that primary reform is the key to repairing our democratic function here in America.  My takeaway after reading his book and getting a chance to talk with him in-depth, is that he's on to something here!  Tune in to this fascinating and optimistic episode to learn:The history of the ever-evolving election landscape in America and why election reform has been such a constant feature of our democracy The surprising diversity in state election laws and processesHow we got ourselves into a situation where our Congress has record low approval ratings and yet we keep electing the same people over and over againHow primaries came to be weaponized by the ideological extremes of both partiesThe convincing case for why reforming primary elections, especially in the 15 states that still have closed primaries, can be such an effective way to address our extreme polarization problem& Much, much moreStay tuned to the end to hear how you can join the cause and find new meaning in your life by asking what Nick considers to be the fundamental question of citizenship: “what can we do to leave the world a little bit better off than we found it?As always, I hope you all enjoy this episode.  Thanks for tuning in!      Love this episode? Please rate, subscribe, and review on your favorite podcast platform to help more users find our show.

“Every time I talk to someone about running for office, the first thing they say is, Eric, you have to pick a team,” confides Navy veteran Eric Bronner, COO of the non-partisan group Veterans for All Voters.  “And something didn't sit right with me. So the pump was primed, as my parents would say, for some kind of awakening.” That awakening occurred  listening to a Freakonomics podcast episode with former Purple Principle  guest Katherine Gehl, co-author of The Politics Industry. In that episode, as in our own 2021 interview, Gehl  highlighted the lack of incentives our elected officials have to govern effectively.   To tackle that  problem, Eric and his co-founders are forming a nationwide network of veterans to volunteer on behalf of state level election reform initiatives like opening primaries to the large percentage of registered independent or unaffiliated veterans unable to vote in primary elections and also to advance Final Four or Five voting as detailed in The Politics Industry.  “The last thing we need is more partisanship,” says Bronner who now works full time coordinating  hundreds of volunteers in forty states and counting. “We can have differences of opinion, right? But the system itself is broken.” Tune in to meet three other veterans behind this effort and find out how Bronner and Veterans For All Voters hope to mend the system in this 2024 election cycle and beyond. The Purple Principle is Fluent Knowledge production. Original music by Ryan Adair Rooney.   SHOW NOTES Our Guests Eric Bronner: Bio, X (Twitter) Co-founder and COO of Veterans for All Voters Additional Resources Show Me Integrity  Freakonomics: America's Hidden Duopoly The Politics Industry: How Political Innovation Can Break Partisan Gridlock and Save Our Democracy by Katherine M. Gehl and Michael E. Porter Find us online! X: @purpleprincipl Facebook: @thepurpleprinciplepodcast Instagram: @thepurpleprinciplepodcast Our website: https://bit.ly/2ZCpFaQ Sign up for our newsletter: https://bit.ly/2UfFSja

Jim talks with Katherine Gehl about her and Michael Porter's book, The Politics Industry: How Political Innovation Can Break Partisan Gridlock and Save Our Democracy. They discuss Jim's past familiarity with Michael Porter's work, Porter's five forces, the "what the hell is water" phenomenon, the Schoolhouse Rock problem, political industry theory, political payback for unhelpful activities, why political competitors are doing better as "customers" become more dissatisfied, the current American party system as a protected duopoly, nonprofit investments in things that have no chance, non-constitutional problems, the reversible accident of plurality voting, whether more parties are essential, how Ross Perot's 1992 election pressured the two parties to balance the budget, reforming the primary system, final-five voting, Alaska's experiment in final-four voting, instant runoffs, freeing players to make good strategic choices, lowering the barrier to entry for new thinking, and much more. Episode Transcript The Politics Industry: How Political Innovation Can Break Partisan Gridlock and Save Our Democracy, by Katherine Gehl and Michael Porter Competitive Strategy: Techniques for Analyzing Industries and Competitors, by Michael Porter Katherine Gehl is the originator of Final Five Voting (FFV)—a new election system designed to positively transform the incentives driving our dysfunctional politics. In 2020, Gehl published The Politics Industry: How Political Innovation Can Break Partisan Gridlock and Save Our Democracy (with co-author Michael Porter of Harvard Business School). Her work applied a competition lens and classic tools of industry analysis to politics for the first time. Today, Gehl leads the national Campaign for Final Five Voting which she co-founded with leaders across the political spectrum.

In 2013, Katherine Gehl was a young CEO when she crossed paths with Harvard Business School professor Michael Porter, who revolutionized corporate strategy with his famed “Five Forces” analysis. Through working with Porter on efforts to revive U.S. economic competitiveness, Gehl — who describes herself as “politically homeless” — realized that the same Five Forces analysis could be applied to the business of politics. Looking at politics through this lens helped explain why the current political primary system produces polarization and paralyzed government. In particular, she was struck by how the Republican and Democratic parties, for all their differences, act as a duopoly in preventing new entrants into the field.  The result was Gehl and Porter's 2020 book The Politics Industry: How Political Innovation Can Break Partisan Gridlock and Save Our Democracy. Based on her research, Gehl realized that the most powerful and achievable reform to change our broken political paradigm was Final Five Voting. In this system, closed partisan primaries are replaced with nonpartisan open primaries that send the top five finishers to the general election, in which a single candidate is elected through ranked choice voting. In this podcast discussion, Gehl describes how she went through what she calls “the five stages of political grief” to arrive at her conviction that Final Five Voting was the reform American politics needed most. She describes how such a system was enacted in Alaska, how it works in practice, and how it shifts the selection power in our democracy from primary voters to general-election voters. As a result, this reform made Alaskan politicians more responsive to the electorate as a whole (instead of a small group of highly partisan primary voters) and more willing to strike deals with political opponents to solve public problems. Gehl discusses other states that are considering Final Five Voting, the opposition that reformers face from both parties and how Final Five Voting can lead to better candidates and governing outcomes.

Katherine Gehl is the founder of The Institute for Political Innovation and co-author of “The Politics Industry: How Political Innovation Can Break Partisan Gridlock and Save Our Democracy,” with Harvard Business School professor Michael E. Porter. She is the architect and evangelist of a new approach to elections called "Final Five Voting" that she says it will help solve many of the problems in Washington by changing the incentives that guide our elected officials. On today's RCP Takeaway podcast, Gehl joins RealClearPolitics bureau chief Carl Cannon and moderator Andrew Walworth to discuss how our electoral system affects decision-making by public officials and whether Final Five Voting can change American politics for the better.

Christopher Beem, author of The Seven Democratic Virtues: What You Can Do to Overcome Tribalism and Save Our Democracy; Richard Haass, author of The Bill of Obligations: The Ten Habits of Good Citizens; and Lorraine Pangle, author of Reason and Character: The Moral Foundations of Aristotelian Political Philosophy, discuss the concepts of civic virtue and citizenship in democratic societies. Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, moderates. This program was originally streamed live on March 30, 2023, as part of our America's Town Hall series.  This program was made possible through the generous support of Citizen Travelers, the nonpartisan civic engagement initiative of Travelers. Resources: Richard Haass, The Bill of Obligations: The Ten Habits of Good Citizens Christopher Beem, The Seven Democratic Virtues: What You Can Do to Overcome Tribalism and Save Our Democracy Lorraine Pangle, Reason and Character: The Moral Foundations of Aristotelian Political Philosophy Lorraine and Thomas Pangle, The Learning of Liberty: The Educational Ideas of the American Founders Questions or comments about the show? Email us at podcast@constitutioncenter.org.  Continue today's conversation on Facebook and Twitter using @ConstitutionCtr. Sign up to receive Constitution Weekly, our email roundup of constitutional news and debate, at bit.ly/constitutionweekly.  You can find transcripts for each episode on the podcast pages in our Media Library.

