The Perspective You Need Right Now: A Conversation with David Bender

The PoliticsGirl Podcast

MeidasTouch Network, Leigh McGowan

News Commentary, Politics, News

4.9 • 3.3K Ratings

🗓️ 14 January 2025

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

America is about to change and we need to counter what’s coming with philosophy not politics. We have to lead with our values, not our party. We can’t give into fear or lose hope, but must reengage in the shared principles of freedom, justice and independence. Opinions are not facts. Information is not knowledge. MAGA has created their own reality dictated from the top down. The opposition needs to find a way to build something real from the ground up. The mainstream media has let us down. Now, more than ever, we need to support those doing independent work and bringing the truth when it’s harder and harder to find. Extremists have been able to shape the mindset of this nation because the far right invested in their voice. Allow people like me the opportunity to fight back and be a counterweight to the lies and propaganda. If you find worth in what we do, please SUBSCRIBE to PoliticsGirl Premium. You’ll get this podcast ad free, the rants directly to your inbox, and the knowledge that you’re making this kind of highly researched, factual information possible. If that interests you, please go to https://www.politicsgirl.com/premium and subscribe today!! Thank you so much! xoPG Guest Links: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Bender https://www.harpercollins.com/blogs/authors/david-bender-880000044220 As always, please RATE and SUBSCRIBE so we can grow the show, open the dialogue, and inspire change moving forward! All show links here!: https://linktr.ee/politicsgirl THANK YOU to today’s sponsors! https://3DayBlinds.com/politicsgirl https://rocketmoney.com/politicsgirl https://oneskin.co code: PoliticsGirl https://PDSDebt.com/politicsgirl

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0:00.0	You know, when you wake up suddenly and your neighborhood's on fire, you're not saying,
0:05.1	I should have been doing more for the last 20 years.
0:08.1	And that should be the conclusion we take from these moments.
0:13.4	It isn't yet.
0:15.5	But leadership can play a part in that.
0:18.5	But you know what?
0:19.6	This is going to start from not the top down.
0:22.9	It's going to start from a movement in this country from the bottom up.
0:37.4	Hello, and welcome to the Politics Girl podcast. I'm your host Lee McGowan. Let's get into it.
0:42.7	This is the last episode of the Biden administration. When this podcast airs next week, we will have
0:47.9	entered the second Trump administration. And they are promising shock and awe. So this is perhaps
0:52.9	the last time we can be reflexive
0:54.7	and contemplative about our politics, because for at least the known future, we will probably
0:59.4	find ourselves being reactive, and that is a hard place to find wisdom. So I've asked my friend
1:04.5	David Bender to join us today, because aside from being Rachel Maddow's self-described
1:08.3	political guru, he is also mine, and he's one of the wisest
1:11.6	people I know. If you aren't familiar with David, he has spent five decades as a political
1:16.4	activist, beginning when he took what he calls a leave of absence from seventh grade to become a
1:21.7	full-time volunteer for Bobby Kennedy's presidential campaign. David went on to report on the
1:26.4	presidential campaigns of Richard Nixon, George McGovern, and Hubert Humphrey. He went on to report on the presidential campaigns of Richard Nixon,
1:28.5	George McGovern, and Hubert Humphrey. He was a key aide to the legendary liberal rights activist
1:33.2	Allard Lowenstein, pivotal in both the civil rights movement and the anti-Vietnam War movement.
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