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The Reset Sep 21, 2021

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In today's episode, Chris offers the autumn season as an opportunity for a reset on our politics of opposition and animosity. Let's look for solutions.

On immigration, both sides see advantage in using it as an issue to galvanize, but not in actually solving the problem. While the images coming from the border are a gut punch, he argues that neither side benefits from a fix, but we can't get better alone. We need each other.

When everything is wrong and no one wants to make it right, it is time for a recalibration: Do you want better than this? The same goes with the majority of vaccinated people being held in check by a minority of unvaccinated.

On all these issues, we accept in politics what we never would in our own lives.

And Another Thing: Chris takes a beat on the importance of messaging from the Biden administration as vaccine approval for 5-11 year olds is on the horizon.

The Only Thing That Matters Is Who Votes Sep 16, 2021

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In today's episode, Chris drives home the point that no matter the issue in our politics, the only thing that matters at the end of the day is who votes. There is no need to complicate the obvious.

As the General Milley news is flushed out, we find that the loudest voices saying he had 'gone rogue' and was a national security threat, are now silent when the facts don't bare that out. And they are silent because all that matters is who votes. In many politicians' estimation, 'talking tough' is all that is often remembered when election season comes around. Not being right. Or amending a false premise.

If you are motivated by a loss of rights, it is not enough to talk or think or feel, you most vote.

And Another thing: Chris takes a beat on why he is covering these two crime stories of the Alex Murdaugh family and his botched assisted suicide, and the missing 22 year old Van Life enthusiast Gabby Petito.

Hobson's Choice: Did Gen. Milley Do the Right Thing? Sep 15, 2021

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Did General Milley do the right thing? It's a question being asked in all corners. Was he a cool head keeping the ship righted during a chaotic storm? Or an overzealous General who went over and above the head of the Executive Branch? Depends who you ask.

But in todays' Episode, Chris challenges the question itself. The loudest voices hammering Milley for convening top brass after January 6th, are the same who stood silent during the insurrection and after, never mentioning President Trump's role in it or calling him to account for inciting his followers that day, Senators Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz among them.

What is to be done when the Executive Branch operates outside of political and lawful norms, but the other co-equal branches do nothing to check that power?

Also: A Second Guess on what the results of the California Governor's recall election says about how Newsom ran his campaign and the issues that lie ahead for the Golden State's GOP.

Don't Pet the Snake... or the Hornet Sep 14, 2021

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In todays episode, Chris shares an anecdote about a run in with a hornet in his house this morning as an instruction on how Dems need to play their hand. He hits on the idea that playing nice will not get it done when it comes to Democrats getting their dual infrastructure plans passed, as the window is closing for action before the midterms.

Not to mention the hill to die on in Chris' estimation: getting the Freedom to Vote Act passed, like, yesterday.

The opposition of Senator Manchin and Senator Sinema to the $3.5 trillion reconciliation is a problem for Dems they need to figure out and fix. Voters will not forgive them for "Manchinema's" blockage, they will see it as a failure of the whole party.

And Another Thing: Chris takes a beat on tennis star Novak Djokovic being able to play at the U.S. Open despite saying no to the vaccine. Contrasted with Naomi Osaka's pile on over protecting her own mental health, Chris shines a light on this selective outrage.

Never Forget.... We Are Connected Sep 10, 2021

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In this special bonus episode, Chris reflects on the 20 year anniversary of the September 11th attacks, and shares his personal experience that day and in the aftermath.

"Never Forget" was never just about the events of 9/11, but in Chris' estimation, taking care to remember our inter-connectedness. And when he looks at how we have faired collectively two decades later, in the midst of COVID and mis/disinformation, he's concerned we have forgotten that were are all interwoven and linked together as Americans.

How have we aged? Where is our resolve?

And Another Thing: A look at President Biden's moves to mandate the vaccine more broadly and the pushback it incurred.

