Episodes

  • Trump’s polarizing Cabinet picks keep generating earthquakes and aftershocks

    Trump’s polarizing Cabinet picks keep generating earthquakes and aftershocks
    Nov 19 2024
    One political analyst described the flurry of President-elect Donald Trump’s blizzard of Cabinet picks as “MAGA shock & awe.” They could only be described as unorthodox. And it leaves one wondering if this country is about to take a dangerous ride. The earthquake started with appointing the world’s richest man — his buddy Elon Musk — to head a new department. His job: gut government agencies and departments. Musk will be joined by another Trump rabble-rouser, Vivek Ramaswamy, at what’s being called the “Department of Government Efficiency.” Yeah, the former GOP presidential candidate who posted on Musk’s “X” (formerly Twitter) “SHUT IT DOWN.”
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    36 mins
  • Will Jacksonville political operative Susie Wiles temper Trump from the West Wing?

    Will Jacksonville political operative Susie Wiles temper Trump from the West Wing?
    Nov 12 2024
    President-elect Donald Trump is laying out an agenda for his second term in the White House. And with the first female Chief of Staff in history by his side, a lot of people wonder if Susie Wiles, a political operative from Jacksonville, will have a profound impact on the tenor of a second Trump term. President-elect Trump promises the largest deportation of immigrants in American history, sweeping new tariffs on imports, and freezing climate-related regulations. Also on the docket: remaking federal health agencies and making ideological changes to the education system. Mr. Trump will get his chance to do those things, and he promises to keep his promises. “We’re gonna fix everything about our country,” Trump says.
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    37 mins
  • Young voters may hold the key to the Oval Office

    Young voters may hold the key to the Oval Office
    Oct 29 2024
    Young voters may hold the key to this year’s election and could very well play a decisive role in who is next to occupy the Oval Office. That’s why both Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are actively working to court young voters, especially in key battleground states where polls consistently show the two in a neck-and-neck race. The bottom line: Both Trump and Harris are fighting for every vote they can secure.
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    41 mins
  • Is Trump laying groundwork in case he loses? Pattern of lies suggests he is

    Is Trump laying groundwork in case he loses? Pattern of lies suggests he is
    Oct 23 2024
    Have you noticed that former President Donald Trump is, how should we put this, ramping up the rhetoric and increasing his assault on the integrity of U.S. elections? Makes you wonder why. The race to the White House is in the final stretch. And no one can argue that the contest between Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris is close. Could he be laying the groundwork just in case he loses? Just asking. All you must do is track the lies the former president keeps repeating. And, yes, they have been fact-checked. False claims like, “Harris can only win through cheating.” And “It was ‘unconstitutional’ for the Democrats to replace Biden with Harris.”
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    41 mins
  • Talking Middle East strategy and beyond with former UN Ambassador Nancy Soderberg

    Talking Middle East strategy and beyond with former UN Ambassador Nancy Soderberg
    Oct 15 2024
    Tension in the Middle East rises with each passing hour awaiting Israel’s promised reprisal against Iran for the Oct. 1 missile attack. Washington is attempting to temper that reaction. The goals are simple: to avoid a broader regional war in the Middle East and to avoid drawing the U.S. into the conflict at all costs. On Path to the Polls this week, I’ll talk with Nancy Soderberg, a former UN Ambassador and expert on American foreign relations. We know, it is no secret Jerusalem pledged its reprisal would be significant. What remains to be seen is if the Biden administration has any influence over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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    28 mins
  • Why red flags are being raised over the Supreme Court striking down the ‘Chevron decision’

    Why red flags are being raised over the Supreme Court striking down the ‘Chevron decision’
    Aug 27 2024
    If I say Chevron, what comes to mind? It’s probably the name of a gas station where you pull in and fill your tank. But the recent overturning of the “Chevron decision” by the U.S. Supreme Court should have as much relevance for Americans as the gasoline moniker. Why? Here’s the bottom line: The court struck down a tool for governing. Overturning the “Chevron decision” essentially gives federal agencies the authority to issue rules that aren’t clear.
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    31 mins
  • Will Amendment 1 turn the school playground into a political battleground?

    Will Amendment 1 turn the school playground into a political battleground?
    Aug 20 2024
    Schools have become a political battleground. There are pushes to ban books and efforts to shape the lessons our children are taught. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has played a big role in local school board races backing Republican candidates. He continues to trumpet efforts to ban what he calls “woke” ideas in classrooms. Now, after more than 20 years, there is a push to place party labels on school board candidates. For more than two decades, Florida school board races have been non-partisan. But if Amendment 1 passes on the November Ballot, it would again provide for the partisan election of district school board members.
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    45 mins
  • Potholes on road to White House for both who want to be POTUS

    Potholes on road to White House for both who want to be POTUS
    Aug 13 2024
    With the tickets set, both Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate Gov. Tim Walz and former President Donald Trump and Sen. J.D. Vance have major challenges to confront. For Harris, it is realizing honeymoons don’t last. For Trump, it’s time for a campaign reboot. And most analysts will tell you — along with many within his own campaign — they don’t know how to get there.
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    38 mins