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Edwin Eisendrath @eisendrath.net · 26/09/2026

We're going to dive into Kansas, Missouri, voter protection & AI today on @heartlandsignal.com with: + @aishadown.bsky.social + Russ Carnahan of @missouridemocrats.bsky.social + @claywires.bsky.social + Andrea Hailey of @votedotorg.bsky.social Stream 1-4 CT heartlandsignal.com/wcpt820/

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Edwin Eisendrath @eisendrath.net · 19/09/2026

As journalists are being locked out of the WH, I'm always proud to feature reporters on my show. Today that includes: + @ericmgarcia.bsky.social + @laurarbelin.bsky.social Plus: + @deanbaker13.bsky.social + Chioma Chukwu of @americanoversight.org Stream 1-4 CT heartlandsignal.com/wcpt820/

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Edwin Eisendrath @eisendrath.net · 12/09/2026

Today on WCPT/ @heartlandsignal.com I'm joined by some incredible journalists & the Texas Democrat's party chair. Join us! + @daviddewitt.bsky.social + The Guardian's David Smith + @kendallscudder.bsky.social + @willbunch.bsky.social Stream 1-4 CT heartlandsignal.com/wcpt820/

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Edwin Eisendrath @eisendrath.net · 12/09/2026

NEW: Together with @walshfreedom.bsky.social, I looked at Trump’s response to Russia’s hot war in Ukraine, its hybrid war in Europe, its attacks here in the United States, and to the sanctions evasions and money laundering that pay for it. edwineisendrath.substack.com/p/russia-rus...

Whose side is Trump on?

Donald Trump’s relationship with Vladimir Putin has attracted endless speculation. Whatever the Trump’s motives, his administration and his allies have strengthened and sustained Russian power.

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Edwin Eisendrath @eisendrath.net · 08/09/2026

New from me: For 250 years people yearning for freedom anywhere in the world looked to America. Now the whole world is watching to see if that light is extinguished. edwineisendrath.substack.com/p/bring-it-d...

Europe is watching. Allied nations that sent their soldiers to die for us after 9-11 in Afghanistan and Iraq want to know whether America has now become their adversary. They wonder what the American people will do when their President threatens to take Greenland by force, threatens their economies with punishing tariffs, and threatens their values, as Trump and J.D. Vance did when they argued the continent was not white enough.

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Edwin Eisendrath @eisendrath.net · 06/09/2026

I say bring it, Donald. We’ll win even when you cheat. edwineisendrath.substack.com/p/bring-it-d...

We face a determined and powerful adversary. One cloaked in the now-gilded trappings of our own government. One that will do anything to erase the integrity of our elections.

Ordinary Americans look at all the power arrayed against us and we say, is that all you’ve got?

That’s what we said in Chicago and Minneapolis last year when over-armed and under-trained ICE agents tried to intimidate us. Americans poured out of their houses and into the path of peril. We were willing to die for our freedom. Renee Good and Alex Pretti did.

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Edwin Eisendrath @eisendrath.net · 05/09/2026

Today on @heartlandsignal.com: Petrostate terrorists, RFK Jr's CDC changes, ICE in Chicago, the ICE concentration camp in Texas & more with: + @michaelemann.bsky.social + @drdebhoury.bsky.social + @royalpratt.bsky.social + @perla-trevizo.bsky.social Stream 1-4 CT heartlandsignal.com/wcpt820/

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Edwin Eisendrath @eisendrath.net · 28/08/2026

The incessant tide of outrages from team Trump makes it easy to forget how damaging each has been. So, between now and the midterms, I’m going to revisit some key issues. Today: how a new US gov website promotes rhetoric by European right wing groups. edwineisendrath.substack.com/p/public-dip...

In Trump’s hands, American public diplomacy has rapidly turned its back on freedom in favor of supporting autocratic political parties. Tools developed over time to win people around the world over to the ideals we cherish are now put to darker use. Voice of America and Fullbright scholarship are defunded. Taxpayer money instead built a portal so that neo-fascists in Europe can listen to would-be Hitlers in the AfD.

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Edwin Eisendrath @eisendrath.net · 25/08/2026

Never forget: Because of John Roberts, Trump is exempt from laws that criminalize that behavior in others. My latest: edwineisendrath.substack.com/p/the-enduri...

From his private island off the Maine Coast, last week John Roberts okayed the continued construction of Trump’s ballroom, turning the house of the people into the playground of courtiers. It’s a decision in keeping with his ruling in Trump v the United States, where Roberts turned the Presidency from a job responsible for faithfully executing the laws to one entirely exempt from them.

