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Living in the USA

Living in the USA

Talking about politics, thinking about the Left. Hosted by Jon Wiener, co-author of "Set the Night on Fire: L.A. in the Sixties," contributing editor at The Nation, and broadcast live at KPFK 90.7FM in LA Thursdays at 4.

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58:54

Trump v. DC: Harold Meyerson; Mamdani Interview;...

Living in the USA ·

2025/08/22

The National Guard, still in DC, bolstered by units from southern Red states, remains overwhelmingly unpopular, especially ICE's deportation efforts – Harold Meyerson reports.Also: In The Nation’s interview with Zohran Mamdani, he talks how he won the New York City Democratic primary for mayor, by addressing the city’s affordability crisis—and what the Democrats can learn from his victory. Katrina vanden Heuvel and John Nichols, who conducted the interview, introduce our excerpts and set the

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59:10

The National Guard in DC: Harold Meyerson; Trump v....

Living in the USA ·

2025/08/15

Report from Washington D.C. – where Trump has deployed the National Guard, ICE and FBI agents. He has also federalized the D.C. Police Department – thisrequires them to cooperate with ICE. These operations contrast with Trump's deployment of the National Guard in LA, which, has a "different political topology"– Harold Meyerson comments.Also: Donald Trump is demanding that UCLA pay a $1 billion fine for antisemitism on campus – in addition to the $584 million in cuts to medical and scientific

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58:53

Trump and Texas go after Dem. House seats: Harold...

Living in the USA ·

2025/08/08

Trump's scheme to maintain control in the House in the midterms? Eliminate Democratic seats in Texas by redistricting. Texas House Democrats have responded by fleeing the state to block the necessary quorum on the proposed district map – now, the FBI might be deployed to arrest those Democrats; but, for what crime? Harold Meyerson comments.Also: Robert Reich says the origin of our troubles with Trump and MAGA go back to the sixties; he says it started with the sixties movements – which created “a

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57:54

Dems Who Didn't Vote: Celinda Lake; Summer Reading:...

Living in the USA ·

2025/08/01

Six million Democrats who voted for Joe Biden in 2020 did not vote in 2024.What’s wrong with them?Pollster and strategist Celinda Lake explains who they are, and what it would take to get them back to the polls in the 2026 midterms – and in 2028.Also: a suggestion for summer reading: M: Son of the Century is a 750-page historical novel about the rise of Mussolini, by Antonio Scurati.John Powers, critic-at-large for NPR’s Fresh Air, says the book suggests some parallels between 1920s Italy and

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51:59

From Musk to Mamdani: Maurice Mitchell; How...

Living in the USA ·

2025/07/25

There’s trouble in Trump world: Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, is launching a Third Party to challenge Trump’s Republicans in the midterms and maybe in 2028. Maurice Mitchell, national director of the Working Families Party, explains why Musk will fail - and how Mamdani succeeded at winning the Democratic primary for mayor of New York City.Also: How does a movement build support when large parts of the country are opposed to its goals? How do you connect with people who disagree with you? For

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58:24

Stopping ICE in LA: Mark Rosenbaum; Epstein and...

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2025/07/18

A federal court in LA has ordered ICE to stop arresting people because they look Latino—because that's racial discrimination, and it's unconstitutional. Mark Rosenbaum of Public Counsel explains.Also, MAGA has accepted every one of Trump's lies, until the Jeffrey Epstein files—what makes this one different? Harold Meyerson explains.Plus: Trump’s executive order abolishing birthright citizenship—guaranteed by the 14th Amendment—has been blocked for a second time, this time because of a

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58:34

Trump vs. LA: Harold Meyerson; Musk & Technocracy:...

Living in the USA ·

2025/07/11

Trump’s ICE is attacking undocumented people in LA County because there are a lot of them -- maybe a million, out of a total of almost 5 million Latinos, and also because LA is one of the most Democratic counties in the country. And LA has a big and militant alliance of immigrants rights groups that are fighting Trump. Harold Meyerson will explain the deportation battle in Southern California at this point.Plus: Elon Musk’s obsession with rockets and robots sounds futuristic, but “few figures in

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59:16

The Dems After the Trump Budget Bill: Harold...

Living in the USA ·

2025/07/04

Now that Republicans have done immense damage to working class and poor people, the Democrats are mobilizing to win the House next year and possibly also the Senate - Harold Meyerson comments.Plus: The surprise victory of democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani in New York City’s Democratic mayor primary over a well-funded establishment candidate shows that progressive politics, when pursued with discipline, vision and vigor, can win broad support.Bhaskar Sukara, President of The Nation and author of

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57:21

The Supremes Back Trump: Harold Meyerson; How E. Jean...

Living in the USA ·

2025/06/27

The Supreme Court has issued a major victory for Trump, ending the ability of judges to issue nationwide injunctions – Harold Meyerson comments.Also: Donald Trump, found guilty of sexual assault and defamation, owes E. Jean Carroll $88 million.She explains how she beat him in court, twice, proving that he attacked her in a Bergdorf dressing room and then lied about it.Her new book is Not My Type: One Woman vs. a President.Plus: The leading autopsies on the 2024 defeat of Democrats are missing two

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56:49

Trump and LA: Harold Meyerson; After 'No Kings': Leah...

Living in the USA ·

2025/06/20

Trump's deportation plans have always faced a contradiction: he couldn't deport millions of immigrants without crippling essential industries and Republican business whose owners supported him. So Trump started granting exceptions; but that was before Saturday, the biggest one-day political protest in American history, protesting against him. On that same day, nobody came to his birthday parade, and in the middle of that night, Trump made an announcement on Truth Social, targeting blue cities –

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57:38

Saturday's 'Day of Defiance': Ezra Levin; National...

