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CS 047: Trumptown feat. Michael Kruse (@michaelkruse) (11/11/2017)

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Today senior staff writer at Politico Michael Kruse (https://twitter.com/michaelkruse) joins us to discuss his recent article about Trump supporters in Johnstown, Pennsylvania both before and after the election, “Johnstown Never Believed Trump Would Help. They Still Love Him Anyway.” https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/11/08/donald-trump-johnstown-pennsylvania-supporters-215800

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CS 028: Coppin’ Pleas ft. Emmet Penney (09/06/2017)

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This episode we have Emmet Penney (https://twitter.com/ChknNugtDeepSt8) on to discuss his article on a recent controversy that happened with DSA, the Democratic Socialists of America, regarding the election of Danny Fetonte to the organization’s National Political Committee (NPC), which manages and directs the organization, Fetonte, a union organizer, was accused of covering up his involvement with organizing on behalf of police unions. Penney is the Membership Co-Chair for the Santa Fe DSA as well as one of the people who helped vote Fetonte in before discovering his involvement with police unions.

Emmet’s article “How the DSA Screwed Up with Danny Fetonte” can be found here:

https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2017/09/how-the-dsa-screwed-up-with-danny-fetonte.html