Politics Matters with Bruce Klopfleisch
Sundays 5 PM-6 PM
How Civics, Politics and Law Affect You
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? Do you wonder why politicians "can't just get along" and do their jobs? Join Bruce Sundays at 5 PM on AM950 to understand how our democracy works and doesn't work, learn why politics matters to you, , and how you can be an informed citizen, even if you don't like politics!
How Civics, Politics and Law Affect You: 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? Do you wonder why politicians "can't just get along" and do their jobs? Join Bruce Sundays at 5 PM on AM950 to understand how our democracy works and doesn't work, learn why politics matters to you, and how you can be an informed citizen, even if you don't like politics!
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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