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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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Let's Hear It for Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson
MOMocrats Karoli and Donna Schwartz Mills commiserate over a very bad, horrible week for democracy in the United States - with the exception of the historic…
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Why Clarence Thomas Must Be Impeached
The Supreme Court was in the news this week - both for Ketanji Brown Jackson's confirmation hearings, and new January 6 revelations about SCOTUS spouse Ginni…
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It's All Connected
It may feel petty to frame the horrors of the war in Ukraine to midterm elections in the United States - but Republicans are trying to use it as a cudgel…
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Can Ukraine Hold On?
The MOMocrats are in awe of the Ukrainians' courage defending their nation from Russia's invasion - and terrified of what comes next. They also discuss this…
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Trump Fought the Law and the Law May Actually Win
It's Hillary Hysteria over at Fox News - which means that former President Donald Trump is in legal hot water. Again. MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and…
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The Gazpacho Police and Classified Toilet Paper
This week, we learned exactly why Donald Trump was so obsessed with low-flush toilets. But let's keep on talking about Hillary Clinton's emails. MOMocrats…
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The Biden Boom is The Best Economy in Almost 40 Years - Why is Everyone So Sour?
The economy grew 5.7% last year, which is the fastest growth since 1983 - but you wouldn't know it if you looked at the latest polls. MOMocrats Aliza…
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The Biden Administration Resets
MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills talk about President Biden's new energy as we approach the 2022 midterms. Also: that New Yorker…
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We Want Voting Rights. And Justice for Democracy.
MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills aren't going to lie: It's been a bad week. The quest to re-enact Voting Rights continues to be…
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The Defeated Ex-President and the Dagger at the Throat of America
MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills talk about this week's extraordinary observances of the first anniversary of January 6 - and what…
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Build Voting Rights Back Better
The year comes to a disappointing end as the usual suspects (Senators Manchin and Sinema) stall the agenda 81 million Americans voted for. The MOMocrats talk…
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The Economy is Great. Our Democracy - Not So Much.
Trump lost the 2020 election. One year later, the economy is exceeding expectations. But no one seems to know it. In the meantime, there are dire signs that…
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We Told You So
The Supreme Court heard Dobbs v Jackson Women's Health, the case against the Mississippi law that could spell the end of legal abortions in that state - and…
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The House Passes Build Back Better
President Biden was elected to fix the economy and is succeeding: More jobs have been created in the last 10 months than during the entire administration of…
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Ding Dong The Witch Is Indicted
A little over a year ago, the former guy was defeated at the polls and spontaneous celebrations erupted all over the nation. It's not easy to remember that…
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Nail Biting Time for the Democrats
Between the drama of a final bill to Build Back Better and the off-year state election in Virginia, Democrats have been in nail-biting mode. And it seems…
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Is Texas the Future of America?
It used to be common knowledge that all US trends start in California. But what if that's over - and the new standard bearer is Texas? MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza…
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Did Mitch Really Blink?
It was always dubious for the former president to invoke "executive privilege" to prevent a Congressional inquiry into an insurrection that may very well have…
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California Dodges a Bullet
California MOMocrats Karoli and Donna Schwartz Mills join Aliza Worthington to talk about the waste of time and money that was the state election launched by…
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President Biden Gets Serious
August is never a good month in politics, - and the last few weeks were no exception. In the last few days, President Biden addressed some of the nonsense…
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Delta Dawn and the End of "Hot Vax Summer"
Three months ago, vaccinated Americans were excited about the prospect of resuming a "normal" summer after seemingly keeping Covid at bay. What a difference a…
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The Buck Stops Here
The withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan and quick collapse of the Afghan government has forced ordinary Americans to come to grips with our longest war…
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Don't Be Distracted: Voting Rights is Job 1
The GOP war on voting rights is a five-alarm fire. Why aren't Democrats (other than the Texas legislators) fighting harder?MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington…
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The Sky Really IS Falling
The last five years have been exhausting. And while the MOMocrats breathed a sigh of relief upon the inauguration of the calm, competent Biden-Harris…
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Nice While It Lasted
At the start of July, the country was hopeful that we'd seen the worst of the Covid pandemic. And then Delta said, "Hold my beer." This week, the CDC revealed…
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We Won't Get Fooled Again
Kevin McCarthy REALLY doesn't want anyone delving into the truth behind the insurrection on the Capitol that occurred on January 6. Too bad for him that he is…
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It Was Even Worse Than We Thought
This week, the MOMocrats will try to resist the urge to say "we told you so" in the face of new revelations about the Trump administration - but that won't be…
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The War on Voting Rights
The Supreme Court finished its session prior to the July 4 holiday with the decision the MOMocrats were dreading: the 6-3 conservative majority essentially…
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Bipartisan Progress on Infrastructure? Or Just Another Delay?
A bipartisan group of moderate GOP and Democratic Senators (including Joe Manchin and Krysten Sinema) announced a breakthrough deal on traditional…
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Happy Juneteenth!
