Sitting in for Thom Hartmann, guest-host Jefferson Smith speaks with author, historian, and accidental speechwriter Jeff Shesol. A founding partner of West Wing Writers, Shesol is the author of Mercury Rising: John Glenn, John Kennedy and the New Battleground of the Cold War, and Supreme Power: Franklin Roosevelt vs. The Supreme Court, which was selected as a New York Times Notable Book of the Year in 2010.

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A new and better world is possible, if we can only overcome the money of the fossil fuel industry.

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They are now going after the parents of school shooters. He bought his son the killing weapon. More voter suppression – I told you so! Florida’s department of state is examining tens of thousands of Amendment 4 petition signatures for potential fraud. NPR nails the two Trump staffers who tried to beat up the person at Arlington national cemetery - what are the next steps?

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