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Tuesday Jul 23, 2019
Tuesday Jul 23, 2019
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 Shawn Zeller, Deputy Editor of CQ Magazine, and host of the 'CQ on Congress' podcast. Shawn's Twitter handle is @ShawnZeller.
The two discuss whether the United States is moving backwards from 'dog whistle racism' back to overt racism. They also analyze how Trump has stoked divisions in the country based on race, and why Congressional Republicans are so hesitant to criticize Trump's racist tweets and comments.
During the second half of the show, Brad leads a political round-table with two guests who continue the discussion on Trump's racism, including his lie that he tried to quell the 'send her back' chant at his rally. They also explore whether this famous MLK quote is still true in America today: "The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice."
The two round-table guests are Nick Guthman and Mark Grimaldi. Nick is Co-Founder of 'Blue Future,' a national organizing program run out of the Youth Progressive Action Catalyst, a youth-led political action committee (PAC), focused on organizing young people around progressive electoral campaigns. His Twitter handle is @NickGuthman. The website for 'Blue Future' is OurBlueFuture.us.
Mark Grimaldi, or 'Marky Mark' as Leslie Marshall calls him, is the Executive Producer of this show and a Democratic Activist. 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.
His website is BannonCR.com and his Twitter handle is @BradBannon.
Friday Jul 19, 2019
Friday Jul 19, 2019
Leslie is rejoined by Congressman David Cicilline, Chair of the Democratic Policy and Communications Committee, and a member of the House Judiciary Committee.
The two discuss the House of Representatives' passage of the 'Raise the Wage Act,' which would gradually increase the minimum wage to $15 in 2025, automatically update it every year after that, and phase out the subminimum wage for tipped workers.
Congressman Cicilline has been fighting to pass the 'Raise the Wage Act' since he got to Congress, but with a Republican majority, it was never even brought up for a vote. "House Democrats remember the promise they made to Americans last year to get Washington working For The People again by raising family wages, lowering health care costs, and fighting back against corruption. Passing the 'Raise the Wage Act' does just that," said Rep. Cicilline.
According to the Economic Policy Institute, this critical policy would lift wages for more than 33 million workers, 90 percent of them age 20 or older and 58 percent of them women. It would increase the total annual wages of these low-wage workers by $92.5 billion, boosting annual earnings for the average affected year-round worker by $2,800. It would reduce inequality and, according to the Congressional Budget Office, pull 1.3 million people out of poverty, nearly half of them children.
The real (inflation-adjusted) minimum wage is now roughly 30 percent lower than it was in 1968, and it has been more than 10 years since congress raised the minimum wage—the longest stretch in history.
Congressman Cicilline, joined by his fellow House Democrats, are now calling on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to bring the bill up for a vote in the Senate. He has refused. So they are now calling on all Americans to call their Senator's office, and Senator McConnell's office, to encourage them to bring the bill up for a vote.
You can find your Senator's phone number here. The phone number for Senator McConnell's office is (202) 224-2541.
Congressman Cicilline's Twitter handle is @DavidCicilline and his website is Cicilline.House.Gov.
Rep. Cicilline is also a leader in Congress on issues of core American values, serving as Chairman of the House Antitrust Subcommittee, Co-Chair of the Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus, and Vice Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.
Wednesday Jul 17, 2019
Wednesday Jul 17, 2019
Today's guest hosts are Charlotte Hancock, Communications Director for Generation Progress, and Brent Cohen, Executive Director of Generation Progress and the VP of the Center for American Progress.
They discuss two very important and timely topics during today's show.
The first topic is Trump's racism and recent lawsuits regarding it. The guest for this topic is Maryum Jordan, who serves as Counsel for the Special Litigation and Advocacy Project at the Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. Maryum discusses a case that she worked on called, African Communities Together v. Trump, and how how Trump employs lots of racist ideas to demonize populations.
Her organization's website is lawyerscommittee.org and their Twitter handle is @LawyersComm. Maryum's handle is @MaryumJordan.
The second topic is National Security and Racism.
The guest for this topic is Dr. Theodore R. Johnson, Senior Fellow with the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU's School of Law. They discuss how Trump has repeatedly shown that he believes the only acceptable Americans are white and Christian. They also talk about how Russia has used America’s history of racism to infiltrate our political system. Finally, they cover how the tactics that Nazi Germany used in WWII, through leaflets and other propaganda, parallels to Russians in our current elections.
The website for the Brennan Center is brennancenter.org and their Twitter handle is @BrennanCenter. Dr. Johnson's handle is @DrTedJ.
Charlotte Hancock's Twitter handle is @CharlatAnne and Brent Cohen's handle is @BrentJCohen.
The website for "The Center for American Progress" is www.AmericanProgress.org and their Twitter Handle is @amprog.
Tuesday Jul 16, 2019
Tuesday Jul 16, 2019
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 Amie Parnes, National Political Correspondent for 'The Hill' and co-author of 'Shattered,' the number one New York Times' best selling book on the 2016 presidential election. Amie's Twitter handle is @AmieParnes.
The two discuss the reasons for Senator Elizabeth Warren's rise, and Senator Bernie Sanders' decline, in the Democratic primary polls.
During the second half of the show, Brad leads a political round-table with two guests discussing Tom Steyer's effect on the Democratic primary field, whether the DNC should sanction a climate debate, and Trump's xenophobic 'go back' tweet.
The two round-table guests are Tim Zenk and Mark Grimaldi. 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, or 'Marky Mark' as Leslie Marshall calls him, is the Executive Producer of this show and a Democratic Activist. 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.
His website is BannonCR.com and his Twitter handle is @BradBannon.
Thursday Jul 11, 2019
Thursday Jul 11, 2019
Today's guest hosts are Charlotte Hancock, Communications Director for Generation Progress, and Brent Cohen, Executive Director of Generation Progress and the VP of the Center for American Progress.
They discuss two very important and timely topics during today's show.
The first topic is the border detention camps run by the Trump administration. The guest for this topic is Toby Gialluca, a volunteer Flores attorney and Co-organizer Lights for Liberty. Toby details the horrible conditions at the detention camps, which she saw in person when she visited them to help those being held by the administration, including young children. 'Lights for Liberty' is a July 12th vigil to end human concentration camps. It will bring thousands of people to locations worldwide as well as to concentration camps across country, into the streets and into their own front yards, to protest the inhumane conditions faced by migrants.
The website for 'Lights for Liberty' is lightsforliberty.org and their Twitter handle is @Lights4Liberty. Toby's handle is @TobyGialluca.
The second topic is the citizenship question that the Trump administration is trying to have added to the 2020 U.S. Census.
The guest for this topic is Meghan Maury, Policy Director at the 'National LGBTQ Task Force,' which conducts grassroots organizing and lobbying on legislation and ballot initiatives to achieve justice for #LGBTQ people.
Their website is thetaskforce.org and their Twitter handle is @LGBTQTaskForce.
Charlotte Hancock's Twitter handle is @CharlatAnne and Brent Cohen's handle is @BrentJCohen.
The website for "The Center for American Progress" is www.AmericanProgress.org and their Twitter Handle is @amprog.
Tuesday Jul 09, 2019
Tuesday Jul 09, 2019
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 Thomas Oppel, Executive VP for the American Sustainable Business Council (ASBC), a network of businesses and business associations committed to the triple bottom line: People, Planet, and Profit.
The two discuss why sustainable business is good business – and a sustainable economy is good for America. They also touch on 'the Green New Deal,' and Americans transitioning to a more sustainable economy.
ASBC's website is asbcouncil.org and their Twitter handle is @ASBCouncil. Thomas Oppel's handle is @tpoppel.
During the second half of the show, Brad leads a political round table with two guests discussing President Trump's disastrous July 4th speech, Tom Steyer potentially jumping into the race for President, as well as the U.S. Women's Soccer championship team and their call for 'equal pay for equal work.'
The two round table guests are Kimberly Scott and Mark Grimaldi. Kimberly is the Founder and Publisher of DemList, LLC, a free national daily political column, calendar and resource site for Democrats and allies - a unique, central source that connects people to the who, what and where of Democratic events, issues and activism.
You can find out more about them at DemList.com and follow them on Twitter @TheDemList.
Mark Grimaldi, or 'Marky Mark' as Leslie Marshall calls him, is the Executive Producer of this show and a Democratic Activist. 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.
His website is BannonCR.com and his Twitter handle is @BradBannon.
Tuesday Jul 02, 2019
Tuesday Jul 02, 2019
In this must-listen hour of the Leslie Marshall Show, she's joined by the inimitable progressive talk show host, and Author, Thom Hartmann.
Thom's promoting his first in a series of historical works called the "Hidden History Series," and in this initial installment, he's tackling guns.
In "The Hidden Histories of Guns and the Second Amendment," Thom breaks down, in fact-based detail, some of the underlying problems with guns and gun violence in America. He also documents how these date back literally to the founding of the country.
