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MOMocrats
MOMocrats.com was launched in September 2007 as a national collaborative blog for progressive mom bloggers to write about politics from a mom's perspective. The MOMocrats MOMochat podcast has been produced weekly since 2010 and is hosted by Donna Schwartz Mills along with Karoli and Aliza Worthington from CrooksAndLiars.com. The podcast is part of the Demcast family of podcasts.
Episodes
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Free Kilmar Abrego Garcia
There is no issue more important than the regime's "administrative error" resulting in an innocent man's forced rendition to a foreign gulag - except the mass…
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Feels Like a Turning Point
Donald Trump declared April 2 his “liberation day,” when he chose to announce how extensive across-the-board tariffs would be to the world. But it’s Democrats…
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Mixed Signal
Political news moves at the speed of light these days - so the fact that Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg’s account of that Signal chat is still dominating the…
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Schumer Must Do Better. Or Go.
Yes, last week's vote on the Continuing Resolution feels like it was a decade ago - but we will be living with the fallout from it for the next six months. At…
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Shutdown Drama
As MOMocrats Aliza Worthington and Donna Schwartz Mills recorded this week's MOMochat podcast, Chuck Schumer announced that the Republicans did not have the…
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We Need Lots More Good Trouble
The winner of this week's "Not a State of the Union" address was Representative Al Green, who reminded us all of what it means to get into Good Trouble. [Note…
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Five Things We Did This Week
The MOMocrats have been very busy doing lots of busy things this week - most of which involved cursing PINO (President in Name Only) and his boss, Elon Musk…
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Invasion of the "DOGE Bags"
The MOMocrats are very excited that America now has a Gulf, and are looking forward to the acquisition of Red, White, and Blueland. We also note that the new…
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What a Difference a Week Makes
Remember how frustrated the MOMocrats were last week at weak response Democratic legislators were mounting against the Musk-Trump blitzkrieg of chaos and…
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Drowning in the Bathtub
The Right has been squawking about reducing the size of the Federal government for decades ("I simply want to reduce it to the size where I can drag it into…
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The Return of the Firehose
Behold our new era of chaos and revenge! MOMocrats Aliza and Donna welcome Red Painter from CrooksAndLiars.com to chat about the first few days. And while the…
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Neither Fire nor Senate Hearings...
The fires in Los Angeles delayed the MOMocrats' first chat session of the year, but they're back this week with something to say about the firehose of MAGA…
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President Musk's MAGA Shutdown
MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills try to get into the holiday spirit on their final podcast of the year, but - as Karoli puts it…
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Where Are Our Leaders?
“Where is Kamala? She lost the election and she fades back into Vice President land?” The MOMocrats are disappointed that at a time when we need our leaders to…
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No More Norms
Chuck Schumer thinks the American people want the Dems to be bipartisan. "No we effing don’t," say MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz…
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Not the Time for Comity
The MOMocrats are frustrated by Democratic Senators and Congresspeople who are signaling openness to 47's cabinet picks: STOP. "This is not a time for comity,"…
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Not Making Nice
As the clown car cabinet takes shape, MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza, and Donna talk about the uncalled House races, the Senate, and moving forward. Part of the…
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Post Mortem
The election is over and it's not the outcome we wanted. The MOMocrats talk about the campaign, Kamala's inspirational and defiant concession speech, and…
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A Tale of Two Candidates
In the 2024 campaign's closing days, both candidates held rallies that were meant to remind Americans of past political events: Kamala Harris drew more than…
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Don’t Boo - VOTE!
Kamala Harris, Tim Walz, and their surrogates have had their pedal to the metal this week, as they criss-cross the country making the case to vote them in as…
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Democratic Enthusiasm is Through the Roof
We're in the election's home stretch, and the early vote is breaking records. The Harris campaign is blitzing through the media, Democratic enthusiasm is…
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The Kamala Harris Media Blitz
November 5 is less than four weeks away, and the Harris-Walz campaign has shifted into high gear, blitzing the media with appearances on 60 Minutes, Jimmy…
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Back-to-School Shooting Season
Today's episode was recorded prior to the news that Liz is not the only Cheney voting for Kamala Harris - or that the former Congresswoman will be campaigning…
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Hope Makes a Comeback
This week in Chicago, the Democrats held a convention to remember. And We're Not Going Back - which is one of the best campaign slogans we've ever heard…
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Harris and Walz: Good Vibrations
The Kamala Harris-Tim Walz campaign has been described as a "vibe." And the MOMocrats agree: "We are vibing HARD." Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna…
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We Are Not Going Back
The new Kamala Harris campaign continued its flawless launch through the swing states this week, beginning with the announcement of running mate, Minnesota…
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The Kamala Juggernaut
Kamala Harris is now the presumptive Democratic nominee. Joe Biden's successful prisoner swap deal proves he's our greatest living President. And Donald Trump…
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Kamalamentum!
Democrats all over the country are experiencing something weird: OPTIMISM, fueled by their excitement over the presidential candidacy of Kamala Harris. "It…
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Joe Biden's Sacrifice for US
MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills are all in on supporting Kamala Harris for President. But first: They have more than a few words…
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If You Liked 2016, You'll LOVE 2024
This was the week our election craziness went into overdrive: A Trump rally became the site of an assassination attempt (that tragically killed a spectator)…
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The Feeding Frenzy Must End
The MOMocrats welcome Katrina Christiansen, to talk about her campaign for US Senate in North Dakota. This was a welcome distraction from the continuing chaos…
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With Fear For Our Democracy
The Supreme Court's decision on presidential immunity - grouped with some of the other decisions rendered this session - are a christofascist's dreams. It's…
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Our Worst Nightmares
Last week, the MOMocrats were taking bets on whether the convicted felon former President would even show up to the June debate. This week, Karoli, Aliza…
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Will the Debate Actually Happen?
Next week's presidential debate between President Biden and convicted felon Donald Trump will be interesting - if it happens. MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza…
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TFG Is a Convicted Felon. And Joe Biden Is Old.
While the twice impeached, convicted former president doubled down on vows of retribution, the Wall Street Journal weighed in - ridiculously - on the current…
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Guilty as Charged
Donald Trump's trial for falsifying business records in order to hide campaign finance regulations came to an end yesterday in the most spectacular fashion…
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Crisis On the Court
We knew that we had one Supreme Court justice was married to an activist who was in the thick of those who tried to overturn the 2020 election. Last week, we…
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Was It Fox - Or The New York Times?
This week kicked off with yet another screaming New York Times headline alleging that Joe Biden and the Democrats are headed for a 2024 election debacle…
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Brain Worms and Stormy Weather
As usual, the Trump circus dominated this week's news - especially the two days of Stormy Daniels testimony in the NY election interference trial. MOMocrats…
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Six Months Until November
Scenes from college campuses this week had a lot of pundits talking about 1968 - and the coincidence of the Democratic National Convention occurring in Chicago…
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This Week Was Everything All At Once
The pace of political news has been dizzying ever since Trump came down that escalator - and this week, it was downright overwhelming as the former president…
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Unexpected Progress in the House
The 118th Congress has been incredibly useless, getting little done besides booting out their first Speaker and vying for attention on Fox News. On last week's…
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Back to the Future - Arizona's Version
Last week, the Florida Supreme Court gave Democrats there a 2024 election boost by allowing a six-week abortion ban. This week, Arizona said “hold my beer.”…
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The Things that Wedge Us
Today, the Washington Post political team sent out a newsletter with a old "Dems in Disarray" headline - a description they haven't used much the last couple…
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Dark Brandon's Dollar Advantage
he Biden campaign held a fundraiser this week that brought in more money than the RNC earned in the entire month of February. The Democratic Party is busy…
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Beware the Ides of March
Today, Mike Pence proved that he has some backbone after all, by becoming the first former Vice President to withhold an endorsement of the President he…
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You Can't Love Your Country Only When You Win
In a week that began with a Donald Trump win from the Supreme Court and proceeded to a Super Tuesday blowout, the MOMocrats really needed to hear a great State…
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We Are the Heroes We Need
The SCOTUS decision to grant cert this week was a reminder that NO ONE is coming to save us from the threat of a second Trump term, say MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza…
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Russia Russia Russia
High ranking members of the Republican Party are either patsys... or Russian assets -- and no one seems to care. And the Republican War on Women continued this…
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The Court Rules on Citizen Trump
We finally got a ruling from the DC Court of Appeals on the question of whether the former president has immunity from crimes he may have committed while in…
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A Day of Respect. And Retaliatory Strikes.
The President and First Lady were on hand today at Dover Air Force Base to pay respect to the three US service people who were killed in Jordan on Sunday in an…
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The Triumph of E. Jean Carroll
Minutes before recording this week's podcast, the verdict came down in E. Jean Carroll's defamation suit against Donald Trump - to the tune of $83.3 million…
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Dark Hunter Biden: The Son Also Rises
This week's best political moment was courtesy of Hunter Biden (with a little help from the House Oversight Committee Democrats). MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza…
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Our 'Sacred Cause': Protecting Democracy
The first MOMocrats podcast of 2024 coincided with President Biden's barn buster of a speech commemorating January 6 and kicking off his election campaign…
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SCOTUS Plays the Grinch
Christmas came early in the form of a Colorado state Supreme Court decision keeping Donald Trump off the state's 2024 ballot for violating the 14th Amendment…
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The 148-Million Dollar Man
Justice was delivered today to Miss Ruby Freeman and her daughter, Shane Moss, in the form of a $148 million judgement in their defamation case against Rudy…
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Another One Bites the Dust
Last week, we bid good-bye to George Santos (but not before he launched a second career as a shill on Cameo). This week, we learned that we would also be…
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No Tears for George Santos
We lost several historic figures over the last week: Rosalynn Carter, Sandra Day O'Connor, Henry Kissinger and member of Congress George Santos. The MOMocrats…
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Things to Be Thankful For
In a world that’s fraught with turmoil, with a fractious Congressional Republican Party, MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills are…
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What Goes Up, Must Come Down - and Vice Versa
The week began with a spate of dark news for Democrats, beginning with rabid headlines touting yet another poll indicating the Donald Trump has a real chance…