Politics Matters with Bruce Klopfleisch

Bruce Klopfleisch analyzes the legal incompetence of the Trump administration following the dismissal of politically motivated charges against James Comey and Letitia James due to procedural failures. He breaks down shattering new poll numbers that reveal deep public dissatisfaction with the current economy and inflation, contradicting the White House’s narrative of success. Finally, the discussion…

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Bruce Klopfleisch breaks down a week of significant defeats for the administration, beginning with the near-unanimous Congressional passage of the Epstein files release and the Department of Justice’s attempts to resist compliance. He analyzes the court losses in Texas, Indiana, and Kansas that threaten Republican efforts to gerrymander seats before the 2026 midterms. Finally, Bruce…

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This week Bruce covers the 8 Democratic senators who caved and ended the shutdown with nothing that they had held out for, plus Utah upholds redistrcting that will add a Democratic House seat.

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Bruce covers this week’s elections with big wins for Democrats across the board, plus more on US war crimes wantonly attacking boats.

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Bruce covers the ongoing federal government shutdown, another court just ignoring the law for Trump’s benefit, and that Trump admitted to war crimes with the unprovoked bombings of boats in the Caribbean and Pacific.

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This week, Bruce dissects the ongoing government shutdown, explores the political calculations behind the Republican refusal to negotiate, and shares polling data showing the public is largely blaming Republicans. Bruce also raises the alarm about the Department of Justice’s descent into a political hit squad and covers a Supreme Court ruling that could end conversion…

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Bruce talks about the Supreme Court poised to further gut the Voting Rights Act, as well as how Republicans are at fault for the ongoing shutdown.

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This week Bruce highlights Gavin Newsom’s response to a Trump demand about California colleges, how Republicans in Minnesota can’t stop attacking transgender students and how James Comey could beat his criminal charges.

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This week Bruce talks about why Republicans shut down the federal government and how the US Supreme Court gave Donald Trump the power to ignore budget laws passed by Congress.

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Bruce discusses the suspension and reinstatement of Jimmy Kimmel, how we can fight fascism at home, and wonders why Democrats aren’t fighting back.

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In this week’s episode Bruce talks about Trump’s takeover of the media, Trump ordering attacks on Venezuelan boats, and Bruce discusses the possibility of a government shutdown.

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This week Bruce talks about the MAGA Supreme Court ignoring its own precedent, plus more bad economic news and asks if a recession is looming.

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This week Bruce talks about the MAGA Supreme Court ignoring its own precedent, plys more bad economic news and asks if a recession is looming.

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This week Bruce talks about guns and the Republican Party, why you should go to protests and another way fascism is getting worse in America.

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This week Bruce continues highlighting America’s fall into fascism and why we need to resist it. Plus news on an upset Democratic victory in an Iowa Sate Senate seat.

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This week Bruce highlights some bad economic news under Trump’s economy. Plus more on America’s descent into fascism.

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This week Bruce highlights some bad economic news under Trump’s economy. Plus more on America’s descent into fascism.

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This week we talk about how America has already fallen into fascism with 12 examples. Bruce then poses the question, “does this sound like a Democracy to you?”

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On this week’s show Bruce discusses Republican gerrymandering, how DOGE is costing us billions of dollars and the terrible July jobs report.

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On this week’s show Bruce talks about the double standards the media holds Democrats to, bad polling numbers for Trump and wants to know in one sentence, why are you a Democrat?

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Bruce talks through the economic impacts from the big horrible bill, and then finishes with a discussion of the cuts to public media.

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This week we talk about the Equal Rights Amendment, which is not an official amendment to the US constitution, how the Supreme Court gave Trump another gift and some bad economic news coming our way.

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Bruce finishes his discussion of the Constitution with the 27th and currently final amendment, then devotes the rest of the show to the big horrible bill.

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Bruce finishes his overview of the Constitution with the 27th and currently final amendment, then does an extended dive into the horrors of the big ugly bill.

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Bruce outlines the 26th Amendment as we near the end of his explanation of the Constitution, then dives deeper into Zohran Mamdani’s win in NYC, and finishes up with the ugly bill passing through Congress.

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Bruce talks about the 25th Amendment and dives into the Big Horrible Bill on this week’s show.

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This week Bruce highlights the 24th amendment, which abolished and forbids the federal and state governments from imposing taxes on voters during federal elections. Plus this week in Republican fascism and how the Senate version of the big horrible bill is even worse than the House version.

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This week host Bruce Klopfleisch explains the 23rd Amendment, then dives into what is going on with the fascist Republican takeover of Los Angeles.

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This week Bruce details the 22nd Amendment, warns us how the Big Beautiful Bill is another attempt to gut the ACA/”Obamacare”, and continues his feature “This Week in Republican Fascism.”