Money is power. And the extreme concentration of wealth that we're seeing means that more and more political power is in the hands of billionaires, who use that power to further increase their wealth, according to today's guest, Bob Lord. Bob is the Senior Advisor on Tax Policy for Patriotic Millionaires, as well as an associate fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies.In this episode of Policy for the People, we talk with Bob Lord about why taxing the rich is essential in order to shrink inequality and save our democracy. 

Paul Johnson welcomes Arizona business leader Beau Lane and The Value Equation author Christopher Volk. The three touch upon the role that businesses have inside the U.S. political system, discuss the incredible benefits Americans will have from the growing American economy, and the threat that the current partisan model poses to America. They talk about reforms to the partisan system that business leaders see as a way to help ensure that our political system benefits the economy as opposed to threatening it. Christopher Volk starts the conversation off by sharing his story and by mentioning his book The Value Equation. The Value Equation is a guide to creating wealth for entrepreneurs, investors and average individuals wanting to improve their financial position. Paul Johnson noted the book explains how business really works in layman's language. The book provides a formula that converts complex subjects into manageable problems with easy math everyone can understand. The Value Equation is the foundation upon which most large fortunes were built. What interests Chirstopher Volk about reform is the excesses of the extremes in the existing system that threaten everybody's ability to build wealth or even a comfortable retirement. Beau Lane shares his story and touches upon how he got involved in politics, as well as why he believes the business community is starting to be engaged with politics. Volk points out that in Arizona, only 100,000 of the 1.4 million independents voted in the last primary election This is by design as the parties don't want unaffiliated voters to participate! Paul Johnson points out that in America and Arizona, unaffiliated voters now make up the largest group of registered voters. Yet, they are intentionally being discriminated against. These unaffiliated voters are much more interested in elected officials working across the aisle than partisan voters. Volk believes that 24-hour news has found it profitable to exacerbate the divisions. Yet polling says the level of disagreements across the U.S. isn't as high as we are led to believe, nor as high as the partisan political system promotes. Beau Lane advocates that a solution that businesses, education and unaffiliated voters support is eliminating partisan primaries and have all party, affiliated and unaffiliated, candidates run in an open primary. Every candidate on one ballot, with the same amount of signatures, and everyone has the right to vote in the election. Lane sees the current political system as an artificial market where there are two very bad products and people just have to pick between two evils. Paul and his guests go over what they consider an alternative to the current bipartisan political system and elections. This would be an open primary system which means stopping the discrimination against unaffiliated voters and candidates, and allowing a voice for the greatest amount of people. Christopher Volk and Beau Lane discuss what they see as the “features” and the “customer benefits” of the reformed political system. At the top of that list is preserving the ability for Americans to innovate, create and prosper. The existing partisan system has become an existential threat to free markets, free enterprise and the great prosperity of the American system.      Mentioned in This Episode: optamerican.com Addictive Ideologies: Finding Meaning and Agency When Politics Fail You by Dr Emily Bashah and Hon Paul Johnson The Optimistic American on YouTube - @optamerican Become a premium supporter of the show: OptAmerican.com/premium SaveDemocracyAZ.com The Value Equation by Christopher Volk Beau Lane Ronald Reagan Donald Trump John McCain J. D. Hayworth Rusty Bowers The Politics Industry: How Political Innovation Can Break Partisan Gridlock and Save Our Democracy by Katherine Gehl Karrin Taylor Robson Thomas Jefferson Alexander Hamilton Tip O'Neill

In this episode of The Optimistic American, Paul Johnson sits down with Katherine Gehl to discuss the profound challenges in the American political system and the real solutions for a system that benefits everyone. Katherine is a business leader, entrepreneur, speaker, and author of The Politics Industry: How Political Innovation Can Break Partisan Gridlock and Save Our Democracy. Katherine starts the conversation by describing what inspired her to write a book on political innovation. For Paul, politicians are not necessarily bad people. Often, they are good people in a bad system that provides the wrong incentives. Paul and Katherine agree that a politician's primary goal is to get re-elected. However, we live in a world where there's no connection between solving people's problems and getting re-elected. Katherine explains why we need to change the way people get elected. It's very unfortunate that elections in America today are about choosing the lesser of two evils. Paul describes how parties make it impossible for independent candidates to run for office by forcing independent candidates to collect 10 times the signatures, and making it harder for independent or non-party voters to vote. Katherine reviews the duopoly of political parties. They no longer serve their customers' needs, but they don't have to because they have no real competition. In the existing system, the political parties use fear to terrify the American voter on the dangers of the other side. Paul talks about how our negative bias and preaching the dangers of the other side is far more effective than selling your vision to voters. Katherine talks about the reform effort of eliminating the partisan primary, having all candidates run in an open primary where every voter can choose the top 5 candidates to go to a runoff. Then you can vote for your first-place choice, second place, third place etc. This is called the Final Five voting system and why it's effective. Paul and Katherine discuss the benefits of having a single open primary and how it ensures nobody wins the election on primary day. In the partisan system because of gerrymandering 90 percent of all races are decided in the primary. Most voters don't matter. In partisan primaries, people are more persuaded by the negative message about the opposing candidate, but in an open primary with multiple candidates going to the runoff, it is more difficult to go negative and incentivizes candidates to give more positive information about what you will do for them. According to Katherine, the most important reason we want to change the election system is to get better results for the community from the government. Election reforms should not be designed to change who, or which party wins elections. They should be designed to change what winners do and on whose behalf they're doing it. The problem with American elections is not with the voters or the politicians. Paul believes it's with the system of how we elect our representatives. For Katherine, it's easier for a camel to get through the eye of the needle than for a problem-solving politician to get through a party primary. Katherine would rather lose something that, if she won, would make a difference than win something that, having won, wouldn't make any difference.     Mentioned in This Episode: optamerican.com Addictive Ideologies: Finding Meaning and Agency When Politics Fail You by Dr Emily Bashah and Hon Paul Johnson KatherineGehl.com Follow @katherinegehl on Twitter The Politics Industry: How Political Innovation Can Break Partisan Gridlock and Save Our Democracy by Katherine M. Gehl

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In this episode we explore the concepts of civic virtue and citizenship in democratic societies. Joining the conversation are: Christopher Beem, author of The Seven Democratic Virtues: What You Can Do to Overcome Tribalism and Save Our Democracy; Richard Haass, author of The Bill of Obligations: The Ten Habits of Good Citizens; and Lorraine Pangle, author of Reason and Character: The Moral Foundations of Aristotelian Political Philosophy. Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, moderates.   This program is made possible through the generous support of Citizen Travelers, the nonpartisan civic engagement initiative of Travelers. Additional Resources Richard Haass, The Bill of Obligations: The Ten Habits of Good Citizens Christopher Beem, The Seven Democratic Virtues: What You Can Do to Overcome Tribalism and Save Our Democracy Christopher Sheilds, "Aristotle," Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy Robert Pasnau, "Thomas Aquinas," Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy Lorraine Pangle, Reason and Character: The Moral Foundations of Aristotelian Political Philosophy Lorraine and Thomas Pangle, The Learning of Liberty: The Educational Ideas of the American Founders Lorraine Pangle, The Political Philosophy of Benjamin Franklin Scotty Hendricks, "Ben Franklin's 13 Guidelines for Living a Good Life," Big Think Xenophon, Memorabilia Eve Browning, "Xenophon," Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy Federalist 10 Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics George Washington, First Annual Message to Congress (1790) Adam Harris, "George Washington's Broken Dream of a National University," The Atlantic National Constitution Center, "Lessons from Tocqueville in America," Live at the National Constitution Center Stay Connected and Learn More Continue the conversation on Facebook and Twitter using @ConstitutionCtr. Sign up to receive Constitution Weekly, our email roundup of constitutional news and debate, at bit.ly/constitutionweekly. Please subscribe to Live at the National Constitution Center and our companion podcast We the People on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, or your favorite podcast app.

EPISODE 1398: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to the editor of HOW TO SAVE DEMOCRACY, Eli Merritt, who offers advice and inspiration from 95 (mostly) democratic world leaders on how to save our democracy Eli Merritt is a political historian at Vanderbilt University where he researches the ethics of democracy, the interface of demagogues and democracy, and the founding principles of the United States. He is the editor of How to Save Democracy: Inspiration and Advice From 95 World Leaders as well as of The Curse of Demagogues: Lessons Learned from the Presidency of Donald J. Trump. His book Disunion Among Ourselves: The Perilous Politics of the American Revolution was published in June of 2022. He writes the Substack newsletter American Commonwealth. Dr. Merritt has written for the Los Angeles Times, Seattle Times, New York Times, New York Daily News, USA Today, International Herald Tribune, San Francisco Chronicle, Nashville Tennessean, San Francisco Medicine Magazine, The Journal of the American Medical Association, The American Journal of Legal History, and numerous other publications. Named as one of the "100 most connected men" by GQ magazine, Andrew Keen is amongst the world's best known broadcasters and commentators. In addition to presenting KEEN ON, he is the host of the long-running How To Fix Democracy show. He is also the author of four prescient books about digital technology: CULT OF THE AMATEUR, DIGITAL VERTIGO, THE INTERNET IS NOT THE ANSWER and HOW TO FIX THE FUTURE. Andrew lives in San Francisco, is married to Cassandra Knight, Google's VP of Litigation & Discovery, and has two grown children. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People who want to improve the world often encounter problems of collective action (how to get many individuals to act in concert), of discourse (how to talk and think productively about contentious matters), and of exclusion. To get things done, they must form or join and sustain functional groups, and through them, develop skills and virtues that help them to be effective and responsible civic actors.Peter Levine, one of America's leading scholars and practitioners of civic engagement, identifies the general challenges that confront people who ask the citizens' question and explores solutions in his most recent book, What Should We Do? A Theory of Civic Life. Democracy Works host Chris Beem also thinks through these questions in his most recent book, The Seven Democratic Virtues: What You Can Do to Overcome Tribalism and Save Democracy.  In this conversation, Levine and Beem discuss how their approaches differ and how individual and collective actions can't be separated from each other when it comes to civic engagement. Levine is the Associate Dean of Academic Affairs and Lincoln Filene Professor of Citizenship & Public Affairs in Tufts University's Jonathan Tisch College of Civic Life.What Should We Do? A Theory of Civic LifeThe Seven Democratic Virtues: What You Can Do to Overcome Tribalism and Save Our Democracy

In this episode of The Optimistic American, Paul Johnson welcomes former Phoenix Mayor and past Attorney General of Arizona Terry Goddard to talk about dark money and the key role it plays in political campaigns. They discuss what dark money is all about, how it's influencing political campaigns and the ongoing efforts to get rid of it. Paul Johnson shares his thoughts about being optimistic. It doesn't mean that you don't recognize that there are problems and challenges. Paul has always been a believer in this: the people who are going to solve our problems are those who think they can. Paul and Terry Goddard discuss the role of dark money within politics and its repercussions on political campaigns. Amygdala Hijack is a process that can play a crucial role in politics – Paul and Terry unpack the concept and talk about what it can lead to. Many people don't want to have anything to do with politics because “all politicians are sleazy and corrupt”. Paul and Terry go over where this line of thinking and the American voters' problem actually come from. ‘Politicians use a similar trick that cartels use', says Terry Goddard. He explains what this actually means and how dark money and money laundering are very similar in that respect. Paul and Terry go over what Terry is proposing in order to address dark money in Arizona. For Paul, if people want the political system to work, it needs to be approached like an industry where people need and receive accurate information to be able to make a judgment. Paul and Terry discuss the arguments that the challengers of Terry's efforts against dark money are going to make. Terry shares his advice for people who are thinking about running for office.   Mentioned in This Episode: The Disclosure Initiative Citizens United Koch Brothers Justice Antonin Scalia Justice Anthony Kennedy The Politics Industry: How Political Innovation Can Break Partisan Gridlock and Save Our Democracy by Katherine M. Gehl & Michael E. Porter Securities and Exchange Commission Dark Money: The Hidden History of Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right by Jane Mayer

“Trauma is the glue that holds polarization in place.”In this classic Fractal Friends episode re-release, Duncan speaks with David Brubaker about the depth of polarization. They discuss the importance of honoring each others' (and our own) dignity, even when we don't agree with each other. Empathy is a valuable tool we can use to understand other perspectives and ask questions that produce profound answers.David and Duncan delve deep into how trauma impacts polarization, including our epigenetics. That's why it's so important to know how to deal with trauma appropriately and recognize its wider effect on all of us. David explains how people choose their side regardless of how much sense the other side makes. He tells an anecdote about Israel and Palestine where one side shunned their own idea because they thought it came from the other.Polarization is real and dangerous, and it's up to us to understand and fix the rift it creates.  Episode Highlights:Learn the definition of polarization and the different levels of conflict.Discover the importance of honoring each other's dignity, even when we don't agree. Learn about the history of Mennonites and their involvement in conflict resolution. David explains how polarized people choose their side, regardless of the logic presented by the other side. Duncan and David discuss the history that's led to polarization. Uncover why avoiding conflict isn't the answer.Learn why trauma makes polarization worse and why it's important to understand how to deal with it.David explains why Confederate statues were built in the South. Understand why epigenetics might cause people of color to run from the police. About this episode's guest:David Brubaker is a Dean at the School of Social Sciences and Professions at Eastern Mennonite University. He's also a Professor of Sociology, and the author of several publications, including a book called When the Center Does Not Hold: Leading in an Age of Polarization. David has consulted or trained with over 100 organizations worldwide. He's served with several community development and conflict transformation organizations for over four decades. Connect with David:email : david.brubaker@emu.eduLinkedIn Where Else can you find this episode?  Watch On YoutubeOn SubstackEpisode PageLooking to learn more about how we can change the future of our democracy? Connect with Duncan & the Omni-Win Project: FacebookInstagramTwitterLinkedInYouTubeSubstack

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Katherine Gehl, the founder of The Institute for Political Innovation and co-author of “The Politics Industry: How Political Innovation Can Break Partisan Gridlock and Save Our Democracy,” joins Scott to discuss why it's time to disrupt the politics industry with Final Five Voting.  Scott opens with his thoughts on why Twitter's subscription model is all wrong.  Algebra of Happiness: Get memories out of your parents while you can.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Christopher Beem, an associate research professor and the managing director of the McCourtney Institute for Democracy at Pennsylvania State University, talks with Word&Way President Brian Kaylor about his book The Seven Democratic Virtues: What You Can Do to Overcome Tribalism and Save Our Democracy. He also discusses Christian Nationalism and the role Christians can play in defending democracy. Note: Don't forget to check out our subscriber e-newsletter A Public Witness that helps you make sense of faith, culture, and politics.

