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The Politicrat
Politics, entertainment, news, advice and information. Mostly politics. The Politicrat daily podcast website: https://ThePoliticrat.com The Politicrat Daily Podcast Shop: https://the-politicrat.myshopify.com Tweet to Omar: https://twitter.com/thepopcornreel The official The Politicrat Facebook page: https://bit.ly/3bU1O7c Moore On Medium: https://omooresf.medium.com
Episodes
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Nine More Days Of Walking On A Tightrope, Blindfolded, In The US Of A
Omar Moore on the immediate need to impeach and remove Donald Trump and other treasonous, seditious Republican politicians. Plus: A reading of passages from…
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These Next Ten Days In The United States
Omar Moore on the next ten tenuous days in the United States of America in the aftermath of the January 6, 2021 systemic terrorist attack on the U.S. Capitol…
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Win, Lose, Or Banned Trump: Pick One
Omar Moore on the Twitter ban on Donald Trump. Is it censorship or justified in light of the national instability in the USA? Also: Cleaning up loose ends re…
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And Justice For All? How America’s Racist Language Is Accepted In Casual Discourse
Omar Moore on the racist language woven throughout Miya Ponsetto’s violent attack on 14-year-old Keyon Harrold Jr. at a New York City hotel on Boxing Day in…
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Examining The Systemic Violent White Terrorist Attack On The U.S. Capitol
Omar Moore examines the white male terrorist and violent thuggery attack on the U.S. Capitol Building yesterday. An orchestration. And: How the system…
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Democratic Double Senate Victory Tastes Sweetest In The Peach State
Omar Moore on the double victories for Democrats Reverend Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff in Georgia as both will head to the United States Senate as part of a…
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Vote Georgia, Vote! (And I, Boris Johnson, Psychopath, Play Chicken With You, The English Public)
Today is the day Georgia! The state of Georgia is voting today in two hugely important run off races for the U.S. senate to determine the direction of Georgia…
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Tia Mitchell, Washington Correspondent, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution On Georgia Races 24 Hrs Out
Tia Mitchell, Washington correspondent at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution joins Omar Moore to talk about the two absolutely vital U.S. senate races in…
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I Swear: The Swearing-In Of The 117th U.S. Congress, And Our Agenda Mission For Georgia And Beyond
The 117th Congress is sworn in today. The Speaker of the House election is today. And this week is a big week in U.S. politics. Omar Moore explains why, and…
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How We Are (Or Aren’t) Dealing With Grief, And How Social Media, Privacy And Mental Health Intersect
Omar Moore poses several questions in this episode: is there something troubling about how we as a society address or deal (or don’t) with grief, privacy…
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Happy New Year — And The Little Things We Can Do Daily To Make Our Lives And 2021 Happier And Better
Omar Moore ushers in the New Year on its first day and looks to the great possibilities that lie ahead in 2021 in this first episode of Season 2 of The…
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Highlights In A Rough Year: Some Of The Best Moments From The Politicrat Daily Podcast In 2020
Omar Moore looks back at the numerous guests whose insights and conversations were among the very best highlights of The Politicrat Daily Podcast in 2020…
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Three Stories High, With Award-Winning Journalist Rose Scott (Discussing 3 Key News Stories Of 2020)
Rose Scott of National Public Radio affiliate WABE radio in Atlanta, Georgia joins Omar Moore for a discussion of their choices of the three most significant…
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In 2020: The Loss, In Five Parts
Omar Moore on some of the many people in the film, music, television and other industries who passed away in 2020. Have Kleenex ready. December 29, 2020. Say…
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Dr. Taison Bell, Critical Care/ID Physician At Univ. Of VA Health, On The Vaccine And Medical Racism
Omar Moore and Dr. Taison Bell, Critical Care And Infectious Disease Physician At University of Virginia Health, in Charlottesville, in conversation about Dr…
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What Are Your Renewal And Mission Goals For 2021? (And Ossoff, Warnock, Georgia And Us)
What are you planning to do for 2021 in your life? Are changes coming? Will you be making any adjustments? Any New Year’s Resolutions for 2021? Omar Moore on…
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Brexit Deal, Or Brexit Con By Boris Johnson And The Billionaire Cadre?
On Christmas Eve Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, and Boris Johnson, prime minister of the United Kingdom, announced a Brexit Deal…
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Have Yourself A Very Merry Contemplative Christmas
Merry Christmas to one and all. This Christmas isn’t the same as others. Omar Moore on this special, joyous and sobering day, given this extraordinarily…
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Virologist And NV Fertility Institute Director Dr Cindy Duke Returns! Mask Wearing, Vaccines, Advice
Dr. Cindy Duke, Virologist, Medical Director and Laboratory Director of Nevada Fertility Institute talks to Omar Moore about fertility, the medical profession…
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Why Did U.K. Health Secretary Matt Hancock Chicken Out Of Treating The English Public Like Adults?