"You Can't Make Us..." Sep 09, 2021

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On today's episode, Chris takes a beat at the top to call it as he sees it: good on the Biden administration for listening to military leadership and creating a 'public/private partnership' to centralize information and unify purpose in aiding those who are still trying to leave Afghanistan. #DigitalDunkirk

And then he Gets After It: how long will the majority of Americans stand for being held hostage by the minority who refuse to get vaccinated? Biden's E.O. mandating the vaccine for federal employees and contractors is a step toward saying 'enough is enough', but Chris is concerned that the unintended consequence of a mandate is that it can also create deeper resistance.

PLUS: A Deeper Look: As the Los Angeles Unified School District decides whether to mandate vaccines for their students aged 12 and up, the question remains: should they?

We've Grown Beyond the Binary System Sep 08, 2021

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On today's episode, Chris digs deep into the concept of a multi-party political system, where representation is more focused on bringing ideas and being results oriented, and where the choices are beyond just A or B.

He argues that the binary system of our R's and D's has essentially failed in that there is no position other than opposition, and compromise is seen as weakness.

It's no longer enough to say either party has a 'big tent'- there has been such an expansion of our ideological spectrum in recent years that our society is ripe for a multitude of parties with the potential to build coalitions to move the ball forward. Any ball.

A NY Times opinion piece by Lee Drutman also gets Chris thinking about ways to make this happen: Drutman's idea centers around six parties, and how they'd represent broader, more diverse districts through passage of The Fair Representation Act.

And another thing: When can kids under 12 get the vaccine??

Talking the Talk vs. Walking the Walk Sep 07, 2021

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Chris sees Labor Day as a forced reset. And on today's episode, he looks to the wisdom of Yoda: "Do or do not- there is no try"... with caveats, of course.

While explaining the talk is crucial, walking the walk is essential when it comes to following through on political promises to make them reality. And right now, walking the walk is everything for President Biden: how can he actually intervene in the Texas abortion law? How can he guide the nation past COVID? How can he get his agenda passed with such a slim Senate majority and the 60 vote filibuster in tact?

Plus: A Personal Note: A window into Chris' family life as he navigates back to school with three kids, and the funny reality of the media covering him getting coffee as a news story.

Cuom'ote of the Day: "The law is our national religion. That is how we walk the talk."

Tyranny of a Minority Sep 02, 2021

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In today's Episode, Chris argues that when 50% of the representation represents 20% of the population, it allows for a Tyranny of a Minority. We see this in cancel culture as well as laws crafted from extreme views within the parties. The state of Texas' abortion law is reflective of a minority interest.

Chris also looks at the SCOTUS decision not to freeze the state law, by and large tilting their hand as to how they might rule in the coming Mississippi case this fall that asks for a 15 week viability standard.

And while abortion is being restricted in the most significant way since Roe v Wade was decided in 1973, Texas in the same week enacted a law to allow gun owners to open carry in public with no license or training.

Also on the table: a Second Guess on #Digital Dunkirk as veterans and U.S. citizens outside the government work to help get people out of Afghanistan after the U.S. evacuation and withdrawal has ended.

The Prayer of St. Francis Sep 01, 2021

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In this Episode, Chris applies the Prayer of St Francis to our current state of play: on the Afghanistan withdrawal as well as COVID. It also applies to the Texas abortion law that just banned the procedure beyond six weeks, after the Supreme Court failed to rule on emergency requests by providers.

Do you believe in 'to each their own' or do we have an interdependence and an interconnectedness? Chris sees little forgiveness in the public square anymore to tolerate views outside of our own.

The Prayer of St. Francis says this: be an instrument of peace. Where there is hatred, bring love; where there is offense, bring pardon; let me not seek as much to be consoled, as to console. Chris asks in a secular sense, who thinks of others first anymore in any of our collective struggles.

Cuom'ote of the Day: "One of the main rules of crisis is, 'Don't blame during the crisis, get out of the crisis'. We've forgotten that."

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