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Tuesday Apr 21, 2020
Tuesday Apr 21, 2020
The guest host for today's show is Brad Bannon. Brad runs Bannon Communications Research, a polling, message development and media firm which helps labor unions, progressive issue groups and Democratic candidates win public affairs and political campaigns. His new show, 'Deadline D.C. with Brad Bannon,' airs every Monday from 3-4pm ET.
Brad is first joined by Dr.Margaret Klein Salamon, a clinical psychologist and now Founder and Director of 'The Climate Mobilization,' an organization that calls for moving from climate grieving to emergency mode.
Her radical new self-help guide, 'Facing the Climate Emergency: How to Transform Yourself with Climate Truth,' helps readers reckon with the terror of the climate emergency, process their feelings, and turn their pain into heroic action. Her Twitter handle is @MobilizeClimate.
The two discuss applying the same type of 'emergency action' response that has been used to fight COVID-19, but instead, using it to fight the climate crisis.
During the second half of the show, Brad leads a political round-table with Tim Zenk and Mark Grimaldi. The roundtable adds to the discussion of the topics covered in the first segment. They also hypothesize what type of President Joe Biden would be in the area of climate action if he wins in November.
Tim is a Principle at 'Molecule,' a business and public affairs company, a former Democratic staffer, and a well known renewable energy expert. His Twitter handle is @greencrude.
Mark Grimaldi has been a progressive political activist for the past 12 years. He volunteered for the campaigns of President Obama (2008 and 2012), Senator Bernie Sanders (2016), and Secretary Hillary Clinton (2016). Mark is also involved in campaign finance reform efforts around the country, and philanthropic efforts for Cancer research. His Twitter handle is @MarkJGrimaldi.
Brad writes a column every Sunday on the 2020 Presidential race for 'The Hill.' He's on the National Journal's panel of political insiders and is a national political analyst for WGN TV and Radio in Chicago and KNX Radio in Los Angeles.
You can read Brad's columns at www.MuckRack.com/Brad-Bannon. His Twitter handle is @BradBannon.
Watch a video broadcast of the show here: www.periscope.tv/BradBannon/1RDxlQqyArOKL
Thursday Apr 16, 2020
Thursday Apr 16, 2020
Today's guest hosts are Charlotte Hancock and Edwith Theogene, Communications Director and Organizing Director for Generation Progress.
Today's discussion is about an alarming trend that has emerged during the COVID-19 pandemic: at least seven states across the South and the Midwest have used this pandemic to declare abortion services non-essential and attempt to prevent some or all abortions from taking place as long as stay at home or shelter in place orders are in effect. These policies are incredibly harmful and dangerous—but thankfully, many organizations are fighting back. Over the weekend, the debate in Texas reached the Supreme Court, but—after an appellate court restored some abortion access in Texas last night—the battle is now back to the lower courts.
To talk more about this situation and why abortion is very much an essential service, today's guests are Elisabeth Smith, the Chief Counsel for State Policy and Advocacy at the Center for Reproductive Rights, and Dr. Kristyn Brandi, the Board Chair of Physicians for Reproductive Health and an Assistant Professor at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School.
Here are the Twitter handles for today's guests and their respective organizations: The Center for Reproductive Rights - @ReproRights, Dr. Kristyn Brandi - @DrKBrandi, Physicians for Reproductive Health - @prhdocs
The website for "Generation Progress" is www.GenProgress.org and their Twitter Handle is @GenProgress. Charlotte Hancock's Twitter handle is @CharlatAnne and Edwith Theogene's handle is @WhoIsEdwith.
Monday Apr 13, 2020
Monday Apr 13, 2020
The guest host for today's show is Brad Bannon. Brad runs Bannon Communications Research, a polling, message development and media firm which helps labor unions, progressive issue groups and Democratic candidates win public affairs and political campaigns. His new show, 'Deadline D.C. with Brad Bannon,' airs every Monday from 3-4pm ET.
Brad is first joined by the usual host of the show, Leslie Marshall! As you probably already know if you're a listener, Leslie is a Democratic Strategist, National Radio Host, and a Fox News Contributor who provides political analysis from a liberal point of view.
Brad and Leslie discuss the significance of today's endorsement of Joe Biden for President by Senator Bernie Sanders, including it happening three months sooner in the primary process than it did for Hillary Clinton. They give some advice as to what Vice President Biden can do to earn the votes of Bernie supporters, and preview his general election matchup with President Trump.