When it comes to COVID-19 Scotland, Wales and Northern Island are being more proactive about stemming the spread of the virus than England, the largest nation…
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With Same System: Would 535 Working Class Congressional Legislators Pass A Stronger Stimulus Bill?
Omar Moore poses this hypothetical: if the same systemic structure of the rich and wealthy were still in place, would 535 poor/working class Congresspersons…
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America’s Got The Stimulus Blues (And McConnell & Pelosi Must Go)
Omar Moore makes the case to vote out Mitch McConnell as Republican Senate majority leader (hint: Georgia). Also: The Stimulus Debacle. Plus: Speaker Pelosi…
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Author Christina Patterson Talks England, Life, Loss And The Pandemic Present With Boris Johnson
Omar Moore talks to Christina Patterson, the English journalist, broadcaster, columnist, author, analyst and podcaster about the COVID-19 pandemic in England…
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An Age Of Manufacturing Consent Of The Public By The U.S. Corporate News Media
Omar Moore looks at how the U.S. corporate cable news media softens the general public into acceptance of corporatists as political leaders (and vice versa)…
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One Year Ago Today: Donald J. Trump Impeached
Exactly one year ago today on Wednesday, December 18, 2019 the U.S. House of Representatives impeached Donald J. Trump on two Articles: Abuse of Power and…
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“Who Loves Ya, Baby?”, Kojak And The TV Police Versus Real-Life Police: An American Indoctrination
Omar Moore examines the decades long indoctrination of Americans (and many other societies) by police television dramas (and films) juxtaposed against actual…
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Tom Cruise Defeats Boris Johnson’s Mission Impossible
Tom Cruise, producer, actor and stuntman, is doing a better job fighting Covid-19 in England than UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is. Perhaps the Conservatives…
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An Earthquake Movement Of The Masses For 2021 (And Literally During This Episode!)
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are officially President-elect and Vice President-elect thanks to the electoral college (which should be abolished.) Now that…
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Georgia, Time For You To Shine And Show The World Who You Are
Today is the first day of early in-person voting in Georgia for the two U.S. senate runoff races. Omar Moore on the importance and power Georgia voters have to…
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“I Don’t Like Crowds.”
Do you like crowds? Do you get strength, empowerment and energy from them? Or trepidation? Is there safety in numbers, or reason to believe the opposite, that…
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December 12 As A Pivotal Date In History: Hitler, U.S. Supreme Court (Bush V. Gore), U.K. Election
December 12 is a significant and oft-infamous date in history. In 1941 it was infamous because of Hitler’s vile, terrifying and genocidal pronouncements…
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Alex Gibney, Academy Award-Winning Filmmaker On His Pandemic Documentary “Totally Under Control”
Omar Moore talks to Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker Alex Gibney about the pandemic feature TOTALLY UNDER CONTROL, one of his three documentary…
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The Fall And Fall Of Credibility
The credibility of the news as that news is reported in some areas of the corporate news media (specifically on 24-hour news cable television) is at stake and…
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Death At Freedom Square: A Conversation With Pulitzer Winner Leonora LaPeter Anton, Tampa Bay Times
Omar Moore talks to Leonora LaPeter Anton, Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter at the Tampa Bay Times, about her story “Death At Freedom Square”…
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The Labour Party, 2020: A Conversation With Nigel Nelson, Britain’s Longest-Serving Political Editor
Omar Moore talks to Nigel Nelson, Political Editor of the U.K. newspapers Sunday Mirror and Sunday People, about the status of the Labour Party over the last…
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Emmy Award-Winning Atlanta Journalist Rose Scott Takes A Closer Look At The Georgia Debates
Omar Moore talks to Emmy and Murrow-award-winning journalist Rose Scott of the NPR (National Public Radio) affiliate WABE in Atlanta, Georgia. Scott is host…
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When The Empire Strikes Back In 2022 And 2024 What Will You Do?
Omar Moore on what will surely be another Republican attempt at a coup in 2022 and 2024. Plus: The cult of Trump corrupts, corrodes and pollutes. And: Senator…
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In Conversation: Historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat On Her New Book “Strongmen: Mussolini To The Present”
Omar Moore and historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat in conversation about Ruth’s new book “Strongmen: Mussolini To The Present”. The book chronicles over a century of the…
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A Great Day In The Biden-Harris Neighborhood
Omar Moore plays audio clips from the first joint interview of president-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris since their landslide election…
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Jobs. Masks. Lives. (And Not In That Order.)
