Joe Biden is an imperfect candidate. But right now, he is the candidate we have. This is it - we are standing in the face of full-on authoritarianism if Donald Trump wins this election.

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SCOTUS is continuing to fuck with everyone's rights, and if Trump wins in November it will only get exponentially worse.

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Danielle reacts to the unprecedented primary defeat of Jamaal Bowman, and Jonathan Metzl returns to discuss his thoughts on the Surgeon General's declaration that guns are a public health crisis.

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With Project 2025, the Republican party and the American right wing want to send us back to the days of chattel slavery and complete oppression of women. That is what is at stake in 2024.

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"States' rights" do not actually matter to the Republican party. What matters is power, and Democrats have spent too much of the last few decades ceding power to their political opponents.

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We are in the hottest part of hell - depending on where you're living, you may be feeling that literally - but GLSEN executive director Melanie Willingham-Jaggers joins to discuss why it's so important to believe in and fight for a better future.

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And those of us on the left should be pursuing power with the same level of passion and strategy. Meanwhile, Democrats have compromised with terrorists for decades - leading to this precarious moment.

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Danielle gives her thoughts on Juneteenth being a federal holiday, and talks with Jonathan Metzl about the steady decline of America as convicted felon Donald Trump's presidential campaign continues to heat up.

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