Dem Bums.
50 Shades of Blue.
You can’t do the big things if you can’t do the little things. A friend of mine used to say this all the time. And it reminds me of the Democratic Party - a party that can’t seem to move the needle on the big, meaningful stuff because they’re always fighting about procedural issues that prevent the nation from moving forward. Has the right wing lost its fucking mind in this country? Sure. But they’re not the reason democrats are so dysfunctional. The Democratic Party is riddled with self-inflicted wounds, some of which we expose in today’s episode including a profile of one of the party’s worst actors: Josh Gottheimer.
Show Notes
Clips
Episode Timestamp + Link | Clip Link
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00:02:18 | MSNBC: Watch Nancy Pelosi Confront AOC: Your Caucus Is “Like 5 People”
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00:02:34 | The Godfather: Michael Settles All Family Business
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00:05:37 | When A Stranger Calls: The Call Is Coming From Inside The House
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00:10:57 | CNBC: Rep. Josh Gottheimer on Problem Solvers Caucus' bipartisan infrastructure proposal
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00:23:47 | NJ Spotlight News: Rep. Josh Gottheimer Discusses Problem Solvers Caucus
Resources
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Visual Capitalist: All of the World’s Wealth in One Visualization
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United Nations Development Programme: Latest Human Development Index Ranking
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Open Secrets: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
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Open Secrets: Election objectors are among the GOP’s highest fundraisers ahead of Jan. 6 anniversary
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GovTrack: Rep. Josh Gottheimer
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Jacobin: By Backing a Huge Tax Giveaway to the Rich, Democrats Are Giving the GOP a Perfect Midterm Gift
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The Orange County Register: Porter-backed bill seeks to restore SALT deductions capped under 2017 tax act
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Politico: Josh Gottheimer is taunting the ‘far left.’ He’s still unlikely to face a serious primary.
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The New York Times: Private Equity Funds, Sensing Profit in Tumult, Are Propping Up Oil
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Commercial Observer: How Blackstone Became the Biggest Private Landlord — And What That Means
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Open Secrets: Contributors to Josh Gottheimer 2021 - 2022
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LancasterOnline: Problem Solvers Caucus parent group was behind $277K in super-PAC spending for U.S. Rep. Lloyd Smucker and $3 million for others
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HuffPost: 'No Labels' Needs A Warning Label
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The Intercept: No Labels Offered Conservative Democrats Hundreds of Thousands to Spurn Nancy Pelosi Fundraiser
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No Labels Youtube: An Antidote to the Extremes
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The Washington Post: Trump accepts No Labels prize, as O’Malley calls him ‘racist,’ ‘fascist’
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The Intercept: Who’s the mystery man behind the latest Pelosi putsch? It’s Mark Penn.
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The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights: Vote “No” on The FIRST STEP Act
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The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights: Support Positive Solutions to Keep Children Safe in Schools, Oppose Criminalization of Our Youth
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Willamette Week: Cryptocurrency-Backed Democratic Congressional Candidate Carrick Flynn Leads Race, Opposing Campaign Poll Found
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