It’s All Political

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The Digital Divide Is Getting Worse May 22, 2020

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FCC commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel talks about how the coronavirus is widening the gap between information haves and have-nots, hurting people like high school junior Jessica Ramos, who shares her experience. | Get full Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod

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Michael Franti: Positivity in Politics and Life May 18, 2020

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The Bay Area native’s new album, “Work Hard and Be Nice,” is less concerned with social consciousness than his previous work. But it’s a reflection of his belief in staying positive through political campaigns and pandemics. | Get full Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod

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Shahid Buttar Is Challenging Nancy Pelosi From Her Left May 14, 2020

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While the speaker is known as the epitome of a San Francisco liberal and an antidote to President Trump, Shahid Buttar, her challenger for reelection, says she hasn't done enough for working people and thinks she has enabled Trump. | Get full Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod

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Pramila Jayapal on PPP, Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden May 12, 2020

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The co-chair of the House Progressive Caucus talks to Joe Garofoli about her new Paycheck Guarantee Act to get money directly to the unemployed. She also explains how she thinks Bernie Sanders will help get more progressives excited about the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee. | Get full Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod

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Election Day Nightmare? Dirty Tricks, Suppression, No concessions May 07, 2020

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UC Irvine professor Richard Hasen — one of the nation’s leading election experts and the author of "Election Meltdown: Dirty Tricks, Distrust, and the Threat to American Democracy" — warns about all of the threats to a free and fair election in November. And the coronavirus pandemic will only make things worse. | Get full Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod

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From the Tea Party to "Open the States" Apr 30, 2020

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Mark Meckler, an early leader of the Tea Party movement a decade ago, is now at the forefront of the drive to convince states to reopen for business during the coronavirus pandemic. He tells Joe Garofoli how the two movements are similar — and different. | Get full Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod

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Will a Presidential Transition Work? Apr 29, 2020

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The teams are forming now and David Marchick, director of the Center for Presidential Transition and host of the Transition Lab podcast, explains how this will be the most important transition since 1932, during the Great Depression. The bad news: We’re not prepared to deal with it yet. | Get full Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod

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Kamala Harris "Would Be Honored" to Be VP Apr 17, 2020

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California Sen. Kamala Harris reveals what she'd say if Joe Biden asked her to be his running mate. In an interview with Joe Garofoli and Tal Kopan, she says she's "very concerned" about being able to do oversight on the $2 trillion that Washington is spending on coronavirus pandemic relief —and what she's doing about it. | Get unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod

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Katie Porter: We Need Real Time Stimulus Oversight Apr 16, 2020

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Orange County Democratic Rep. Katie Porter has become a rising star, largely for her oversight role. That is needed now with Washington spending $2 trillion to fight fallout from the coronavirus pandemic. Plus: Her disagreement with Nancy Pelosi about remote voting for Congress. | Get full Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod

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Will Coronavirus Boost Support for Medicare for All? Apr 13, 2020

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Medicare for All didn’t die when Sen. Bernie Sanders suspended his presidential campaign. Its advocates predict support will grow because of a force more powerful and unpredictable than politics — COVID-19. Michael Lighty, a top Sanders advisor on health care, explains. | Get unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod

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