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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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Who Needs Halloween When the World is Already a Horror Show?
We finally have a new Speaker of the House and he's kind of a nightmarish combination of insurrectionist and religious zealot. MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza…
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Jim Jordan Will Never Be Speaker
The leadership crisis in Congress continues, as Jim Jordan's ill-fated Speaker candidacy mercifully comes to an end - just as MOMocrat Karoli predicted last…
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Should They Just Reinstate Kevin?
The House of Representatives is still without a Speaker, after last week's historic ouster of Kevin McCarthy. And it's unclear if the Republican caucus will…
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The House Is in Chaos
American democracy is hanging by a thread, and one branch of government is paralyzed right now - until they figure out who the next Republican speaker will be…
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The Seinfeld Caucus
Some in Congress are calling the current funding crisis the “Seinfeld Shutdown” because the House Republicans are forcing it to happen over nothing. Kind of…
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The League of Badass Political Women
Fulton County DA Fani Willis doesn’t suffer fools gladly, as she demonstrated in a scathing letter this week to Jim Jordan, who is trying to get intel on her…
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'Bye Hot Labor Summer - Hello Hot Labor Fall
This Labor Day weekend caps the end of a remarkable summer for the nation's labor movement: In an economy that's favorable to workers, there have been over 230…
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FAFO Friday
In Fulton County, the nineteen defendants in Fani Willis' RICO case found out this week that there are indeed consequences for trying to steal an election. And…
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Farewell to Trickle Down: Bidenomics Is Working
Inflation is down, GDP is up, and apparently it pays to staff an Administration with competent, experienced people. That's the consensus of MOMocrats Karoli…
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Hollywood's Hot Strike Summer
Climate change and a deadly heat dome are not the only reason the streets of Hollywood are hot this weekend: For the first time in over 60 years, the Screen…
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'The Court Misinterpreted the Constitution'
t seems like the Supreme Court saves all its most outrageous decisions for the final day of their session - and the two that dropped today were doozies…
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Democrats Get Things Done
While elected Democrats are busy getting things done, the GOP-led House is trying to erase recent history. And as MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and…
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Those Beautiful Mind Boxes
MOMocrats Aliza Worthington and Donna Schwartz Mills run through a wild week that began with the arraignment of a former president and his unsuccessful attempt…
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Jack Smith is a Man of Few Words
Special Counsel Jack Smith unsealed the Trump indictment issued yesterday. "We have one set of laws in this country, and they apply to everyone," he said. That…
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Rich Man, Poor Man
MOMocrats Aliza and Karoli cover the week's news, starting with Republicans' refusal to raise the debt ceiling without inflicting deep pain on the poor and…
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Truth and Consequences
Doing our best without Donna, MOMocrats Aliza and Karoli break down the good and the bad of the last two weeks, concluding that consequences are good, and…
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A Pence For Your Thoughts
Former Vice President Mike Pence spent several hours at the Federal Courthouse on Thursday appearing before the Grand Jury investigating January 6. MOMocrats…
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Dominion Disappointment
You know that big ole rocket ship that underwent a "rapid unscheduled disassembly" on Thursday? That's how the MOMocrats felt this week when it was announced…
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The Strong Arm of the Law
A lot of legal news this week: From the Supreme Court stay on dueling opinions on mifepristone, to the former president's court appearance and many filings, to…
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A Mixed Bag for Democracy
The wheels of justice grind slowly, but eventually they get there, and on Tuesday, Donald Trump was arraigned in New York on 34 felony counts. That night in…
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The Twice-Impeached, Disgraced, INDICTED Ex-President
"Money can't buy happiness, but you can indict Donald Trump and that's kind of the same thing." The MOMocrats expected that this week's MOMochat would be a…
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Cable News Got Punked Again
Eight years after Donald Trump came down that escalator, our news media STILL haven't figured out how to keep in control of the narrative. Last Saturday, the…
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Indictments Are Coming. We Think.
There is much to be nervous about right now: the background noise of fascism creeping all around the world. And yet, what appears to be the imminent…
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The Puzzle of the Economy
The MOMOcrats are not holding their breath in anticipation of a Trump indictment. But they are nervously watching the aftermath of this week's run on Silicon…
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A Little Good News. A Whole Lot of Bad.
That eye-opening filing in the Dominion Voting defamation case against Fox News gives the MOMocrats hope that their lawsuit may actually impose some penalty to…
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Joe Biden’s Secret Weapon
No one was expecting much from President Biden's second State of the Union address - which is why the success of the speech took so many political pundits by…
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The Clown Car Congress Gets Upstaged by a Big Balloon
The news media's focus on a Chinese spy balloon all weekend says more about the short attention span of our journalists after the Trump years than anything…
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A Firehose of Bull
Mass shootings, police brutality, classified documents found in more places, treachery at the justice department...It's no wonder that MOMocrat Karoli…
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Groundhog Day: The Debt Ceiling Again
It's only January 20, but you'd be forgiven for thinking we've fast-forwarded a couple of weeks to Groundhog Day, because the Republicans are in charge of the…
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The 2023 Bingo Card is Already Bonkers
The MOMocrats knew that the 118th Congress would be chaotic. The long slog to elect a leader was no surprise. But the Bingo cards of Karoli, Aliza Worthington…
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The History-Making 118th Congress
On January 6, the MOMocrats debated starting the podcast with talk of the 2-year anniversary of the insurrection, or going with the chaos on the floor of the…
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Joy to the World and All That Jazz
On this year's final episode, MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills celebrate the tidings of the season - including Twitter's continued…
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Ignoring Kyrsten Sinema
The MOMocrats wanted to title this episode with a different Sinema-related thought, but they preferred to focus this week on the political act that gave them…
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A Musky Mess
It’s officially the holiday season and the MOMocrats would rather talk about ANYTHING but Nazis, but Ye told Alex Jones he loves Hitler and then he got…
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Talking Turkey with the MOMocrats
The day before the holiday, MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills talk turkey (yes, we're looking at you, Kevin McCarthy and the House…
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The Red Wave Turned Out to Be a Little Pink Mist
Since the beginning of the year, the pundits have been telling us that the 2022 midterm election would result in a Democratic loss of Congress. By October…
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Ignore the Polls, Get Out the Vote
The negative framing is designed to depress enthusiasm, and sometimes you need to take a break. MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills…
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The One Where Karoli Talks Donna Down -- Again
It's a couple of weeks before Election Day, do you know where your emotions are? MOMocrat Donna Schwartz Mills is in a state of existential dread after a week…
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Nail Biting Time: 3 Weeks to Midterms
With the November 8 election is less than one month away and the polls narrowing, MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills are feeling…
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October Surprises Galore
As we get closer to Election Day, we can usually count on an October Surprise. It's only 10/7, and so far, this year is a doozy. MOMocrats Karoli and Donna…
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Fighting the Hydra
The November 8 midterm elections may determine the very survival of our democracy. So might the new session of the Supreme Court, dominated by the likes of…
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Immigration Stunts, Abortion, and Guns : They're All Related
This week, the governor of Florida flew 50 Venezuelan refugee seekers from Texas to liberal Martha's Vineyard in a performative stunt to "own the libs." Not to…
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This Week We Finally Saw a Deserving Soul Get Perp-Walked
Yes, the passing of Queen Elizabeth II and ascension of King Charles III is of world interest - but there is much happening here in the United States…
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Dark Brandon's Speech Was a Big Effing Deal
President Biden's pro-democracy, anti-fascist speech last night was a Big Effing Deal. MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills talk about…
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Dark Brandon Is On Fire
Most years, August is a slow month for political news. But this year, it turned out to be a very bad time to take a vacation! MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza…
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Democrats On a Roll
The narrative for the 2022 midterms took a big twist on Tuesday night in Kansas, when a record number of voters turned out to reject a state constitutional…
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What a Difference a Week Makes
Last week, few were predicting that the Democrats would be heading into August with momentum. But new polls this week give them a real shot at expanding their…
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Election 2022: Introducing Post-Dobbs Candidate Jamie Cheney
MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills welcome congressional candidate Jamie Cheney of New York's New 19th District to the podcast for a…
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Our Post-Roe Nightmare
This was the week the story of a pregnant 10-year-old rape victim illustrated the horrors that the radical members of the Supreme Court has wrought, as…
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July 4 Was a Bust This Year
MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills are feeling weary after Highland Park, the Supreme Court decisions that gut long-standing rights…
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A Disastrous Year at the Supreme Court
A Disastrous Year at the Supreme Court The Supreme Court session that just ended has been a disaster for the country - and with the decision in West Virginia v…
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The Former Guy Pretty Much Ordered a Hit on Mike Pence
When Jamie Raskin hinted that the January 6 hearings would “blow the roof off the House,” the conventional wisdom was that he was exaggerating. After all, how…
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The Hearings Are Must-See TV
The long-awaited televised January 6th hearings have arrived and all the critics who complained that they wouldn’t amount to much were wrong. MOMocrats Karoli…
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Republicans Love Their Guns More Than Kids
There have been more than 200 mass shootings in America so far this year. That averages more than one per day. As we begin the annual Wear Orange weekend…
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The GOP Goes Full Fascist
If democracy were a frog in a pot of water, we're at the boiling point. CPAC is being held right now in Budapest and Victor Orban loves Tucker Carlson…
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Friday the 13th: Not as Scary as Election Day
The MOMocrats gear up for Saturday's Bans Off Our Bodies protests of the radical conservatives on the Supreme Court who aim to erase 100 years of civil rights…
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A Mother’s Day “Gift” from Samuel Alito
This Mother's Day, the Supreme Court of the United States gifted the women of America with the loss of autonomy over their own bodies. MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza…
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A Bad Week to Own Stock in Tesla
This week's MOMocrats MOMochat kicks off with a discussion more akin to "Car Talk" than politics - but that's mainly because Elon Musk made them do it. And it…
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The Democrats' New Star Shows Us How It's Done
f you ever feel as if it's tough to focus on what's going on in the world right now, you're not alone. The short attention span of our media is by design. This…
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MOMocrats MOMochat - Holiday Edition
With Good Friday, Passover, and Ramadan occurring all at once - it is no wonder it feels like Biblical times. MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna…