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The 118th Congress has been incredibly useless, getting little done besides booting out their first Speaker and vying for attention on Fox News. On last week's podcast, MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills were incredulous that they were about to spend valuable time debating bills around household appliances (i.e.,"the Liberty in Laundry Act," "the Refrigerator Freedom Act," etc.) But to everyone's surprise, Speaker Mike Johnson (with help from Democrats) got long-stalled foreign aid bills teed up for a vote next week. The MOMocrats talked about the unexpected progress. And they could not help but talk about Donald Trump's criminal trial in New York.
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Last week, the Florida Supreme Court gave Democrats there a 2024 election boost by allowing a six-week abortion ban. This week, Arizona said “hold my beer.” MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills discuss Arizona’s journey back to 1864 and some of the week’s other notable political events. MOMocrats MOMochat is part of the Demcast family of podcasts.
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Today, the Washington Post political team sent out a newsletter with a old "Dems in Disarray" headline - a description they haven't used much the last couple of years (because nothing on the Democratic side of the aisle can compare to the absolute dysfunction of the GOP-led House). In this newsletter, the WaPo was referring to the war in the Middle East, and they are not wrong. It's a wedge issue, MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills managed to demonstrate a little of how that works in their own discussion of the World Central Kitchen aid workers who were killed in Gaza this week. (Let's just say that the discussion got a little heated.) 
A big tent like the Democratic Party accommodates a wide spectrum of opinions, so traditionally, they've been easier to wedge apart. But what's needed in 2024 is unity. And fortunately, the Republicans have given us an issue that has been unifying people across the Democratic spectrum: the Dobbs decision and the unrelenting attack on women's rights. The MOMocrats talked about that, as well as Donald Trump's "shadow government" and legal travails. MOMocrats MOMochat is part of the Demcast family of podcasts.
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he Biden campaign held a fundraiser this week that brought in more money than the RNC earned in the entire month of February. The Democratic Party is busy opening up field offices around the country. The Republicans are busy paying Donald Trump's legal bills. Why is the mainstream media so negative about the re-election campaign? 
MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills have their theories about this. They also talked about Trump's three billion dollar paper windfall, the Supreme Court hearing on mifepristone, and the disaster in Baltimore with the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge. MOMocrats MOMochat is part of the Demcast family of podcasts.
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Today, Mike Pence proved that he has some backbone after all, by becoming the first former Vice President to withhold an endorsement of the President he served.
MOMOcrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills talk about the final transformation of the RNC into Donald Trump's personal piggy bank, the contrast with the organization being built by the Democrats, and the very high stakes of the 2024 election. MOMocrats MOMochat is part of the Demcast family of podcasts.
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In a week that began with a Donald Trump win from the Supreme Court and proceeded to a Super Tuesday blowout, the MOMocrats really needed to hear a great State of the Union. And President Joe Biden delivered.

MOMocrats Aliza Worthington and Donna Schwartz Mills discussed the highlights of the President's speech, and the official GOP response from Alabama Senator Katie Britt. Part of the Demcast family of podcasts.
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