Illinois MAGA discovers CTU has appealed its property tax assessment. Ben riffs. Nicole Cantello briefly riffs on Ben’s riff. Then she explains what Trump wants to do to federal employees. Basically fire them and replace them with MAGA loyalists. Time to learn about Schedule F, folks. Nicole is president of the American Federation of Government Employees Local 704. Those are the badass EPA employees.

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With the Freak Show having just ended, Meredith Shiner turns her attention to the shit show that’s ongoing. That is, MAGA’s twisted cult-like convention is over while the Dems frantic efforts to convince President Biden to step down continues. Meredith is a communications consultant and longtime Washington DC political reporter. It's fun to listen to what the world was like--just ten days ago.

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When Trae Crowder met JD Vance it was the early days of Trump. And JD came across as a relatively sane moderate who thought Trump was awful. As any normal person would. Then Vance obviously concluded to get along you gotta…well, let Trae tell you everything you need to know about the deal that Vance, now Trump’s running mate, must have made with the MAGA devil. Trae is a comedian known as the Liberal Redneck. You can follow him on YouTube and TikTok.

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Gregory Pratt talks mayors. In particular…is everyone from the CTU to corporate Chicago treating Mayor Johnson differently than his predecessors? Duh. Well then—how? Also, Greg compares Mayor Lightfoot to President Biden. Greg is a political reporter for the Chicago Tribune and author of the book: The City is Up For Grabs.

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For well over a year, David Faris had urged Democrats to find another presidential candidate to replace President Biden. And last week, Biden himself…well, you know what Biden did. David talks Biden, Kamala, and the challenges ahead. David is a political science professor at Roosevelt University and a columnist for Slate and Newsweek. His views are his own.

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The mainstreams give JB credit for a mega-south side project—Mayor Who? Ben riffs. Jasmine Wright talks about returning to her hometown to write a feature on Mayor Johnson. She also takes the deep dive on Vice President Harris, who she covered for years at CNN. Jasmine is a politics reporter for NOTUS.

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Kamala calls JB re V.P. Ben riffs. Marc Sims talks Kamala, Black Trumpers, identity politics, conspiracy theories, crime, self hate and more. Marc hosts the podcast Just A Few Questions.

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Elon Musk says he's not really giving $45 million a month to Trump. Ben riffs. Monroe Anderson explains Musk to Ben. Also explains Alderman Bill Conway and JD Vance and Lincoln Park liberals and Nikki Haley and Haley for Harris and few other things. Also, an I told you so about Kamala Harris replacing Biden.

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