Why, America? with Leeja Miller

This Shutdown Is About To Get SO Much Worse

SNAP benefits will end and health insurance open enrollment will begin this weekend. Both will squeeze everyday Americans beyond their breaking point. What does this mean long term and who do we blame? Perhaps this shutdown may be a radicalizing force for millions of Americans.
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🔗 Sources: https://www.leejamiller.com/episodes/2025/10/29/this-shutdown-is-about-to-get-so-much-worse 
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Can Progressive Politicians Save Us?

Graham Platner is facing criticism for problematic Reddit posts from his past and a Nazi tattoo that he just got covered up. Is redemption possible? Can we expect perfection from our politicians? Where does that line get drawn? These are important conversations the regime doesn't want us to be having, so let's discuss!
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🔗 Sources: https://www.leejamiller.com/episodes/2025/10/27/can-progressive-politicians-save-us 
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Can Trump Run For A Third Term?

This week, Trump made the claim that the DOJ owes him $230 million in taxpayer money. He also demolished the East Wing of the White House. And then Steve Bannon said there's a plan for Trump to win re-election in 2028. It's been a doozy of a week, so here are answers to some of your most asked questions this week.
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🔗 Sources: https://www.leejamiller.com/episodes/2025/10/24/can-trump-run-for-a-third-term 
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How Can States Stand Up Against Trump?

Remember states' rights? Can states arrest ICE officers? Governors like JB Pritzker of Illinois and Gavin Newsom of California are sure saying a lot, but what are they DOING? And what CAN they do to protect their own citizens from growing instances of abuse at the hands of federal agents?
 
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🔗 Sources: https://www.leejamiller.com/episodes/2025/10/22/how-can-states-stand-up-against-trump 
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Will Trump's Goons Ever Be Held Accountable?

While evidence mounts of Trump and his MAGA goons committing war crimes and crimes against humanity, will they ever be held accountable for their heinous acts? Today we look to history and to international law to answer this frequently asked viewer question.
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🔗 Sources: https://www.leejamiller.com/episodes/2025/10/20/will-trumps-goons-ever-be-held-accountable 
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Humor Can Topple Dictators

From the Otpor movement in Serbia to the Yippies here in the US, tactical frivolity and other humor has been used to great effect to raise awareness for a cause or even to topple a dictator. Today we're discussing what we can learn from these movements.
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🔗 Sources: https://www.leejamiller.com/episodes/2025/10/18/humor-can-topple-dictators 
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Can Republicans Just Refuse To Seat Elected Democrats?

Adelita Grijalva won her special election 3 weeks ago. Since then, over 800,000 people in Southern Arizona have been unrepresented in the House while Mike Johnson drags his feet and uses his job of administering the oath of office to hold her seat hostage to punish Democrats and block the release of the Epstein files. Are there any consequences for Johnson, and could this happen again after the 2026 midterms?
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🔗 Sources: https://www.leejamiller.com/episodes/2025/10/15/can-republicans-just-refuse-to-seat-elected-democrats
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Voting Rights Are On The Chopping Block

The Supreme Court will hear oral argument in Louisiana v. Callais on Wednesday, and the conservative justices, once again, seem poised to strike down more of the hard earned freedoms that have attempted to increase equality in this country. The consequences from the Court's ruling on this case would be widespread and devastating. 
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🔗 Sources: https://www.leejamiller.com/episodes/2025/10/13/voting-rights-are-on-the-chopping-block 
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Russell Vought Is Boring (And Evil)

Russell Vought is Trump's Director of Management and Budget and, despite being incredibly, painfully boring, is actually someone worth paying attention to. He is intent on infecting the government with his Christian Nationalist world view and is one of the most influential people pulling the strings of the Trump regime today.
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🔗 Sources: https://www.leejamiller.com/episodes/2025/10/10/russell-vought-is-boring-and-evil 
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The President's Goons Are Glitching

Stephen Miller freezes on live tv because he accidentally says the quiet part out loud. Pam Bondi rants and raves instead of just doing her job. Mike Johnson dangles back pay over the heads of 750,000 federal workers. The cruelty and the obfuscation are NOT normal, and it's important to acknowledge that Trump's many goons are acting in ways that are completely abhorrent and, at times, even illegal.
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