“We lose so much potential when we focus on our differences.”You've probably noticed that our political landscape is dire. Everyone's fighting, everyone has an enemy, and we're no closer to solving society's critical problems. How can we fix this?In this episode with Kathleen Oweegon, discover amazing ways to start tuning in to the other side and understand your “enemy.”Kathleen talks about the magic of using certain questions in dialogue to bridge the gap and bring people together. She tells incredible anecdotes about times she's seen communities rise above their differences. The more we positively interact with people who are different from us, the more we can work toward an omni-win future together. Listen now to be inspired by this profound episode. Episode Highlights:Kathleen and Duncan discuss how dialogue is severely underused when it could solve many problems.Kathleen tells a powerful story about bringing police officers and activists together with dialogue after an event where both were injured.Discover the key guidelines for successful dialogue.Understand the distinction between dialogue and debate.Duncan and Kathleen talk about how scary the current state of polarization and objectification is in our world.Learn how our defensive behaviors further the divide.Kathleen tells a beautiful story about uncovering the stories below piercings and tattoos About this episode's guest: Kathleen is an educator, facilitator, mediator, communication coach, and the founder of Bridges of Peace, providing these services throughout the U.S. and around the world. She hosts the weekly podcast, “Co-creating Peace”, which focuses on conscious communication and conflict transformation. The focus of her work is to help communities, organizations, and individuals become empowered to fulfill their greatest potential through dialogue, negotiation, and collaboration. This often involves bringing seemingly discordant voices together in collaborations that result in mutual understanding, wisdom and growth. Connect with Kathleen: Email: oweegon@bridgesofpeace.comWebsiteLinkedInTwitter: @KOweegon; @CocreatingPeacePodcast Here are some resources mentioned in the show. “Lawyer: McKinney police officer ‘allowed his emotions to get the better of him'” (Washington Post)“McKinney Cop's Lawyer Says He's Sorry For Pool Party Response” (NBC News)“Are police required to protect people during mass shootings? The legal answer is no” (Fort Worth Star Telegram)Uvalde, Texas, police had no legal duty to act, experts say; Supreme Court precedent cited (ABA Journal)For more resources and content from this episode go to the episode page HERE Where Else can you find this episode?  Watch On YoutubeOn SubstackEpisode PageLooking to learn more about how we can change the future of our democracy? Connect with Duncan & the Omni-Win Project: FacebookInstagramTwitterLinkedInYouTubeSubstack

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Addison Caruso was a young high-school student when his mother introduced him to the power of voting. As Mrs. Caruso knocked on doors to help elect former President Barack Obama, Addison accompanied her and became an intern for President Obama's campaign when he ran for re-election four years later. At an early age, Addison recognized the power that each of us holds to create positive change and he set his career sites on being of service to those marginalized by society as a lawyer working for the Legal Aid Society. As Republicans monopolized power at the state level, Addison witnessed a steady decline in the quality of life for Ohioans.  Addison is dedicated and passionate about solving the problems that extremist Republican rule have created. Addison is running as the Democratic candidate for District 36 against Republican incumbent Andrea White who does not believe in the rights of woman or girls to make autonomous decisions about their own body and reproductive functions. Tune in to meet Addison Caruso and listen to his plans to lead Ohioans into a future filled with unlimited possibilities and equality for all. We are two elections away from losing our democracy if Democrats do not hold on to the house majority and win more of a majority in the Senate. Vote. Vote Blue. Vote in large numbers like your life depends on it because it does. Vote Blue to Save Our Democracy. Vote Blue To Save America.

This week, we bring you an episode from Future Hindsight. Our own Chris Beem talks with host Mila Atmos about his new book, The Seven Democratic Virtues: What You Can Do to Overcome Tribalism and Save Our Democracy.In the book and in this conversation, Beem argues that American democracy is at a crisis point and to fix our politics, we have to change our culture first. We can all take part in creating a culture that cultivates democratic virtues. Humility, for example, recognizes that all of us are biased and that we will disagree. In fact, anger is an essential emotion in democracy. Hatred, however, is disastrous. When we hate, we cannot operate as a democracy. The Seven Democratic Virtues: What You Can Do to Overcome Tribalism and Save Our DemocracyFuture Hindsight

Thursday, September 1st, 2022   Christopher Beem is Managing Director of the McCourtney Institute for Democracy, co-host of the Democracy Works podcast, and the author of The Seven Democratic Virtues: What You Can Do to Overcome Tribalism and Save Our Democracy. We discuss vices and virtues in the context of democratic thinking, democratic acting, and democratic belief.   American democracy is at a crisis point. To fix our politics, we have to change our culture first. We can all take part in creating a culture that cultivates democratic virtues. Humility, for example, recognizes that all of us are biased and that we will disagree. In fact, anger is an essential emotion in democracy. Hatred, however, is disastrous. When we hate, we cannot operate as a democracy.    Follow Chris on Twitter:  https://twitter.com/cbeem1    Follow Mila on Twitter:  https://twitter.com/milaatmos    Follow Future Hindsight on Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/futurehindsightpod/   Love Future Hindsight? Take our Listener Survey!  http://survey.podtrac.com/start-survey.aspx?pubid=6tI0Zi1e78vq&ver=standard    Want to support the show and get it early?  https://patreon.com/futurehindsight    Check out the Future Hindsight website!  www.futurehindsight.com     Credits:  Host: Mila Atmos  Guest: Christopher Beem Executive Producer: Mila Atmos Producers: Zack Travis and Sara Burningham

