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It seems like the final stage of the Trump cult has been completed. This week members of the Republican Party showed up clad in their best Trump ensembles ready to do their master's bidding in front of the court house. Incredible where we are when members of congress leave their jobs to go defend their candidate who's caught up in an election interference case with a porn star! Wild times friends... and Waj and Danielle dig into all of this and more on the next democracyish!Hosts: Danielle Moodie & Wajahat Ali Executive Producer: Adell Coleman Senior Producer: Quinton Hill Distributor: DCP Entertainment

Danielle and Wajahat speak with social welfare professor and author Mark Robert Rank about his latest book: Random Factor: How Chance and Luck Profoundly Shape Our Lives and the World Around Us.We discuss why luck matters when discussing public policy and our views on the American identity. Waj and Danielle also unpack the latest with Israel and Gaza and how it's effecting the 2024 election! This and more on the next democracyish.Hosts: Danielle Moodie & Wajahat Ali Executive Producer: Adell Coleman Senior Producer: Quinton Hill Distributor: DCP Entertainment

Author and professor Dr. Jonathan Metzl joins democracyish to discuss the recent college protests, the rise in violence and gun culture in America. Folks, it's a super size episode where Wajahat and Danielle ask "who is benefiting from the chaos?"Hosts: Danielle Moodie & Wajahat Ali Executive Producer: Adell Coleman Senior Producer: Quinton Hill Distributor: DCP Entertainment

This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try atbetterhelp.com/ DEMOCRACY and get on your way to being your best self.Professor of comparative political science and author of the book: Comeback: Routing Trumpism, Reclaiming the Nation and Restoring Democracy's Edge, Steve Fish joins Danielle and Waj on #democracyish and when we say "class is in session" on this episode we mean it! We discuss what Democrats can do to take back America from the grips of despair. You won't want to miss this jammed packed episode.Hosts: Danielle Moodie & Wajahat Ali Executive Producer: Adell Coleman Senior Producer: Quinton Hill Distributor: DCP Entertainment

In yet another blow to our democracy the SCOTUS has decided who gets to protest and who doesn't. Take a guess who has more rights in this country right now--an insurrectionists that tried to kill the VP or a peaceful BLM protestor?!? Waj and Danielle discuss this and more on this week's democracyish!Hosts: Danielle Moodie & Wajahat Ali Executive Producer: Adell Coleman Senior Producer: Quinton Hill Distributor: DCP Entertainment

SiriusXM Host and NYT bestselling author Clay Cane joins #democracyish to discuss his new book, The Grift: The Downward Spiral of Black Republicans and provide a much needed history lesson on this insidious group and how in many ways the past is indeed prologue. We also tackle the latest 1864 ban that Arizona Republicans have resurrected. Waj and Danielle dig into this and so much more on this week's democracyish!Hosts: Danielle Moodie & Wajahat Ali Executive Producer: Adell Coleman Senior Producer: Quinton Hill Distributor: DCP Entertainment

This week 7 amazing humanitarians from the World Central Kitchen were killed by Israeli forces. They shared their location and coordinated with the IDF and still that didn't matter. Netanyahu's response "well, that happens in war"--no actually it doesn't! Wajahat and Danielle unpack the latest on the Israeli war and ask when will we see a breaking point?!?Hosts: Danielle Moodie & Wajahat Ali Executive Producer: Adell Coleman Senior Producer: Quinton Hill Distributor: DCP Entertainment

This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try atbetterhelp.com/ DEMOCRACY and get on your way to being your best self.On today's show we are joined by the incomparable author, podcaster, pundit and our friend Mary L. Trump! Mary's latest book "Who Could Ever Love You" drops on September 10th! We discuss what the media is getting wrong in their horse race coverage of election 2024 and all that is at stake!Hosts: Danielle Moodie & Wajahat Ali Executive Producer: Adell Coleman Senior Producer: Quinton Hill Distributor: DCP Entertainment

"if a tree falls in the forest and no one is around to hear it does it make a sound?!" If a genocide persists and every person that speaks out is silenced will the killing persist?! For both the answer is yes. What we need to be reminded of in moments like these is that our power is in our collective voice and truth. How we stand up for one another, how we speak out, matters. Waj and Danielle discuss media blackouts, biases and more on the next democracyish!Hosts: Danielle Moodie & Wajahat Ali Executive Producer: Adell Coleman Senior Producer: Quinton Hill Distributor: DCP Entertainment