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This week Bruce details the 22nd Amendment, warns us how the Big Beautiful Bill is another attempt to gut the ACA/”Obamacare”, and continues his feature “This Week in Republican Fascism.”

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This week we cover the 21st amendment to the constitution that repealed the 18th Amendment, which had established nationwide prohibition. Also we continue discussing cuts to Medicaid and start a new series on Republican fascism.

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This week we cover the 20th amendment to the constitution, which primarily addresses the timing of presidential and congressional terms, as well as the succession process in cases where a president-elect or vice president-elect dies or is incapacitated. Plus why the “big, beautiful” bill will hurt lots of Americans.

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This week Bruce talks about the 19th amendment that granted women the right to vote, discuss the birthright citizenship case at the US Supreme Court, and go through some of the draconian cuts in the Republican budget.

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This week we question what the Democratic Party is doing to prepare the 2026 midterm elections. And we also highlight two federal cases where judges are showing some courage in stopping Trump from deporting undocumented immigrants.

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Continuing our journey through the constitution, we talk about prohibition and the 18th amendment. Then we discuss a federal case in Texas where a judge ruled against the Trump administration detaining a couple. Plus a warning about fascism in the United States.

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This week Bruce highlights the 17th amendment, which established the direct election of United States senators in each state. Also Bruce has updates on Supreme Court cases and how the Trump administration is ignoring their rulings. Plus how Tom Emmer wouldn’t take a position on sending American citizens to foreign prisons.

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This week Bruce interviews State Sen. Lindsey Port from district 55, which includes the Savage/Burnsville area. They discuss why she ran for office, the challenges of working in a nearly tied Senate and some of the affordable housing bills she oversees as chair of the Senate Housing Committee.

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This week we cover the 16th amendment which established an income tax, the questionable SCOTUS ruling involving those in the El Salvador prison and how tariffs are crashing the stock market.

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This week we cover the 15th amendment to the constitution, which prohibits the denial or abridgement of the right to vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude, ensuring voting rights for all citizens regardless of race. We also discuss Bruce’s experience at a housing townhall that featured a few members of the…

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This week Bruce talks about his experience at town hall meeting, special election news including a good result in Pennsylvania and how Republicans are going after judges that rule against them.

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This week we cover part of the 14th amendment, which grants citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States. Plus some legal cases that Donald Trump is losing in the federal courts and more  criticism of Chuck Schumer.

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This week we cover the 13th amendment, which abolished slavery and involuntary servitude in the United States, except as punishment for a crime. Also Trump’s crackdown on free speech and Chuck Schumer’s cowardly bending of the knee to Republicans.

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This week we cover the 12th amendment on the Electoral College, have reaction to the Liar in Chief’s speech and talk about how the Democratic leadership is failing us resisting Trump.

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This week Bruce covers the 11th amendment, which prevents citizens of other states or foreign countries from suing states in federal court. Also will the press grown a spine and challenge Trump’s lies and how the House budget proposal will hurt rural Americans.

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Bruce does a one month review of the Trump administration and discusses why Republicans like tax cuts and firing federal workers. Plus a warning about a voting bill that could get you kicked off the voter rolls.

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Bruce finishes his discussion of the Bill of Rights with the Ninth and Tenth Amendments to the Constitution, then discusses why Trump is having trouble getting parts of his agenda through the courts plus other local and national political topics.

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This week Bruce talks about both the 7th amendment (protects the right to a jury trial in civil cases) and 8th amendment (prohibits excessive bail, fines, and cruel and unusual punishments). Plus Trump advocating war crimes in Gaza and the numerous lawsuits being filed by fired federal workers.

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This week we talk about the 6th amendment, which protects the rights of people accused of crimes; court challenges to some of Trump’s executive orders and Minnesota Republicans, including Pete Stauber, remaining silent on the pardons of the January 6th insurrectionists.

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On this week’s show Bruce talks about the 5th amendment that guarantees due process, Trump’s birthright citizenship executive order, and the pardoning of the January 6th insurrectionists…does former cop now Congressman Pete Stauber have any thoughts?

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This week Bruce talks about the 4th amendment on unreasonable searches and seizures by the government, why your property insurance will go up under Trump and why the Democrats need to change their media message to win in 2026.

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This week Bruce highlights the never talked about third amendment, how losing net neutrality will cost you more for internet service and how to get money out of politics.

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This week Bruce discusses the 2nd amendment along with some horrific gun violence numbers. Plus some advice on how Democrats can move forward during the next two years.

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This week Bruce finishes talking about the first amendment, discusses the horrible Fani Willis decision from Georgia and thanks Trump voters for the pain that will be inflicted on us all.

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This week Bruce talks about freedom of speech and freedom of the press, some of the idiotic things Democrats are doing to respond to Trump post election, and how Trump voters will be in for a rude awakening.