- To stay in the loop, subscribe to our Newsletter  - To read it as a blog - To watch it as a video Please don't forget to SHARE IT WITH OTHERS! (About 10 Plus Brand: In addition to the “whole 10 yards” of brand building, digital marketing, and content creation for business and personal brands. To contact us: 1-888-288-4533.)   Potentially there will be 10 charges against Trump, including the Espionage Act violation. Q: What weaknesses in our existing system have allowed all these Trump nightmares to happen? How can we improve our system? There are two wake up calls to ALL Americans. I am speaking as an American who loves our democracy, NOT as a partisan voter. It doesn't matter anymore whether the team you identify with is Republican or Democrat, like in a football game, whether you root for 49ers or Green Bay is pointless when the RULES OF THE GAME is going to be disregarded, destroyed, there are no winners or losers - we all lose when elections are no longer fair and honest. The first wake up call: our election system needs some extremely URGENT changes: (1) certification of state election results by PARTISAN secretaries of state: This is a political ticking time bomb, a tinder box. Solution: New federal laws must be passed ASAP to mandate all 50 states' certification process to be checked and balanced by each state's representatives from all political parties, to be live streamed, completely transparent, devoid of any partisanship; (2) gerrymandering: both Democrats and Republicans have committed this dishonest and corrupt gerrymandering, which is a cancer on election integrity. Solution: New federal laws must be passed ASAP to completely ban gerrymandering. (3) rank choice voting! OMG, this is SO important, to truly represent the underrepresented majority in the middle, whose voice is getting drowned by extremes on both the far right and the far left. I previously simplified and explained about rank choice voting in this blog, video, and podcast - it's Part II of “What Caused the Insurrection: the Seven Headed Monster”. For details, please read “The Politics Industry: How Political Innovation Can Break Partisan Gridlock and Save Our Democracy”, written by Harvard Business School strategy expert Michael E. Porter, and with a unique business perspective by Katherine M. Gehl, founder of Institute for Political Innovation. (4) Get rid of the electoral college: It is NOT that hard to hold a national referendum! The vast majority of Americans across party lines want to get rid of it. Once the electoral college is gone, we don't need the #1 I mentioned above, since there is no need for state certification checks and balances. ( 5) Remove the Presidential pardon power: it conflicts with the principle of no one is above the law, thus unconstitutional. (6) The presidential power is NOT like that of an imperial king, we must impose checks and balances to limit it in various aspects. (7 ) term limit for Supreme Court Justices, - 18 years. AND more, as listed by Stanford Professor Larry Diamond's call to action in his book: “Ill Winds: Saving Democracy from Russian Rage, Chinese Ambition, and American Complacency”. The second wakeup call: What weaknesses in our system have allowed a con man, a pathological liar, a narcissist psychopath to go this far?   

Is our Democracy in peril?  Kitty chats with Matt Rothschild from the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign on what we can do to save it.

In episode 21, the “Our Voice” podcast welcomes Carol Lautier, Ph.D. – Director of Movement Building for Demos, and Kira Romero-Craft – Director of Legal Strategies for Demos. Demos is a dynamic think-and-do tank that powers the movement for a just, inclusive, multiracial democracy. Host Desmond Meade sits with these two influential leaders to talk about the recent returning citizen voter fraud arrests in Alachua county Florida, how both Democrats and Republicans use the levers of democracy to gain an unfair advantage, and the impact of Roe v. Wade on criminal justice reform and democracy.

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Representative Terri Sewell and Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock discuss their ongoing battle to protect voting rights for people who are at risk of losing their franchise to participate in our democratic elections.“People talk about how divided our country is,” adds Senator Warnock. “Both Democrats and Republicans are saying that something is broken in our Democracy. How can we not have a debate about it in the United States Senate?” Rep. Sewell urges all citizens, “to vote, volunteer, organize, turn out, and elect people who will do the right thing.”Listen to these two voting rights leaders advocate for the protection of the integrity of our democratic system of government.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In a new book, authors Nolan Higdon and Mickey Huff make the case for critical dialogue and communication.

Get ready for an raw, insightful, and in the weeds conversation about how Latinos might save the U.S. democracy. Mike Madrid, co-founder of The Lincoln Project, and Chuck Rocha, senior strategist for Bernie Sanders' presidential campaigns, get into the nitty gritty of The Latino Vote – which is also the title of their new podcast series. In this episode of Y'all-itics, the two veterans of national political campaigns explain why candidates have finally started to communicate directly with Latino voters, which political party has the advantage in Texas' Rio Grande Valley and whether Latino support for Donald Trump was a one-off or an indicative of changing trends. https://thelatinovote.buzzsprout.com/GUESTS:Mike Madrid, Founder, The Lincoln Project – host of The Latino Vote podcastChuck Rocha, Senior strategist, Bernie Sanders campaigns – host of The Latino Vote podcast

Get ready for an raw, insightful, and in the weeds conversation about how Latinos might save the U.S. democracy. Mike Madrid, co-founder of The Lincoln Project, and Chuck Rocha, senior strategist for Bernie Sanders' presidential campaigns, get into the nitty gritty of The Latino Vote – which is also the title of their new podcast series. In this episode of Y'all-itics, the two veterans of national political campaigns explain why candidates have finally started to communicate directly with Latino voters, which political party has the advantage in Texas' Rio Grande Valley and whether Latino support for Donald Trump was a one-off or an indicative of changing trends.  https://thelatinovote.buzzsprout.com/ GUESTS: Mike Madrid, Founder, The Lincoln Project – host of The Latino Vote podcast Chuck Rocha, Senior strategist, Bernie Sanders campaigns – host of The Latino Vote podcast

Over the past several months, I've spent a ton of time attempting to understand the left-leaning bias of our news media. For those of you who do follow the news, this isn't news at all. But as a liberal, I really wanted to understand what was going on in our culture. I wanted to separate the straw from the hay, if you will.In that effort, I interviewed a woman named Marsha Parker, who is currently the chief operating officer of the largest nonprofit news organization in California called CalMatters. She's also a storied journalist in her own right as well as former media executive. She served as the former associate Dean at the University of California, Berkeley School of Journalism and is someone I like to call a friend. She shares with me why she chose to go into nonprofit journalism and why she took the job as the chair of the board of the Institute of Nonprofit News in California.In This Episode: Nonprofit news and mediaDemocrat’s demise in 2022Liberal news mediaCorporate sponsors in news mediaDiversity in journalismWatch Episode: Get full access to True Thirty at truethirty.substack.com/subscribe

Democracy is integral to America's story, but recent book banning efforts from across the country may be a red flag. Author and English literature professor Azar Nafisi joins the podcast to talk about the power of fiction to challenge tyranny and preserve democracy. As a witness to the Iranian Revolution firsthand, Azar has explored the subversive power of literature in her bestselling book Reading Lolita in Tehran. On the pod, Azar talks about her new book Read Dangerously, which draws from her experiences as a woman and voracious reader living in the Islamic Republic of Iran, her life as an immigrant in the United States, and her role as literature professor.

Democracy Rising Co-Director Maria Perez is a leading expert on Ranked Choice Voting, an election model that is voter centric, eliminates negative attacks and saves taxpayers by avoiding costly runoffs.

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Corporate CEOs are mostly sedentary, well-heeled money people who would hardly be considered athletic. Yet, every now and then a few of these soft elites bust out as championship players of an old game called Duck & Dodge. It's a sport of political finesse played when social conditions reach a boiling point, threatening problems for the corporate order. In such moments, executives sometimes leap forth as social activists, claiming to side with the aggrieved. Ducking and dodging their own responsibility for the grievances, these corporate players insist that they'll fix the system. But when public attention drifts, so do the fixers, returning to business as usual. Remember a year ago, for example, when our very democracy was under siege, not only by seditious right-wing extremist groups that stormed the US Capitol, but also by a clique of pusillanimous, right-wing congress critters who joined the coup attempt. “Outrageous!” shouted members of the corporate establishment, pledging that they would save our democracy. How? By cutting off the huge campaign donations they'd been giving to those 147 Republican lawmakers who voted to overturn the election. But wait – these born-again democracy champions are the very same corporations that use special-interest cash to purchase lawmakers wholesale and steal the people's political power. Yet they now want us to believe they're our saviors? Sure enough, they quickly reverted to their true selves. Within weeks of so sternly chastising the seditious members of Congress, the corporate donors quietly returned to lavishing bribery bucks on them. AT&T, Boeing, Citigroup, GM, and Pfizer are among the 700 corporate phonies that slipped $2.4 million in donations last year to members of Congress they were publicly condemning as unAmerican. It'd make more sense to trust a coyote to guard your last lamb chop than to think that corporations value anything but their own profit.