During the second half of the show, Brad leads a political round-table with Tara Devlin and Mark Grimaldi. The roundtable adds to the discussion of Sanders endorsing Biden, and what type of policies Sanders supporters would like to see Biden advocate for going forward. They also discuss whether Biden committing to nominating a female running mate was as meaningful as some have prognosticated.
Mark Grimaldi has been a progressive political activist for the past 12 years. He volunteered for the campaigns of President Obama (2008 and 2012), Senator Bernie Sanders (2016), and Secretary Hillary Clinton (2016). Mark is also involved in campaign finance reform efforts around the country, and philanthropic efforts for Cancer research. His Twitter handle is @MarkJGrimaldi.
Brad writes a column every Sunday on the 2020 Presidential race for 'The Hill.' He's on the National Journal's panel of political insiders and is a national political analyst for WGN TV and Radio in Chicago and KNX Radio in Los Angeles.
You can read Brad's columns at www.MuckRack.com/Brad-Bannon. His Twitter handle is @BradBannon.
Watch a video broadcast of the show here: https://www.pscp.tv/w/1yoKMakweOpKQ
Saturday Apr 11, 2020
Saturday Apr 11, 2020
Leslie begins the hour with her 'Ripped from the Headlines' news segment.
Here are the two news stories that she covers:
1. The New Yorker - "How Did the U.S. End Up with Nurses Wearing Garbage Bags?"
2. NBC News - "Video shows giant trench being dug on NYC's Hart Island to bury coronavirus victims"
She's then joined by Dr. Robert Shapiro, Chairman of Sonecon, an economic advisory firm and a Senior Fellow of the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University. He is an internationally-known economist who has advised, among others, President Bill Clinton, Vice President Al Gore, Jr., British Prime Ministers Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, and then U.S. Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. He was Under Secretary of Commerce for Economic Affairs in the Clinton Administration.
Leslie and Dr. Shapiro discuss his new piece for 'Washington Monthly,' titled "The Case for Universal Mandatory COVID-19 Testing." (Article link here --> https://washingtonmonthly.com/2020/04/10/the-case-for-universal-mandatory-covid-19-testing/)
Dr. Shapiro's website is www.Sonecon.com and his Twitter handle is @RobShapiro.
Thursday Apr 09, 2020
Thursday Apr 09, 2020
Today's guest hosts are Brent J. Cohen and Charlotte Hancock, Executive Director and Communications Director for Generation Progress.
This week's show is about another group of people being uniquely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic—undocumented immigrants and people who are being detained by immigration enforcement agencies. Many undodcumented people are on the frontlines of coronavirus response—whether they are healthcare providers or essential employees making sure that basic necessities are still available to the general public—but, even during a pandemic, they are forced to worry about whether or not they will be able to remain in this country. As we wait for a decision from the Supreme Court on the DACA case, even Dreamers who previously had a certain degree of security about their immigration status are now being forced to consider that everything might change. Meanwhile, people who are already being detained by ICE or CBP are in immediate danger of the pandemic spreading rapidly through detention facilities, where they will almost certainly not receive adequate care.
To talk more about this situation and what can be done to protect vulnerable people, the show is joined by Sanaa Abrar, the advocacy director at United We Dream and Setareh Ghandehari, the advocacy manager at the Detention Watch Network.
Here are the Twitter handles for today's guests and their respective organizations: Sanaa Abrar - @sanaashine, United We Dream - @UNITEDWEDREAM, Detention Watch Network - @DetentionWatch
The website for "Generation Progress" is www.GenProgress.org and their Twitter Handle is @GenProgress. Brent J. Cohen's Twitter handle is @BrentJCohen and Charlotte Hancock's handle is @CharlatAnne.
Tuesday Apr 07, 2020
Tuesday Apr 07, 2020
The guest host for today's show is Brad Bannon. Brad runs Bannon Communications Research, a polling, message development and media firm which helps labor unions, progressive issue groups and Democratic candidates win public affairs and political campaigns. His new show, 'Deadline D.C. with Brad Bannon,' airs every Monday from 3-4pm ET.
Brad is first joined by Charlie Cook, Editor and Published of the 'Cook Political Report.' His Twitter handle is @CharlieCookDC.
The two discuss President Trump's handling the COVID-19 pandemic, what Americans think of the President's response to the virus, how Joe Biden has done in running his Presidential campaign during the pandemic, and how important his choice of a running mate could be.
