Paul's Place, the Place for Paulitics: Recent Episodes
Paul Schwartz
Politics in the age of Trump affects every American as it directly impacts their lives. Paul's Place, the Place for Politics provides a perspective gained over a close to forty year career as an active participant in the workings of the federal government. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/paul-schwartz9/support
After 4 years of Trump, it turns out our democracy is a good deal more fragile than anyone could have imagined prior to Trump. Eliminating the electoral college is a major step towards making every vote count the same and every state count the same as well. This is a must listen to podcast if you are interested in how.
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The upcoming Georgia Senate runoff election is about much more than who will best represent the citizens of Georgia; it is about whether the Biden administration will be able to move forward with its agenda or whether Mitch McConnell will be able to continue his obstruction to the detriment of citizens across the nation not just in Georgia.
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"If you don't have respect for the individual, have respect for the office" is something the outgoing President of the United States has failed to do as he confuses temper tantrums with leadership.
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Joe Biden winning the White House will be only a first of many steps to address the challenge of a divided nation.
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The long road to competency in the White House starts now.
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With his most recent executive order, Trump is attempting to allow political appointees to remain in their positions past the end of a presidential term. It also grants agencies authority to remove career employees involuntarily from career civil service into an unprotected, vulnerable status. This is a major attempt to undo the civil service as we know it and is a direct result of career civil servants placing their oath to the Constitution above service to Trump's personal agenda. Every American should be concerned about this attack on a merit based non-partisan civil service system.
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By ignoring all norms associated with being president, Donald Trump made it clear that standards need to be established for all presidents. Listen to this episode to hear some suggestions but also what roadblocks may exist.
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The Vice Presidential debate from last Wednesday raised the issue about packing the Supreme Court. This episode looks into the course of action needed by Democrats to bring the Supreme Court into the 21st century with a Joe Biden win and a Democratic majority in the Senate.
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In this age of the Donald Trump presidency and the coronavirus pandemic, the 25th Amendment to the Constitution takes on even more importance than ever before and the need for Congress to complete some unfinished business.
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My new book, "Trump the Shell Game...the Conning of America" is out and after listening to this podcast you may actually want to read it. It is available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Google and iTunes
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This episode delves into the question what do Jews see in Trump when Biden should be the clear choice
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Bob Woodward's new book "Rage" turns Watergate into a distant second in Woodward's career of exposing presidential malfeasance
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Before you go to the polls to vote, you will want to listen to my podcast and ask yourself these very pertinent questions. Our democracy is at stake.
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