The show notes for Episode 53 are at http://www.eclectablog.com/2017/10/episode-54-democracy-worked-to-save-healthcare-now-we-have-to-do-it-again-wsg-sen-debbie-stabenow-artist-ti-rock-moore.html For information on contributing to Eclectablog and The Sit and Spin Room podcast, click HERE. Sen. Debbie Stabenow on Twitter: @SenStabenow Sen. Debbie Stabenow’s webpage: Stabenow.Senate.gov LOLGOP at Eclectablog: This is the fight to save Medicare and Medicaid (and to destroy Trump presidency) we’ve been waiting for Lori Lodes at Medium: […]

The show notes for Episode 53 are at http://www.eclectablog.com/2017/10/episode-53-everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-trump-tax-scam.html Eric Levitz at New York Magazine: Democrats Should Tell Voters What Else They Could Get for $1.5 Trillion Chad Bold on Twitter: @Chadderr The Indivisible Guide: Indivisible.org Ezra Klein at Vox: This is not how the Senate is supposed to work Lily Batchelder on Twitter: @LilyBatch Catherine Rampell at The New […]

The show notes for Episode 52 are at http://www.eclectablog.com/2017/10/episode-52-dont-do-what-we-did-with-special-guests-greg-sargent-and-sam-singh-its-our-1-year-anniversary.html Greg Sargent on Twitter: @ThePlumLineGS Greg Sargent’s at the Washington Post: The Plum Line Ta-Nehisi Coates at The Atlantic: The First White President Greg Sargent at The Washington Post: Whose White President? Greg Sargent at The Washington Post: Hey, deplorables: Trump and his advisers are laughing in your faces Sam Singh […]

The show notes for Episode 51 are at http://www.eclectablog.com/2017/09/episode-51-no-celebrating-until-october-and-maybe-even-not-then-wsg-jacob-leibenluft-mi-08-candidate-elissa-slotkin.html R.I.P. Jon Breen. Jacob Leibenluft, senior advisor at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, on Twitter: @JLeibenluft Help defeat the latest version of Trumpcare and #KillTheBill using the tools at TrumpcareTen.org. Elissa Slotkin on Twitter: @ElissaSlotkin Elissa Slotkin’s website: ElissaForCongress.com Make a donation to Elissa’s MI-08 campaign HERE. New York […]

The show notes for Episode 50 are at http://www.eclectablog.com/2017/09/episode-50-a-dead-possum-named-trumpcare-with-special-guests-michael-s-linden-charles-gaba.html Michael S. Linden on Twitter: @MichaelSLinden The Not One Penny (in tax cuts for the wealthy) campaign: NotOnePenny.org LOLGOP at Eclectablog: 6 reasons Trump can still pull off tax breaks for the rich Charles Gaba on Twitter: @Charles_Gaba Charles Gaba’s website: ACASignUps.net Indivisible Team’s guide to defeat Trumpcare: TrumpCareTen.org LOLGOP at […]

The show notes for Episode 49 are at http://www.eclectablog.com/2017/09/episode-49-we-are-not-a-nation-of-bigots-with-special-guest-prof-ian-haney-lopez.html Prof. Ian Haney López on Twitter: @IanHaneyLopez and @DogWhistleRace. Prof. Ian Haney López’s personal website: IanHaneyLopez.com. Purchase Dog Whistle Politics HERE. Prof. Ian Haney López at The Nation: President Trump Should Be Impeached for Pardoning Joe Arpaio Prof. Ian Haney López at Demos. LOLGOP at Eclectablog: What do scared House Republicans […]

The show notes for Episode 48 are at http://www.eclectablog.com/2017/09/episode-48-this-movement-is-about-the-soul-of-our-country-wsg-seiu-pres-mary-kay-henry-mi-11-candidate-haley-stevens.html Last week we let you know that Friends of the Pod Dawn and Mike Wagner were worried they would lose their home to flooding from Hurricane Harvey. Mike is the composer of “Unclaimed”, our intro music into the Flint Water Crisis update each week. We are happy to report that they […]

The show notes for Episode 47 are at http://www.eclectablog.com/2017/08/episode-47-a-wetter-hotter-white-supremacy-with-special-guest-ari-berman.html Before we get started today, I learned after recording this podcast episode that Dawn and Mike Wagner have likely lost their home to flooding from Hurricane Harvey. Mike is the composer of “Unclaimed”, our intro music into the Flint Water Crisis update each week. Please keep them in your thoughts and […]

The show notes for Episode 46 are at http://www.eclectablog.com/2017/08/episode-46-good-government-is-good-with-special-guest-david-m-perry.html David M. Perry on Twitter: @Lollardfish David M. Perry at the Chicago Trubune: Why I’m moving my family out of Illinois David M. Perry at the PacificStandard: Why it’s important to name Nazis Elizabeth Cohen and Katherine Grise at CNN: Pediatricians say Florida hurt sick kids to help big GOP donors […]

The show notes for Episode 45 are at http://www.eclectablog.com/2017/08/episode-45-the-base-of-the-democratic-party-are-black-women-with-special-guest-angryblacklady-imani-gandy.html Imani Gandy on Twitter: @AngryBlackLady Imani Gandy at Rewire.news. Darcie Moran at MLive: Hundreds gather in Ann Arbor after Virginia’s deadly white nationalist rally Corey Pein on On the Media‘s Mind the Gap: Something Is Emerging From This Community Glenn Greenwald at The Intercept: The Misguided Attacks on ACLU for Defending […]

The show notes for Episode 44 are at http://www.eclectablog.com/2017/08/episode-44-how-to-win-get-your-millennial-friends-to-vote-and-run-wsg-sean-mcelwee-darrin-camilleri.html Sean McElwee on Twitter: @SeanMcElwee Sean McElwee at Demos: A Higher Minimum Wage Has Broad Appeal Sean McElwee at The Nation: How Oregon Increased Voter Turnout More Than Any Other State Darrin Camilleri on Twitter: @DarrinCamilleri Crain’s Detroit “20 in Their 20s” article on Darrin Camilleri: DARRIN CAMILLERI, 25 Vice News: […]