Omar Moore on jobs, masks and lives. (And not in that order.) Can people meet these challenges, or have people just become complacent and fatigued during this…
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When America’s Chickens Come Home To Roost
Omar Moore on the escalating violent and dangerous political rhetoric and death threats to politicians and everyday people in the U.S. and why much of it…
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Our Collective Duty To Care.
Our Collective Duty To Care. Omar Moore on why this human responsibility is more important than ever. Plus: Arizona, Wisconsin certify president-elect Joe…
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Dorit Reiss, Prof Of Law (UC Hastings) On CV Vaccine Distribution, Education, Race And Public Policy
University of California (Hastings College Of Law) Professor of Law Dorit Reiss talks to Omar Moore about potential vaccines in this coronavirus pandemic, and…
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If You Want To See Another Stimulus Bill Passed Get Georgia To Vote Ossoff And Warnock To The Senate
If you want to see a stimulus bill passed that helps people all over the US get back on their feet economically then help Georgia out and get Georgians to vote…
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What Do You Think President Barack Obama’s Legacy Is?
What is U.S. President Barack Obama’s legacy? His defining achievements? His hits and his misses? Omar Moore explores these questions, including on foreign…
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Miscarriage, Meghan Markle, Chrissy Teigen And The Other Millions Of Women Who’ve Experienced It
Miscarriage. Or, more precisely and jarringly put: losing a child. Meghan Markle, Duchess Of Sussex, wrote this week about losing her child in July 2020…
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What The 1991 Film “Grand Canyon” Said About Us As People Then, And What It Says About Us In 2020
Omar Moore on the 1991 film GRAND CANYON: what the film said about people and what the film meant then—and what it means now, 29 years later, in 2020. November…
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Detroit, Michigan, Politics, Power, Activism And Race: A Conversation With Laura Cronyn
Omar Moore in conversation with Detroit, Michigander activist Laura Cronyn, who testified this week before the Michigan Board of State Canvassers during the…
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The Most Dangerous Game
Michigan certified its 2020 general election results yesterday but not before at least one Republican on the Michigan Board of State Canvassers tried to slow…
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Dave Penman, Gen Sec Of The FDA Trade Union (U.K.), On Priti Patel, Boris Johnson And Civil Servants
Omar Moore talks to the U.K.’s FDA Trade Union General Secretary Dave Penman about the civil service, civil service workers and the non-action by Prime…
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Will Joe Biden Be Driving The Getaway Car...For Donald Trump?
With the news last week that Joe Biden wants to move on and not investigate Donald Trump and his administration, Omar Moore asks, is Joe Biden the getaway…
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Here’s The Deal: How Joe Biden Ran And Won The Presidency
Two weeks after Joe Biden was projected the winner of the 2020 presidential election Omar Moore looks back at how Joe Biden won and ran his successful…
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“Form A Square Around The Prittster.” Boris Johnson’s Answer To Home Sec Priti Patel’s Bullying
“Form a square around the Prittster.” This was U.K. prime minister Boris Johnson’s order to fellow Tory members of Parliament on What’s App after Home…
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Covid, Chaos, Corbyn
COVID. Chaos. Corbyn. Listen on. No prisoners are taken. Omar Moore will leave it at that. November 19, 2020. Featured in this episode: National Domestic…
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Judith Browne Dianis, Ex Dir Of Advancement Project, On Black People Exercising The Voting Franchise
Omar Moore and racial justice attorney Judith Browne Dianis, executive director of The Advancement Project, converse about Republican attacks on Black people…
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How The Corporate News Media Has Accessorized “Truth Isn’t Truth” In The U.S.
The U.S. cable television news media has gone a long way to undermine or equivocate on facts and the truth when reporting (and that doesn’t include the…
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“Leadership.”
Where is leadership in governance in 2020? Which countries will you find it in? Omar Moore on what we must do to ensure better leaders represent us—and in a…
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Mental Health. And: Where Do You Think America Will Be 12 Months From Now?
Where will the USA be in 12 months? Omar Moore talks about this and about mental health and mindset of people in America in 2020. November 15, 2020. Featured…
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Blame The Progressives! A Most Marvelous Strategy Of Corporate Democrats (At The Party’s Peril...)
Omar Moore warns that the Democratic Party in the United States risks losing control of the House of Representatives in 2022 if it doesn’t get behind a clear…
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UK Conservative Councillor Claire Pearsall On Boris Johnson And The State Of No 10 Downing Street
UK Conservative Councillor Claire Pearsall of New Ash Green in Kent, England talks to Omar Moore about UK prime minister Boris Johnson, leadership, Dominic…