Thom's book is already rising up the top selling rankings on Amazon.com, and in a digestible, and well-researched prose, his analysis is already being considered, "a powerful book that is incisive as a stepping-stone to a new understanding about and approach to gun reform in the Wild West of nations.”
'The Thom Hartmann Program' is an absolute CAN'T MISS show in our fight to RESIST Trump and his Republican cronies. You can listen to or watch the program a number of different ways. You can catch it live, Monday through Friday from noon-3pm ET at ProgressiveVoices.com, on 'SiriusXM Progress,' or on 'Free Speech TV.'
Thom's website is ThomHartmann.com and his Twitter handle is @Thom_Hartmann.
Tuesday Jul 02, 2019
Tuesday Jul 02, 2019
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.
Today, Brad is joined by two guests to unpack the recent Democratic debates from Miami, Florida.
In the first half hour, he speaks with Charlie Cook, Publisher and Editor of 'the Cook Political Report.' Dubbed by Brad himself as one of the most important political strategists in the United States, Charlie offers Brad his qualified and unique perspective to the debate analysis.
While the consensus opinion was that Senator Kamala Harris had a stand out night, Charlie Cook doesn't rule out the seriousness of an-on-the-defensive Joe Biden.
Cook also makes note of Mayor Pete Buttigieg's incredible fundraising effort in quarter two. 'Mayor Pete' has raised over $25 million dollars in the past three months, and typically the campaigns with the fattest purses tend to survive the longest.
Watch for several campaign stops in the very early primary states. Cook says a majority of the lesser known candidates will focus mainly on Iowa and New Hampshire. Indeed, almost every Democratic nominee for President hasn't taken the nomination without a victory in one of the first two states on the ballot next winter.
In the second half hour, Brad's joined by Mike Fraioli , a top adviser to Congressman Tim Ryan's campaign for President.
Mike argues that Rep. Ryan is the best candidate to take on President Trump because he's running on the core issues that affect working American families the most.
Simply put, Congressman Ryan's focus is on "kitchen table" issues: better paying jobs for everyday people, alongside affordable health care options for working families.
It is through this focused lens, Fraioli argues, that will allow for Tim Ryan to succeed in the Democratic Primary race.
Brad Bannon 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.
His website is BannonCR.com and his Twitter handle is @BradBannon.
Saturday Jun 29, 2019
Saturday Jun 29, 2019
In this hour of "The Leslie Marshall Show," Leslie is joined by Fred Redmond, International Vice President (Human Affairs) for the United Steelworkers (USW).
On the 50th anniversary of the "Stonewall Riots" in NYC, commonly credited with the birth of the LGBTQ rights movement, Fred shares the new pro-LGBTQ initiatives that the USW is undertaking.
In a movement to both bolster LGTBQ involvement in the labor movement, and also dispel previous stereotypes of the typical 'blue collar worker,' (i.e. white, male, middle-aged, mid-Western), Fred thinks now is the best time to rethink how Labor Unions treat and support members of the LGBTQ community.
By partnering with the 'Pride at Work' non-profit organization, the USW is primed to augment their LGBTQ workers in their ongoing fight for social and economic justice.
Learn more at USW.org.
Tuesday Jun 18, 2019
Tuesday Jun 18, 2019
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 Josh Bivens, Director of Research at the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank created in 1986 to include the needs of low- and middle-income workers in economic policy discussions.
Their website is EPI.org and their Twitter handle is @EconomicPolicy.
The two discuss EPI's ‘Budget for Shared Prosperity,' which Josh is the lead Author on.
During the second half of the show, Brad leads a political round table with two guests discussing President Trump's comments that he would accept foreign interference in the 2020 election. They also discuss Trump's chances for re-election and the leaked internal polls against former Vice President Joe Biden.
The two round table guests are Dave Feighan and Mark Grimaldi. Dave is the Founder and CEO of Tiller, the social media website for politics.
'Tiller' is a national community of registered voters, elected officials, and candidates for office.
Like a LinkedIn for politics, Tiller creates a verified and safe online world, where voters have at their fingertips all of the tools to manage their politicians and their world.
Don't trust regular social media for something as important as Democracy. Use Tiller instead, and be the best voter, and best citizen, that you can be. To check it out, visit www.MyTiller.com.
Mark Grimaldi, or 'Marky Mark' as Leslie Marshall calls him, is the Executive Producer of this show and a Democratic Activist. 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.
His website is BannonCR.com and his Twitter handle is @BradBannon.