Fairandunbalanced's Podcast

The most devoted Trump support comes from those impatient with the traditional code words and dog whistles offered by Republicans for the last half century. A fictional advertising executive explains what they want instead. - More -

In the last quarter century, the Republican approach to America's adversaries has gone from "Trust But Verify" to "Trust With No Limit." - More -

If you're going to defend this terrible holdover, defend it for the single reason, the monstrous reason, some delegates demanded it and others acquiesced. It is available, documented in the the original words of the founders, as recorded by those who were there. - More -

A famous actor files a false report of a brutal attack right wing by rignt wing fanatics. Nobody can quite understand why. Why would Morton Downey Jr., vicious enemy of liberals, do such a thing? - More -

We hope for our best judgment when it is necessary to judge the ignorant, the flawed, and those who have done wrong. Not all ignorance is willful. Not all evil is done by evil people. - More -

When we compare the prosecutions in Wisconsin and Alabama under the last Republican administration with that of our current President, the contrast is cruel and unusual. - More -

Conservatives see voting rights as a power grab. They may be on to something. - More -

It seemed as if the shutdown would never end, until it did. Ordinary people were not being hurt. And then they were. It was not about officials suddenly opening their eyes. It was about who they saw, all along, as ordinary people. - More -

It is not defamation. In fact, it is the one thing he shares with my President. - More -

The words communicated what fair minded representatives wanted to say, what fair minded voters needed to hear. But Pelosi and Schumer looked like they had been pushed together into an invisible locker. It was awful. Then I saw the polls. - More -

Another day, another scandal. This time the anti-immigrant President turns out to be hiring undocumented immigrants and having their paperwork forged. He had no idea. Again. It was all done behind his back. Again. When he wasn't looking. Again. - More -

The message seems so clear. Why are so many fervent believers in the Christmas message unable to apply it to today's world and the leadership of our own nation? - More -

A courtroom scolding of a decorated United States General, and President Trump's promise about the extradition of a Muslim cleric to Turkey, echo a murder in Washington four decades ago. - More -

In 1948, a plane carrying migrant workers crashed in Los Gatos Canyon. Those deaths were nearly ignored by the press and public of the day. An echo comes to us as a small child traveling in hope from Guatemala to America is lost to dehydration and neglect. - More -

We went to gallows humor when my employer made that minor change. We knew it meant the company was going down. Now the NRA makes the same minor change and it gives us hope. - More -

Parallels in history are not hard to find with my President. The third emperor of ancient Rome used at least one remarkably similar military tactic. - More -

Well meaning people who object to, and often work against voter suppression, see the importance of dirty tricks, of cheating, of elections stolen. It is sometimes too easy to miss the most important theft of all. - More -

Republican candidates around the country now insist they support protection for those with pre-existing conditions. And Republican lawmakers from every part of the nation are working to get their healthcare promises declared illegal. Here's how. - More -

Cute little blue and pink baby bonnets can teach us something important about the reasons Republicans are giving for plans to cut Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. - More -

The Trump administration tax cuts for the wealthy, and Republican plans to slash Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid, can all be traced back to a line drawn on a napkin in 1974. - More -