Fascism on the Rise Archives - KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show · Burt Cohen

Time for Democrats to Post a Clear Agenda for America

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Employers can use E-Verify to block unauthorized hiring, while legal status can be offered to long-term residents.

1. Fascism on the Rise Archives - KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show centers on Democrats’ response to Donald Trump’s second term. 2. Bert Cohen hosts, and Paul Glastris appears as Washington Monthly Editor-in-Chief and former Clinton speechwriter because he is tied to the policy project being discussed. 3. The episode asks what Democrats should do after the 2024 loss and whether they need a new agenda for America. 4. Cohen says Trump is acting like a “dictator on day one” and describes a party with “no direction home.” 5. Glastris says the Washington Monthly special issue is titled “10 New Ideas for the Democratic Party to Help the Working Class and Itself.” 6. He argues Democrats need new policies, not only “better messaging.” 7. The discussion returns to Bill Clinton, the DLC, NAFTA, welfare reform, and the claim that Clinton won working-class support. 8. Glastris says Clinton’s years saw rising incomes for people in the bottom 40% or 50% of the income scale. 9. He also points to Clinton-era crime policy as a reason Democrats regained credibility on public safety. 10. Cohen presses him on the DNC, 2016, Bernie Sanders, Kamala Harris, and the party’s loss of working-class trust. 11. Glastris says the DNC has little power over voters, agendas, or what candidates say. 12. He says Democrats are caught between affluent progressive social views and working-class voters who reject much of that agenda. 13. He warns that “purism is poison” when candidates are forced to be absolutely pure on woke issues. 14. Philip Longman’s “Medicare Prices for All” keeps private coverage but ties employer-plan prices to Medicare levels. 15. Glastris says employer health costs have risen two or three times faster than inflation for decades. 16. Bill Sher’s immigration proposal uses E-Verify so employers must verify legal status before hiring. 17. He says long-term undocumented residents with clean records could move onto a legal path instead of facing mass removal. 18. Glastris argues affirmative action and DEI have centered elite universities, while regional public universities and community colleges have done more for Black, Hispanic, and Native American upward mobility. 19. The tone is policy-heavy, argumentative, and interview-based, with Cohen prompting and Glastris answering at length. 20. Listeners who want center-left policy debates on working-class politics will likely stay; listeners wanting short, light commentary will probably skip it.

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