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The Social Contract with Joe Walsh
America, we gotta get back to doing what's expected of us as free citizens in this democracy. That means being tolerant, being respectful, staying informed, and being engaged. I'm former Congressman Joe Walsh. Follow me here and join the millions of Americans who are renewing their social contract with each other. The social contract. It's on us.
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Episodes
- The Social Contract with Joe Walsh
Putin, NATO, Trump. Some Potential Frightening Developments
For Tequila Talk this week, Cliff Schecter and I sat down with Julie Roginsky, long time Democratic consultant and cofounder of @MaydayNetwork and cofounder of…
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To Win Democrats, Ignore Axelrod & All The Other Old Democratic Talking Heads
In this age of Trump, Democrats need to fight and meet this moment. Trump is, quite literally, everything our Founders feared. That means Democrats need to do…
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A Libertarian and a Socialist Walk Into A Bar, Part 11
My weekly sit down with my younger, Socialist friend Xander Schultz. We focused solely on Trump’s attempt to fuck with, destroy the legitimacy of, disrupt…
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The White House Press Corps Today Is A Bunch Of Cowards
The coward and misogynist in the White House did it again yesterday. He personally attacked a female reporter. In ugly, cruel terms. And once again, not one…
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The Only Word to Describe This Is Evil. Evil
The Trump administration is waiting for immigrants to apply for legal benefits to stay in this country legally, they then won’t process the applications and…
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This Past Week. A Conversation With Edwin
My weekly sit down with long time Chicago Democrat Edwin Eisendrath, we covered the primary results in Michigan and Wisconsin, the state of the DSA, and the…
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Why Might America Be Cooked? Ted Cruz. Ted Cruz Is Why America Might Be Cooked
A sitting United States senator went on his podcast yesterday and knowingly spread a malicious, dangerous lie. Knowingly. Our Republic is in deep trouble…
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Shame On Us America. Shame On Us
She’s a green card holder, has lived in California for yrs, she’s a teacher, with no criminal record, who’s done everything right per our fucked up immigration…
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Imagine The Absolute Worst When It Comes To What Trump Will Do To The 2026 Midterms
After January 6th, there should never ever be another failure of imagination to what Trump might do to fuck with America’s elections. We must imagine the…
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His Lies About The Economy Won’t Work. Bcuz You Know How Much Groceries Cost
Trump lies as he breathes, and when he lied about Haitian migrants eating cats & dogs, people believe him. But his lies about the economy won’t work. Also, the…
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Tucker Carlson Is A Dangerous Fraud
Tucker Carlson wants to start a new political party, maybe even run for President. He, along with Thomas Massie and Marjorie Taylor Greene, are trying to lead…
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JD Vance Calls For Donald Trump To Be Thrown Into Prison. Immediately
JD Vance yesterday called for any public official who’s committing fraud, committing public corruption, who’s personally enriching themselves off of the…
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Trump Is Destroying Our Military. He Doesn’t Care
As part of Trump’s immigration crackdown, dozens and dozens of military spouses and parents have been held, detained, and deported by ICE, devastating military…
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No. Hell No. We Should Never Cancel Thanksgiving. See? Easy Answer
Yes, my former political party is a full on authoritarian embracing cult, it’s a real threat to democracy & the rule of law, but…Thanksgiving is an American…
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This Is What The World Looks Like With A Sociopath In The White House
He cares more about his Weaponization fund, being protected from any federal government investigation, winning his club championship, and personally making as…
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Unvarnished with Joe Walsh and Edwin Eisendrath
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Trump MELTS DOWN Over GOP Senators Blocking His Corrupt AG Nominee - Tequila Talk w/ Cliff Schecter
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The Narcissist’s Playbook
The documentary, The Narcissist’s Playbook, was released worldwide yesterday. The documentary explores one of the most pervasive and most misunderstood…
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The Current Political State Of Play
My weekly sit down with long time political reformer and Democratic strategist Edwin Eisendrath. Where’s each party almost three months until the midterms? And…
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The GOP: Forget About Inflation & Gas Prices, What Matters Is The 2020 Election & Fauci
Last week, Trump and Republicans obsessed all week over the 2020 “stolen” election lies. And this week, Dr Anthony Fauci is the obsession. Because Republicans…
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An Entire Party Of Election Deniers & Constitution Haters
Trump was in Michigan yesterday, at one of his rallies, telling one lie after another. But this isn’t about Trump. This is about two “normal” Republican…
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Republicans Think Their Voters Are Idiots. Example #26,438
If Trump and his fellow Republicans couldn’t still blame Joe Biden for everything that’s wrong in this country, they’d have nothing to say. But they do it…
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Trump Admin CAUGHT LYING About Body Count in Iran — w/ Mike Nellis
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Unvarnished with Joe Walsh and Edwin Eisendrath
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The Civil War In The Democratic Party Must Wait Until AFTER The Midterms
My weekly sit down with Cliff Schecter, long time Democratic strategist. We discussed the divides between the Democratic Socialists, progressives, and moderate…
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A Super Honest Conversation About Both Political Parties And The Midterms
I sat down with writer, director, & podcaster Andy Ostroy, and we covered everything including is MAGA breaking up, are Republicans finally breaking from…
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Trump Doesn’t Give A Damn About American Service Members Killed In His Stupid, Illegal War
18 American service members have been killed so far in Trump’s war against Iran. And Trump uses that number 18, and compares it to all the Americans lost in…
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What’s Worse: Being Wicked Or Being Wrong?
