Attitude with Arnie Arnesen

Part 1:
We talk with Chris Tomlinson, writer for the Houston Chronicle.
We discuss how ICE is recruiting teenagers, issuing weapons, and employing them in ICE. We also discuss the current special session of the Texas Legislature called by the governor. Instead of dealing with disaster preparedness, property tax reform, and THC, the Republicans are pushing to once again create new districts, to ensure Republican advan...

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We talk with Nicole Foy, who writes for ProPublica.
We discuss the violence displayed by ICE when taking and imprisoning people suspected of being aliens. This is especially true when people are being taken from their vehicles. Bystanders are also being intimidated.
Part 2:
We talk with Lincoln Mitchell, who teaches at Columbia University.
"Fear is the best friend of the authoritarian regime." How th...

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We talk with Matt Angle, who is a veteran of national and state Democratic politics with a proven record of success. Over his more than 30 years as a political professional, including his tenure as Chief of Staff to former Rep. Martin Frost of Texas and as the founder and director of the Lone Star Project, Angle has won a reputation as a shrewd and practical problem solver.
We discuss the gerrymandering in Te...

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We talk with Melvin Goodman, formerly of the CIA and a senior fellow at the Center for International Policy and a professor of government at Johns Hopkins University.
We discuss the anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing. We also discuss how the US seems to be racing to a missile defense system to counter Russia and others.
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We talk with Prof. Patrick A. Parenteau, formerly director of Vermont Law ...

This is a panel discussion.
Topics:
- Deterioration in the labor market in the US
- It should be noted that setting tariffs is a congressional power
- EPA is no longer observing the health effects of emissions, ignoring the endangerment of the environment
- Large portions of the global South are becoming uninhabitable.
Part 2
- Gaza
- The administration is claiming that it is fighting antisemitism w...

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We talk with Joe Jaworski, former mayor of Galveston, Tx. now a candidate for AG, Tx.
We discuss the recent floods in Texas, and the political fallout for the governor and others. The Texas Legislature will have a special session, the main goal: to further gerrymander the state by redistricting for Republicans' advantage.
Part 2:
We talk with Chris Lehman and Bill Curry.
We discuss what the Democrati...

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We talk with Jeet Heer, national affairs correspondent forThe Nation and host of the weekly Nation podcast.
We discuss the environmental regulations being gutted by the Trump administration. The media bias against Mamdani is obvious.
Part 2:
We talk with Bob Lord, the Patriotic Millionaires Senior Advisor on Tax Policy and an Associate Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies.
We discuss the redist...

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We talk with Melissa Gira Grant, staff writer for the New Republic.
We discuss the "detention centers" being established by the administration. It is unclear exactly how many people are being imprisoned there, under what conditions, and who those people are.
Part 2:
We talk with Jeff Ernsthausen, reporter for ProPublica.
We discuss the builders and operators of the 'detention camps', where these camp...

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We talk with Sky Chadde, writing for Investigate At EMidwest.
We discuss the actions of Brooke Rollins, Secretary of Agriculture, s climate denier, fundamentalist, supporter of the fossil fuel industry. What has been the consequence to farmers, and the employee force (now reduced) at the FDA?
Part 2:
We talk with John Seabrook, writer for the New Yorker.
We discuss the effects of increased floods in ...

This is a panel discussion. 

The topics discussed: 
Gaza and the West Bank-Internal ethnic cleansing and external expansion through unlawful annexation of territory by Israel.

Trump's power consolidation

The complicity of US media

Economic redistribution from workers to the very rich, $79T in 40 years

Executive orders regarding the legality/illegality of homelessness

Mamdani in NYC

Eugenicists in the administration...

Part 1:
We talk with Harvey Kronberg, Publisher of the Quorum Report in Texas.
We discuss how Republicans are planning to redistrict Texas to benefit their party, as part of their support for Trump. We also talk about the effect of the floods in Texas.
Part 2:
We talk with Bill Curry and Robert Hennelly.
We discuss the assault on civil society being run by the administration. We also talk about the ethnic cl...

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We talk with John Nichols, national affairs correspondent for The Nation magazine.
We discuss the Trump chaos now in place. The Epstein matter is now the main distraction, and there are distractions being introduced by other distractions to take the focus off Epstein. Many issues are important, and are not being addressed.
Part 2:
We talk with Megan Rose, of ProPublica
We discuss the state of medical...

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We talk with Patricia Callahan, who is a Pulitzer prize-winning investigative reporter.
We discuss the liability rules and liability shields for Vaccine makers in the US. With changes being implemented by RFK, jr., these companies may leave the US market.

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We talk with Tim Noah, staff writer for the New Republic.
We discuss the political leanings of working class Americans. They are increa...

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We talk with Shuyler Mitchell, writer and editor.
We discuss the ICE raid in California, with a pretext of protecting child laborers.

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We talk with Nitish Pahwa, staff writer for Business and Tech at Slate.com.
We discuss the cancellation of Stephen Colbert's show. We trace ownership of the various corporate entities involved. We also discuss the cuts in funding for NPR and PBS, which will...

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We talk with Jeremy Wallace, who writes the Texas Newsletter, and writes for the Houston Chronicle.
We discuss the state government in Texas, and how what happens in Texas affect the whole US.
We also discuss what has happened with USAID, and how this will affect countries around the world.
Part 2:
We talk with Jamie Rowen, Professor at UMass Amherst.
We discuss, as a starting point, the mayoral c...

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We talk with Michael Brenes, of Yale University.
We discuss the idea of the political pendulum: right and left swings over time, as reactions to each other. However, this concept requires that there must be some kind of "slack" to allow the swing to occur.
Part 2:
We talk with James Kimmel, Jr. of Yale University.
We discuss the concept of revenge in psychological terms. What does your brain feel whe...

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We talk with Vivek Astvansh, who is a professor of marketing at McGill University's Desautels Faculty of Management. He is also an adjunct professor of data science at Indiana University's Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering.
We discuss the "deminimus" tariffs that have been in place, and the changes that the Trump administration is imposing will affect individuals, small businesses, and large...