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WATCH: Consequences, accountability and the midterms
This week and I agreed that the country is beginning to feel the real-world consequences of the Trump administration’s incompetent leadership- our economic pain, his failed war, America’s collapsing international standing.
Despite this, C...
Russia, Russia Russia, Redux
A group photo from Donald Trump Jr’s recent wedding that includes Russian oligarch Umar Kremlev, who helped fund the wedding.
Last week and I published a piece examining the evidence that Donald Trump is aiding Russia’s assault on the Wes...
Russia, Russia, Russia. It ain’t a hoax. It never was.
Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump at Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska in August 2025.
Today’s piece is a collaborative effort. Joe Walsh and Edwin Eisendrath talk every Thursday afternoon about the news, our country, and...
WATCH: Dr. Deb Houry on what it will take to rebuild the CDC
Dr. Deb Houry served our country for a decade at the CDC. She was its Chief Medical Officer. Her colleagues described her as brilliant, hardworking, and effective. Her work earned her the AMA’s award for outstanding government service. She...
Bring it, Donald. We’ll win even when you cheat.
Screen grab of ABC7 Chicago video of Chicago No Kings protest in October 2025.
How many of you have heard someone say, “Donald Trump is doing__________ (fill in the blank) and no one cares.” Or someone ask, “why isn’t anyone stopping him?”...
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Edwin hosts "It's The Democracy Stupid" on Lincoln Square & a weekly radio show on WCPT820AM. Edwin is the former CEO of the Chicago Sun-Times, a former Chicago Alderman, HUD Regional Administrator and teacher in Chicago's public schools.
NYT bestselling author of ON COURAGE: HOW TO BE A DISSIDENT IN AN AGE OF FEAR | Senior Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School, former Senior Policy Advisor to the Vice President of the United States | amifieldsmeyer.com
A former Tea Party Congressman and right-wing radio host, I torched my career to challenge Donald Trump & the MAGA GOP head on. Director of The Social Contract. Co-Founder of PAXIS. Founder of HopeNotFearProject.org. Conservative Democrat.
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