Politics Matters with Bruce Klopfleisch

Politics Matters with Bruce Klopfleisch

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!

Episodes

Episode 51 of Politics Matters with Bruce Klopfleisch

June 30, 2025 • 67 mins
Bruce talks about the 25th Amendment and dives into the Big Horrible Bill on this week’s show.
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Episode 50 of Politics Matters with Bruce Klopfleisch

June 23, 2025 • 47 mins
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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Episode 49 of Politics Matters with Bruce Klopfleisch

June 16, 2025 • 48 mins
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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Episode 48 of Politics Matters with Bruce Klopfleisch

June 9, 2025 • 47 mins
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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Episode 48 of Politics Matters with Bruce Klopfleisch

June 8, 2025 • 47 mins
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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Episode 47 of Politics Matters with Bruce Klopfleisch

June 2, 2025 • 47 mins
This week we cover the 21st amendment to the constitution that repealed the 18th Amendment, which had established nationwide prohibition.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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Episode 46 of Politics Matters with Bruce Klopfleisch

May 26, 2025 • 36 mins
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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Episode 45 of Politics Matters with Bruce Klopfleisch

May 19, 2025 • 50 mins
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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Episode 44 of Politics Matters with Bruce Klopfleisch

May 12, 2025 • 48 mins
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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Episode 43 of Politics Matters with Bruce Klopfleisch

May 5, 2025 • 48 mins
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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Episode 42 of Politics Matters with Bruce Klopfleisch

April 28, 2025 • 47 mins
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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Episode 41 of Politics Matters with Bruce Klopfleisch

April 21, 2025 • 48 mins
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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Episode 40 of Politics Matters with Bruce Klopfleisch

April 14, 2025 • 48 mins
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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Episode 39 of Politics Matters with Bruce Klopfleisch

April 6, 2025 • 48 mins
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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Episode 38 of Politics Matter with Bruce Klopfleisch

March 31, 2025 • 48 mins
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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Episode 37 of Politics Matter with Bruce Klopfleisch

March 24, 2025 • 48 mins
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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Episode 36 of Politics Matter with Bruce Klopfleisch

March 17, 2025 • 48 mins
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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Episode 35 of Politics Matter with Bruce Klopfleisch

March 10, 2025 • 48 mins
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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Episode 34 of Politics Matter with Bruce Klopfleisch

March 3, 2025 • 47 mins
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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Episode 33 of Politics Matter with Bruce Klopfleisch

February 24, 2025 • 48 mins
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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