Political Playlist Happy Hour

On this Happy Hour, Michael and Anna sit down with Maia Cook, the executive director of Equal Citizens, a democracy reform organization, founded by Lawrence Lessig. Their mission? Fighting for the ultra-sexy, super popular, top of every news cycle issue: campaign finance reform, and specifically reducing the influence of Super PACs and dark money. While we kid that this issue might not be front of everyone's mind, Maia walks us through how this issue actually affects EVERY issue you care about. And the problem is way worse than we realized. We also realized the actual problem doesn't totally lie with Citizen's United, but actually a law that came about BECAUSE of Citizen's united. We promise you'll come away from this one much smarter. We sure did.

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On this episode of the happy hour, Michael, Anna and Anthony discuss the politician on our playlist this week: Jon Ossoff. In case you don't know the Senator from Georgia yet, fear not, because you're going to be hearing about him plenty. He just gave a speech in Atlanta for his Senate reelection campaign and let's just say it's got everyone pretty hot and bothered about his potential as a Presidential candidate in 2028. And it's got Anna all hot and bothered because he's, well...pretty hot. Kinda like a certain Prez from a certain hit TV show that was a little scandalous.

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On this episode of the Happy Hour, Michael, Anna and Anthony discuss the upcoming UFC fight on the south lawn of the...WHITE HOUSE. Wow. I mean, just wow. Great business move on the part of Dana White, but is this really what's become of the People's House under it's current occupant? Full disclosure, we're not fans, particularly Michael who comes fairly fired up and aptly says, 'I think we're all just two tequila sips away from fighting someone."

 

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On this episode of the Happy Hour, Michael and Anna sit down with Delegate Joe Vogel, a member of the Maryland State House of Delegates (their fancy name for state reps) representing district 17. Joe is not yet thirty years old, but has the experience and resume of someone twice his age, and let's just say, we're impressed. We discuss his entrance into politics, his background and why he considers himself a "pragmatic progressive." He is indeed, among the youngest helping to shape our political future.

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On today's episode of the Happy Hour, Michael, Anna and Anthony discuss how to talk about the Los Angeles Mayor's race. It's shaping up to be a three-way knife fight between incumbent Mayor Karen Bass, Councilwoman Nithya Raman, and former reality TV star Spencer Pratt. Angelenos head to the polls today, and we make it a point of breaking down where these candidates stand on the most important issues like homelessness, crime and housing, and most importantly what their plans are to address each of these. And remember, get out there and VOTE!

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