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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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Robert Mueller Throws Down the Gauntlet. We Think.
Robert Mueller spoke yesterday, to announce that he was formally leaving the Justice Department, where he has served the last two years as special counsel…
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Mama Said There'd Be Weeks Like This
Nobody thought life under a Trump administration would be easy, and 2.5 years in, we're feeling the full brunt of the struggle. With two new conservative…
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MOMocrats MOMochat: Politics From a Progressive Point of View
The MOMocrats' weekly podcast looking at the day's political news from the progressive point of view. Check back here an hour from airtime for a list of the…
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An Impeachment By Any Other Name
After reading the redacted Mueller report, Democratic activists rightfully say that it documents impeachable offenses - and the base is pushing for the House…
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The Mueller Report Did Not Exonerate the President
Bill Barr decided to release his redacted version of the Mueller report on Thursday, as many Americans were busy with holiday preparations. We've had five days…
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Pursuit of Happiness Hour
We're not gonna lie: It's been a depressing week for the Democrats. The president's men have circled the wagons to protect him, even as Trump rages on that the…
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There's More to the Mueller Report Than Bill Barr's Memo
Was anyone surprised this week when the New York Times and other news media reported that members of the Mueller team are frustrated with that "not a summary"…
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The AG's Memo is a Very Low Barr
It's been a week since Robert Mueller turned in his report - and only five days since AG Barr submitted a puzzling four-page memo that told us little but the…
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Forty-Seven Months: Manafort's Outrageous Sentence
The judge in Paul Manafort's Virginia trial for financial crimes sentenced him last night to 47 months in prison - substantially less time than the sentencing…
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Last Month Was the Longest February in History
The dizzying pace of the Trump news cycle hit a crescendo this week, culminating in the explosive public House Oversight Committee hearing with Michael Cohen…
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The National Emergency Began November 8, 2016
The president held forth in the Rose Garden today to announce that he signed the bipartisan bill that funds the government for the rest of the fiscal year…
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We Interrupt This Shutdown to Bring You the Arrest of Roger Stone
Just before the start of the podcast, the president announced the end of the shutdown - which the MOMocrats applaud (Just too bad so many people suffered for…
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Day 21 of the Hostage Situation: Where is Mitch McConnell?
MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills are like most of the electorate: They're tired of a shutdown and "crisis on the border" that are…
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A New Era Begins on Capitol Hill: The Dems Are in the House!
(NOTE: Today's MOMochat is NSFW, in the spirit of Rep. Rashida Tlaib's remarks about impeachment.)Yesterday's historic start of the 116th Congress made…
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All Trump Wants for Christmas is a Government Shutdown
The MOMocrats are still reeling from all the tumult of the last few days: a stock market tumble and indication of a slowing economy, a president's rash foreign…
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The Room Where the Criminal Activity Happened
The MOMOcrats look back at a week that was even more active than usual: From the sentencing memo to Michael Flynn to the three year sentence of Michael…
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It's Just Another Felon Friday
With the midterms safely over, Robert Mueller's investigation is back in the spotlight. Last week's heavily redacted sentencing memo suggesting little to no…
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BOOM. Bob Mueller Delivers the Nation an Early Holiday Present.
If it seems like the Mueller investigation went dark for the midterm elections, this week was downright lit. MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna…
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The Big, Beautiful, Diverse Freshman Class of 2019
Yes, the MOMocrats were appalled at the president's behavior in France last weekend, when he skipped the ceremonies commemorating the 100th anniversary of the…
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There Was a Wave Last Night. It Was Pink.
Democrats haunted by the ghosts of 2016 were afraid to express too much optimism about the expected "Blue Wave" of yesterday's midterm election... and early…
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Now That the "Bomb Stuff" Is Over...
We interrupt this midterm election - the most important of the MOMocrats' lifetimes - to talk about the prolonged terrorist attack the nation endured this…
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That FBI Investigation Was Just a Fig Leaf. As We Predicted.
This week ends much the way the last one did, with the Senate on the verge of affirming Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. The limited FBI investigation…
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Kavanaugh, Ford - and the FBI: Justice Sometimes Happens
The MOMocrats started the day planning to talk about this week's extraordinary Judiciary Committee hearing of Dr. Christine Blasy Ford and Brett Kavanaugh -…
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The Kavanaugh Conundrum and Dr. Ford's Testimony
All week long, the pundits were remarking at how "restrained" the president has been in the wake of allegations by Professor Ford against SCOTUS nominee Brett…
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The Woodward Book, That Op-Ed, and Kavanaugh Hearings
"Every week, we say it's been crazy. And every week, it gets crazier," says MOMocrat Donna Schwartz Mills. And this week, Karoli and Aliza Worthington agree…
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MOMochat Labor Day Edition: Let the Midterms Begin
With Labor Day upon us, MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills are focused on the upcoming midterm elections - and they have a lot to…
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This Week Was About All The President's Rats
This week marked a turning point in the Mueller investigation: Almost simultaneously, the jury in the Manafort case turned in guilty verdicts on eight counts -…
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Who Rained on Trump's Parade?
It was learned this week that the military parade the president wants so very badly was going to cost the government a whopping $80 million more than first…
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The Pursuit of Happiness Hour
The last 18 months of Trumpian dystopia have been brutal on the United States and the world, and with the White House panicking as the midterm elections…
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We Stand With "The Enemies of the People" aka The Truthtellers
Every day since he announced his candidacy, the president has waged war on the free press. MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills are…
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Spasibo, Sir, May I Have Another?