Living in the USA ·

2025/06/12

With tanks rolling down the street in DC on Saturday and troops being deployed to LA, it’s never been more important to come together in nonviolent action to exercise our First Amendment right to peaceful protest. That’s what the organization Indivisible says about Saturday’s National Day of Defiance – the nationwide “No Kings” protests – go to nokings.org to find one near you.Ezra Levin will explain; he’s co-founder and co-executive director of Indivisible.Also: Who, exactly, is being arrested by

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58:08

Congress and the Trump-Musk Feud: Harold Meyerson;...

Living in the USA ·

2025/06/06

The Musk Report: The world's richest man and donor of the largest amount of money in the history of the world ever spent by one person on a US presidency. What will the Trump-Musk feud mean for Congress and the future of the GOP? Harold Meyerson comments. Also: Forget the midterms next year, at least for now. The fight against Trump runs through the elections this November—starting with Virginia and New Jersey.The Nation's national affairs correspondent John Nichols explains.Plus: J. Hoberman, the

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58:16

Tariff Trouble for Trump: Harold Meyerson; Rural...

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2025/05/30

Trump claimed that he could bypass Congress to impose tariffs under IEEPA due to a trade deficit emergency over the last 40 years; but, a federal panel blocked him from imposing those tariffs on China, Mexico, Canada and 50 other countries. Now it's on its way to the Supreme Court – Harold Meyerson comments.Also: Rural America is Trump country. Last November Trump carried 93 percent of rural counties.. How can Democrats change that? Anthony Flaccavento and Erica Etelson, co-founders of the Rural

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57:59

Trump's 'Grotesquely Cruel' budget: Harold Meyerson;...

Living in the USA ·

2025/05/23

Harold Meyerson comments on the GOP's "grotesquely cruel" budget – starting with the impossible work requirements for Medicaid, and then Trump's broken campaign promise NOT to cut Medicare.Also: “A rally a day keeps the fascists away” – that’s what Jamie Raskin says.He’s the ranking Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, and he talks about Trump’s “world historical grift,” and why we shouldn’t be pessimistic about defeating his efforts.Plus: 20 minutes without Trump: 1925 is being celebrated

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58:19

Free speech on campus: David Cole; Adios to Musk:...

Living in the USA ·

2025/05/16

What obligations do colleges and universities have to protect students from anti-Semitism and Islamophobia? What obligations do they have to let students speak freely about issues they care about? David Cole just testified before Congress about that—he’s the former National Legal Director of the ACLU, and The Nation’s legal affairs correspondent.Also: Trump’s partnership in Washington with his biggest donor, Elon Musk, is coming to an end. The richest man in the world, who made the biggest campaign

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51:20

Good News about Politics: Harold Meyerson; 'The Tide...

Living in the USA ·

2025/05/09

So much good news in the last few days – first up: in North Carolina, a Trump-appointed federal judge ruled on the contested state supreme court race that "you don't change voter qualifications AFTER the election" and so, the winner of the state supreme court race, a Democrat, must be certified – Harold Meyerson comments.Also: Dahlia Lithwick explains three key court cases where Trump suffered major defeats, which, she argues, are likely to have an “exponential effect” on other judges.Meanwhile we

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51:44

May Day protests: Harold Meyerson: from the Red Scare...

Living in the USA ·

2025/05/02

This May Day, there were big demonstrations everywhere – more than 900 cities and towns – participants included Bernie Sanders and many notable unions; and the banner for this organized national protest targeted not just Trump: "For the workers, not the billionaires" – Harold Meyerson comments.Also: Donald Trump is "the greatest threat to American universities since the Red Scare of the 1950s"—that’s what Princeton’s president Christopher Eisgruber said.Others say that what Trump is doing is

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51:08

Trump's 100 Days: Harold Meyerson; Universities v....

Living in the USA ·

2025/04/25

At 100 days, Trump's approval ratings are his worst yet – starting with Pew Research poll 40% approve 59% disapprove. And Trump has the worst ratings of any other president approaching the 100 day mark in history – Harold Meyerson comments.Also: J D Vance said it most clearly: for the Trump people, “The universities are the enemy.”That’s why Trump is cutting billions of federal funding and making impossible demands that threaten dozens of universities. But universities have begun to resist. Michael

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57:00

A Big Week for the Resistance: Harold Meyerson and...

Living in the USA ·

2025/04/18

The Fighting Oligarchy tour of Bernie Sanders and AOC has had amazing turnouts: 36,000 people in Los Angeles, 100,000 people in Coachella, and huge crowds in red districts across the country; followed by big campaign donations as Bernie and AOC become "the personification of the resistance" against the Trump administration. Also, Trump continues to defy court orders, including those issued after the unanimous Supreme Court ruling to return Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia to the US from El Salvador

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58:21

Trump's Tariffs Defeat: Harold Meyerson; the Tariffs...

Living in the USA ·

2025/04/11

Trump is weaker after caving on tariffs - Harold Meyerson analyzes the new political landscape - and assesses the economic damage.Also: Trump’s tariffs are not really about trade, they’re a form of blackmail – but the alternative is not a return to the free trade policies introduced by Clinton and Obama.Lori Wallach of the Rethink Trade program at the American Economic Liberties Project explains what kind of tariffs we need, combined with government support for reindustrialization.Plus: A major

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