Tag Archives: Tea Party

Interchange – It Takes a Democrat: Selling out Solidarity

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 58:01 — 40.0MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreHistorian and bestselling author of What’s the Matter with Kansas?, Thomas Frank, came to Bloomington on March 24th promoting his latest attempt at diagnosing our decades-long liberal malaise and ineptitude in the Democratic Party. While he was here he stopped in to chat with Interchange Assistant Producer …

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Interchange – Populism Against the “Center”

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 58:00 — 44.2MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreToday our guest, Thea Riofrancos, suggests populism is the not the problem, as so many in the “center” (left and right) fear, but the answer to the decades-long program of neoliberal policies that have created a politically disengaged citizenry. But what flavor of populism? On the left, …

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Rep. Todd Young says he is not in the Tea Party, but some say his actions belie his words

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:00 — 3.7MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe finger of blame for the recent crisis in Congress, which caused a federal shutdown and a near debt default, has increasingly been pointed at Republican members of Congress, especially those associated with the Tea Party caucus. Todd Young, our local representative in Washington since 2010, has …

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