MOMocrats Karoli, and Donna Schwartz Mills are having a hard time remembering that the president's Helsinki meeting with Vladimir Putin was just five days ago…
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We Need More Yellow Baby Blimps Flying Everywhere
Donald Trump told the UK press that the flying of an orange baby blimp in his image (complete with little cellphone) made him feel unwelcome. MOMocrats Karoli…
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MOMocrats MOMochat: Politics from a Progressive Point of View
FThe MOMocrats' weekly podcast looking at the day's political news from the progressive point of view. Check back here an hour from airtime for a list of the…
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On Trump's Family: We Don't Care. Do U?
Some day, maybe we'll understand why Melania Trump wore that jacket on her way to visit those poor migrant kids at the shelter in Texas, which was a weird…
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Don't Give Up 'Cause You Have Friends
This week has been marred by high profile deaths of designer Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain - and the news that they are just the tip of the iceberg: The CDC…
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"We'll See What Happens" in North Korea and Elsewhere
The big news yesterday was the cancellation of that North Korea summit. Now, the president appears to be walking that back. In other words, it's just another…
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Primary Season Has Begun - Who Will Catch the Big Blue Wave?
The mid-term primaries have begun and the MOMocrats are cautiously optimistic -- after all, all the crazy coming out of the White House and the Republican…
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We're Trying to Get Our Facts Straight, Just Like Rudy Giuliani
Some pundit on one of the cable networks this week surmised that the average tenure for a Trump White House staffer is 6-12 months, so no one was all that…
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Ronny, Scott, Mike & Michael: Just Another Day in Trumpland
Ronny Jackson is out before his confirmation hearings could begin at Veterans Affairs. Scott Pruitt is finally being questioned for impropriety at EPA. Mike…
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Michael Cohen's Third Client Sparks Media Amusement
Last week's many dramas continued in a New York court on Monday, with the explosive news that Michael Cohen was seeking attorney-client privilege to seized…
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Stormy Weather: For Trump, For US, and the World
As we write this, we're keeping an eye on developing news, because by the time we air, President Trump and his new National Security Adviser John Bolton may…
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Terrorists, Data Breaches, and Chaos: Just Another Week Under Trump
The news this week has been dominated by the revelation that the Trump campaign's social media efforts may have been fueled by illegally obtained Facebook data…
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Election 2018 Has Begun: Run, Mama Run!
Call it the Trump effect: an unprecedented number of women are running for office this year, amid what Democratic leaders hope will be a big, blue wave of an…
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The White House Is an Intense Place as the Grownups Are Leaving the Building
Sarah Huckabee Sanders says lots of laughable things in her daily press briefings, but yesterday took the cake, as she proclaimed that "This is an intense…
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After Parkland: And a Child Shall Lead
It's been another week where news has hit at a dizzying pace - but the MOMocrats are still focused on the gun debate movement being led by the students at…
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We Don't Have a President on President's Day
In this special Presidents Day edition of MOMochat, MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills agree with journalist Joy-Ann Reid's…
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Bye-Bye to the Sequester? And Other Changes Afoot
A new day dawns in Washington: After nearly a decade of gridlock, the Senate has put forth a bipartisan budget deal - and it increases spending on both the…
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Mueller, the Memo, and the Dangers Ahead
The closer the Mueller investigation gets to the president, the more dangerous he becomes - and the special prosecutor is currently breathing down the neck of…
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Women March Again - Trump Fumes in White House
MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills discuss today's Women's Marches which - once again - have drawn hundreds of thousands of women…
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New Year, Same Old POTUS. Pass the Popcorn.
The President's two-week golf vacation is over and he returned to the White House seemingly refreshed with a barrage of tweets designed to freak out both…
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MOMocrats MOMochat Year-End Show
MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills look back at a tumultous year in politics from the progressive point of view in the year-end…
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Trump's Short Lived Victory Lap
After nearly a year in office, Donald Trump is finally able to sign a bill into law: A major overhaul of the tax code that was rushed to a simple majority vote…
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Doug Jones and the Alabama Miracle
Tuesday night's stunning victory by Doug Jones in Alabama on the first night of Chanukah struck MOMocrat Donna Schwartz Mills as something of a holiday miracle…
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The Tax Bill is a Turkey - And It's Likely to Pass
The MOMocrats took the week off to celebrate Thanksgiving with family, and in that week a lot seemed to happen: More sexual harrassment allegations against…
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Men Behaving Badly - The Senate Edition
As the MOMocrats went on the air last week, news broke of Roy Moore's past predilection for dating (and assaulting) underage girls when he was a 30-something…
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After the Elections: Good Day, Sunshine
The nation still faces the same problems it had one week ago, beginning with the party in power and includes the rift among those on the left who are fighting…
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The More You Know: Paul Manafort Edition
The MOMocrats return from a two-week lay-off with the situation eerily the same: The news cycle is crazy fast. This week began with the indictment of Paul…
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If At First You Don't Succeed in Congress, Sign an Executive Order
Trump promised to get rid of Obamacare on Day One - and soon discovered what the rest of us who pay attention already knew: Healthcare is complicated. And it…
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Las Vegas Was the Site of Real American Carnage
Donald Trump's inaugural address tried to make the case that American cities are rife with "carnage" in the streets, which he dogwhistled was due to immigrants…
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Is Puerto Rico Going to Be Remembered as Trump's Katrina?
Help is finally on its way to Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands - a staggering nine days after Hurricane Maria became the SECOND Category 4 storm to hit…