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This week Andrea Hildebran Smith talks with Ashley Weitz, a leader in the #StandOnEveryCorner movement about the nationwide actions demanding an end to the Trump administration. Whether it's the caging of kids at the border, or Trump's apparent treasonous relationship with Russia, or the promotion of nazism and white supremacy by the White House that makes you go stand, speaking publicly has profound effects in your community.

Andrea Hildebran Smith discusses the emerging impact of the Trump economic shutdown as millions of Americans prepare for a severe economic recession. Our interview is with Amanda Litman, Co-founder and Executive Director of RunForSomething.net, a non-profit recruiting and supporting thousands of young progressives to run for office.

This week, ResistanceMom.com interviews Lindsay Cross, a first time candidate for office who came within a few points of beating a powerful Republican State Senator in 2018.  Our discussion covers her journey from citizen scientist to emerging political leader.   

Andrea Hildebran Smith interviews Chris Sampson, cyber-researcher with Tapestries and researcher working with Malcolm Nance, author of the The Plot To Hack America, The Plot to Attack Democracy and others. The discussion ranges from details of his research into the criminal history being unearthed about Trump and his Russian-assisted campaign, to the factors that leave Americans vulnerable to information warfare.

Andrea Hildebran Smith talks with activist Ashley Green about the urgent campaigns to chase ballots in the Florida recount.  More than 20,000 votes have the potential to get ‘cured’ if they settle questions about their signatures and the campaigns are hard at work finding those people. Our conversation about engaging the public in this critical phase of the election leads us to the utility and hazards of social media in the age of Russian interference.

Despite feeling relief at the Democratic takeover of the House of Representatives, progressive Floridians and Georgians are devastated by the loss of Andrew Gillum’s and Stacey Abrams’ runs for governor. My conversation with Reverend Andy Oliver of St Pete’s Allendale United Methodist Church, explores our developing understandings of racism and confronting white supremacy. The show ends with a meditation by yoga teacher Andrea Dawn on releasing attachment to outcomes.

With the midterm election upon us, ResistanceMom interviews Marilyn Marks about fighting to let votes be counted in that state's deeply conflicted Secretary of Elections (hint: he's overseeing the election in which he himself is running for Governor). We also talk with Anjenys Gonzalez-Eilert, Executive Director of Common Cause about their work with Florida's 67 different Supervisors of Elections to ensure election integrity.    

Amy Weintraub of Progress Florida explains what's up with the confusing, dozen+ amendments Floridians are finding on their ballots in the Midterms.  Find out how Amendments can be used to undermine democracy. Also, this episode reviews Malcolm Nance's ground breaking book, The Plot to Hack America, on the Russian cyber attacks on the 2016 election.