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Edwin Eisendrath @eisendrath.net · 24/08/2026

Donald Trump and the Republicans have recreated that dual state in our country. To be sure, we have more tools than the Weimar Republic to fight back. But the dangers are very real—and, for some, fatal. edwineisendrath.substack.com/p/we-now-liv...

Among the insidious dangers of a dual state is that, for most citizens, it is business as usual. They don’t see the cruelty. They don’t experience the coercion. They think these are normal times. They say things like, “The pendulum swung too far in one direction, but it will swing back, like it always does.” And they don’t notice as the prerogative state expands, and their own freedom leaches away.

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Edwin Eisendrath @eisendrath.net · 24/08/2026

Bottom line: Jeffries achieved no political advantage, he gained no governing outcomes, but he managed to look like a dupe. edwineisendrath.substack.com/p/memo-to-ha...

Like millions of Americans, I am out here fighting for Democrats in elections across the country because they are, at this moment, the best hope for saving our democracy and rebuilding a government that works for every American. I fully support a broad slate of candidates- even some with whom I disagree. And I counsel people everywhere to focus their anger and frustration where it belongs - squarely on the shoulders of Donald Trump and his Republican Party. Then Hakeem Jeffries does something so stupid and counterproductive that it has to be called out.

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Edwin Eisendrath @eisendrath.net · 23/08/2026

Memo to Hakeem Jeffries: change means doing things differently. My latest on Jeffries' meeting with feckless Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner. edwineisendrath.substack.com/p/memo-to-ha...

Politically, he badly misread the moment. Across the country, Democrats are voting out the let’s-make-a-deal generation of politicians in favor of the get-shit-done kind. The idea that any progress can come from meeting with a feckless negotiator from the most dishonest and discredited administration in American history has been completely rejected by voters in the primaries. Ignoring that, Mr. Jeffries pretends there’s still legitimacy in business as usual and undermines the millions of Americans who have given so much this primary season.

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Edwin Eisendrath @eisendrath.net · 20/08/2026

Same sign, new name. Same state, new senator. Maine.

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Edwin Eisendrath @eisendrath.net · 18/08/2026

We don't just choose on election day. We choose every day. @sjdemas.bsky.social and I talk about those choices on @lincolnsquare.media every Tuesday. And I write about them here: edwineisendrath.substack.com

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Edwin Eisendrath @eisendrath.net · 07/08/2026

We've got a fantastic show Saturday on @heartlandsignal.bsky.social talking Michigan, Wisconsin, data centers and much more with: + @ahmedbaba.bsky.social + @cohen489.bsky.social + @timothypmurphy.bsky.social + @patkreitlow.bsky.social 🤳Stream 1-4 CT heartlandsignal.com/wcpt820/

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Edwin Eisendrath @eisendrath.net · 01/08/2026

NOW on @heartlandsignal.bsky.social: resistance to expansive autocrats like Donald Trump. Join me and my guests: + Tamar Jacoby from Ukraine + @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social + Brian Shaneberg of IIT's Inst for Food Safety + @fieldsmeyer.com 🤳Stream 1-4 CT heartlandsignal.com/wcpt820/

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Edwin Eisendrath @eisendrath.net · 24/07/2026

Rod Blagojevich is back in the news taking $$ from a crook to beg Trump for a pardon. I took on Rod when he was a powerful governor. I lost. He went to jail. Loved talking to @walshfreedom.bsky.social about this…

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Edwin Eisendrath @eisendrath.net · 11/07/2026

We've got a jam packed show today with these incredible guests⬇️. I hope you'll tune in as we talk about the ICE surge, climate change & much more. + @petergleick.bsky.social + @alexaronson.bsky.social + @casten.house.gov + @willbunch.bsky.social 🤳Stream 1-4 CT heartlandsignal.com/wcpt820/

It's the democracy, stupid. (Blue and white graphic)

1-4pm CT on WCPT 820AM in Chicago

Stream on heartland signal dot com

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Edwin Eisendrath @eisendrath.net · 19/06/2026

On Saturday's show: JD Vance is a liar, Washington is in chaos, Congress is broken but Americans are organizing to save the day. Guests: + @kornbergmaya.bsky.social + @gregsargent.bsky.social + @ericmgarcia.bsky.social + @abreezeclayton.bsky.social 🤳Stream 1-4 CT heartlandsignal.com/wcpt820/

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Edwin Eisendrath @eisendrath.net · 16/06/2026

This week @sjdemas.bsky.social brought up the things we fought for in 1776. I had a few things to say about who did and didn't do the fighting that feel relevant right now

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Edwin Eisendrath @eisendrath.net · 16/06/2026

Talking with @sjdemas.bsky.social every week live on @lincolnsquare.media is a chance to talk about crawling over barbed wire. Where else does that happen?

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Edwin Eisendrath @eisendrath.net · 13/06/2026

Good morning from Chicago’s Humboldt Park!

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Edwin Eisendrath @eisendrath.net · 13/06/2026

Trump's name is finally removed, ICE flights, election interference & Ohio politics. All that & more today on @heartlandsignal.bsky.social with: + @amandamarcotte.bsky.social + @samrlevine.bsky.social + @gillianbrockell.com + @daviddewitt.bsky.social 🤳Stream 1-4 CT heartlandsignal.com/wcpt820/

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Edwin Eisendrath @eisendrath.net · 11/06/2026

@walshfreedom.bsky.social confirms what I was told earlier today about ICE on our streets...

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Edwin Eisendrath @eisendrath.net · 10/06/2026

TONIGHT in Chicago: The primary season is over. Now we are facing what might be the most important midterms ever. How do we win? Join @joanesposito.bsky.social & me at The Hideout tonight at 6pm as we talk politics with @mikenellis.bsky.social & @meredithshiner.com. Tix: tinyurl.com/4txw55se

countdown to november

chicago political analysts on this critical election

featuring mike nellis and meredith shiner

hosted by joan esposito and edwin eisendrath

wed june 10th 6-7pm
doors open at 5:30pm

the hideout
1354 W Wabansia

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Edwin Eisendrath @eisendrath.net · 08/06/2026

Join @joanesposito.bsky.social and me WED nite at The Hideout for a lot of Midwest common sense about the next few months leading up to the crucial midterms from @meredithshiner.com & @mikenellis.bsky.social. It'll be a terrific chat at one of Chicago's best dive bars. Tix: tinyurl.com/4txw55se

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Edwin Eisendrath @eisendrath.net · 08/06/2026

@klasfeldreports.com explains that Trump's claims of judicial bias against him are bullshit. He would know- he is one of the most careful followers of the courts out there.

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Edwin Eisendrath @eisendrath.net · 05/06/2026

The big primaries are mostly over, now the general election is kicking off. We'll talk about that, the attack on science & more on Saturday with: + @cdelawalla.bsky.social + @nycjayjay.bsky.social + @stephenwolf.bsky.social + @laurarbelin.bsky.social 🤳Stream 1-4 CT heartlandsignal.com/wcpt820/

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Edwin Eisendrath @eisendrath.net · 04/06/2026

I might have lost it a bit when @sjdemas.bsky.social asked me if we're done hearing about the Trump slush fund...

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Edwin Eisendrath @eisendrath.net · 31/05/2026

There's a million reasons Donald Trump is the wrong person to lead the America 250th celebration including the fact that he despises our amazing American culture. My conversation with @ahmedbaba.bsky.social:

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Edwin Eisendrath @eisendrath.net · 30/05/2026

On another note… summer in the city.

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Edwin Eisendrath @eisendrath.net · 29/05/2026

A terrible president & his party are desperate to change the subject. We'll talk about that & more Saturday on @heartlandsignal.bsky.social with: + @victorerikray.bsky.social + @ahmedbaba.bsky.social + @dfriedman.bsky.social + @deanbaker13.bsky.social 🤳Stream 1-4 CT heartlandsignal.com/wcpt820/

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Edwin Eisendrath @eisendrath.net · 28/05/2026

With everything on the table, what's the best strategy to win in November? Join us June 10th at The Hideout, one of the very best places in Chicago to come together for a fun, interesting evening. @mikenellis.bsky.social & @meredithshiner.com will be there, too. Details: tinyurl.com/4txw55se

countdown to november

hosted by joan esposito and edwin eisendrath

hideout chicago

june 10

doors 5:30pm Show 6pm

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Edwin Eisendrath @eisendrath.net · 26/05/2026

Passing medicare for all or any big affordability legislation won’t mean a thing if we haven’t also done the work to reform the US Supreme Court. My conversation with @kateriga.bsky.social of @talkingpointsmemo.com on how Democrats need the political will to do everything all at once.