America has repeatedly managed to escape earlier periods of factional antipathy, insider domination, and gridlock through its openness to a practice both simple and powerful: political innovation. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Douglas Schoen, veteran Democratic pollster and consultant and the author of the new book “Unite or Die: How to Save Our Democracy” joins Frank Morano to discuss Biden's poll numbers & how politics is dividing us and what we can do about it

Douglas Schoen, veteran Democratic pollster and consultant and the author of the new book “Unite or Die: How to Save Our Democracy” tells Frank Morano how politics are dividing us and what we can do about it.

On this edition of The Other Side of Midnight: Douglas Schoen, veteran Democratic pollster and consultant and the author of the new book “Unite or Die: How to Save Our Democracy” tells Frank Morano how politics are dividing us and what we can do about it. Then Stephen Bassett, the executive director of the Paradigm Research Group and a leading advocate for ending the 65-year government imposed speaks on the truth embargo regarding an extraterrestrial UFOs and nuclear weapon tampering & Roswell.  The Dadchelor (father to be) gives an honest review of the concept of baby showers and we ponder crypto at city hall.

In this week's episode of Politics In Question, Katherine Gehl joins Julia, Lee, and James to take a fresh look at how Americans conduct their elections and to discuss the prospects for reform. Gehl is the founder of the Institute for Political Innovation, a non-profit, cross-partisan public policy organization that aims to reform American politics by using private-sector insights to improve congressional elections and - by extension - fix Congress. She is the author of The Politics Industry: How Political Innovation Can Break Partisan Gridlock and Save Our Democracy and the leading proponent of Politics Industry Theory.How do members of Congress get (and keep) their jobs? Does it help (or hurt) Congress's ability to do its job? Is there a better way to elect lawmakers? What is Final Five Voting? Can it change how the House and Senate operate? And what is Politics Industry Theory? These are some of the questions that Katherine, Julia, Lee, and James discuss in this week's episode.

Is it too late to save our country from authoritarian rule? Rick and Kim Wehle discuss why our democracy is in jeopardy.

Joy Reid begins this special two-hour edition of The ReidOut with what is apparently the Republican long game in the party's likely quest for ultimate power, our expert guests say. Republicans have been flooding the election boards, school boards, and local, city, and county ranks for a long time. Joy Reid and her panel discuss the GOP geminating its tremendous base of political influence at the local level, and what Democrats must do to balance the scales. Then, in the eight months since the Jan. 6 insurrectionists stormed the U.S. Capitol, more than 550 people have been charged with federal crimes. We bring you the latest developments. Plus, multiple outlets are now reporting that House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy's phone records are subject to the preservation requests that the Jan. 6 select committee issued on Monday to over 30 social media and telecom companies. We highlight McCarthy's attempts to prevent compliance with these requests. Next, The Supreme Court's late night decision on the Texas abortion law has highlighted the issue of the shadow docket, where the court makes "emergency" decisions--a tool many say is being abused to advance conservative rulings with little scrutiny. Finally, in this edition of "The Absolute Worst," Joy critiques the Republican Party for calling itself "pro-life." All this and much more in this special, two-hour edition of The ReidOut on MSNBC.

Joining anti-Trump/anti-Authoritarian Lincoln Project is Joe Trippi, a longtime Democratic campaign manager who ran the progressive Howard Dean presidential campaign in 2004 and the historic Doug Jones Senate campaign to defeat Roy Moore in 2017. He's seen it all. Joe is the host of That Trippi Show.Today, Bill points to his support of The Lincoln Project. As Joe Trippi says, it's part of a potential "Pro-Democracy Coalition." More information at LincolnProject.US. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Texas State Representative Jasmine Crockett, along with her Democratic Caucus, left Texas to block Republican's voter suppression bill S.B 1 & H.B. 3. I have been watching freshman state representative Jasmine Crockett (Twitter) for some time. Her interviews are always fact-based and on point. This legislator knows the law and is never afraid to use it. Rep. Jasmine Crockett is one of the natural leaders in the Democratic Caucus that has vacated Texas to deny Texas Governor Greg Abbott and his cabal of voter suppressing Republicans. The caucus is in DC, imploring the U.S. Senate to do what is necessary to pass the For The People Act (S1). If they must create a carve-out to the anti-democratic filibuster, they must. Rep. Crockett did not disappoint. She laid out the case. She made it clear the Democrats are in it for the long haul and that they will do all they can to protect the vote for every Texan and, with that, every American.--- If you like what we do please do the following! Most Independent Media outlets continue to struggle to raise the funds they need to operate much like the smaller outlets like Politics Done Right SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube Channel here. LIKE our Facebook Page here. Share our blogs, podcasts, and videos. Get our books here. Become a YouTube PDR Posse Member here. Become a Politics Done Right Subscriber via Patreon here. Become a Politics Done Right Subscriber via Facebook here. Consider providing a contribution here. Please consider supporting our GoFundMe equipment fund here. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/politicsdoneright/support

Katherine Gehl, co-author of “The Politics Industry: How Political Innovation Can Break Partisan Gridlock and Save Our Democracy” (https://www.amazon.com/Politics-Industry-Political-Innovation-Democracy/dp/1633699234/ref=asc_df_1633699234/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=509245866633&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=6718661043136676646&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9019555&hvtargid=pla-919251616201&psc=1) joins the panel for a meaty discussion of voting reform. Katherine's Ted Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ixk8d3GQJnQ Mentioned articles: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/06/us/politics/voting-rights-law-supreme-court.html?referringSource=articleShare https://echeloninsights.com/in-the-news/june-omnibus-quadrants/ https://www.prri.org/research/2020-census-of-american-religion/ https://political-innovation.org/advisory-council/ Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, Katherine Gehl, and Linda Chavez.

This powerful segment between Michael and Gene is introduced with a passionate three minute song by Toby Keith, “The Red, White and Blue”. Understanding the principles of our governing documents, the preamble to both our Constitution and our Declaration of Independence are discussed. Heartfelt commentary focusing on the beauty of America. 

Republicans have passed or are trying to pass hundreds of bills to suppress the vote in our country. As you might imagine much of this effort is focused on key midterm senate election states like AZ, GA, WI, Co, IA and FL. And on this episode, we talk about what President Biden and the Dems are doing about it. Is it enough? What more can they do if it isn't? Today's discussion is informed in large part by two thoughtful articles by Ron Brownstein in the Atlantic.   

Katherine Gehl, author of The Politics Industry: How Political Innovation Can Break Partisan Gridlock and Save Our Democracy and founder of The Institute for Political Innovation joins The Realignment to discuss why Washington isn't actually broken, and instead operates exactly as it was designed, why an increasing number of people feel politically homeless, and how to restore competition to the political system. Purchase a mug: https://www.therealignment.fm/ Subscribe to our Substack: https://therealignment.substack.com/

Hypocrisy, lies, abuse of power.... in Jesus name? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/margo-kelly18/support

This episode invites you into a conversation with Robert Litan, a non-resident senior fellow at The Brookings Institution, a practicing lawyer in St. Louis and Chicago, and author of Resolved: Debate Can Revolutionize Education and Help Save Our Democracy.