3 questions for today’s show: What’s worse, being wicked or being wrong? Is it an irrational act for a brown or black person to run away from ICE if they’re…
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Hey Dems, MAGA Will Keep Winning If You Spout Crazy Shit
Today’s Republican Party is authoritarian, it’s fascist, it’s an utterly un-American political party led by the very thing our Founders feared. But you know…
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Trump's Insane Speech BACKFIRES w/ Mike Nellis
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A Nation Held Hostage By The Biggest Sore Loser In Human History
Last night was a nothing burger. He presented no evidence of anything. Even Fox News said they’re not in a position to verify anything he claimed. Why are we…
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Don’t Ignore Trump’s Speech Tonight. Put A Spotlight On It
He’s going to address the nation tonight. He’s not gonna speak about you & your economics struggles. He’s gonna talk about himself. He’s gonna talk about an…
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Should America Stay As One Country Or Is It Time To Break Up?
A socialist and a libertarian met in a bar again, and this time they got right into it. Are we just too damn different, too damn big, too damn divided in what…
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Government-Sanctioned Murderers. On Our Streets. Is This What You Want America?
The time for beating around the bush is long past. The time for being afraid to speak the truth is long past. In America right now, on our streets, we have…
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Abolish ICE Ain’t Defund The Police. Not Even Close
We wake up this morning to another person killed in an ICE involved shooting. This time in Maine. One week after ICE killed a father/grandfather in Houston…
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“He’s Gone!” — Mitch McConnell’s Disappearance & Graham Platner’s Campaign w/ Mike Nellis
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What Must The Democratic Party Do
My weekly tequila talk conversation with Democratic strategist Cliff Schecter. Also joining us is Richard Chew of WCPT radio in Chicago. We talked about the…
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A Libertarian And A Socialist Walk Into A Bar Pt 9
My weekly sit down with my younger socialist friend, Xander Schultz. And we get into the whole “label” thing - when people throw out terms like communist or…
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Republicans Abandoned Personal Character 11yrs Ago. Dems, Don’t Do The Same
By supporting Donald Trump, Republicans told the world they don’t give a damn about personal character. Democrats, don’t do the same, it’s wrong, personally Al…
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The Trump Administration’s Attack On Americans With Disabilities
On June 18, Trump’s Justice Department issued a memo claiming that federal disability laws don’t require state level integration, guidance in direct conflict…
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Nobody Hates America More Than Donald Trump Does
A lot of talk these days about certain people who “hate” America, and the right is going to town on certain elements of the left that clearly don’t like…
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Unvarnished with Joe Walsh and Edwin Eisendrath
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A Libertarian & A Socialist Walk Into A Bar, Part 8
My younger socialist friend and I chatted again this week, focused especially on the problems of homelessness, addiction, and mental health, what to do, what…
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Hey American People, Please Wise Up. Trump Doesn’t Give A Damn About You
From the moment he was sworn in, he’s been stuffing his pockets with money and his family has been stuffing their pockets with money…to the tune of billions…
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What’s Going On Right Now? A Conversation With a Longtime Political Reporter
I sat down with Brian Karem, longtime political journalist & reporter to try to make sense of where we’re at - what’s Trump really up to? Is Trump really all…
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Getting The Truth Into The Hands Of People In Closed Societies
A conversation with Genia Simkin, who runs samizdatonline.org, an organization dedicated to getting independent reporting into the hands of people who live in…
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Why Won’t We Celebrate Our 250th As ONE Country? Trump. That’s Why
Trump threw a 250th anniversary State Fair in DC this weekend and nobody showed up. I mean nobody. It’s super easy to make fun of, but the whole thing is sad…
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Trump’s DOJ Breaks Epstein Law and Mamdani’s NYC Takeover w/ Mike Nellis
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We Don't Agree on Gaza. We Agree the Left Has an Antisemitism Problem
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A Socialist & A Libertarian Walk Into A Bar Part 6
I sat down again with my Socialist friend Xander Schultz and we discussed how best to put forward a positive vision for voters to counter what Trump and MAGA…
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It Was NEVER About Going After The Worst Of The Worst
Every day there are reminders. Every day. ICE going after citizens, going after people legally here on work permits, going after immigrants without any…
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Democrats Are Having Their Tea Party Moment
Democrats are having their tea party moment, it’s a tea party coming from their Democratic Socialist wing. What will this lead to? Who knows? But I come from…
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The Ukrainian Resistance: A Conversation With Ken Harbaugh
Former U.S. Navy Pilot and author Ken Harbaugh has an amazing piece out right now in The Atlantic called “The Witches Of Ukraine’s Resistance” detailing the…
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Maybe A Pool Will Finally Compel Americans To Reflect
He fucked it up. The reflecting pool that is. It’s gone bad. Algae everywhere, peeling paint, etc, etc. And, once again, after one of his fuck ups, he lies…
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From Obama To Trump. How?
Barack Obama opened his presidential library yesterday. Donald Trump humiliated America in front of the entire world yesterday. Once again. How did we get from…
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It’s Not Just Social Media. We Really Are A Divided People
Traveling the country this summer, speaking to regular Americans across the political spectrum has convinced me that the divide in this country is much more…
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Trump Started It. Then Trump Surrendered
No matter where you are on Trump’s stupid, illegal war, there’s no doubt that Trump and America lost. And Iran won. We come out of it much weaker. This is what…
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ICE Is Still Out There Doing Horrible, Lawless Things Every Day
A video from yesterday showing ICE thugs ramming a vehicle in front of a school with children in it. And then throwing the parents to the ground and…
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The Problem Ain’t UFC. The Problem Is Trump
I ignored Trump all weekend. Woke up this morning to headlines about a “deal” with Iran, a UFC bash at the White House, and Trump deciding to turn July 4th…
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Trump’s Epstein FREAKOUT in the Situation Room — Plus: This Dumb UFC Fight, the War in Iran w/ Mike Nellis
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