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Edwin Eisendrath @eisendrath.net · 25/05/2026

Memorial Day on Lake Michigan in Chicago. Nothing like it.

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Edwin Eisendrath @eisendrath.net · 24/05/2026

With this slush fund scheme, Trump has kneecapped both Congress and the courts. @walshfreedom.bsky.social and I talk about how the do-nothing GOP Congress treats Trump like a deity. 1/

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Edwin Eisendrath @eisendrath.net · 22/05/2026

We'll unpack Trump's huge legal setbacks, his $2B slush fund & the latest on the Iran war on Saturday on @heartlandsignal.bsky.social with guests: + @bbkogan.bsky.social + @glcarlstrom.bsky.social + @billscher.bsky.social + @jillwine-banks.bsky.social 🤳Stream 1-4 CT heartlandsignal.com/wcpt820/

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Edwin Eisendrath @eisendrath.net · 20/05/2026

This isn't a both sides mess. Donald Trump's party owns it all. More from my conversation with @sjdemas.bsky.social on @lincolnsquare.media

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Edwin Eisendrath @eisendrath.net · 20/05/2026

Stop calling it a settlement. Donald Trump is looting nearly $2B from the US Treasury to reward the Jan6th insurrectionists and to line his own pockets. Part of my conversation with @sjdemas.bsky.social on @lincolnsquare.media:

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Edwin Eisendrath @eisendrath.net · 15/05/2026

Trump comes home from China empty handed. We'll talk about that & more Saturday on @heartlandsignal.bsky.social with: + @gelliottmorris.com + @abreezeclayton.bsky.social + @jonathanlarsen.bsky.social + Yusef Jackson, son of the late Jesse Jackson 🤳Stream 1-4 CT heartlandsignal.com/wcpt820/

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Edwin Eisendrath @eisendrath.net · 08/05/2026

The confederacy is back & it's just as ugly as it ever was. That's my focus Saturday on @heartlandsignal.bsky.social with: + @jhollymc.bsky.social + @brianlyman.bsky.social + Josh Orton of @wedemandjustice.bsky.social + @drlisacorrigan.bsky.social 🤳Stream 1-4 CT heartlandsignal.com/wcpt820/

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Edwin Eisendrath @eisendrath.net · 06/05/2026

Trump, Rubio, Hegseth don’t know if we are at war or not. Or if this is now another Iran war than the one we fought last week. Perhaps a little history will help…

During the Civil War, during the 282 say siege of Petersburg, there were long lulls in active combat. Again, after the Battle of Stone River in January of 1863 there were no big battles until April, with skirmishes leading up the Battle of Chancellorsville four months later.

Lincoln did not claim victory during these pauses. Neither did Sec of War (his actual title) Stanton claim the war was suspended.

Just saying…

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Edwin Eisendrath @eisendrath.net · 05/05/2026

If Donald Trump had an honest sign on his desk...

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Edwin Eisendrath @eisendrath.net · 04/05/2026

you can get your tickets here for June 10th at The Hideout! Tickets here: tinyurl.com/4txw55se

Countdown to November Hosted by Joan Esposito and Edwin Eisendrath
Hideout Chicago
June 10, 2026
Doors:
5:30 pm
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Show:
6:00 pm

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Edwin Eisendrath @eisendrath.net · 04/05/2026

Everybody says it's all on the line in the next election. But what does that mean? Is it only about politics? Is it about our economy, our culture? We'll dig into all that & more in our 'Countdown to Nov' JUNE 10th at THE HIDEOUT with our guests @mikenellis.bsky.social & @meredithshiner.com

A conversation with Chicago political analysts about what’s at stake in this critical election

Hosted by Joan Esposito and Edwin Eisendrath
Countdown to November Hosted by Joan Esposito and Edwin Eisendrath

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Wednesday, June 10, 2026, 6:00pm

1354 West Wabansia Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60642,

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Edwin Eisendrath @eisendrath.net · 03/05/2026

WATCH: @oonahathaway.bsky.social with some smart ideas about the reforms we need to restore the rule of law--including some jurisdiction stripping of the US Supreme Court. We talked on my regular Friday show "It's the Democracy, Stupid" on @lincolnsquare.media. 12CT/1ET

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Edwin Eisendrath @eisendrath.net · 03/05/2026

Here's the passage in the NYT: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/02/w...

The New York Times today wrote: "The war was paused after a cease-fire went into effect last month"

That is not correct. Both The Unites States and Iran are actively engaged in naval blockades.

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