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The Rick Smith Show

By working people. For working people. Welcome to The Rick Smith Show.Working Americans are tired of listening to think tank approved corporate news and commentary. They want a direct, honest approach to the issues that matter, so this is what The Rick Smith Show provides. No puppets. No focus groups. No talking points.Want more #RickShow? Go to https://www.thericksmithshow.comThe Rick Smith Show streams live every weeknight from 9p-11p EST on YouTube & Twitch TV, and the show runs every night

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The Rick Smith Show - February 26, 2025

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2025/02/26

During the campaign, Democrats warned the American people over and over again that Trump had not plane to make their lives better, or bring down prices, and that if he was elected, he would slash necessary programs to fund tax cuts for the rich. Now that he's president, Trump is gutting Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security to fund - you guessed it - tax cuts for the rich. And the working class can't pay its bills with "I-told-you-sos." Scott Paul of The Alliance for American

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The Rick Smith Show - February 25, 2025

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2025/02/25

After Elon Musk took the stage at CPAC swinging a chainsaw around and slurring his words badly, everyone simply gave him a pass. While the guy digging into every one of our national secrets likes to parade around in public completely wasted while firing career civil servants by the boatload - it doesn't exactly inspire confidence among America's working class. We discuss this and more with Phil Glover of AFGE and Sarah Burris of Raw Story.Don’t miss our daily TV show on Free Speech

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The Rick Smith Show - February 24, 2025

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2025/02/24

When Teamsters President Sean O'Brien spoke at the RNC ahead of the 2024 election & praised Trump, he was hoping to be in a position to shape the administration's position on labor. And what did he get for his trouble? He got a fat sack of nothing, and now Trump and his goons are preparing to gut worker protections across the board. And O'Brien is now certain to become just another historical dupe used by the corporate class to demean and impoverish the working-class. Don’t miss our

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The Rick Smith Show - February 20, 2025

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2025/02/20

We begin the show with a discussion of our broken healthcare system and just how much more broken it is going to become in the next four years. Then we speak to climate expert Jenny Rowland-Shea of the Center for American Progress about Trump's attempts to roll back Biden's progress on climate policy, and then we are joined by Veteran Rich Ojeda to discuss recent and upcoming cuts to the VA and various other administrative attacks on our soldiers.Don’t miss our daily TV show on Free Speech

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The Rick Smith Show - February 19, 2025

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2025/02/19

Trump and his goons are dismantling our government as quickly as they can, and Democrats can't seem to find a way to stop them. There may not be a way to stop them. And the economy is starting to buckle as a result. We speak with Scott Paul of The Alliance for American Manufacturing about the coming economic troubles, and we also speak to former GOP Congressman Bob Ney about how Congress could stop or at least slow down the destruction if only the GOP cared at all about the working families who

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The Rick Smith Show - February 18, 2025

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2025/02/18

President Musk, who no one voted for, is now tearing through your IRS file, accessing every little detail of your financial life and weaponizing the parts that can hurt you. And an American population that would never allow such a thing 20 years ago is now just sitting back and watching it all happen. We discuss this and more with Reporter Sarah Burris of Raw Story.Don’t miss our daily TV show on Free Speech TV: www.freespeech.orgFind us on:· DirecTV (Channel 348)· Dish (Channel

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The Rick Smith Show - February 17, 2025

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2025/02/17

On today's show, we welcome two of our favorite journalists - Will Bunch, National Opinion Columnist at The Philadelphia Inquirer, and Labor Reporter Michael Sainato of The Guardian. They're going to help us get through a wild week of events in and around the new and incredibly corrupt Trump Administration.Don’t miss our daily TV show on Free Speech TV: www.freespeech.orgFind us on:· DirecTV (Channel 348)· Dish (Channel 9415)· Sling· Roku· Apple TV· Amazon

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The Rick Smith Show - February 14, 2025

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2025/02/14

While the corrupt Trump Administration is busy doing corrupt things for corrupt ends, it's beginning to look like Democrats may just start fighting back. California Congressman Ro Khanna joins us to discuss what this fight might look like, and how we might just be able to keep Trump and his minions from acting on the worst of their impulses.Don’t miss our daily TV show on Free Speech TV: www.freespeech.orgFind us on:· DirecTV (Channel 348)· Dish (Channel

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The Rick Smith Show - February 13, 2025

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2025/02/13

Politicians have always been celebrities in some way, but the rise of Trumpism has elevated that celebrity status to cult worship, which is not something Americans typically embrace. We need to get back to treating our politics like we used to, as a means to get what all Americans need. And the evils of Trumpism have convinced many of us to look for saviors instead of seeing politicians for what they are … tools. Scott Paul of The Alliance for American Manufacturing is our guest on today's

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The Rick Smith Show - February 12, 2025

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2025/02/12

Well ... there just no good way to say this. America is falling apart, our government is being dismantled, and your personal information is probably in the hands of a 19 year-old Musk disciple with no security clearance who uses the online handle "Big Balls". That last sentence may just be the most depressing thing we've ever written, but it's true. Jeff Hauser of The Revolving Door Project and former OSHA Deputy Assistant Secretary Jordan Barab are our guests. Don’t miss our daily

