Woke AF Daily

Donald Trump is already sowing the seeds of false doubt around Kamala Harris's rally sizes. The right is setting the stage for election denial once again.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Danielle Moodie is back and has had enough with mainstream media outlets' double standards and favoritism towards Donald Trump.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dr. John Berger, author of Solving the Climate Crisis, joins Danielle for a frank discussions about the urgent issues on our doorstep right now.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Gillian Kane of Ipas joins Danielle to discuss how many cornerstones of the right wing extremist Project 2025 plan are already being enacted by global governments outside of the United States.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The last couple of weeks have been a reminder of what we can have from Democratic campaigns: Hope. Excitement. Faith. Remember that 2008 feeling of a joy-based campaign? We can have that again. Jennifer Taub returns to Woke AF Daily for a conversation recorded before Kamala Harris's choice of Tim Walz as her running mate; keep up with Danielle on social media @DeeTwoCents and @DanielleMoodie_ to get her reactions to that news.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

After a campaign of negativity, Democrats finally find themselves in a place of optimism. Can this energy carry us through to November? Political commentator and DNC delegate Kaivan Shroff joins to discuss.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Danielle's Democracy-ish co-host Wajahat Ali joined her for a timely discussion about the bottomless depths of racism Republicans will go to in their quest to degrade Vice President Kamala Harris.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Democrats need to focus on Kamala Harris, not on Donald Trump.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dr. Jonathan Metzl returns to Woke AF Daily for a surprisingly spirited debate with Danielle about how the Kamala Harris campaign should handle the issue of guns.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sometimes it's the simplest things that stick. And after eight or even more years of rightwing evangelical weirdness, Americans are finally recognizing it en masse for what it is. It's freaking weird!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Anna DeShawn, creator of The Qube and host of Queer News and Second Sunday, returns to Woke AF Daily to discuss the many developments - good and bad - in LGBTQ+ rights in 2024.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Danielle was joined by Dominique Morgan, activist and prison abolitionist, to talk about her work and life journey - including being the first openly trans Black woman to have a street named after her.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Danielle is joined by Lauren Brenzel from Yes On 4, Floridians Protecting Freedom, organizing to enshrine abortion access in the Florida constitution. In addition to the campaign, they discuss how Florida is a microcosm of what Republicans want to create nationwide if they win in 2024.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

And none too soon. Dr. Jonathan Metzl returns from traveling abroad to discuss the seismic shift in our politics, as well as the state of politics in London and Israel as he sees it.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A change has come, and none too soon but thankfully also not too late. Today Danielle talks about the importance of hope in so many aspects of life right now.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The GOP is going to focus on weaponization, fearmongering, and oppression. We need to focus on winning.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this precarious moment, we need to walk in faith rather than by sight.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

No one is coming to save us. We need to stick together through this November and be making plans for what comes after.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bridget Todd, host of There Are No Girls On The Internet, returns to Woke AF Daily to talk about the consolidation of the few big social media sites, generative AI, and the other technological developments that have impacted our society over the last year.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We are moving between catastrophe and trauma on an uninterrupted loop.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Donald Trump is going to continue to be who he is. The Democratic party is going to continue to be who they are. We need to continue doing what we can to prepare and push back, because all we can trust is ourselves.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

While we still have a functioning government, we need to seize all of the power we can. Chris Melody Fields Figueredo, Executive Director of the Ballot Initiative Strategy Center, returns to Woke AF Daily to discuss what's on the ballot besides candidates in 2024.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

For the last week or more we have been engulfed in a news cycle around a singular story of Joe Biden's age. It is time to move on.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jonathan Metzl joins Danielle to discuss the extremely turbulent state of the Democratic party right now and the continued urgency of this election.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this Woke Wednesday, there is one fact to get woke to: there are only four months until the election and not enough time to replace Joe Biden. He's staying in the race and he is our only chance at defeating Donald Trump.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Republicans want everyone else to submit to their draconian authority...by any means necessary. If we somehow manage to win and save this nation, we need to focus on building power in the years that follow.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Last week Danielle spoke with Skye Perryman, President and CEO of Democracy Forward, about this rogue Supreme Court, Representative Ocasio-Cortez's recent comments regarding judicial impeachment, and the importance of not giving in to cynicism.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We are at war. The fourth estate is dead. And we are supposed to be celebrating America?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Supreme Court is systematically stripping our civil liberties away. Standing with Biden is the only choice we have.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The moment is now - it is happening here and it is happening fast. We have six months to save democracy and we all need to be prepared for what happens if we fail.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Supreme Court has declared that presidents are in fact above the law - more on that tomorrow on Woke Wednesday. Today Danielle speaks with her friend Kierra Johnson, Executive Director of the National LGBTQ Task Force, about the very real threats to our democracy and the tools we do still have to organize and resist.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Joe Biden is an imperfect candidate. But right now, he is the candidate we have. This is it - we are standing in the face of full-on authoritarianism if Donald Trump wins this election.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

SCOTUS is continuing to fuck with everyone's rights, and if Trump wins in November it will only get exponentially worse.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Danielle reacts to the unprecedented primary defeat of Jamaal Bowman, and Jonathan Metzl returns to discuss his thoughts on the Surgeon General's declaration that guns are a public health crisis.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

With Project 2025, the Republican party and the American right wing want to send us back to the days of chattel slavery and complete oppression of women. That is what is at stake in 2024.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

"States' rights" do not actually matter to the Republican party. What matters is power, and Democrats have spent too much of the last few decades ceding power to their political opponents.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We are in the hottest part of hell - depending on where you're living, you may be feeling that literally - but GLSEN executive director Melanie Willingham-Jaggers joins to discuss why it's so important to believe in and fight for a better future.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

And those of us on the left should be pursuing power with the same level of passion and strategy. Meanwhile, Democrats have compromised with terrorists for decades - leading to this precarious moment.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Danielle gives her thoughts on Juneteenth being a federal holiday, and talks with Jonathan Metzl about the steady decline of America as convicted felon Donald Trump's presidential campaign continues to heat up.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Who? The mainstream media, big corporations...anyone and everyone who will materially benefit from another Trump presidency, despite what the consequences will be for the rest of us.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

That is the current state of women in the Republican party. Check out Rebecca Traister's piece "Are Republican Women Okay?" to learn how we got here, and get at Danielle on socials - @DeeTwoCents and @DanielleMoodie_ - to join the conversation with your own take.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Cathy Renna, Director of Communications for the National LGBTQ Task Force, joins her friend Danielle to talk about the importance of Pride, finding a local Pride event near you - even as an ally, if you aren't LGBTQ+ yourself - and of telling our own stories.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, the courts delivered not one but two good stories. However, we know that Republicans will not stop fighting - and Democrats need to start giving some of that same energy to combat the GOP's 19th century vision for our future in which they have the power to control what we do with our own bodies.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

That's exactly what NRA and the gun lobby are - taking advantage of crises and tragedies to sell guns to marginalized communities such as the LGBTQ+ community after the Pulse nightclub shooting. Jonathan Metzl returns to Woke AF Daily to discuss how we can organize and move forward.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Republican party has been operating within a framework of criminality for decades, the conviction of Donald Trump has only solidified it. Republicans are not exhausted, but Democrats are lacking the urgency to fight back.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Joelle Espeut, Program Director at the Normal Anomaly Initiative, spoke with Danielle about the Black Queer AF media tour, why it's important to portray a diversity of queer stories and identities, and the meaning of hope and liberation during Pride.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Gun culture is not normal, and the normalization of gun ownership - especially among marginalized communities - has to be stopped. Hudson Munoz, Executive Director of Guns Down America, joined Danielle to discuss his own experiences with queer friends being influenced by the gun lobby.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

America is under a hate dome, and the pressure is only heating up. We - the 70% who are NOT Trump supporters - are the majority. Where is our voice? Where is our power?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Gio Santiago is back on Woke AF Daily, this time as part of the Here We Are campaign, discussing his personal story and highlighting the value of telling our own stories rather than having them be told for us.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Democrats are missing opportunities to craft a narrative about convicted felon Donald Trump and the entire criminally complicit Republican party...and apparently given his new border policy, Biden would rather cast his lot with the racists!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.