The Biden administration capped off a very successful week by making Juneteenth a federal holiday: He managed to attend the G7 conference in the UK without…
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A Bad Day for the Former Guy: Pursuit of Happiness Hour June 4
What do you think upset "the former guy" more today - news that his ban on Facebook will last at least until January 2023... or the fact that the Trump…
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What a Difference a Year Makes
As much of the nation takes to the road to celebrate Memorial Day without quarantines, the MOMocrats are reminded once again that elections have consequences…
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How to Ensure that in 2022, No Dem is Left Behind
The GOP has given up on persuading voters to support them for their policies and ideas -- because they've overwhelmingly unpopular. So they have doubled down…
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MOMocrats MOMochat: A Fitful Recovery
The administration released new jobs numbers today, and analysts were disappointed - but only because they were expecting a whopping 1 million news jobs and…
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President Biden's First 100 Days
President Biden gave his first joint address to Congress this week, marking a successful first 100 days in office - and viewers polled afterwards indicated…
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A Measure of Accountability
The jury in the Derek Chauvin murder case found the former Minneapolis policeman guilty on all counts - but as relieved as most of the nation was, it was not a…
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It's Infrastructure Week. For Real, This Time.
President Biden unveiled his new plan to shore up the country's deteriorating infrastructure - and we finally understand what he meant by "Build Back Better."…
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MOMocrats MOMochat: Pursuit of Happiness Hour
MOMOcrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills discuss Georgia's outrageous new voting restrictions, the mainstream media's fail at President…
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A Mixed Bag of Both Good News and Bad
This week has been one of good news and bad news. The Biden Administration has overseen the administration of 100 million COVID vaccines - 40 days sooner than…
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President Biden's American Rescue Plan is a Big Effing Deal
When Joe Biden was Vice President, he proclaimed the Affordable Care Act a "big effing deal."Now that he's President, Biden has a BFD of his own - and is on…
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The Senate Debates a Rescue
The Senate has President Biden's $1.9T American Rescue Plan and the GOP are throwing all the delay tactics they can at it, but in the end this extremely…
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President Biden's Bipartisanship Isn't What Ted Cruz Thinks It Is
The parliamentarian has spoken and she says a $15 per hour minimum wage can't be enacted through reconciliation. The rest of the $1.9 trillion COVID relief…
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Joe Biden Tells the World: "America is Back"
Extreme winter weather has made life difficult in most of the United States this week - but no place worse than Texas, where the infrastructure failed, leaving…
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Impeachment and the Pursuit of Happiness
This week's impeachment trial has been rough as the nation relived the terror of what occurred at the Capitol on January 6. In the meantime, President Biden's…
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The Democrats and the GQP
Two weeks into his term, and Joe Biden has been the picture of quiet efficiency. Meanwhile, the Republicans are showing themselves to be the party of Q.Pull up…
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A Return to Normalcy
The first full week of the new Biden-Harris Administration has been remarkable for how normal it seems. Even if all we're dealing with is decidedly…
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The United States is BACK
Wednesday's Inauguration of Joe Biden was pure joy. But MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills are still experiencing PTSD from four…
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The Final Days
The MOMocrats rejoice that Donald Trump's residence in our White House ends in five more days - even as they note the damage he's done will be with us for…
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Impeachment 2.0
It's a new year and we'll soon have a new beginning in Washington, with Joe Biden and Kamala Harris taking office and Democratic control of both Houses of…
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Donald Lame Duck
It would have been silly to expect this lame duck period to be uneventful. The Electoral College has spoken. Mitch McConnell has congratulated President-Elect…
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A Tale of Two Crises
Two stories dominated the political news this week: the excitement over the rollout of Pfizer's COVID vaccine (with others to follow)... and Donald Trump and…
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The Final Surge
In 47 days, Joe Biden will take the oath of office and become President of the United States. He faces a country that has been battered by a raging pandemic…
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Burning Down the House
Donald Trump's post-election temper tantrum is both embarassing and dangerous, as it is setting a precedent for the next time the GOP loses a presidential…
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One Glorious Day
For one glorious day, the world celebrated the win of the new President-elect. Then it all came crashing down, because as long as Donald Trump is occupying the…
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Election Day - Day 3
We were warned that the massive number of absentee ballots would make it impossible to get it all counted on Tuesday night... and that with Republicans voting…
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Four More Days
Halloween has nothing on Election Day, 2020. MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills discuss the polling, the massive early vote, and the…
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We Never Have to Sit Through Another Donald Trump Debate Again
November 3 is in 11 days, and early voting numbers are EQUAL to the number of early votes for the ENTIRE 2016 election. MOMocrats Aliza Worthington and Donna…
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Fasten Your Seatbelts - It's Going to be a Bumpy Election
The Senate Judiciary Committee will be voting on Amy Coney Barrett on October 22, with the full Senate vote occurring the following day... all DURING an…
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The Madness of King Donald
The White House is a COVID hot spot: At least 34 individuals connected with the administration have tested positive - and the president may well be Patient…
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The October Surprise Came Early
There was plenty of political news to talk about BEFORE we learned that President Trump and the First Lady tested positive for COVID-19:The week began with a…