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The Pocket Politics Team gets emotional and honest with this episode as we discuss the shootings in Texas, New York, and California. Given the intensity of these shootings and conversations, viewer discretion is advised. 

The Pocket Politics Teams welcome VotingSmarter's blog "Impartial" writer Adam Cable to discuss Elon Musk buying Twitter, President Biden using his clemency powers for the first time, and closing with a discussion; into Adam's blog post “Can Religious Liberty Stand the Test of Time?”

The Pocket Politics Team looks at mask mandates ending for public transportation companies, student loan forgiveness, and the current battle fuming between Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and Disney. 

The Pocket Politics Team takes a deep dive into the Supreme Court hearing of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson and looks at the history of Supreme Court hearings as a whole. Then, keeping with the court, the team deals with ethics in discussing Justice Clarence Thomas's wife Virginia Thomas and her text messages to former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows. And we close it off by looking at the Russian - Ukrainian war with a specialty in the American right-wing response.  

The Pocket Politics Team takes a deep dive into the Russian - Ukrainian with a specialty in looking at the response from the world and how this compares to atrocities that have and are currently happening around the world. 

The Pocket Policy Team looks at Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and the morality of the death penalty, the Don't Say Gay Bill in Florida, and closes by taking another deep to the Russian - Ukrainian war with a specialty on the response from the private sector. 

The Pocket Politics Team and Adam Cable from the VotingSmarter Blog "Impartial" have a conversation on the key takeaways of President Biden's first State of the Union address. We get the chance to branch off into some other topics, such as Biden's nominee to the Supreme Court and the Russian - Ukrainian War. We close with a conversation on qualified immunity thanks to Adam's blog post “Qualified Immunity: How It Started vs. How It’s Going.” 

The Pocket Politics Team opens with a debate on executive privilege and how much information government should keep locked behind doors. Then, the team moves forward on what each of us thinks will happen in the 2022 midterm elections and finishes off with another debate about President Joe Biden using a portion of the billions of dollars in frozen assets seized from the central bank of Afghanistan to go forward to be given to the families of victims in the 9/11 attacks.

The Pocket Politics Team welcomes Andrew Smith from the VotingSmarter Research Team for the first time and Adam Cable from Impartial. The team, Andrew and Adam, take a deep dive into the Russian - Ukrainian War, Biden's "crack pipe" proposal, and Joe Rogan.

The Pocket Politics Team looks at various domestic and international affairs before Super Bowl LVI. We Start with a lawsuit from Coach Brian Flores about unfair hiring practices, a debate on American drone strikes, a discussion on the potential end game for Vladimir Putin, and the Truck Protest in Canada. 

The VotingSmarter Team breaks from their unbiased norm and discusses the issues of the day from their varied personal political perspectives. From Never-Trumpers to Forever-Trumpers, from socialism to libertarianism, they cover all the bases. Listen to this reboot episode as they get their feet under them and find their voices.

The VotingSmarter Team breaks from their unbiased norm and discusses the issues of the day from their varied personal political perspectives. From Never-Trumpers to Forever-Trumpers, from socialism to libertarianism, they cover all the bases. Listen to this reboot episode as they get their feet under them and find their voices.

Paul Kramer, the executive director of the Institute For Youth in Policy, joins the VotingSmarter Team, where he introduces his work to bring young people into politics and how fixing discourse is the way to move forward. 

The VotingSmarter Team breaks from their unbiased norm and discusses the issues of the day from their varied personal political perspectives. From Never-Trumpers to Forever-Trumpers, from socialism to libertarianism, they cover all the bases. Listen to this reboot episode as they get their feet under them and find their voices. 

Thirty-three states will be electing a U.S. Senator on 3rd November. So what exactly do these elected officials do? In this short "Pocket Change" episode of Pocket Politics, host Ruairi Vaughan unpacks the powers and responsibilities of the U.S. Senate.

In today's media, it is extremely difficult to break out of partisan media bubbles. One organization trying to expand voters' horizons is The Flip Side, which collates the best takes from both the political Left and Right on a variety of issues. In this episode of Pocket Politics, The Flip Side's cofounder Annafi Wahed talks with host Ruairi Vaughan about the organization's mission.

Arjun Moorthy, Cofounder and CEO of The Factual (a website that rates the credibility of thousands of news articles) talks with VotingSmarter's Ruairi Vaughan about credibility in the media, partisan news bubbles, the proliferation of small news outlets, and much more.

VotingSmarter board member Marc Ross talks with Ruairi Vaughan about lobbying, the media, and more.