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

July 27, 2025 50 mins
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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