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Markos of DailyKos joins Rev. Mark for this week's #ThursdayKos!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

The New Jersey Governor discusses the campaign, and the founder of Freedom Road addresses the elephant in the room--Gaza--with the Rev. Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. and Stacy Brown, President and National Correspondent, respectively, of the National Newspaper Publisher Association, and Rev. Mark at the DNC Convention in Chicago.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Markos joins this week's #ThursdayKos with the latest aggregate polling, and projects MI and WI for Harris with AZ, GA, NC, NV and PA still in play.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Nevada Democratic Party Chair Daniele Monroe-Moreno and Kansas Democratic Party Chair Jeanna Repass sit down with National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) President, the Rev. Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., NNPA Board Chair Bobby Henry and Rev. Mark at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

The former Wisconsin Democratic Senate Nominee and the former Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights, respectively, join Rev. Mark and the Rev. Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., President of the National Newspaper Publishers Association, during the 2024 Democratic National Convention.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Markos and Rev. Mark recap the DNC and preview post-Labor Day polls on this week's Thursday KosAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

One Goal CEO Meilissa Connelly on ensuring all students have an equitable opportunity to earn a postsecondary degree or credential through working with students from their junior year through college, offering a credit-bearing course and ongoing mentorship.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Markos and Rev. Mark preview the 2024 Democratic National Convention on #ThursdayKos.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Giuliana Conti, PhD, Jason Rawls, Professor of Hip Hop, Ohio State University, discuss Music Workshop's new Hip Hop Course!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Andrea Black Evans, Executive Director of the Surge Institute, discusses the progress and setbacks in education equality since Brown v. Board. Evans shares insights on the Surge Institute's mission to empower black and brown educational leaders, providing them with the skills and support to challenge and change the system.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Markos joins for Thursday Kos.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Author Brea Baker on Election 2024 and her new book, Rooted: The American Legacy of Land Theft and the Modern Movement for Black Land OwnershipAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Frederick Douglass. Rochester, New York. July 5. 1852.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Markos joins #ThursdayKos to role play tonight's debate as Biden, while Rev. Mark role plays Trump, and to discuss how Biden maneuvered Trump into an early debate, which Markos believes works in Biden's favor. Both agree Biden needs to simply appear coherent to debunk Republican allegations of cognitive decline.And Markos lists 11 reasons why he believes Biden will win the upcoming election, including Trump's demographic max-out, Dems special election performance, and the impact of Trump's legal troubles, how inflation and immigration might affect voter sentiments.And it would not be a show without mentioning the insane QAnon conspiracy theories surrounding Biden, including the one that suggests Biden has several body doubles.

Markos joins for Thursday Kos.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Dr. Stephanie Lovinsky-Desir, MD, MS, American Lung Association Spokesperson and Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Environmental Health Sciences at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, and Wynn Welch, Wisconsin COPD sufferer and three-time cancer survivor, whose breathing is impacted during poor air quality days, join to discuss the Association's State of the Air Report.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

32BJ SEIU Executive Vice President Jaime Contreras and SEIU Virginia 512 President LaNoral Thomas join to discuss repealing the 45-year ban on local collective bargaining, winning union rights for tens of thousands of workers, and negotiating historic contracts to raise pay and benefits in the important electoral swing state.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Katie Keith, Deputy Director of the White House Gender Policy Council joins, followed by Markos Moulitsas for Thursday Kos.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Big Chief Dow Edwards, of the Timbuktu Warriors Mardi Gras Indians and the New Orleans Tourism and Cultural Fund (NOTCF), Don Marshall, Executive Director of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival & Foundation and Kevin Wlikins, CEO and founder of Trepwise, a New Orleans based strategy consulting firm join to discuss:The NOTCF's role in pooling a percentage of state and local taxes from hotel occupancy into a fund that is used to sponsor cultural events and provide support to artists and musicians; funding music programs in local schools; and literacy training that opens up pathways into businesses for local artists to get lending and mortgages for their businessesWith the proceeds from the annual Jazz & Heritage Festival, the Jazz and Heritage Foundation's music school, as well as its partnership with schools to teach local students and future musicians; its historic Archive; and, in the last two years, its Music Relief Fund, which has provided more than $2 million dollars supporting musi

Nana Kofi Osei Williams and April Silver join to discuss the Asase Yaa Cultural Arts Foundation and its upcoming May 14 Dreams in Action Gala.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy