Episode 745: Arnie Arnesen Attitude June 18 2025

Part !:We talk with Larry Beinhart, who is an Americannovelist, columnist, and blogger.His principal concerns are the US economy and politics, taxes, and rising inequality.We discuss the BBB, which imposes a tax on wind and solar power, and how this affect the development of sustainable power generation and use. We also discuss the effect of marginal tax rates, and how these change the economic development of the US.Part 2:We talk with Professor Andrew Latham, who is a distinguished scholar of international security, strategic studies, and political economy. As a Professor of International Relations at Macalester College,We discuss the "commitment trap" as if affects US foreign policy, and how this affects the relationship between countries who are at war (declared or undeclared) with each other.  WNHNFM.ORG  productionMusic: David Rovics

This is a panel discussion.-A 49 year old Canadian citizen died in ICE custody on June 23, 2025-It is the one=year anniversary of Biden's poor debate performance-SCOTUS ruling on "private rights of action" strips individuals of their right to sue when rights are denied.-We are now in a post-Constitutional America-The NYC mayoral primary, and Mamdani's win-SCOTUS rules around the 14th Amendment: birthright citizenship  WNHNFM.ORG  productionMusic: David Rovics

Part 1:We talk with Joe Jaworski, former mayor of Galveston Texas, lawyer, mediator.We discuss Texas politics, and the governor's veto of the THC ban, as proposed by Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick. This is a $55B industry in Texas, and the ban was not popular.Trump wants a new legislative map in Texas.The state has turned down federal summer food support for poor children in Texas.Sen. Cornyn (R) is being challenged for his seat by a Democratic challenger, and likely, another Republican .Part 2:We talk with Bill Curry and Aaron Rosenthal.We discuss the mayoral campaign in NYC, and what the implications are for the city if he wins the general election, after  Mandani won the Democratic primary.  WNHNFM.ORG   productionMusic: David Rovics

Part 1: We talk with Jeff Cohen, author, activist, and former journalism professor. He founded FAIR, the national media watch group, and in 2011 co-founded RootsAction, currently serving as its policy director.We discuss the state of health care in the US, and what problems are the result of the original plan. "By design"Part 2:We talk with Mark Joseph Stern, Slate senior writer.We discuss the worst Supreme Court decision made in a recent case to allow the administration to deport people to third countries, thus negating the rights under the Constitution.  It also 'kneecaps' all lower courts who rule against this action. WNHNFM.ORG  productionMusic: David Rovics

Part 1:We talk with Jacob Ware, Adjunct Professor of Domestic Terrorism,Georgetown UniversityWidely-published scholar of domestic and homegrown terrorism.We discuss the reasons why the military is not successful in meeting their recruitment goals. Young people are reluctant to join for many reasons. Most of those are the trauma that they experience as children in the US.Part 2:We talk with Lincoln Mitchell, who teaches political science at Columbia University.We discuss the mayoral election in New York City. WNHNFM.ORG  productionMusic: David Rovics

Part 1:We talk with John Nichols about the NYC mayoral election. We discuss the candidates, and how each will likely affect NYC and the Democratic party.Part 2:We talk with Zachary W. Schulz, a public health historian.We discuss the failure of the healthcare in the US, and how it will affect the future of the US.  WNHNFM.ORG  productionMusic: David Rovics

This is a panel discussion.Lawlessness:- as practiced by police , ICE, and at the highest levels of government-There is no order in the US-The assassination of Minnesota lawmaker Melissa Hartman and her husband- The mayoral race in New York City WNHNFM.ORG productionMusic: David Rovics

Part 1:We talk with Harvey Kronberg, publisher of the Quorum Report of Texas.We discuss Trump's opinion of Juneteenth.We review the role of Elon Musk in Austin.The immigration raids in the US are continuing.Part 2:We talk with Bill Curry and Susan Milligan.Susan Milliganis a political writer and former White House and congressional correspondent for theBoston Globe,U.S. News and World Report, and theNew York Daily News.Contributingeditor oftor.comBill Currywas a Connecticut state senator, comptroller and two time Democratic nominee for governor who served as Counselor to the President in the Clinton White House. He has written for Salon, the Daily Beast, the HuffingtonPost and the HartfordCourant and has provided commentary on National Public Radio, MSNBC and many other news outlets.topics:Trump's need for attention.Who is running the government? Trump? Miller? war hawks? isolationists? Netanyahu?Americans increasingly less safe?The massive turnout for No Kings Day across the country. WNHNFM.ORG  productionMusic: David Rovic

Part 1:We talk with Jenna Norton, who works at NIH. She is o a signatory to the Bethesda Declaration, which objects to the cuts to the NIH research budget and termination of research projects.We discuss how these cuts are affecting ongoing research projects, and the participants.Part 2:We talk withCraig Johnson, who holdsa PhD in history from the University of California, Berkeley, and hosts theFifteen Minutes of Fascismpodcast covering the global rise of the radical right.We discuss why fascism appears to be so attractive to young men all over the world, and in the US.  WNHNFM.ORG  productionsMusic: "War, what is it good for? Absolutely nothing"  Edwin Starr, 1969

Part 1:We talk with Sara Miller Llana, who is the Christian Science Monitors Americas bureau chief and deputy international editor, based in Toronto.We discuss Trump's leaving the G7 meeting early. Among the attendees were other leaders who had planned to talk with him. However, speculation was around the Iran-Israeli war, though he claimed other, un specified reasons. New relationships between countries are being established without the US presence.Part 2:We talk with Michael Tomasky, who is the editor ofThe New Republicand the author of five books, including his latest and critically acclaimed"The Middle Out: The Rise of Progressive Economics and a Return to Shared Prosperity".We discuss the right-wing extremists in the US and their relationship to Trump. WNHNFM.ORG  productionMusic: David Rovics