Category: Briefings

We begin with the desecration of the people’s house with the East Wing gone in a stealth demolition to be replaced by a monstrous monument to Trump’s ego that will dwarf the White House in an enduring insult the worst president in our history has imposed upon us and our history that will torment us for the ages. Joining us to discuss the vanity of evil as history is destroyed for the self-glorification of an American caesar is Sean Wilentz, the George Henry Davis 1886 Professor of American History at Princeton University whose writings on American music have earned him two Grammy nominations and his books include Bob Dylan in America, and No Property in Man: Slavery and Antislavery at the Nation’s Founding and he has a forthcoming book, The Fall of American Slavery. He is the co-producer of the new Bob Dylan album, Through The Open Window, out this week.

The Criminal Takeover of America as Trump Punishes His Enemies and Pardons His Friends While Rewarding Himself, His Family and His Cronies

Then, as a criminal regime corrupts the law to punish its enemies and pardon its friends while enriching the Trump family and his cronies, we speak with Sidney Blumenthal, the former assistant and senior adviser to President Bill Clinton, and senior adviser to Hillary Clinton. He has been a national staff reporter for The Washington Post, Washington editor and staff writer for The New Yorker and his books include the bestsellers The Clinton Wars, The Rise of the Counter-Establishment and The Permanent Campaign. His latest book is All the Powers on Earth, The Political Life of Abraham Lincoln 1856-1860, and we discuss his latest article at The Guardian, “Donald Trump has built a regime of retribution and reward.”

Democrats Must Run With a Liberal/Populist Coalition to Improve the Lives of Americans, Not Remind us How Bad Trump is 

Then finally we speak with Timothy Shenk, an assistant professor of history at George Washington University. A senior editor at Dissent magazine, he has written for the New York Times, the Nation, the New Republic, and Jacobin, among other publications. His new book is Left Adrift: What Happened to Liberal Politics and we discuss his article at The New York Times, “Democrats Are in Crisis. Eat-the-Rich Populism Is the Only Answer?” which calls for a coalition of liberals and populists to unite against Trump by focusing on improving the lives of Americans, not contantly reminding us how bad Trump is.