Our national legislative agenda hinges on any one Senator's vote or abstention or last minute demand… A few months into term and the majority of U.S. House Members already anticipate their next primary battle… Meanwhile, bridges crumble, the border crisis deepens, and gun carnage continues unabated… Might be time to take a fresh look at our political gridlock.  This episode's featured guest, Katherine Gehl (co-author of The Politics Industry) provides a sorely needed new perspective on our two-party duopoly. Applying the “five forces” strategic analysis of her co-author, renowned HBS Professor Michael Porter, Katherine describes her “eureka” moment of recognition: politics industry “suppliers” (meaning, politicians) have so much power while “consumers” (we, the voters) have so very little.    How do we unshackle from politics industry gridlock? Katherine's plan for Final Five voting is the designated first step in changing the incentive structure of politics-as-usual. Combining the benefits of open primaries with ranked choice voting, Final Five voting reduces the polarizing effects of primaries and eliminates the spoiler effect that locks in our two party duopoly.  For a master-class in politics industry reform, tune into “The Politics Industry at Work: And How Would You Like Your Gridlock?” Featuring Katherine Gehl, Founder of the Institute for Political Innovation and co-author of The Politics Industry: How Political Innovation Can Break Partisan Gridlock and Save Our Democracy (HBR Press, 2020). Original music by Ryan Adair Rooney Check out our website for show notes, transcripts, and more: https://fluentknowledge.com/shows/the-purple-principle/the-politics-industry Follow us on social media! Twitter: https://twitter.com/purpleprincipl Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thepurpleprinciplepodcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thepurpleprinciplepodcast/ Show Notes: Katherine M. Gehl & Michael Porter (2020). The Politics Industry: How Political Innovation Can Break Partisan Gridlock and Save Our Democracy. Harvard Business School Press. The Institute for Political Innovation Katherine M. Gehl & Michael Porter (2020). “Fixing U.S. Politics: What business can—and must—do to revitalize democracy.” The Harvard Business Review.   “The Progressive Era: 1895-1925.” The Wisconsin Historical Society. “President Theodore Roosevelt.” The Miller Center. Michael Porter (1979). “How Competitive Forces Shape Strategy.” The Harvard Business Review. Party Affiliation: Gallup Historical Trends. Gallup Polls. A.B. Stoddard (4/19/21). “Can 'Final Five Voting' Cure Our Sick Politics?” Real Clear Politics.  Mickey Edwards. Library of Congress. Mickey Edwards (1/13/21). “A Republican Journey.” The Bulwark.  Mickey Edwards (2013). The Parties Versus the People: How to Turn Republicans and Democrats Into Americans. Yale University Press. “The Spoiler Effect.” The Center for Election Science.  The Bridge Alliance National Association of Nonpartisan Reformers

SAVE OUR DEMOCRACY!!!! Amidst a fierce fascist putsch against voting rights, we prepare for the birth of a major national grassroots campaign to Save our Democracy. We hear from CHARLES MOORELAND on new Congressional hearings for DC statehood, and the brutal, pivotal fight over the Senate filibuster. Reports also come from GLORIA TINUBU, JAMES FAKUDA, RAY MCCLENDON & JOEL SEGAL on the birth of the new national campaign to save our democracy. The campaign is based on grassroots activism at all levels of the democratic spectrum, and includes voter information centers and much more. This undertaking will be among the most significant in US history, rooted in community organizing and multi-racial coalitions from around the US. It's success will define the American future….don't miss joining in!

Our democracy is in peril. Many states are trying to make voting harder, not easier by nefariously limiting access to voting by mail, needlessly toughening voter registration laws, and brazenly targeting the voting rights of marginalized groups. Moreover, partisan state legislatures are about to redraw congressional districts again and can create enough seats to change the majority in the House of Representatives before a single vote is cast in 2022. However, there remains some hope; recently, the House of Representatives passed the For The People Act of 2021, a comprehensive bill that counters states' attacks on our voting rights and tackles the intrusion of private money in American government. Join Chris Stansel, Victoria Zamitalo, and Empower Hour co-founder Branden Reis to discuss. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/empowerhourradio/support

On this episode of The Brief we spoke to Nse Ufot, CEO of Stacey Abrams' New Georgia Project, the organization that helped register almost half a million new voters in the Peach State. We learned exactly how New Georgia Project helped save our democracy and what lessons we can apply to other changing states. 

In this HCI "HBR Minute" Podcast episode, Dr. Jonathan H. Westover explores the recent HBR video, "How Industry Competition Theory Can Help Fix U.S. Politics." Check out the video and details here: https://youtu.be/NE61lMiZV2k.     Video overview: "Unhealthy competition is at the root of political dysfunction. Applying a famous business framework can help identify the best ways to fix it.  Although people tend to think of the American political system as a public institution based on high-minded principles, it's not. Politics behaves according to the same kinds of incentives and forces that shape competition in any private industry.  Our elections and our legislative systems are drowning in unhealthy competition: The political-industrial complex wins, and the public interest loses. Business, in pursuing its short-term interests, has become a major participant in the politics industry, exacerbating its dysfunction.  We can have healthy competition in politics—results, innovation, and accountability—by redesigning how we vote to connect acting in the public interest with getting reelected. Katherine Gehl's application of Michael Porter's Five Forces framework illuminates the root causes of political dysfunction and points to the most powerful levers for transformation.  For more, see Katherine Gehl and Michael Porter's book, "The Politics Industry: How Political Innovation Can Break Partisan Gridlock and Save Our Democracy", at https://amzn.to/2HB12Cu.”    Ranked in the Top 10 Performance Management Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/performance_management_podcasts/ ; Ranked in the Top 10 Workplace Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/workplace_podcasts/ ; Ranked in the Top 15 HR Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/hr_podcasts/ ; Ranked in the Top 15 Talent Management Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/talent_management_podcasts/ ; Ranked in the Top 15 Personal Development and Self-Improvement Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/personal_development_podcasts/ ; Ranked in the Top 30 Leadership Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/leadership_podcasts/

This week we focus on book recommendations for listeners interested in learning more about our current democracy, warts and all! The books are: The New Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, by John Perkins The Politics Industry: How Political Innovation Can Break Partisan Gridlock and Save Our Democracy, by Katherine Gehl and Michael Porter Shadow Network: Media, Money, and the Secret Hub of the Radical Right, by Anne Nelson Let them Eat Tweets: How the Right Rules in an Age of Extreme Inequality, by Jacob Hacker and Paul Pierson

This week we focus on book recommendations for listeners interested in learning more about our current democracy, warts and all! The books are: The New Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, by John Perkins The Politics Industry: How Political Innovation Can Break Partisan Gridlock and Save Our Democracy, by Katherine Gehl and Michael Porter Shadow Network: Media, Money, and the Secret Hub of the Radical Right, by Anne Nelson Let them Eat Tweets: How the Right Rules in an Age of Extreme Inequality, by Jacob Hacker and Paul Pierson

It's election week in the most important presidential race of our lives and Amani is breaking it down with Congresswoman Ilhan Omar. The first Somali-American representative's vocal push for progress has made her Trump's public enemy #1. She explains what this crossroad will mean for the future of America. We've partnered with Lyft to get people to the polls no matter who or what you vote for. Use code "2020VOTE" on Election Day and see lyft.com/vote for more info.