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The Rick Smith Show - February 11, 2025

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2025/02/11

Trump and his allies feed into our worst impulses, attacking vulnerable people and playing on our indifference towards those we consider "not us." It's an old trick, and it never doesn't work. So it should surprise no one that while Trump and Musk are deporting American citizens and trampling on our freedoms, their approval numbers are actually going up. Former GOP Congressman Bob Ney and Reporter Sarah Burris are with us to discuss.Don’t miss our daily TV show on Free Speech

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The Rick Smith Show - February 10, 2025

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2025/02/10

During the campaign, Trump and the Republicans ran on promises of lower prices for Americans. Now, only a few weeks into his term, Trump has raised the price of just about everything. For example, Waffle House is now charging an additional fifty cents per egg sold just to cover the rising costs. Today's guests will help us understand how Trump and his cronies can lie so always and seemingly never be held accountable.Don’t miss our daily TV show on Free Speech TV: www.freespeech.orgFind us

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The Rick Smith Show - February 7, 2025

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2025/02/07

Now that Trump has begun his destruction of our system of government, it's time to talk about what this will mean for working families. First we speak to Phil Glover of AFGE, the union for federal employees, about the mass firing that Trump is attempting and how working people can fight back, and then we speak with former OSHA Deputy Secretary Jordan Barab about the number of Americans who die in the workplace, and how many of those deaths go entirely unreported. The numbers will shock you.Don’t

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The Rick Smith Show - February 6, 2025

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2025/02/06

Ever since Trump took office, we have witnessed an all out assault on the very idea of government, and it's happening for a very specific reason. Government is the tool, often the only tool we have, to restrain powerful people, whether they are politicians or self-absorbed beta billionaires. That is why government must be destroyed. We discuss this and more with Scott Paul of The Alliance for American Manufacturing and Jill Rosenthal of The Center for American Progress.Don’t miss our daily TV

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The Rick Smith Show - February 5, 2025

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2025/02/05

Well, the DNC has new leadership, but the jury is still out on whether or not they have a new direction, or the will to get into the fight they should have joined 50 years ago. But if we're going to defeat fascism in America, this is the team that will have to play a big role. We discuss whether or not they're up to the task with guests Sarah burris of raw Story and former GOP Congressman Bob Ney.Don’t miss our daily TV show on Free Speech TV: www.freespeech.orgFind us on:· DirecTV

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The Rick Smith Show - February 4, 2025

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2025/02/04

Don’t miss our daily TV show on Free Speech TV: www.freespeech.orgFind us on:· DirecTV (Channel 348)· Dish (Channel 9415)· Sling· Roku· Apple TV· Amazon Fire TV· Get the FSTV iOS app here: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/free-speech-tv/id1327029481Did you miss last night’s show? Miss part of the #RickShow on your local radio station? Want to listen at work, or around the house? Download the podcast on our website at: https://www.thericksmithshow.com.Want Merch? Check

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The Rick Smith Show - February 3, 2025

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2025/02/03

On Tuesday of last week, Trump sent out a letter ordering a freeze on all federal aid spending, slashing everything from Medicare to school lunches. Then, two days later, he rescinded the letter. This is a perfect example of the Trump governing philosophy, which is "chaos for chaos' sake." We discuss this and more with former US Congressman Andy Levin and Ted Genoways of The Food and Environment Reporting Network.Don’t miss our daily TV show on Free Speech TV: www.freespeech.orgFind us

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The Rick Smith Show - January 31, 2025

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2025/01/31

Just days ago, Donald Trump signed an Executive Order that basically cut off all federal funding for most of our safety net programs, instantly creating funding issues all over America. This is chaos by design, and it will be followed by massive cuts to many of the most vital domestic programs in American history. We discuss this and more with guests Randi Weingarten of The American Federation of Teachers and Brent Booker, President of LIUNA.Don’t miss our daily TV show on Free Speech

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The Rick Smith Show - January 30, 2025

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2025/01/30

After denying that Project 2025 was the Republican plan during the campaign, now that Trump has been elected, he is enacting policy after policy that comes straight from the Project 2025 playbook. This should surprise no one, yet many Americans are expressing surprise anyway, mostly due to the fact that they listen to right-wing media and its firehose of lies, and mainstream media is entirely populated by cowards who quit the good fight long ago. We discuss this and more with Mike Williams of The

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The Rick Smith Show - January 29, 2025

The Rick Smith Show ·

2025/01/29

Americans are beginning to understand that none of the campaign promises are ever going to come true, and as we come to terms with just how fooled we were, the awful policies begin. We discuss this and more with Alex lawson of Social Security Works and podcast host Rich Ojeda.Don’t miss our daily TV show on Free Speech TV: www.freespeech.orgFind us on:· DirecTV (Channel 348)· Dish (Channel 9415)· Sling· Roku· Apple TV· Amazon Fire TV· Get the FSTV iOS app

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