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The impeachment inquiry this week included bombshell testimony from William Taylor, the current acting ambassador to Ukraine, whose 15-page opening statement - released to the public - included outrageous details of Trump's extortion scheme to manufacture dirt on Vice President Biden. The mobster-in-chief tried to change the subject. He tried to gaslight us into believing his surrender to Turkey and Russia in Syria was actually good for the Kurds. He tried to paint Taylor - a West Point graduate, Vietnam veteran with 50 years of service to this country - as a partisan. When that didn't fly, he and his congressonal surrogates tried to argue that the quid pro quo described in the testimony wasn't illegal, because the Ukrainians didn't know their military aid was being held up. When news outlets reported that they did indeed know - even before President Zelenskyy took office - they resorted to stunts, with toady Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz leading a charge of GOP congressman storming the SCIF where the hearings are being held. Finally, AG William Barr dropped a bombshell of his own: the bogus attempt to rewrite the history of Russia's interference into the 2016 election is now a criminal inquiry, with the potential to truly harm the CIA and Justice Department veterans Trump characterizes as enemies. That got everyone's attention.MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills discuss as many of the week's political events that can be squeezed into an hour in this week's political podcast from the progessive point of view. MOMocrats MOMochat is a member of the DemCast family of podcasts.

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Last week's many dramas continued in a New York court on Monday, with the explosive news that Michael Cohen was seeking attorney-client privilege to seized documents and tapes involving a total of THREE clients in the last year: the president, former RNC finance chair Elliott Broidy... and Sean Hannity. Which unleashed a plethora of new questions about the ethics of Hannity opining about the raid on Cohen's office without disclosing that he, too, was a client... and the role of Fox News as a channel of propaganda.Trump was predictably unhinged over the release of James Comey's new book and the many media interviews he is doing to support it - but news media reported that it was the Cohen raid and the possible evidence unearthed that was really threatening to him.Also this week:UN Ambassador Nikki Haley announced additional Russia sanctions before the administration threw her under the bus (the Russian news agencies are reporting that Trump has assured them that there will be NO more new sanctions. Hm.)Mike Pompeo's secret Easter visit with Kim Jong Un.The Starbucks incident and the corporation's responseFormer first lady Barbara Bush passed away at the age of 92.MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills discuss the political newsof the last few days from the progressive point of view. An Engender Media Group production.

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This morning, the MOMocrats are celebrating the news that Karoli won't have to sit through another Republican debate this year. They talk about the clusterf**k that took place last night. Also on today's agenda: Yesterday's unprecedented closure of all 900+ campuses in the nation's second largest school system after a bomb threat that turned out to be a hoax and the context of making that decision in an atmosphere of fear following this month's San Bernardino massacre... and a look at what the Democratic candidates are doing (again: why did they schedule their debates on SATURDAY nights?) Cynematic, Karoli, and Donna Schwartz Mills discuss the week's politics from a progressive point of view. An Engender Media Group production.

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Pat Robertson says he doesn't know what to blame for the floods in Texas. The MOMocrats wish safety for Texans and a quick end to the flooding - and speculate about how Governor Greg Abbott will go about rebuilding (with or without Federal funding)? Also this week: lack of funding for higher education, Bernie Sanders' campaign for President and more in this week's podcast looking at the day's political news from the progressive point of view. MOMocrats Cynematic, Karoli and Donna Schwartz Mills host. An Engender Media Group production.

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