POLITICAL MOTIVES

Barbara Patricia Kittridge
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POLITICAL MOTIVES the only podcast that cuts through the spin and political rhetoric to provide you just the facts on the biggest political stories of the week and how they directly impact your life.

  1. 06/28/2021

    The GOP Just Can't Quit Trump

    This week on POLITICAL MOTIVES we explore the GOP’s inability to break from the toxic lies of Trump as the former President faces the upcoming indictment of the Trump Organization. We will discuss the ongoing legal jeopardy Rudy Giuliani is facing having already lost his license to practice law in the state of New York. We also are going to examine how the Republican platform of small government has life and death consequences for voters in states like Florida and Texas where lack of regulation and enforcement have resulted in vastly different public health threats. Finally, we will wrap up with a discussion on the progress of the American Jobs Act and the fate of a bipartisan infrastructure bill after President Biden’s pronouncement of an agreement with a group of 10 Democratic and Republican Senators.

  2. 06/22/2021

    Putin, The Bishops and Bipartisanship - Just Another Week in DC

    This week on POLITICAL MOTIVES we review President Biden’s G7 Trip and the success of his summit with Vladimir Putin. We will also discuss the rather disingenuous pronouncements of some US Catholic Bishops who are threatening to stop giving communion to President Biden given his pro-choice stance a move that is quickly angering rank and file members of the Catholic Church. We will get into the latest dinner theatre, oh I mean bipartisan talks, on the Hill concerning the American Jobs Act and the For The People Act and discuss how bipartisanship doesn’t seem to be working so well for Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV). We will also take a look at the over 500 criminal court proceedings against the 1/6 Capitol Insurrectionists and how it appears that a case for conspiracy is being built facing some of the ring leaders including none other than Roger Stone.

  3. 06/14/2021

    The Pervasive Rot of Trumpism in the Department of Justice

    This week on POLITICAL MOTIVES, we discuss the challenges facing the Department of Justice as multiple abuses of subpoena power come to light. The news broken by the New York Times, reports that Donald Trump used the DOJ to launch a series of supposed leak investigations into House Intelligence Committee members, including Representative Adam Schiff (D-CA) and Representative Eric Swalwell (D-CA) and Trump General Counsel Don McGahn. Apple revealed the data requests that were fulfilled in 2018. Based on the timings its clear the Justice Department must have renewed the gag order attached to Apple for several years. It would appear that Apple was prevented from revealing the existence of the subpoenas and data collection requests. It is believed that this was part of a larger leak investigation looking into Russia investigations early in Trump’s Administration.

  4. 06/07/2021

    Betraying Democracy: The Myth of the Filibuster and the Danger of Minority Rule

    This week we look at statements from Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) indicating he will block passage of HR1 - The For the People Act, and the infrastructure package or The American Jobs Act as well as reforming the Filibuster, putting at risk both the American ideal of Democracy and our economic recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic. We will discuss the ludicrous reversal of an assault weapons ban in California by a partisan judge. We have also had yet another week of the Republican party spreading The Big Lie as face the genuine threat of sliding into autocracy. We will also delve into the historical background of the Filibuster and explain how this Jim Crowe era rule threatens to undermine our very Democracy leading to Minority Rule.

  5. 06/01/2021

    Reconciling Racism: The Case for Reparations

    This week on the 100th Anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 we will discuss the ongoing attempts to ignore the painful history of systemic racism in America. Why the “Red Summer” a period of brutal, racially motivated violence in America has been largely forgotten and the need for America to redress the economic and emotional toll of these racist attacks via the payment of Reparations to the families and communities destroyed by this racial cleansing.

  6. 05/24/2021

    The GOP - The Grand Obstructionist Party

    On this week’s episode we look at the obstructionist agenda of the Republican and what it means for advancing President Biden’s legislative agenda. We will look at how the dysfunction of the filibuster inhibits the advancement of the Democratic agenda and the options for breaking through the inertia. We will look at the implications for a number of policy reforms from policing to infrastructure to voting rights reform. We will look at some of the key players public positions and the potential next steps for both Republicans and Democrats.

  7. 05/17/2021

    GOP Looks to Rewrite History of the Jan 6th Capitol Insurrection

    This week we will look at the ongoing attempts of the GOP to re-write history and deny the Jan 6th Insurrection and attack on the Capitol actually occurred. We will look at next steps for Democrats and the larger response from the media.

  8. 05/10/2021

    The Moral Decay of the GOP

    This past week, we have witnessed the Republican party leadership savage Representative Liz Cheney of Wyoming who laid out the case for the toxicity to Democracy that The Big Lie is having on their party and more critically the country. The title of her recent OpEd says it all “The GOP is at a turning point. History is watching us.” Since the Jan 6thCapitol Insurrection, the GOP has done everything to try and turn the page on the violent attack, incited by the former guy and underpinned by his unfounded, unproven belief in The Big Lie. Since that day the Republican party has censured or attempted to censure multiple members of their party for being unwilling to engage in a what can only be described as the GOP War on Truth. Looking to sideline any Republican who is unwilling to espouse that the former guy is still the President, and that the election was rife with fraud. An outright, bald-faced, brazen lie.

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POLITICAL MOTIVES the only podcast that cuts through the spin and political rhetoric to provide you just the facts on the biggest political stories of the week and how they directly impact your life.

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  • Creator
    Barbara Patricia Kittridge
  • Years Active
    2021
  • Episodes
    13
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Barbara Patricia Kittridge
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