CLR Show 1709. Air Date, February 4, 2022.  The republicans are unable to disavow Donald and all the negative baggage he brings to the 2022 election, and any other. His continued presence insures that more traditional messaging strategies will be subordinated to his ever-changing whims, grievances and and destructive tendencies.  And if he has not been jettisoned before the first indictment comes down, the base will accuse the party of abandoning him. Meaning: The results of the 2022 Mid-Terms are by no means a foregone conclusion.

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The Donald Conundrum: The Friday Show

CLR Show 1708. Air Date February 1, 2022. The only thing worse than a non-indictment of Trump and his cronies for conspiracy to overturn an election would be a delayed indictment––anything more than 60 days from now––leading to republican false equivalency accusations of  democratic election tampering. Fairness and Constitutional preservation demand we indict and try Donald.  But what will the effect of that first, major, unprecedented act be; the criminal indictment of a former president? It's time we all begin to consider it seriously.  

Can We Survive True Justice?

CLR Show 1707. Air Date January 28, 2022. The Build Back Better and Voting Rights failures appear to have been factored into democratic politics, at least for the moment. A new Supreme Court nominee will offer some solace. But things largely remain in a state of flux.  Yet the Trumpians have redoubled their efforts to invent and perpetuate every kind of conspiracy theory, culture war issue and out right lie. What do they see coming?  With CLR Friday Co-Host–-David Bach. 

The Calm(?) Before... : The Friday Show

CLR Show 1706. Air date January 21, 2022.  A thoughtful, broadranging and fiercely objective examination of the current iteration of America and its capacity to move forward in pursuit of a more perfect union.  With John Cugini, Dr. Bill Mulligan and Dr. Charles Webel. Must listening for Americans of all political stripes. 

Noble Hearts Forum: America, Present and Future

CLR Show 1705. Air Date January 18, 2022.  Most republicans appear to be operating under the delusion that the facade that is Trump is as perpetual as it is real.  It is neither, at least in an politically meaningful form. The odds increase on a daily basis that Donald will be indicted by either NYS or by some Federal District, possibly by both.  The immediate and longer terms consequences of such an indictment will be profound for Donald and his public life, and hugely challenging for the country, republicans and democrats alike. Republicans: Why not just jettison him now?

In The Time After Trump

CLR Show 1704. Air Date January 14, 2022.  With the indictment of the Oath Keepers on charges of Seditious Conspiracy, the path is now clear for the indictment of Donald and his cronies. So now the question: Does the Justice Department shy away to avoid an unsavory precedent and process, or does it do the right thing and maintain at least the possibility that our Constitutional Democracy has a future in its current form––all the while knowing that the republicans have self-disqualified themselves from, and are incapable of running the Congress?

Finally: High Hanging Fruit

CLR Show 1703. Air Date January 11, 2022.  At long last, Mr. Biden is laser focusing on the fascistic autocracy that would likely replace American democracy if current republican restrictive voting laws are permitted to stand and Donald Trump is the republican 2024 nominee.  But has Biden's delay in fully confronting our fundamental voting problem undercut its importance for Americans? How would our lives change if Donald Trump were re-elected, by fair or foul means?   

What Would Autocracy Feel Like?

CLR Show 1702. Air Date January 7, 2022.  We are past the point of reasoning with republican politicians and their base.  They are owned by a combination of conspiracy theories, fueled by countless grievances, fear of losing and, for far too many, an engrained combination of ignorance and need.  This has been the foundation for fascism in the past and may well herald some form of it in a formerly-democratic America. But we must plan for a hope-based future, and all the more vigorously confront the lies and fears being exploited by the disgraced republican party for its own selfish purposes... if America is to rise again. 

The Argument For Hope

CLR Show 1701.  Air Date January 4, 2022.  Under the best of circumstances, the election of 2024 will be a national nightmare and, possibly, represent the swan song of the current American experiment.  As we consider building back, will we look to the same failed institutions, governmental and otherwise, that facilitated our national trumpian nightmare?  Or will we consider a realistic planetary future rooted in hope, a recognition of our shared energetic nature and the one rule that must govern all? 

Future: Inevitable

CLR Show 1619. Air Date December 28, 2021.  If we're going to re-establish America as the gold standard for democracies, both in our own eyes and those of the world, we need to do two big things and a string of small things.  The big things include passing some variation of the John Lewis Voting Rights Bill and bringing the high level perpetrators of the 1/6 insurrection, including Donald himself, to swift and complete justice. The many small things include opening lines of one-on-one communication with the trumpians we have written off.  None of this will be easy.  But it's critically necessary.

How To Save A Teetering Democracy

CLR Show 1618. Air Date December 17, 2021.  Accusing the the Republican/trumpians of supporting the Insurrection and its Lead Insurrectionist, then attempting to negotiate with them in the interest of bipartisanship is an untenable and altogether contradictory position. Democrats of all stripes are getting tired of watching Mr. Biden try to play the conciliation card. It's time to treat republicans like the sworn enemies of democracy they are, and begin playing far harder hard ball with them and the likes of Manchin and Sinima. Invite them to step up or leave the party––with all the unpleasant consequences. With CLR Friday Co-Host, David Bach. 

Sleeping with the Enemy: The Friday Show

CLR Show 1617.  Air Date December 10, 2021.  Perhaps a third of our citizens lack functional ethical roots and a basic comprehension of our constitutional system, simply because they were never taught.  As a consequence, they are prepared to swallow whole the eternal opening salvo of all political demagogues: acting on your cultural grievance outweighs the need to understand their source.  This must change if we are to survive as a nation and species.  And it can be done.  With CLR Friday Co-Host, David Bach.

Grievance Trumping Knowledge: The Friday Show

CLR Show 1616.  Air Date December 3, 2021. Indications from oral arguments would lead many to think the Court is about to eviscerate Roe V. Wade. But can it do so without eviscerating its own rules of conduct and forever brand itself as just another mechanism for the perpetuation of the trumpian cultural wars?  With CLR Friday Co-Host, David Bach.

The De-Supreming of The Court?: The Friday Show With David Bach

CLR Show 1615. Air Date November 19, 2021. It's no secret to Republican politicians that Trump was and and will always be a general election loser. Their dangerous strategy seems to be to embrace him for the 2022 midterm but set him lose before the 2024 general.  The question is: Will the grievance-saturated Trumpian base go along with it? With CLR Friday Co-Host, David Bach.  

Too Crazy Even For Republicans?––The Friday Show

CLR Show 1614. Air Date November 12, 2021.  Lacking shared ideas and any willingness to recognize what is good for the common good, both sides of the political spectrum have settled into volleying statements of shock back and forth, and accumulating their emotionally corrosive effects, with little incentive or capacity––on the part of Republicans––to rise above the muck. Cooler democratic heads with better ideas––and major achievements to tout––must prevail. With Friday Co-Host, David Bach.   

Immune To Shock?––The Friday Show

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