District 34 Podcast

Liam grew up in a working class union family. Liam earned a Ph.D. from UC Irvine in history and is using his experience as a college professor to change the direction in Washington and put Congress back to work for the American people. Learn more about Liam. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Georgia Davenport is the founder of Whole Washington- the organization behind the state of Washington's Medicare for All push. She is running for Congress in District 7 against an incumbent Republican. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Prop 15 would overturn parts of Prop 13 and close massive corporate loopholes while maintaining property tax protection for residential home owners. This presser focuses on school funding that will be provided by this measure. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

RL Miller, once called a political terrorist by Jerry Brown, has been elected to the DNC. She is a long time environmental activist and founder of Climate Hawks Vote. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Iz recounts his story of what went down at the Los Angeles BLM protest. Iz is an ex-marine who came out to peacefully protest and ended up at Cedars Sinai with a brain bleed. Tina-Desiree Berg spoke with Iz and his step father Nelson in their home. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Jen Perelman is a second-generation native Floridian, born and raised in North Miami Beach. She lives in Davie with her husband, Dr. Jason Perelman and their two teenage boys. From her earliest days of practicing law, Jen has fought for those who can’t fight for themselves. She has helped the poor and indigent receive proper counsel and helped young women receive a judicial bypass for an onerous process for their reproductive rights. Today, she Co-Chairs the Juvenile Justice Committee for the Broward League of Women Voters, works diligently in the community to restore the voting rights of disenfranchised citizens, and serves pro bono, as Of Counsel, to Probation Station to help people on probation as they transition out of the syste See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Angelica Dueñas is running for election to the U.S. House to represent California's 29th Congressional District.Dueñas earned a bachelor's degree in political science and public administration from California State University, Los Angeles in 2007 and a master's degree in organizational leadership from Woodbury University in 2013. She supports Medicare for All and the Green New Deal. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Comedian Ron Placone has also studied philosophy. Join Tina-Desiree Berg and Ron for a light hearted conversation on political philosophy and media theorists. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Shahid Buttar, who is challenging Nancy Pelosi in CD 12, is also a constitutional attorney. He earned a J.D. from Stanford Law School in 2003 and worked as a legal advocate and was the Director of Grassroots Advocacy for the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Join us for a conversation on your 4th and 1st amendment rights. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Join me in conversation with John Graziano and Pat Cote (aka Pat the Berner) on what happens next. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Jordan and Jenn recently broke hard news in Vice on what Governor Snyder actually knew and when. Join us for an in depth discussion on just how far the cover up went in Michigan. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Born in Hoboken and raised in West New York, Hector is a proud product of Hudson County’s public schools, from his humble beginnings at Head Start to his diploma from High Tech High School. Hector’s mother emigrated from the Dominican Republic. His experiences confronting the injustices imposed by an economy rigged against working class people is what fuels his run for Congress. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Ted’s work in this field began in 2008 working with Steven F. Freeman, PhD—the co-author of the book titled Was the 2004 Presidential Election Stolen? Exit Polls, Election Fraud, and the Official Count and published in 2006. Dr. Freeman and Ted, with three others huddled in the Massachusetts home of one of the participants, downloading exit polls on election night and spending the next few days analyzing the discrepancies between what the exit polls projected and the official computer counts in 50 U.S. states. He continued this work analyzing the 2012, 2016 elections, and the 2018 midterm elections. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We speak with two recently laid off Bloomberg Staffers on his campaign promises and lies. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

John Zogby, founder of the "Zogby Poll," is an internationally respected pollster, opinion leader, and best-selling author. "All hail Zogby, the maverick predictor," decreed The Washington Post when John Zogby called the 1996 presidential election with pinpoint accuracy. And he did it again in the following two elections. His presidential polling remained among the most accurate through five elections. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Join our host Tina-Desire Berg for a frank discussion with Dr. Ron Birnbaum, physician with Doctors for Bernie, on the coronavirus. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Lauren Ashcraft earned a bachelor's degree in international relations and German from West Virginia University in 2010 and a master's degree in public administration from the University of Pittsburgh in 2012. Ashcraft’s career experience includes working as a policy analyst, program officer, project manager, and data analyst. She is a board member and volunteer with the Women's March Alliance, a founder of Collection Box Comedy, and a lead with the Middle Collegiate Church Justice Committee.Lauren is endorsed by Brand New Congress. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

I spoke with Emily, the elections worker at the UCLA location that was understaffed and experienced a myriad of technical problems. This is her account- and one that should be devastating for Alex Padilla and Dean Logan. What happened is inexcusable and Supervisor Hahn is making a motion to investigate it. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Full audio of her townhall plus press gaggle and Q and A. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Join me for a wrap-up of the Nevada Caucus events, interviews and Speeches. I speak with voters, surrogates, staff and Tom Steyer. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.