Episodes

Wednesday Jul 03, 2019
Leid Stories—In Search of Democracy in America Today—07.03.19
Wednesday Jul 03, 2019
Wednesday Jul 03, 2019
Referencing contemporary political issues and developments to bolster their arguments, Leid Stories listeners debate the state of American democracy.

Tuesday Jul 02, 2019
Tuesday Jul 02, 2019
New polls are showing Kamala Harris did benefit from her race-baiting swipe at Joe Biden. He's still leading the Democratic pack, but Harris has moved into second place.
President Trump is running the country the way he wants to. His latest triumph? The Trump Government.
Facebook, the social media behemoth, has announced that it will ban anyone urging people not to vote. Is this legal?

Monday Jul 01, 2019
Leid Stories—Kamala Harris Plays Dirty and Wins—07.01.19
Monday Jul 01, 2019
Monday Jul 01, 2019
She's still basking in her glory moment at the Democratic Party's mess of a presidential debate when she took aim at fellow candidate Joe Biden and disabled him. Never mind that her weapon was busing--Biden on the wrong side of it, supporting state policies, and Harris, a child caught up in a totally insufficient response to remedying apartheid education in America.
Harris's single jab at Biden was strategic and decisive; it may topple Biden from his perch. But it also proved that Harris is a practitioner of dirty politics.

Friday Jun 28, 2019
Friday Jun 28, 2019
So, the Democratic Partyz last night presented its second and final group of 10 presidential hopefuls "debating" supposedly key issues of the 2020 election. Like Wednesday night's overhyped "debate," another yawn.
Leid Stories listeners file their reports.
Leid Stories analyzes last night's torture session and predicts tonight's outcome in light of ongoing discussions about myriad challenges confronting the party.

Thursday Jun 27, 2019
Leid Stories--A Sham of A 'Debate.' Now Rinse and Repeat--06.27.19
Thursday Jun 27, 2019
Thursday Jun 27, 2019
The Democratic Party's 2020 presidential debates mercifully concludes tonight with a second group of 10 candidates playing show and tell, not really debating.
Leid Stories analyzes last night's torture session and predicts tonight's outcome in light of ongoing discussions about myriad challenges confronting the party.

Wednesday Jun 26, 2019
Wednesday Jun 26, 2019
Continuing yesterday's discussion, we dissect the Democrats' two-night debate fest, airing live from Miami tonight and tomorrow.
Two banks of 10 candidates each fill the roster for each session. Four of 24 candidates who thought they qualified to participate were bumped per party rules.

Tuesday Jun 25, 2019
Tuesday Jun 25, 2019
With a bumper crop of 2020 pdresidential hopefuls, the Democratic Party first will have to explain cutting four candidates from its two-night debate fest in Miami (tomorrow and Wednesday night), winnowing the pack to a staggering 20.
Leid Stories listeners offer their views on what the first round of Democratic presidential debates means.

Monday Jun 24, 2019
Monday Jun 24, 2019
Retired Wall Street banker turned financial investigator Charles Ortel, who has been coursing us through the highly irregular operations of the labyrinthine Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton Foundation, says several foreign governments that donated hundreds of millions of dollars to the "charity " still don't know where their money went and are ready to take legal action.
Ortel says that the evidence he has uncovered so far suggests the foundation is "the largest unprosecuted charity fraud in U.S. history.”
Is there any doubt that President Trump and his administration are out of control? His vow to "obliterate" Iran over its downing last week of a U.S. spy drone flying in what Iranian claimed was its territory was yet another example of Trump's hot-headed, knee-jerk approach to foreign policy.

Thursday Jun 20, 2019
Thursday Jun 20, 2019
House Judiciary subcommittee held a hearing yesterday on H.R. 40, urging a definitive resolution on reparations for descendants of black slaves. Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell has openly expressed opposition to any attempt at reparations.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (Democrat) says it's time to admit to the state's history of genocide against indigenous people. Many Native American leaders welcomed Newsom's statement.

Wednesday Jun 19, 2019
Wednesday Jun 19, 2019