During the second half of the show, Brad leads a political round-table with Moe Vela and Mark Grimaldi. The roundtable adds to the discussion of the topics covered in the first segment, and also talks about the economic struggles that lower and middle income Americans are beginning to face during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Moe Vela served in President Obama’s administration as the Director of Administration and Senior Advisor in the Office of Vice President Joe Biden. The stint was the second White House appointment for Mr. Vela, who served as Chief Financial Officer and Senior Advisor on Hispanic Affairs for Vice President Al Gore. Mr. Vea holds the distinction of being the first Hispanic American and gay American to serve twice in a senior executive role in the White House. His Twitter handle is @MoeVela.
Mark Grimaldi has been a progressive political activist for the past 12 years. He volunteered for the campaigns of President Obama (2008 and 2012), Senator Bernie Sanders (2016), and Secretary Hillary Clinton (2016). Mark is also involved in campaign finance reform efforts around the country, and philanthropic efforts for Cancer research. His Twitter handle is @MarkJGrimaldi.
Brad writes a column every Sunday on the 2020 Presidential race for 'The Hill.' He's on the National Journal's panel of political insiders and is a national political analyst for WGN TV and Radio in Chicago and KNX Radio in Los Angeles.
You can read Brad's columns at www.MuckRack.com/Brad-Bannon. His Twitter handle is @BradBannon.
Watch a video broadcast of the show here: https://www.pscp.tv/w/1OwGWQoQWoDxQ
Friday Apr 03, 2020
Friday Apr 03, 2020
During the first half of the show, Leslie is joined by Hope Frye, an internationally recognized immigration lawyer focused on disadvantaged populations, especially women and children. She is the Co-founder and executive director of 'Project Lifeline,' a nonprofit focused on children who are or were in immigration detention in CBP jails, ORR shelters or ICE family detention facilities. Their mission spans the child’s experience with the goal of providing continuity of care. They are the only nonprofit with a medical and legal programs.
Leslie and Hope discuss two new court rulings, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, that could force Trump to release migrant children and parents. His administration is facing a spate of lawsuits across the country calling on them to close immigration courts and release migrants from often overcrowded, unsanitary detention facilities that medical experts have said are “tinderboxes” for the virus. A Federal Judge reviewing the situation called the detention facilities “hotbeds for contagion” that pose “unprecedented threats” of “irreparable harm” amid the pandemic.
The website for 'Project Lifeline' is www.ProjectLifeline.us and their Twitter handle is @ProjLifeline.
During the second half of the show, Leslie is joined by Colonel Cedric Leighton, Founder and President of Cedric Leighton Associates, a strategic risk and leadership consultancy serving global companies and organizations. He founded the company in 2010, after serving in the US Air Force for 26 years as an Intelligence Officer and attaining the rank of Colonel.
They discuss Navy Captain Brett Crozier, who was fired just four days after he pleaded for help as the coronavirus ravaged his crew on the USS Theodore Roosevelt. Crozier had sent an urgent letter to the U.S. Navy on Sunday, seeking to evacuate and isolate the crew as cases of coronavirus infection increased on the aircraft carrier. Some 113 members of the crew had tested positive as of yesterday, which is by far the U.S. military’s largest coronavirus outbreak to date in the pandemic.Videos posted on social media showed a huge send-off for Captain Crozier, with hundreds of service members on the hanger deck of the vessel, which is currently docked in Guam, chanting "Captain Crozier! Captain Crozier!" and clapping.
Colonel Leighton's website is www.CedricLeighton.com and his Twitter handle is @CedricLeighton.
Wednesday Apr 01, 2020
Wednesday Apr 01, 2020
There is another population of people who don’t have the option of protecting themselves from this pandemic—people who are currently incarcerated. To talk more about how this pandemic threatens the lives and safety of incarcerated people in the United States, and what counties, states, and the country can do to better protect them, the show is joined by DeAnna Hoskins, the president and CEO of JustLeadershipUSA, and Anthony Robles and Jared O’Brien, organizers with the Youth Justice Coalition in Los Angeles.
The website for "Generation Progress" is www.GenProgress.org and their Twitter Handle is @GenProgress. Brent J. Cohen's Twitter handle is @BrentJCohen and Edwith Theogene's handle is @WhoIsEdwith.
