Leftward Expansion Brett Hillsberg

In this episode we talk about the minimum wage, how it got to where it is today, and both the moral and political cases to raise it to $15 per hour. The minimum wage is one of the Democrats' most powerful weapons to relieve the working class of financial troubles, create local economic growth, and to re-establish themselves as the “pro-labor” party.

Leftward Expansion takes a look at Congressional Democrats representing districts won by Trump in the 2020 Presidential race. We examine what issues they campaigned on, how they spoke to their voters, their personalities, and their ideology that made winning in a red district possible in this hyper-partisan era. We think that other Democrats running in conservative areas around the United States can draw wisdom from these strategies to win their own elections!

In this episode, we go over the Senate: what is was meant by the framers to be, the graveyard of progress it has become today, and what can be done for the Democrats to overcome its hurdle moving forward.

Democrats have the Presidency, the House, and the Senate! Your host Brett Hillsberg talks about Biden's first moves in office, things that Dems can get done, and things that Dems strategically need to do for the country and to perform better in the future 2022 and 2024 elections.

In this special mini-episode we go over the background of the two senate races in Georgia, the bad omens, the good omens, and Brett's personal thoughts on what will be the outcome of the race.

Brett talks about improving Democrat's policy pitching and how this can lead to connecting with voters. The problems are clearly there, why won't the party jump on promising to fix them? The answer is more complicated than it seems.