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The WNBA represents everything right about America, and MAGA represents everything wrong with it.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

MAGA has spent nearly a decade building an alternate reality for their sycophants to live in, and the mainstream media continues to be afraid to call it out for what it is.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This has been a wild week for political news, and yet Donald Trump continues to persist without consequence.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

MAGA has destroyed our country, and it's going to take a lot of time & hard work to rebuild it.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

He's not okay in the head and he's certainly not okay for this country. It is beyond journalistic malpractice to pretend otherwise.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

They want chaos and intimidation. They want this election to be close enough to steal. We can't let them.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Over the last decade, the extreme far right wing has peddled a distorted understanding of reality, and now we're in a place where a significant amount of the population are living in an alternative reality. We need to come together and rebuild community in our shared reality, before it's too late.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We are living at a time filled with tents of fear and silos of disinformation. Craig Bowers of APLA Health joins to discuss the 40th anniversary of AIDS Walk LA and the importance & difficulty of continuing to move forward.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Republicans want to send us back to the dark ages, and technocrats like Elon Musk are willing accomplices. Dr. Jonathan Metzl returns to discuss our increasingly trying times.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Climate change is here and we need to be pointing more blame at those responsible.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Republicans know they can't win on policy, so they force their agenda through instead. Chris Melody Fields Figueredo of BISC returns to Woke AF Daily to discuss what's at stake this election.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The last year has only deepened inequities both abroad and at home. We have the power to set ourselves back on the right track, but it's a long road ahead.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The desire of the wealthy to constantly have more is at the root of so many problems that plague our country and our world.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Republican party is dangerous, deceptive, and disgusting...and Democrats continue to cede ground to them. Dr. Jonathan Metzl returns to Woke AF Daily to discuss the road ahead.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The system is designed to keep the wealth floating to the top, while the rest of us stay under their thumbs.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Natasha Sutherland, senior advisor to the Yes On 4 campaign, joins Danielle for a timely conversation about how the Republican party in Florida is diverting funds from emergency relief in order to fight abortion rights.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The damage Donald Trump and the Republican party have done to this country will not be fixed in a single election.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Eric Adams and Robert Menendez deserve to be punished, but if they were a Supreme Court justice or former president, they would get off scot free. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Matthew Ferrence ran for office as a progressive in a rural district, and has a collection of essays titled I Hate It Here, Please Vote For Me that give his perspective on why it's important for Democrats to run in districts that aren't already "blue".See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Parker Molloy joins Danielle for a long-awaited conversation about How the Media Sanitizes Trump's Insanity.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Woke AF Daily producer Andrew Marshello returns to the mic for part 2 of a conversation about the decade-long campaign to recruit young white men into what was called the "alt right" and is now known as MAGA.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

With more scandals building by the week, if not by the day, we need to divest and move on from legacy media outlets and their outdated practices.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Divest from legacy media.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jonathan Metzl returns to Woke AF Daily to discuss the heinous tactics being used by Donald Trump and JD Vance, backed by the entire Republican party.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

There's nothing else to call what Donald Trump and JD Vance are doing, unabated by the spineless enablers within their party.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nicola Yoon, the best-selling author of One Of Our Kind, joined Danielle for a conversation about the desire for a place of liberty and how that formed the foundation for her novel.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A couple of weeks ago, the New York Times reported on young white men who feel "left behind" by society and are being courted by Donald Trump. Today, Woke AF Daily producer Andrew Marshello joins Danielle Moodie for part 1 of a continuing conversation about how a fringe online harassment campaign led to this point in our national politics.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Donald Trump is showing all the ways in which he is not ready for this moment, while Kamala Harris continues to show all the ways in which she is.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kamala Harris is meeting this moment, but it isn't over until it is over.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

From the CMAs to the presidential election, that's all any of this is.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lauren Baer, managing partner at Arena, returns to Woke AF Daily to discuss leading Get Out The Vote workshops during such a transformative time.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mainstream corporate media keeps trying to tell us this is all normal. This is not normal.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The school year has only just begun, and already Republicans are making excuses for the massacres that continue to plague our country. Danielle is on YouTube! Check her out at youtube.com/@DanielleMoodie_See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As the gun violence epidemic claims more tragic victims, the New York Times claims Trump attracts disaffected young men who are "left behind." Jonathan Metzl joins Danielle for part 1 of a spirited discussion on that - tune in next week for part 2!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Danielle Moodie reflects on the end of summer, the upcoming election, the media's coverage of Kamala Harris, and Bridgerton season 3. Danielle is on YouTube! Check her out at youtube.com/@DanielleMoodie_See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Shane Diamond, GLAAD consultant on transgender advocacy, joined Danielle for a timely conversation about the state of LGBTQ+ rights and advocacy in 2024.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nadya Lopez from the Here We Are campaign joined Danielle to talk about her experience as a young transgender student who came out during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the journey she has gone through with her parents along the way.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mainstream corporate media is doing their utmost to find something to pin on Kamala Harris...meanwhile Donald Trump has been indicted, again.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dr. Jonathan Metzl joins Danielle for a contentious conversation about Democrats' gun control policies and the media cycle around Kamala Harris's joy-based campaign.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The corporate media agenda and the MAGA agenda are one and the same in so many ways. It's all about money.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

After over a decade of Republicans and the right-wing claiming America to be theirs, it's time for Democrats to be proud of America again. MAGA doesn't offer joy. MAGA doesn't offer community. MAGA doesn't offer possibility. MAGA doesn't offer faith. The Harris/Walz campaign is offering all of those things and more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Morgan Parker is the author of You Get What You Pay For, and joined Danielle to discuss, among other things, the connection between mental health and Black liberation. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Danielle reacts to day 3 of the Democratic National Convention, ahead of Vice President Kamala Harris's acceptance speech - check back in on Monday for Danielle's response to that!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We are better and it's time to stop acting like we aren't.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Danielle has finally made it to the 2024 Democratic National Convention! She discusses the love, joy, family, and persistence she is feeling while attending what will surely be a historic convention.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Matthew Solomon, director of Reimagining Safety, returns to Woke AF Daily to discuss the latest developments in American policing - in particular, police budgets continuing to go up while it continues to be proven that cops don't actually prevent or even fight crime.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Danielle reflects on Democratic National Conventions of years past as she prepares to head to this year's DNC.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This year at the polls, Americans have a choice between joy and freedom, or white male rage.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dr. Jonathan Metzl returns to Woke AF Daily for a discussion on whether Democrats need to focus more on the issue of crime as they campaign in 2024.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Donald Trump and the Republican party are experiencing a spectacular failure in the wake of Kamala Harris's elevation to the top of the Democratic party ticket.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.