Join Bill Curtis and Jane Albrecht as they speak with Former White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci about 2022 elections, Republican tactics, and some of the most divisive political topics in the United States. What if Trump decides to run again? How will The Mooch plan to stop him? They cover politics, voting rights, bit coin, abortion, Biden, and vaccines…all as we close out year two of the pandemic with the death toll still rising.

Episode Timestamps:

03:26- Were you always a Republican?

03:50 - Is Trump the same you knew?

04:31 - Republican Party Tactics are working

08:28 - Is the Republican party healable?

10:21 - The Mooch’s Assessment of Trump

12:23 - What if Trump runs again?

16:19 - 2022 and The House

20:00 - How do Trump supporters think?

21:13 - It’s too early to know who can replace Trump

22:51 - Vaccines

23:19 - The U.S. and China

24:52 - Abortion

27:19 – Brief explanation of how Crypto works

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What will it take for Dems to connect with black & brown voters? How can Democrats keep Republicans from branding them, radicals? What can Democrats do better to keep the house? All this and more is discussed on the season finale of Politics: Meet Me in the Middle. Bill and Jane are joined by Lanae Erickson (Senior Vice President for the Social Policy Program at The Third Way) and Quentin James (founder and president of The Collective) to explore their six month study and report that was praised by The NY Times.

Episode Timestamps:

5:52 Defining The Third Way, The Collective, and The Latino Victory Fund

7:54 The Origins of coming together

8:51 The Democratic Coalition

11:05 Black Voters

15:51 The Failure of “Defund the Police” messaging

17:26 The Trump Effect

19:14 Learning from the report

22:44 The Democratic Brand

26:45 Dems -The Less Racist Party?

29:36 What do Democrats stand for?

31:17 Full disclosure

33:30 Advice for the moderates

34:27 Closing statements to the Democratic party

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There are ways to improve the relationship between Russia and the United States, but it's going to be a long road. This week Timothy Frye continues his look at the possibilities of joint gains and the mutual benefits of better political relations between the two countries.

Timothy Frye is the Marshall D. Shulman Professor in Political Science at Columbia University and Co-Director of a research laboratory at the Higher School of Economics in Moscow. He worked for the US Information Agency in the Soviet Union in the late 1980s, advised the Russian Securities and Exchange Commission in the 1990s, and directed the Harriman Institute at Columbia from 2009 to 2015. Born in Utica, New York, he earned a BA in Russian Language and Literature from Middlebury College and a Ph.D. in Political Science from Columbia University. He is the editor of Post-Soviet Affairs and the author of 4 books. He lives in New York City.

Episode Timestamps:

:30 Next steps to a better US/Russia relationship

2:31 Putin in Power until 2036?

7:12 Putin and Hillary Clinton

9:33 Trump’s Idol: Putin

11:34 What did Putin have on Trump?

13:08 Trump’s a Putin Wannabe

16:55 Putin – Biden Relationship

23:15 Should the US appease or help Putin?

28:00 The Path Forward for a Better US/Russia relationship

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