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The Republicans passed their monstrous bill, and they did it on the back of lies and smears of average Americans. It’s also July Fourth weekend and we know that Trump is going to pummel the airwaves and Washington D.C. with his nationalistic fake patriotism. We are going to have the flag waved in our face and military members rolled out for display as he takes credit for their bravery. The truth is that his Administration is working hard to screw average Americans, veterans, servicemembers, and their families in every possible way. This week Fred is solo to dive into the truth behind Republicans' lies about their bill and Trump’s lies about ‘supporting the troops and how what is really happening is some of the worst attacks on their well-being in decades. Find out how he is dismantling the Department of Veterans Affairs, stopping the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau from enforcing rips offs, and more. They rely on lies because the truth is so bad. Sponsors: Stopbox:  Get firearm security redesigned and save 10% off @StopBoxUSA with code FRED10 at https://www.stopboxusa.com/FRED10 [https://www.stopboxusa.com/FRED10]  #stopboxpod Quince: Go to Quince.com/fred for FREE shipping on your order and 365-day returns.

This week is a very special episode with our friend John Della Volpe and an exclusive sit down with Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass. The shockwaves from the Democratic Primary win for New York City mayor by Zohran Mamdani are still resonating this week as pundits and leaders of the various political parties try to figure out what happened and shape their own narratives. Meanwhile the very battle for the soul of our country rages on in the streets of Los Angeles and state capital as masked men backed by our military raid Home Depot parking lots and car washes. In a super-sized show this week Fred sits down with two leaders of these diverse battlefields. First, he sits down in Cambridge, Massachusetts with youth polling expert and co-lead of the Speaking with American Man (SAM) project John Della Volpe to discuss the New York election results, where the Democrats are losing wide swaths of men, and what his work sitting down with young men is showing already. Then, he sits down for an exclusive one-on-one interview with Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass to discuss the outrageous actions of the Trump Administration in her city from masked men in unmarked vehicles, the misuse, and abuse, of National Guard troops and Marines, and much more. John Della Volpe is a highly respected pollster, author, and political advisor. He is the director of polling at the Harvard Kennedy School Institute of Politics and the founder of Cambridge's SocialSphere, a public opinion research firm focusing on Gen Z and Millennials. His last book ‘Fight: How Gen Z Is Channeling Their Fear and Passion to Save America’ details the shaping of Gen Z’s political viewpoints. Follow his Substack JDV on Gen Z. Sponsors: Fatty 15: Get an additional 15% off their 90-day subscription Starter Kit by going to fatty15.com/fred and using code FRED at checkout.

Unidentified masked men grabbing people off the streets. Agents grabbing people attending their asylum hearings and not even knowing their names before cuffing them. Polls plummeting for support of Trump’s war on immigration. This is an incredibly dangerous moment, and things are getting out of hand while ICE and DHS become more belligerent and dangerous. Fred sits down with attorney Richard Hein to discuss this increasingly dangerous moment in Trump’s attacks on both legal and illegal immigration and what he’s described as ‘America’s Dirty War.’ Rick is Principal & Managing Partner Attorney of Hein Law Firm, an International Commercial Immigration Law Firm in St. Louis with office extensions in Mexico City, Buenos Aires, Bogotá, Madrid, and Sydney, and its membership in the prestigious International Law Firms. He is an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Pre-Law Program at St. Louis University, taught law at the Universidad Centroamericana Law School in San Salvador, El Salvador, and has been an invited professor in International Relations at the Universidad Abierta Interamericana in Buenos Aires, Argentina and on Comparative Law Studies at the Universidad Blas Pascal in Córdoba, Argentina. Learn more about his firm at heinlegal.com [http://heinlegal.com/].   Sponsors: Stop Box  Get firearm security redesigned and save 10% off @StopBoxUSA with code FRED10 at https://www.stopboxusa.com/ [https://www.stopboxusa.com/]FRED10  #stopboxpod

Join us for a special Father's Day edition of "Too Late To Cancel" Sunday, June 15, 2025! We're celebrating with hilarious comedians Ariel Elias and Sarah Adelman, who will bring their uniquely bold and witty stories to the panel. We will also have a heartfelt and insightful conversation with 24x award-winning podcast host Dominic Lawson about fatherhood, mental health, and his acclaimed work on shows like "Black Is America." Expect a memorable mix of laughter and deep discussion that you won't want to miss. Tune in live for a Father's Day show that is truly too good to cancel and every Sunday at 11am ET/8 am PT on the On Democracy Channel.

The chaos is accelerating under Donald Trump this week. While the protests in LA continue and Trump and his minions aim to use it to intimidate and attack their political opponents, we have RFK Jr. dismantling our vaccine programs in D.C. Fred sits down with two experts in their fields this week named Robert. First, Dr. Robert Pape is Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago specializing in international security affairs and political violence as well as the founder of the Chicago Project on Security and Threats (CPOST).  Dr. Rob Davidson is the Executive Director of the Committee to Protect Health Care, co-host of the Paging America podcast, and an ER physician in West Michigan. Fred and Professor Pape dive deep into the dangerous attacks on liberalism in the United States, the protest movements, and how it will impact our upcoming elections. Meanwhile, Dr. Davidson has been watching RFK Jr.’s attacks on American healthcare and what his moves mean for average citizens. He and Fred discuss this new assault on science, the dangers we face, and how healthcare professionals are carrying on in the face of this insanity. Watch it now and learn more about Stand United against Political Violence at standunited.media and the Committee to Protect Healthcare at committetoprotect.org [http://committetoprotect.org/]   Sponsors: Incogni: Get 60% off an annual plan at incogni.com/democracy and use code : DEMOCRACY at checkout!