Tuesday Mar 31, 2020
Tuesday Mar 31, 2020
Leslie is rejoined by Scott Paul, President of the Alliance for American Manufacturing (AAM), a partnership established by some of America’s leading manufacturers and the United Steelworkers union.For over a decade, Mr. Paul and AAM have worked to make American manufacturing a top-of-mind issue for voters and our national leaders through effective advocacy, innovative research, and a savvy public relations strategy.
The two dig deep into the reasons why America has failed to supply an adequate number of masks and other PPE (personal protective equipment) for our doctors and nurses on the COVID-19 front line.
Leslie and Scott also discuss solutions to the problem in both the short and long term.
For those interested in learning more on the subject, below are some of the sources that Leslie and Scott share from during today's interview.
1. WIRED: "How Decades of Offshoring Led to a Mask Shortage in a Pandemic" - https://www.wired.com/story/decades-offshoring-led-mask-shortage-pandemic/
2. The New York Times - "China Pushes to Churn Out Coronavirus Gear, Yet Struggles to Police It" - https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/27/business/china-coronavirus-masks-tests.html
3. The New York Times - "Trump Said He Was the President of Manufacturing. Then Disaster Struck" - https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/29/us/politics/coronavirus-trump-ventilators-manufacturing-gm.html?referringSource=articleShare
4. The New York Times - "How the World’s Richest Country Ran Out of a 75-Cent Face Mask" - https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/25/opinion/coronavirus-face-mask.html?referringSource=articleShare
The website for AAM is AmericanManufacturing.org and their Twitter handle is @KeepItMadeInUSA. Scott's Twitter handle is @ScottPaulAAM. You can also find AAM on Instagram with the handle @AmericanManufacturing and visit their Facebook page at Facebook.com/AmericanManufacturing.
Monday Mar 30, 2020
Monday Mar 30, 2020
The guest host for today's show is Brad Bannon. Brad runs Bannon Communications Research, a polling, message development and media firm which helps labor unions, progressive issue groups and Democratic candidates win public affairs and political campaigns. His new show, 'Deadline D.C. with Brad Bannon,' airs every Monday from 3-4pm ET.
Brad is first joined by Dr. Robert Shapiro is Chairman of Sonecon, an economic advisory firm, and a Senior Fellow of the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University. He is an internationally-known economist who has advised, among others, President Bill Clinton, Vice President Al Gore, Jr., British Prime Ministers Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, and then U.S. Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. He was Under Secretary of Commerce for Economic Affairs in the Clinton Administration. His Twitter handle is @RobShapiro.
Dr. Shapiro explains "how the future shape of the economic crisis driven by the federal government’s inadequate response to the coronavirus pandemic is coming into focus." He outlined this point, as well as some possible solutions, in his most recent Sonecon blog, titled "A Long-Term Plan to Save the Economy From Coronavirus" (link here: https://www.sonecon.com/the-shape-of-the-economic-crisis-and-what-can-really-be-done-about-it/) The piece also appeared in the March 26th edition of 'Washington Monthly.'
During the second half of the show, Brad leads a political round-table with Anisha Singh and Mark Grimaldi. The roundtable discuss the following questions:
1. How would you rate the handling of the Coronavirus crisis by President Trump and Senate Republicans?
2. What does this moment mean for our elections, and how do we protect democracy?
3. How well have Governors like Andrew Cuomo, Gavin Newsom, Jay Inslee and Gretchen Whitmer filled the leadership void left open by Trump during the crisis?
Anisha is the Director of Judiciary and Democracy Affairs at the Planned Parenthood Action Fund. Her Twitter handle is @Anisha_S113.
Mark Grimaldi, or 'Marky Mark' as Leslie Marshall calls him, is the Executive Producer of this show. In addition to being the Executive Producer for the Leslie Marshall show for 14 years, for the past 12 years Mark has been a progressive political activist and campaign volunteer of President Obama's (2008 and 2012), Senator Bernie Sanders' (2016), and Secretary Hillary Clinton's (2016). Mark is also involved in campaign finance reform efforts around the country, and philanthropic efforts for Cancer research. His Twitter handle is @MarkJGrimaldi.
Brad writes a column every Sunday on the 2020 Presidential race for 'The Hill.' He's on the National Journal's panel of political insiders and is a national political analyst for WGN TV and Radio in Chicago and KNX Radio in Los Angeles.
You can read Brad's columns at www.MuckRack.com/Brad-Bannon. His Twitter handle is @BradBannon.