The following is a conversation between Katherine Gehl, Co-Author of The Politics Industry: How Political Innovation Can Break Partisan Gridlock and Save our Democracy, and Denver Frederick, the Host of The Business of Giving. America's political system is dysfunctional. We all acknowledge that. But the truth is: it is working exactly how it is designed to work, which isn't for us, the ordinary citizen. While many of us throw up our arms in despair or simply gripe and complain about it endlessly, my next guest has carefully analyzed the problem and offers solutions to address it. She is Katherine Gehl, the Co-author of a wonderful and an important new book titled The Politics Industry: How Political Innovation Can Break Partisan Gridlock and Save Our Democracy.

In two days either we have a country or not think about it our country is in trouble we the people can say that you get out and vote

Greetings Sports Fans and Athletic Supporters: Come join us Under the Bleachers for Episode 12  - Save Our Democracy, Save Our World.   This week it's Gabe's turn to pick the topics and he chose: For Our Discussion of All Things Queer: the community's Twitter attack on Jeffrey Bower-Chapman; For Our Discussion of All Things Sports: NBA arena polling stations;  And, For Our Discussion of the Intersection of Sports and Queer: The Trevor Projects 2nd Annual Mental Health Survey. After that you will get to hear Laura and Gabe's interview with area athlete Neill Williams. If you need more information: For more on the results of the Trevor Project's Mental Health Survey, go to https://www.thetrevorproject.org/survey-2020/ To learn more about The Trevor Project, go to their website https://www.thetrevorproject.org/ For more about DCAC, go to their website https://www.swimdcac.org/ or check them out on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/DCAquaticsClub, Instagram https://www.instagram.com/swimdcac/?hl=en, or Twitter https://twitter.com/swimdcac For information about registering to vote, requesting online ballots, polling places, drop off stations, and more visit https://iwillvote.com/ For information about Team DC, check out Team DC's website here: https://www.teamdc.org/ You will always find our podcast here, underthebleachers.podbean.com.  You can also find us on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, I Heart Radio, Spotify and Stitcher.  Please remember to rate, review, subscribe, and share us with a friend! Thanks to Team DC Board Member Ralph Alston for our logo and DC's Different Drummers Marching Band and Travis Gettinger for our music. Under the Bleachers is hosted by Team DC Vice President Laura Fraher and Team DC Board Member for Marketing Gabriel Hernandez. All views and opinions expressed are solely those of the hosts and other participants on Under the Bleachers and do not express the views of Team DC.

Katherine Gehl, co-author of the book entitled, The Politics Industry, How Political Innovation Can Break Partisan Gridlock and Save Our Democracy, drops in to talk about the ideas that she and co-author Michael Porter present in the book. Believe it or not, the Democratic Party and the Republican Party are multi-billion dollar private industries within a public institution. Together, they've consolidated virtually absolute control over all political offices throughout our country. They've created an unassailable duopoly that efficiently quashes any third-party competition with extreme prejudice. And what do we citizens get from this duopoly? We get a political system that produces an endless supply of mayhem and partisan fights, producing little, if any, significant legislation. Is the system broken? “The system is working,” Katherine says, “it's working exactly according to its design.” The problem is that it's not designed to serve its customers; it is designed to work only in its own self-interest. In this podcast episode, Katherine describes how the “Five Forces” business framework, originally developed to describe and analyze the nature of competition in for-profit industries, can be used to restructure our political system, thus creating an environment where multiple political parties compete to better serve its customers (citizens). Katherine goes on to explain how the practical and fundamental changes proposed in the book can be implemented at every level of our political system.

Chuck is joined by Washington Post staff writer Carol Leonnig to talk about the president's re-election prospects. Katherine Gehl and Michael Porter talk about their new book, The Politics Industry: How Political Innovation Can Break Partisan Gridlock and Save Our Democracy.

0:08 – What would a Green New Deal for California look like? Assemblymember Rob Bonta (@RobBontaCA) is the state representative for District 9 encompassing Oakland, Alameda and San Leandro, and has authored a new bill – Assembly Bill 1839 – which is a skeleton of a plan, to be negotiated and defined with goals, standards, metrics, and targets for greenhouse gas reductions as well as to address equity and poverty. 0:34 – KPFA News: Continuing with state policy news, this month will also be the last chance for a controversial housing and development bill held over from last session to make it out of the State Senate. Yesterday, San Francisco senator Scott Weiner rolled out the latest version of his SB-50, which would re-zone areas around transit and job hubs in California for denser housing. Weiner was announcing it on the steps of Oakland City Hall with Mayor Libby Schaff. However, their press conference got drowned out by members of Moms 4 housing — a group fighting eviction from a investor-owned home in West Oakland that they took over and occupied after it spent more than two years vacant. KPFA's Ariel Boone (@arielboone) and Kate Iida (@kiida26) filed this report from Oakland.  0:42 – Iran fires missiles at US Bases in Iraq Conn Hallinan is a military analyst, and columnist for Foreign Policy in Focus.  1:08 – The movie mogul Harvey Weinstein goes to trial this week, charged with rape and sexual assault in New York and Los Angeles – what has changed for justice and equity in Hollywood? Melissa Silverstein (@melsil) is a writer; founder and publisher of Women and Hollywood, which educates, advocates and agitates for gender equality and inclusion. She's also the Artistic Director of the Athena Film Festival at Barnard College which is celebrating its 10th anniversary from Feb 27- March 1.  1:30 – BREAKING: President Trump holds a press conference on Iran, and the airstrikes on US bases in Iraq. We go live. 1:37 – ‘Save Our Democracy: Protest Facebook' is a campaign to hold the tech giant accountable Andrea Buffa is an organizer with the Save Our Democracy, Protest Facebook campaign, and formerly executive director of Media Alliance and former campaigns director with Global Exchange. Event: Save Our Democracy, Protest Facebook Thursday Jan 9th, 4pm – 6pm – Protest targeting lies, hate, and disinformation on Facebook In-person protest: Facebook headquarters, 1600 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA. NOTE: A bus will be leaving San Francisco's Civic Center at 3 PM on Thursday. Online protest: Users will “blackout” Facebook by replacing their Facebook cover and profile photos with a completely black box. The post Legislators announce California Green New Deal to address climate change and inequality; Plus: Harvey Weinstein on trial, what has changed for justice and equity in Hollywood? appeared first on KPFA.

Trump has been exposed by leakers and might face consequences, and Edward Snowden has published a book. Daniel Ellsberg reflects on the bravery of exposing the truth.

Trump has been exposed by leakers and might face consequences, and Edward Snowden has published a book. Daniel Ellsberg reflects on the bravery of exposing the truth.

Using the 2016 United States presidential election as an example, Justin Trudeau and the Liberal government want to ensure Canadian voters that that sort of meddling will not happen in our next federal election, To do so, an internal team will monitor, flag and announce any possible meddling attempts. While it all sounds well and good, Elections Canada, the nation's independent and non-partisan group, who has oversaw the Canadian voting process for almost 100 years, doesn't have a seat at the table.