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This week Bruce talks about more election results, the Hunter Biden pardon and the response to it, plus finish talking about freedom of speech in the constitution.

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This week we start covering the amendments to the constitition, how Trump and Republicans will try to jam through nominees through recess appointments and criticize MSNBC’s Morning Joe for caving to Trump yet again.

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This week we finish our deep dive into the constitution and discuss more reasons why Democrats under performed this fall.

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This is episode 11 of our deep dive into the Constitution with Bruce Klopfleisch.

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This is episode 10 of our deep dive into the Constitution with Bruce Klopfleisch.

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This is episode 9 of our deep dive into the Constitution with Bruce Klopfleisch.

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This is episode 8 of our deep dive into the Constitution with Bruce Klopfleisch.

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This is episode 7 of our deep dive into the Constitution with Bruce Klopfleisch.

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This is episode 6 of our deep dive into the Constitution with Bruce Klopfleisch.

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This is episode 5 of our deep dive into the Constitution with Bruce Klopfleisch.

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This is episode 4 of our deep dive into the Constitution with Bruce Klopfleisch.

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This is episode 3 of our deep dive into the Constitution with Bruce Klopfleisch.

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This is episode 2 of our deep dive into the Constitution with Bruce Klopfleisch.

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This is episode 1 of our deep dive into the Constitution with Bruce Klopfleisch.

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This week Bruce shares his thoughts about what happened in the 2024 elections.

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This week we highlight the upcoming election and why Bruce is watching the US Senate races so closely, how the media is still failing with their election coverage, plus election predictions!

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On this week’s show, Bruce interviews Philip Anthony from the Downright Upright show on AM 950, and Jen Fox, the DFL candidate for House District 41B, as she tries to flip that seat.

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This week Bruce talks about article 4 on the Constitution on relations among the states, how the media asks the wrong question of Democrats, and how Republicans are trying to steal the Presidential election

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In this week’s show Bruce explains what Article III of the Constitution is, then discusses undecided voters and how in reality those voters have made a decision already. Then to close it out Bruce returns to his discussion of Project 2025 and how it would overhaul the FBI and DOJ.

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Host Bruce Klopfleisch goes through the rest of article 2 of the constitution on the executive branch aka the Presidency. Then Bruce talks about the many lies JD Vance told at the Vice Presidential debate.

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Host Bruce Klopfleisch talks about article 2 on the constitution involving the President, why some people leave Trump rallies early, are Trump and Vance being charged with more crimes, and Tom Emmer standing in for Tim Walz for JD Vance’s debate prep.

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This week host Bruce Klopfleisch finishes article 1 of the Constitution, shows us more proof of how the Supreme Court is doing Donald Trump’s bidding and ask if we will have a government shutdown in October.

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This week Bruce finishes talking about article 1 section 8 of the Constitution, debunks some of Donald Trump’s lies during the Presidential debate and cover some of the post debate reaction.

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This week Bruce continues our conversation about article 1 of the Constitution. He also talks about how your taxes will go up if Project 2025 is implemented and legal challenges to book bans in Florida.

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Host Bruce Klopfleisch starts our journey learning about the Constitution, how Oklahoma’s state Superintendant has gone rogue with a far right crusade for bibles in classrooms, and lies being spouted by Mike Johnson when he visited Minnesota.

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This week Bruce walks us more though how the US Constitution came to be and reaction to the DNC.

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This week Bruce talks about how we moved from the Articles of Confederation towards a Constitutional Convention, chapter 14 of Project 2025 and it’s devastating effects on health and human services, and how the media fails to separate truth from lies told by Republicans.

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This week Bruce talks about Tim Walz being selected as the running mate for Kamala Harris, the Articles of  Confederation and what they meant along with Supreme Court corruption and President Joe Biden’s ideas to reform the SCOTUS.

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This week host Bruce Klopfleisch talks about how Democrats are better running the economy than Republicans, the Declaration of Independence and Kamala Harris VP speculation.

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On this week’s show Bruce talks about: Joe Biden stepping aside in the 2024 race, what kind of Democracy we have in the US and introducing Project 2025 and what it’s all about.

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This week Bruce continues talking about the purpose of government, the double standard of how the media treats Democrats vs. Republicans, whether the President can expand the Supreme Court with an executive order and more!

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In this week’s episode Bruce tackles the question of why we have a government.

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On this debut episode, get to know host Bruce Klopfleisch and learn about the show and what to expect each week!

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Politics Matters with Bruce Klopfleisch educates listeners about how civics, politics, law (and some economics), affect you in everyday life and why the survival of our democracy depends on active citizen participation in our government. Can you name the 3 branches of government? Do you know what the supremacy clause is and how it works?…

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